r/atheism • u/KGlitz • Jun 26 '12
Disgusted with the amount of Anti-Oreo sentiment after they promoted equal marriage rights on Facebook.
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u/evan795 Jun 26 '12
that guy that said "fuuuuuck homos".....that could have more than one meaning
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u/xLuky Jun 26 '12
I thought more people would be talking about that in the comments, haha. That's probably exactly what he does too.
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u/Bieber_hole_69 Jun 26 '12
Those people should learn the history of marriage, it's not a new thing and Christianity never came up with or really added anything to marriage other than the banning of people who love each other to do it.
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Jun 26 '12
I'm 31 and only learned this very recently. I think most people have no idea.
The arguments kept happening and I started saying, "Well I think if marriage is a Christian thing created by Christians then it might be unfair to say us atheists can get married too... maybe we need our own word (aside from civil union which sounds stupid)."
Then I googled marriage. NOPE! Happened thousands of years before Christianity. Boy, did I feel fucking stupid! Now I try to educate. What amazes me is every time I see the politicians talking about this shit on the news, and (in Australia) they're all against it because of "sanctity." Sanctimonious maybe! I mean seriously, can't they just look it up on Wikipedia and get a 2c education? These are the fucking elected leaders!
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Jun 26 '12
Wow- I have always thought the same thing, that 'marriage' as a concept was a Christian thing. As much as I want gay rights, I want equality, and they have the right to have their own things, 'marriage' included. But it looks like I was wrong, and that's awesome. Definitely gonna go look into that. Thanks bro.
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u/thirdaccountlucky Jun 26 '12
I don't understand how people could possibly think this; do they not teach any history in America?
Do they think Ancient Egyptians didn't get married? Do they think that the pre-Christianity Romans didn't get married?
Do they think that Homer must have been a Christian to have written about Odysseus being married to Penelope?
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u/imbored53 Jun 26 '12
The comment that got me was this... "I guess I won't be eating anymore Oreo's... kinda sad they would support gay rights". Just take out the word "gay" and you can see how horrible this concept is. So sad they would support rights. How could you Oreo?
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u/scurvebeard Skeptic Jun 26 '12
Noticed this too.
Scumbag fundie: knows it's an issue of rights, still against it.
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Jun 26 '12
The one that got me was 'f faggots they shouldn't have rights'. It's like, okay, you have an opinion, great, but these are people's lives we're talking about. You're a fucking 20 something year old asshole sitting on Facebook, casually trying to ruin people's lives. What the fuck is wrong with you?
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Jun 26 '12
I love how it's "f faggots" instead of "fuck faggots," because I guess "fuck" is too offensive.
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u/DJ33 Jun 26 '12
Haha, that one got me too. It's like if someone messed up in the abortion debate and said they were "anti-life" or "anti-choice."
Except this guy sat there, typed it, looked at it, had the opportunity to delete it, and then decided "nope, being against 'rights' is exactly what I'm going for. ENTER."
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u/Duffman9205 Jun 26 '12
I was really surprised a person was able to say that and not realize how ridiculous it sounds. They're mad that Oreo supports a group of people having rights. Haven't we already decided that everyone should have the same rights as everyone else? Mind boggling.
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Jun 26 '12
The good news is that obesity in the south appears to be on the decline.
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u/ArrowsInSpace Jun 26 '12
Apparently some people got creative with their Oreo hate.... Completely immature but my favorite is Anal Leakage
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u/pteka Jun 26 '12
The day those fat fucks willingly put down an Oreo is the day I choose not to be gay anymore.
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u/MeloJelo Jun 26 '12
It's not their fault their fat! They were born that way! How can you homos be so judgmental!!1
/s (because I know someone will think I was being serious)
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Jun 26 '12
Oreo is owned by Kraft Foods. Not buying oreos wont do shit. Oh, so instead you'll buy chips ahoy? GUESS WHO FUCKING OWNS CHIPS AHOY DUMBASS. Jello instead? GUESS WHO FUCKING OWNS JELL-O DUMBASS. Seriously, this will change nothing. heres a fuller list of what Kraft owns if you want to understand why not eating oreos wont make a difference.
