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Absolut was Wrong on the Reconquista Ad, Let’s Not Spin It

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

There’s been a bit of a frenzy over the Absolut reconquista ads; some are outraged, and for some it’s a tempest in a teapot.  As Michelle Malkin reports, the controversy has even spread to Wikipedia, with both sides taking a stand as to whether the controversy should be mentioned in Absolut’s Wikipedia page.  I say [...]

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An Absolute Miss: One Chicano’s Viewpoint

Friday, April 4, 2008

Michelle Malkin writes about an ad campaign that is destined to be remembered as one of the  biggest cultural gaffes in advertising history.  Absolute manages to take the American out of Mexican-American.
One of my earliest memories I have of one of my aunts was getting juice from her in the kitchen, and her leaning down and telling my cousin [...]

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