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"A Super Bowl ad from Budweiser that focuses on the hardships endured by an immigrant to the U.S. has triggered a backlash in the days leading up to the big game.
The ad, previewed on TV and the Internet, tells the story of Budweisers German founder Adolphus Busch, who traveled to the U.S. in 1857, later teaming up with Eberhard Anheuser to brew the iconic American beer.
During the spot, Busch is treated with suspicion because he doesnt look like hes from around here. Despite the abuse, he goes on to make history because nothing stops your dream.
Although Budweiser has said the ad is a celebration of an American success story and is not linked to current politics, it comes just days after President Donald Trump signed a temporary travel ban that targets Muslim travelers, immigrants and refugees.
As such, some social media users have criticized the spot for being pro-immigrant and overtly political, leading to a mooted boycott.
One tweeter lamented having to turn her back on the precious Clydesdale horses that represent the brand, but added rule of law = borders. Another complained that politics shouldnt be part of sports.
Boycotts against companies seen as supporting or opposing Trump have met with mixed results.
Trump supporters boycott of Starbucks launched after the company promised to hire 10,000 refugees backfired spectacularly. The movement ended up inspiring those sympathetic to refugees to support and speak out for the coffee company.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/budweiser-super-bowl-ad_us_589685fae4b0c1284f265480?v7pug4t0vpqcwhfr&
orangecrush
(19,384 posts)Reptiles become dangerous when you feed them alcohol.
Paladin
(28,243 posts)Looks like I'll remain one.
riversedge
(70,047 posts)Draft or dark beer drinker. Or microbrew.
still_one
(92,060 posts)part of Anheuser-Busch
Here are the brands it sells:
"Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, a brewing company, engages in the production, distribution, and sale of beer, alcoholic beverages, and soft drinks worldwide. It offers a portfolio of approximately 200 beer brands, including Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois, Becks, Leffe, Hoegaarden, Bud Light, Skol, Brahma, Antarctica, Quilmes, Victoria, Modelo Especial, Michelob Ultra, Harbin, Sedrin, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivske, Cass, and Jupiler"
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)nycbos
(6,034 posts)Now I might have to start drinking bud.
TheBlackAdder
(28,163 posts)tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)They can't afford Budweiser or Starbucks. It's Natty Lite and Chock Full of Nuts for them.
gordianot
(15,232 posts)No immigrants in alt history.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Yeah, lets see Bubba the Deplorable go without his Buds for even a day! What, maybe they will drink Coronas?
#most doomed boycott ever
still_one
(92,060 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,907 posts)Conflating immigration from Germany (or Ireland, for that matter) isn't even in the same league with the hardships faced by immigrants from eastern or southern Europe - and even at that, immigrants from the most savagely attacked nations arrived a couple of rungs up the economic ladder from American blacks, who were born citizens.
Cha
(296,775 posts)and that bar was low.
leanforward
(1,076 posts)Leave the brewers alone. As with anyone, I like to hear their backstory. How many bankruptcies have the Busch heirs had? Educate me. Why can't the dRumpf organization get US bank financing?
I will go out and buy a replacement Six Pack. Leave the Clydesdales alone, they are a part of our American backstory. Baseball, apple pie, hot dogs, chevrolet, and the Clydesdales.
I am a loyal American in opposition. Besides beer got us through RVN.
Has anyone been checking on more of bannons backstory?
Baitball Blogger
(46,676 posts)Leave them with their puppet theater.
malaise
(268,664 posts)I'm so tired of stupid fucks
Arkansas Granny
(31,505 posts)I think its doubtful that they could have come up with this ad in the few short days since DT announced his Muslim ban.
Does anyone know?
IndianaDave
(612 posts)but - in response to this BS - I'm definitely going to add some Budweiser products to my list. It's only right.
Mosby
(16,252 posts)Of Redhook, Kona and Widmer Bros.
That long hammer is pretty damn good.
IndianaDave
(612 posts)safeinOhio
(32,632 posts)I see s Bud latte in my future.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)xor
(1,204 posts)I cannot believe how idiotic these people are. Telling the story of an immigrant is now anti-american and anti-trump. What a sad state we're in.
Initech
(100,029 posts)MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)That can't be said in excess.
FDT
erpowers
(9,350 posts)So, what do these people want Budweiser to do? The commercial tells the true story of the founder of Budweiser.