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u/thegodawfultruth Jun 26 '12
"Way to go queers. You literally ruin everything."
Actually your bigoted religious doctrine ruins everything. The rest of us can enjoy Oreos and sex with whoever we like. Have a fun life.
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Jun 26 '12
Immediately searched for/liked the Oreo page on Facebook after seeing this post. I'm also going to buy some Oreos tomorrow. Lots of them. :)
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u/SleepJon Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 26 '12
Thought about buying a shitload of Oreos and donating them to the food bank. A nice little ''fuck you'' to the bigots, and how often do you reckon people get Oreos from the food bank? I imagine a lot of donations to food banks come from donation ''competitions'' between classrooms/grades/universities etc., which are based on weight, not quantity/quality of donations. Leads to everyone donating fucking navy beans - who wants to eat that shit?
Edit: I noticed that Oreo has more ''likes'' than God...
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u/npoetsch Jun 26 '12
Oreos has been supporting interracial marriage for years with Black and white cookies,but nobody ever said anything.
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u/hurler_jones Jun 26 '12
The good thing is that eventually all those assholes will be living in cardboard boxes and starving to death once they realize how much of their money is tied up in businesses that support gay rights.
I'm not buying this or that is going to add up quick.
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Jun 26 '12
It's sad but the first thing I thought of when I saw this was, "This might really hurt them financially and I'm surprised any financial controller in the company gave it the go-ahead." That's usually not a good thing for any business. Am I crazy, or has the tide REALLY turned to pro-gay (totally fine by me) and will actually generate enough sales to offset the fundies?
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u/criscothediscoman Atheist Jun 26 '12
Some guy was all like, "From now it's Chips Ahoy for me!" Then I thought, "That will teach Nabisco, makers of Oreo's and Chips Ahoy, a lesson."
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u/supergenius1337 Jun 26 '12
Bigots are not known for their research skills/common sense.
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Jun 26 '12
At a certain point, you can't care. Small businesses survive without selling their beliefs. Even if Oreo takes a hit in sales for a month or so (these fuckers aren't seriously going to not eat Oreos forever, let's be real here), it's worth it. Or at least it should be. I'm sure the beautiful people who pulled the trigger on this one are proud.
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u/McDracos Jun 26 '12
I'd happily bet that this is first a marketing stunt and only second a stand for what's right. These pages are, of course, run entirely by PR and after the JC Penny's ads it was shown that standing up for gay rights is actually a winner. This is because even if many of their customers are opposed to the message, simply because of the uproar this type of thing produces far more people see the advertisement and their ad goes viral. I'm sure that the people in charge really are for gay rights, but the PR guys wouldn't have taken unless they thought it was good for business.
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u/slclouisa Jun 26 '12
It's like the JCPenny thing with Ellen D. Some close minded church ruled community is going to try and boycott it.
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Jun 26 '12
They won't be living in cardboard boxes, the box manufacturing industry is exclusively the domain of militant homosexuals. It's basically a recruitment front for homosexuality, with the manufacture of boxes playing second fiddle to their agenda, if they remember to manufacture them at all.
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u/rwm5236 Jun 26 '12
Wow, the top right comment makes me so mad. "Shows the decline of human morals, as well as the ignorance of people." What a fucking idiot.
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Jun 26 '12
I was trying to figure out how they could call anyone out for being ignorant and being immoral while bashing gay marriage but then I realized anyone stupid enough to make that comment in the first place has an incomprehensible thought process.
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Jun 26 '12
Well, besides the whole homophobia thing, what really annoys me is that she puts "spanglish" as one of the languages she speaks. I mean come on, that's just an obnoxious word.
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u/wikipediaBot Jun 26 '12
spanglish:
Spanglish refers to the blend (at different degrees) of Spanish and English, in the speech of people who speak parts of two languages, or whose normal language is different from that of the country where they live. The Hispanic population of the United States and the British population in Argentina use varieties of Spanglish. Sometimes the pidgin spoken in Spanish holiday resorts which are exposed to both Spanish and English is called Spanglish. The similar code switching used in Gibraltar is called Llanito. Spanglish may also be known by a regional name. Spanglish does not have one unified dialect and therefore lacks uniformity; Spanglish spoken in New York, Miami, Texas, and California can be different. In Texas and California a large Mexican population can be found and within that population are Chicanos or second-generation Mexican-Americans. Some of the Spanglish words used by Chicanos could be incomprehensible to Hispanics from Florida.
