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Your opinion on Coke's version of America The Beautiful? [W:1014]

Do You like this version of "America The Beautiful?"


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It was one of the Super Bowl ads:

 
It's hyphen-Americanism and as one of the most famous progressives said, "But a hyphenated American is not an American at all.”

Showing the Huntington Beach Pier was All American. :2usflag:

I might be switching from Coke to Shasta Cola.
 
I was offended by the notion that people could come to America to seek liberty and then not even have the God damn decency to use that liberty in the way I want them to, who are they to speak different languages?!!?

Coca Cola's 'America the Beautiful' Super Bowl commercial angers conservative pundits - NY Daily News

Coke Super Bowl America The Beautiful Ad - Business Insider

Or like this ****ing blow hard Allen West

"I am quite sure there may some who appreciated the commercial," West said, "but Coca Cola missed the mark in my opinion. If we cannot be proud enough as a country to sing 'American the Beautiful' in English in a commercial during the Super Bowl, by a company as American as they come--doggone we are on the road to perdition. This was a truly disturbing commercial for me, what say you?"

That's right folks, God is going to doom this country to hell because we are "proud" enough to sing America the Beautiful in English during the Superbowl. Asshole.
 
It's hyphen-Americanism and as one of the most famous progressives said, "But a hyphenated American is not an American at all.”

Showing the Huntington Beach Pier was All American. :2usflag:

I might be switching from Coke to Shasta Cola.

Hey man that 1st amendment promises freedom of speech, and it doesn't mean English only speech. Anyone who specifically thinks what you just said is a xenophobic ass.
 
I don't know what the big deal is. That said my favorite patriotic song is This Land is Your Land so maybe I don't have the emotional investment in America the Beautiful to get upset when someone sings it in any other language than American.
 
I understand what they were going for, but the concept still made me vaguely uncomfortable.

If a nation's citizens need one thing in common in order to function effectively, it tends to be a language they can all speak and mutually understand. Tolerance for multiculturalism is all well and good, but it cannot be a society's primary objective in and of itself.

It simply doesn't lead anywhere productive.
 
I understand what they were going for, but the concept still made me vaguely uncomfortable.

If a nation's citizens need one thing in common in order to function effectively, it tends to be a language they can all speak and mutually understand. Tolerance for multiculturalism is all well and good, but it cannot be a society's primary objective in and of itself.

It simply doesn't lead anywhere productive.

When someone comes here they may not speak English well yet, but the American ideal is still important to them. Maybe that is what they were going for.
 
I understand what they were going for, but the concept still made me vaguely uncomfortable.

If a nation's citizens need one thing in common in order to function effectively, it tends to be a language they can all speak and mutually understand. Tolerance for multiculturalism is all well and good, but it cannot be a society's primary objective in and of itself.

It simply doesn't lead anywhere productive.

I think you read way too much into this ad.
 
In terms of commercials it was one of the better ones, although that isn't saying much because most of them were about as terrible as the actual game, but I didn't see anything really wrong with the commercial.
 
When someone comes here they may not speak English well yet, but the American ideal is still important to them. Maybe that is what they were going for.

I think you read way too much into this ad.

I think I read into it exactly what was meant; "we're all Americans, we simply speak different languages, and have different cultures."

Again, that's fine. What I object to is the notion that this is a desirable thing in and of itself. Assimilation, and the unity it creates, should be the goal, not "multiculturalism," and the ethnic factionalism in which it always inevitably results.

I don't think the ad itself was overly political. I was simply uncomfortable with its premise.
 
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I was offended by the notion that people could come to America to seek liberty and then not even have the God damn decency to use that liberty in the way I want them to, who are they to speak different languages?!!?

Coca Cola's 'America the Beautiful' Super Bowl commercial angers conservative pundits - NY Daily News

Coke Super Bowl America The Beautiful Ad - Business Insider

Or like this ****ing blow hard Allen West

"I am quite sure there may some who appreciated the commercial," West said, "but Coca Cola missed the mark in my opinion. If we cannot be proud enough as a country to sing 'American the Beautiful' in English in a commercial during the Super Bowl, by a company as American as they come--doggone we are on the road to perdition. This was a truly disturbing commercial for me, what say you?"

That's right folks, God is going to doom this country to hell because we are "proud" enough to sing America the Beautiful in English during the Superbowl. Asshole.

All those laws being proposed that require everyone to speak eng-racist are disgusting.

What really bugs me, though, are those RACISTS who somehow imply society needs one primary language in order to function. As though we need to understand each other. Please. I bet those racist jerks think language segregation creates a barrier of poverty for segments of society based on the language they speak. Give me a break. Just look at the nordic countries and the amazing success they've had with their language diversity. Next they'll be saying it's up to the immigrants to assimilate to the country they migrate to instead of the country's responsibility to bend over backwards to accommodate any possible immigrant it may possibly have in the entire world. It's called a MELTING pot, which means do things however you want regardless of the practical limitations of such (though there are none. I'm just saying practicality doesn't play a factor, your racism does.)

Hopefully one day the racism will end and every sign, book, tv show, movie, and business will accommodate every language on earth.
 
It was rather sweet and beautiful.
 
I ****ing hate it. :2mad:
 
When someone comes here they may not speak English well yet, but the American ideal is still important to them. Maybe that is what they were going for.

Speaking your native language is not the same as not speaking English well.

For some reason though, I think broken english would not have been well received.

Maybe having people of different races would have been more appropriate for the ad.
 
I think I read into it exactly what they meant; "we're all American, we just speak different languages, and have different cultures."