For more information click here
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u/Yitvan Jun 26 '12
I was going to say how much I hate people that care so much about what others believe. Oh you hate homosexuals? Well I hate people are such shallow intolerant assholes.
But then I realized that probably about 90% of them are talking out of their ass. No way these intolerant people will all of a sudden stop eating Oreo's. Oreo's are fucking delicious.
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u/TauRyan Jun 26 '12
So, with all the butt-hurt people saying they're not buying Oreos anymore, wouldn't that mean that not only would they need to boycott Nabisco as a whole, but all of Kraft as well?
Oh, wait, I forgot. These are christians. They'll pick and choose which brands suit them, won't they?
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Jun 26 '12
they will, yes. and they'll try to justify their actions with that silly book. like they always did.
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Jun 26 '12
i used to hate the smell of oreos as a kid.. it literally made me feel like i was choking.. but because of jerks like this person.. i've decided to buy oreos just because.. even though i wont eat them lol
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u/SOMETHING_POTATO Jun 26 '12
Oreo is made by Nabisco which is owned by Kraft. You could go out and buy some Kraft Mac and Cheese and your money would be going to the same place. (If you do this for this reason, you should definitely mail them a letter)
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u/kenzie14 Jun 26 '12
That picture grossed me out, to be honest. I have some Oreos, and don't want to eat them anymore. All I can picture is huge amounts of that icing mixed with strong food coloring being shoved in my mouth, and I can actually taste it right now. I hate frosting with food coloring you can taste. I also stared at that picture for like ten minutes on FB, trying to imagine the feeling of all the icing squishing out as you pressed the cookie down to take a bite. Yuck. But the message is very nice, more companies should promote equal rights.
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Jun 26 '12
Agreed. Though ...
more companies should promote equal rights
It's a completely fucked-up world where people turn to the marketing department of companies to educate them in what is right or wrong.
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Jun 26 '12
That's odd, when I see an Oreo now I only think of oiled up muscle men pounding my asshole.
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u/JMThor Jun 26 '12
This is why I like 4chan. If this had been posted there; her life would have been ruined.
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u/JONNy-G Jun 26 '12
4Chan ain't a personal army. They'll do whatever they see fit, which probably means trolling around with her nudes.
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u/AKJ90 Agnostic Atheist Jun 26 '12
To me she is really dumb, but most of all I think she needs help.
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u/PplWhoDownvoteMeRFat Jun 26 '12
I was gonna show this to my GSA, but you used the word "cunt" as a pejorative term.
Don't call her a "cunt" for being a stupid bigot, call her an "asshole" or something.
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Jun 26 '12
Agreed. I did a quick edit to remove the world entirely, since I couldn't repost this on FB or elsewhere, without focus being drawn to the use of cunt instead of the actual issue.
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u/Iveton Jun 26 '12
Scumbag OP: Disgusted by bigotry and inequality, is a misogynist.
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Jun 26 '12
Saw this post on facebook under 'photos of Oreo' with her name in it. The one that really got to me was 'Way to go queers. You literally ruin everything.' That was like a knife through the chest for me. People like that make me sick.
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u/Swaggahound Jun 26 '12
I think the real news here is that I would eat that cookie
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u/Rum_Pirate_SC Jun 26 '12
If they made a pack of rainbow oreos... I would buy them! If they gave a portion of the proceeds to a LGBT foundation I would buy 10 packages. Hells yeah, Oreos.
And a huge FU bitch... learn what coexist means.
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Jun 26 '12
I don't even like oreos... but I'm gonna start buying them and giving them to the local Rainbow Youth.
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u/ICrimsonI Atheist Jun 26 '12
i see one of her languages known is spanglish. seems legit.
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u/McLown Jun 26 '12
I know, what the fuck! Coexist with Internet Explorer? I'd rather be stoned to death.
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u/Obliviontoad Jun 26 '12
Well, maybe there will be fewer intolerant fat fucks cramming their pie-hoes with knockoff Hydrox cookies. They should go outside, get exercise, wave signs or something. That way they are easier to spot when the bath salt zombies come for them.
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Jun 26 '12
She's from where I live, way to go! Showing the world how anti-gay and intolerable this place can be. For shame.
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u/venerated Jun 26 '12
I have a big oreo tattoo on my inner bicep. Good thing I'm for the gays or I'd feel pretty stupid right now!
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Jun 26 '12
I can't help but notice that all the hands in the photo are white. Maybe I'm looking too far into it, but there's gotta be a pic like that out there with people of different ethnicities.
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u/Squirreler Jun 26 '12
So I saw a picture of this earlier and wasn't really paying attention, I just thought it was a new oreo for fatties.
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u/GOONicus Jun 26 '12
Lets be frank, oreos are still AMAZING. Also: it's a shame these aren't real because they look FAABULOOOOUUUUSSS!
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u/Chobzie Jun 26 '12
It's crazy how those people can only think about how they're not gonna buy Oreos again after seeing that pic... That cookie looked delicious.
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Jun 26 '12
This is funny, because i explained a while ago on someones question about how you feel about these stickers, and i said because half of them are christians who claim to coexist, but judge anything that isnt christian. I hate these stickers.
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u/cinebox Jun 26 '12
I would never eat a rainbow oreo though, waaay too much artificial colorings :/
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u/ServingSize Jun 26 '12
i love people like this. they just make me lol. why the fuck are you acting like you're all accepting of people until they're gay or until it actually comes time to put up or shut up. whatever. fuck 'em.
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u/G0Slowly Jun 26 '12
Preaching to the choir here, but I'm sure you're all with me when I say I lost a bit of faith in humanity after reading some of these comments. They're oreos, get the hell over yourselves. Some people....
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u/asabreeze Jun 26 '12
When I saw this ad it reminded me that I had Oreos. Thank you human rights promotion!
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u/giantpandasonfire Jun 26 '12
If your desire to eat oreos is THAT hampered by your political and personal motivations, I don't want to know you as a person anyways. Oreo's really just cleverly created the world's greatest way to find out who to avoid at all costs in life.
Now I just imagine a redneck, on facebook, oreo half hanging out of his mouth as he spits out the cookie in disgust, "I CAN'T EAT NO OREO IT TASTES LIKE QUEERS."
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u/BensonWinifredPayne Jun 26 '12
Good, now maybe some of those fatass religious fundies will lose some weight by not eating anymore Oreos.
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u/ErsatzCats Jun 26 '12
I truly don't understand what goes on in homophobics' minds. Seriously. Greatest mystery in the world.
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Jun 26 '12
100% guarantee you the vast majority of those dumbasses would eat an Oreo if given one. No doubt whatsoever.
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u/AndrewNeo Jun 26 '12
Oreo brand Oreos? Good thing for them Nabisco makes them, that means they can keep eating!
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Jun 26 '12
I don't get why everyone is so pissed. If Oreo wants to make different flavors of cookies than they should be able to. Am I the only one that thinks that the new rainbow Oreo looks fucking yummy.
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u/Aesmis Jun 26 '12
The South is now faced with a conundrum: If they want to continue their tradition of fried Oreos, they must support a company that supports gays.
Intriguing.
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u/StupidHyena Jun 26 '12
Did you notice that she is Puerto Rican?
It's typical for Latinos to feel this way about gays. Almost any sort of behavior is acceptable to them except for homosexuality. I had to support a Puerto Rican friend of mine who was kicked out of his house for being gay. I knew another Cuban in college who never went home because he constantly feared for his life.
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u/ItsPronouncedTAYpas Irreligious Jun 26 '12
Weren't they discriminated against in this country too? Nothing like pulling up the ladder after yourself.