Again, what I object to is the notion that this is a desirable thing in and of itself. Assimilation, and the unity it creates, should be the goal, not "multiculturalism," and the ethnic factionalism it always inevitably leads to.

I don't think the ad itself was overly political. I was simply uncomfortable with its premise.

I think everyone should learn English in this country as its by far the dominate language. However, we have no American culture. Set aside immigrants, and there are still vast cultural differences between different areas in this country. If anything, what defines American culture is diversity.
 
I understand what they were going for, but the concept still made me vaguely uncomfortable.

If a nation's citizens need one thing in common in order to function effectively, it tends to be a language they can all speak and mutually understand. Tolerance for multiculturalism is all well and good, but it cannot be a society's primary objective in and of itself.

It simply doesn't lead anywhere productive.

To an extent I can agree, but I also disagree. While it is understandably desirable to wish the hegemonic group to maintain dominance in all areas, including language, I feel that there is some short-sightedness going on too. For instance, if and/or when english does not become the dominant primary language, I would want the institutions, mythology, etc of the United States to be able to thrive without it. After all, although our language is dominantly english, we Americans pride ourselves on being based on a set number of ideas, rather than religion, ethnicity, and so forth. As the Coke ad does not diverge from the American ideological foundations (and instead seems to prop it up), I mostly say that this is another piece of good nationalism. I wouldn't wish this "Empire of Liberty" to be so totally reliant upon a language that it falls apart when it is no longer the most spoken. I'd rather it adopt a language as it needs to (although english is hardly going away, it's the most common language of international commerce-which is also a testament to our empire).
 
That's the trouble with you people, ya' come to this country, we give ya' all the help we can and ya' can't even speak the language..............Rooster Cogburn

A little levity, folks. :mrgreen:

I was somewhat uncomfortable with the ad; I don't believe in diversity as it is commonly preached today. I believe in the benefits of assimilation; assimilation is what made this country a bountiful opportunity for those who have come here.

Celebrate assimilation :peace

Thom Paine
 
I have said for years that with many conservatives, culture is more important than anything else, and the responses to this ad is very indicative of that. I don't see what the big deal is either way with it, I guess its just off my radar or something.
 
All those laws being proposed that require everyone to speak eng-racist are disgusting.

What really bugs me, though, are those RACISTS who somehow imply society needs one primary language in order to function. As though we need to understand each other. Please. I bet those racist jerks think language segregation creates a barrier of poverty for segments of society based on the language they speak. Give me a break. Just look at the nordic countries and the amazing success they've had with their language diversity. Next they'll be saying it's up to the immigrants to assimilate to the country they migrate to instead of the country's responsibility to bend over backwards to accommodate any possible immigrant it may possibly have in the entire world. It's called a MELTING pot, which means do things however you want regardless of the practical limitations of such (though there are none. I'm just saying practicality doesn't play a factor, your racism does.)

Hopefully one day the racism will end and every sign, book, tv show, movie, and business will accommodate every language on earth.

I was confused for a moment when I read this post, then I realized it was some straw man which explains why it has no connection whatsoever to my post.

Anyway, I didn't say anything you suggested I said. I think everyone in this country should be able to speak English, English should be taught in schools, English should be the official language of our government (that's not to say government products cannot be offered in other languages), but do need to learn how to speak and use English to become productive members of society. Multiculturalism is fantastic and you have have every freedom there is to belong to whatever culture you want to, but pragmatism makes it pretty clear that a society needs a basis of language in order to function.

BUT I also think that everyone has the freedom under the 1st amendment to speak whatever they language they want, to learn whatever language they want, to speak a foreign tongue in their homes, their communities if they wish, to use it as their primary tongue if they wish. Freedom of speech is not freedom of English speech.

The notion that you can't be an American unless you speak English, and ONLY English, is xenophobic, racist, and goes against the spirit of the Constitution.
 
Hey man that 1st amendment promises freedom of speech, and it doesn't mean English only speech. Anyone who specifically thinks what you just said is a xenophobic ass.

Do you know what you just said ? :2rofll:

FYI:

" Those who control the language control the argument, and those who control the argument are more likely to successfully to translate the believe into policy."
 
Do you know what you just said ? :2rofll:

FYI:

" Those who control the language control the argument, and those who control the argument are more likely to successfully to translate the believe into policy."

I thought I was paraphrasing the Constitution, apparently I saying something Orwellian. How disconnected are you?
 
I think everyone should learn English in this country as its by far the dominate language. However, we have no American culture. Set aside immigrants, and there are still vast cultural differences between different areas in this country. If anything, what defines American culture is diversity.

Every country has a culture. I'm tired of the "America has no culture" meme. Of course we do. We just don't notice it because it seems arbitrary to us.

One example of an aspect of America's culture is Antiquarianism. We like history, and we like to preserve history for ourselves and future generations. We have buildings all over the country that are preserved to remember the past. 9/11 is a good example as well, as many were concerned with how we were going to honor those lost at the site. Not everyone does this. Another example is our admiration of freedoms such as freedom of speech, which isn't shared in a lot of places. Of course, we also appreciate people sharing their cultures with us, but that doesn't mean we don't have our own.
 
I have said for years that with many conservatives, culture is more important than anything else, and the responses to this ad is very indicative of that. I don't see what the big deal is either way with it, I guess its just off my radar or something.

Well, it certainly wasn't giving the country a middle finger, it wasn't going down the path of relativism...it was straight up Americana with two languages.
 
I can't say that I was offended by the ad but it would be nice if every once in a while someone remembered that "The New Colossus" is not our immigration policy.
 
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