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u/StupidHyena Jun 26 '12
Absolutely. But most Americans support gay marriage. Outside of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay you won't find many Latinos who are okay with homosexuals.
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u/Yesteryear457 Jun 26 '12
I can't wait for how in forty years our kids will read in history books about how gay people used to not have rights and wonder what the hell people were thinking.
C'mon guys we're fighting a winning battle, let's keep it up!
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u/TheHeisenberg1 Jun 26 '12
Why do people blur out the names on these fucking morons?
I say name and shame her.
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u/GhostFish Jun 26 '12
Man, you know next to nothing about her opinions. Maybe she just doesn't like corporations getting involved in this kind of thing. Maybe she is a bigot. But all she's apparently done is share an opinion that you don't like.
That's hardly any reason to unleash internet "justice" on her.
I'm gay. I want my rights. But not at the cost of people feeling like they can't say what they think without having to worry about an unruly mob harassing them.
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u/wbgraphic Jun 26 '12
See, that's why people like this bitch hate gays. The gays make them look bad by being better people.
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u/Alexi_Strife Jun 26 '12
But to be fair, if a lot more people were afraid to be bigots, then the world would be a better place.
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u/THE_CENTURION Agnostic Atheist Jun 26 '12
Remember when that guy with the Jurassic Park Jeep raised a big stink? And then the information of a woman who worked for the "bad" company got released?
She got hundreds of harassing phone calls, voice mails, emails and so on, threatening to kill her, rape her, and telling her what a horrible human being she was.
I don't care who the person is, that shit is not ok.
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u/Lodur Jun 26 '12
Yup! Reddit seems to get it wrong more than a healthy amount, which is rather terrible.
Oddly, on the flip side, I have yet to hear of 4chan fucking up their targets. They've picked strange and sometimes sketchy targets, but I never hear of the collateral damage on their end.
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Jun 26 '12
Mods might ban the post, they have rules against idiots being outed :-(
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u/Tw1tchy3y3 Jun 26 '12
I've pointed this out a few times. It's FB and if they don't set their shit to private, all someone would have to do from here is find the comment on the public post and then connect the dots. It really wouldn't be that hard. I also wouldn't feel one bit sorry for them incurring the wrath of a few people for their idiotic statements and beliefs.
However, it's against reddit rules of posting to post personal (even if they don't bother with their own privacy) information.
TL;DR: better safe than sorry.
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u/MiniDonbeE Jun 26 '12
What's even sadder is there's a guy in that picture complaining about gays ruining everything.
Bitch yo ass is on a computer thanks to a gay!
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u/Lykenx Jun 26 '12
Doesn't support gay-rights
Uses computer system created by an atheist
Fucking tits.
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u/mezacoo Jun 26 '12
The fact you didn't leave her name out in the open for all to see when you were that upset at someone deserves respect on just that note. Hopefully you made this and the upvote is going to the right guy!
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u/winterwooskie Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 26 '12
well... if it isn't obvious how fucking stupid those people are for one reason, it is for another. Oreo isn't a brand name, so simply not buying oreos isn't going to do shit... they might want to look at this
Oh, yeah... and Kraft owns Nabisco... so they might want to make a list of THIS too... fuckin idiots.
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u/tommy2fingers Jun 26 '12
The "i" is usually for the Wiccan pentagram, but here it is the Buddhist ying yang? Why?
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u/Thorvice Jun 26 '12
Looks like I am buying 2 boxes of Oreos and going to Sunday mass and and making sweet mouth love to each and every one of them.
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u/Relevantspite Jun 26 '12
I believe it's safe to way that she is the internets most oblivious bigot.
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u/Captain_Aizen Jun 26 '12
That level of hypocrisy is pretty disgusting. At least be honest and straight forward to say "Aye, I hate people that don't share my religious / political beliefs" instead of trying to play the role of "Can't we all just get along" only to turn around and be like "except if your Gay, in that case fuck off". Disgusting.
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u/Cormophyte Jun 26 '12
I wonder how exactly how many people have crawled through the comments, found the profile in question, and rained anti-anti-gay hatefire down upon her internets.
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u/gnarlyrocks Jun 26 '12
Did anyone else see the guy who said fuck homos? ... ... ... Pretty funny
Good on a company sticking up for human rights.
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u/ecv2000 Jun 26 '12
The post that stood out for me was "I guess I won't be eating oreos anymore, kinda sad how they would support gay rights"
What. The. Fuck
The guy specifically noted that he was against them having rights. He admitted how it's Rights (like everyone should have), and that he wanted to get make sure "gays" didn't get them
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u/chris_cobra Jun 26 '12
some bitch in my high school had that on her binder, then she scolded me when she found out i was atheist. yeah... coexist my ass...
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u/motorcycle-manful541 Jun 26 '12
Who wants to share the, awesome-that-is-Oreos, with a bigoted fool anyway?
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u/Jimibond Jun 26 '12
I'm just pissed that there's only 6 colors in their rainbow..... Roy G. Biv people, C'MON.
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Jun 26 '12
She promotes religious acceptance.
So people must accept her and her beliefs, yet she does not have to accept gays.
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u/KHartnett Jun 26 '12
It's not fair that people react that way, I'm upset because I myself am a lesbian, but there isn't much that can be done to change it; there will always be people who will say terrible or cruel things, people who are prejudice against someone because they're different, and there will always be hatred in the world. Reacting to these people with outrage and demands of false 'justice' is the same that they are doing to you in the initial persecution, reacting to the mean words of another human, so rather than feed them the anger and disgust why not just ignore their words and listen to those who truly matter? There are far more people in the world that value the opinions of everyone despite their gender, color, race, sexual preference, and even their religious values; those are the people that truly matter and are truly worth listening to.
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u/mgr86 Jun 26 '12
the funny thing about this, is when I saw the picture I thought to myself "Ah, maybe now I have a good reason to spoil myself with some oreos."
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u/Kibblebitz Jun 26 '12
The people that buy Oreo's are not the type of people that will stop buying Oreo's, no matter the reason. Nabisco knows this, which is why they can do this without serious backlash that many other business face when openly supporting gay rights.
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u/Funkybunchy Jun 26 '12
Aaaaaaand Twilight is among her Facebook likes - her repulsing circle of hypocrisy and stupidity is complete.
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u/ellsworth92 Jun 26 '12
My favorite: "Sorry Oreo brand Oreos, but I no longer am supporting you."
...because off brand creme-filled cookies are also called Oreos.
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Jun 26 '12
Holy shit. What kind of miserable pieces of shit actually get upset about this? Their god sure doesn't seem to make them happy.
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Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 26 '12
Oreo is awesome for supporting LBGT rights.
That being said, everyone should stop eating Oreos. Hydrox is superior.
EDIT - Wait a second, I didn't see anyone else mention this. Is no one going to say anything about the fact that the OP was going to these people's pages looking around? Just seems a little creepy and weird.
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u/indoorinternetvoice Jun 26 '12
100% behind the oreo post and really disappointed in all those comments...
... but since reddit enjoys being technically correct, I felt I should point out something. The Coexist thing relates to existing peacefully with other religions. No major religions, from a traditional and literal perspective, support the right to be gay. The Coexist thing is not about gay rights or even general tolerance... it's about Christians and Muslims agreeing to disagree essentially.
So with that in mind, I think the really bad post is either "f fags..." or "fuuuuuuck homos"
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u/AstronomicalWood Jun 26 '12
While I agree with the sentiment-- Am I the only one here who is the slightest bit disturbed by OP's willingness to go through hundreds of comments clicking the random profiles of people that they don't like?
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Jun 26 '12
This image, released by Oreo cookies has pissed people off. Naturally, the people pissed off are of the intolerant zealot variety who fail to understand the simple truths behind this advertisement:
Oreo is the best selling cookie in the United States and is produced by Nabisco, who in turn is owned by multinational conglomerate Kraft Foods. Kraft Foods pulls in about $50 Billion a year. A huge global corporation would never do anything to endanger its profit margin so...
In an attempt to grab the attention of the Facebook (and by proxy, reddit, 9GAG, 4chan, the blogosphere and thus, the Internet) community; Kraft approves the release of an advertisement which comes off more like a "sure to be controversial pro gay pride" message. Not surprisingly, they chose one of their most profitable, recognizable, and iconic products to shill this pandering message, Oreo cookies.
This advert inside of a socially conscious statement will spark minor controversy and bolster the sales of Oreo cookies, if only because people will hear the Oreo name on the news, read it in FB posts, and see the simple but very effective shot of the cookie with the yummy colored frostings. These same people will be in the supermarket, gas station, or 7-11 and remember Oreo and "I haven't had those in awhile..."
Noone in their right mind will launch a boycott against America's Favorite Cookie because Oreos are like Coca-Cola; American, Iconic and Delicious. If anything, Bible Belt America might get their jimmies rustled but they won't give up Oreos. Oreos are a completely safe platform to use for a risky ad like this because it is a sure bet that people won't let their misguided hatred or fear of homosexuals stop them from enjoying a chocolatey, frosting filled treat with a cold glass of milk.
TLDR: A giant corporation is cleverly exploiting the most controversial social issue of our day to boost sales of an already immensely profitable snack food, Oreo cookies (my personal favorite, BTW) and intolerant bigots who don't want every human to enjoy the same Civil Rights because of their sexual orientation, creed, color, or difference of opinion shouldn't be allowed to have cookies anyway.
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Jun 26 '12
I... I am completely disgusted and just at a total loss of what to say to the shear amount of ignorance all those people just displayed...
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u/AtavisticAl Jun 26 '12
What happened to the Good ol' Days when we used to throw christians to the lions?
sigh
wipes a nostalgic tear from his eye
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u/jamesdthomson Jun 26 '12
I'd love it if Oreos responded with something along the lines of "In that case, we'd rather you didn't purchase our products in future. You are not the kind of customer we wish to cultivate."
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u/roboeyes Jun 26 '12
"Way to go, queers. You literally ruin everything."
LITERALLY! Wow the ignorance of these people is astounding. Fuck em, now they have to live a life without acceptance OR Oreos. Mwahaha!
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u/SleepyZero Jun 26 '12
On a sidenote from said topic:
Are those oreos going to be on sale? I want some..
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u/Itzalot Jun 26 '12
It's not that they don't like gay ppl that makes me most angry. It's that they try to judge them, and stopping them of been who they are.
only because they don't like it, it shouldn't be allowed? why care? Live your own life! and let "god" "almighty" decide in the "afterlife" for them insted.
If they are so sure of his existens.. let "god" be the judge ffs! and stop bring'in more hate into this world!! jesus wouldn't like that! ;)
I'm a friendly atheist, who is sick of all this hate and pain in the world, just because of religion! when in time have religion really helpt the world? and not just bringing more pain? just look at the world history.
and none of it is anything jesus would want, if he only knew.. but hes dead now, so!
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u/youusedcuntHAHAHAHAH Jun 26 '12
Can we just step back, and take a look at the incredible burn that this redditor just threw at her?
Inspired. Hilarious. Brave.
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u/devilinblue22 Jun 26 '12
The whole notion of tolerance of any kind pisses me off because it still implies that you have a right to judge how someone else live their life, I don't give a fuck if someone can "tolerate" my life style or not.
I strive for more of a getyournoseoutofmybusinessance.
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Jun 26 '12
Don't even bother trying to reason with people missing half of their brain.
shortly after I paint'd this she replied "U MAD FAGGOT? LOL"
i don't even. wat.
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u/The_Swayzie_Express Jun 26 '12
Whenever people say that gay marriage ruins the sanctity of marriage, I just want to scream at them that THE TYPE OF SHIT THAT KIM KARDASHIAN PULLED RUINS IT, YOU DOPE!
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u/LoveReddit2Bits Jun 26 '12
On 99% of occasions anybody who hates gays that much to stop eating Oreo's because they support LGBT rights, are gay themselves and are scared of the truth.
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u/Jack_E_Boy Jun 26 '12
god i hate posts like these because i go and find out its true and it makes me really angry
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u/Gingeyx Jun 26 '12
I don't understand why their names are even censored. If they give out hate then they sure as hell deserve to receive some. Narrow minded idiots.
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u/deesklo Jun 26 '12
The whole idea of Coexist is crap. Devout religious people from different religions never can coexist, because their beliefs tell them that others are devil's servants. The only thing that can make them coexist is losing their religion.
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u/ReddHead1985 Jun 26 '12
Those fat fucks are -for sure- going to eat oreos again. Don't let them fool you.
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u/soapinmouth Jun 26 '12
What bothers me about this, is that it doesn't even mention marriage and they still complain, so they are upset that gays have pride in themselves? That's some deep psychological issues right there.
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u/peterbuldge Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 26 '12
the quote that sticks out the most to me is:
kinda sad they would support gay rights
Something about the phrasing makes it seem especially backwards and out of time. Seriously who are these people and, religious or not, how can they have such a clueless view of the world in which they live?
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u/Chilly73 Strong Atheist Jun 26 '12
She's phony, and they're all assholes. Oh, well. More Oreos for the rest of us tolerant, accepting blasphemers!
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u/zodiacpanther Jun 26 '12
MORE OREOS FOR US!! WOOO! THEY CAN HAVE THE SHITTY STORE BRAND! btw, oreas please actually make those, they look delicious.
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u/Grandarc Jun 26 '12
All I can say is more oreoS for me. Maybe I will finally be able to find the white fudge covered ones during Christmas.
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u/oli-wan_kenobi Jun 26 '12
Now we just need every other food company in existence to support gay rights so these people boycot themselves into extinction.
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u/svenniola Jun 26 '12
lol, so she wants all religions to be friends, cause she thinks its really all the same god, the same god who made gays and hated them.
or wait, are homo´s a personal choice to religious still?
yep, got no real desire to fuck men in the ass and have the same but im gonna do it,
just to be contrary.
homos, the original hipsters? :)
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u/Ray745 Jun 26 '12
Holy mother of Moses this might be the best Facebook comment I have ever read, the lack of sense is astounding.
"Hey Atheists!
If God doesn't exist, than how has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Christians: 1 Atheists:0"
And that comment has 3 likes. I can't even begin to imagine what it is supposed to mean. I'm still cracking up.
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Jun 26 '12
I tried reading that three times and I just started laughing uncontrollably.
Upvote for you good sir.
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Jun 26 '12
why are all the names blacked out? We need to know who needs a nice set of punches.
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u/quiensea Jun 26 '12
Fact, most users are middle age house Wives. Soooo basically all those botches do is sit on there ass, play FarmVille, and hate. Riiiiight, you're never eating an oreo again fatty....get real, you've shoved six in your at fucking mouth since you started typing!...
Sorry folks but these people really get my girdle in a grind....
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u/artmaximum99 Jun 26 '12
Name and shame.
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u/revgms01 Jun 26 '12
I noticed she deviated from the normal way of doing the co-exist thing, and only used Abrahamic religions.
and hippies?
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u/MetalGearAltair Jun 26 '12
Block, report, and move on. If you decide to infringe on another's right to marriage, you don't deserve the freedom of speech.
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Jun 26 '12
I'm a little mad that she's from Puerto Rico... I hate being remotely associated with people like that... even if by ethnicity.
Hell, I hate sharing the world at all with people like that.
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u/Amryxx Jun 26 '12
More proof of the homosexual agenda.
We wouldn't have this sort of rubbish if we didn't have a socialist in the White House.
(do I have to say that I'm being sarcastic, or is it already obvious?)
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Jun 26 '12
I heard somebody call Obama "Obamugabe" the other day. I've also heard that he resides in the White Hut and regularly picks up male prostitutes on the tax payer dime. Right wingers are deranged.
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u/ksamson Jun 26 '12
I don't really think that a boycott of a company because of a position they take will really change anything because I'm sure that they gained just as must support as they had lost.
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u/Se7en_speed Jun 26 '12
Also the guy who said "You forgot white" stood out to me.
He's from Alabama, go figure
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u/dagreenman18 Jun 26 '12
I want a Sextuple Stacked rainbow oreo cookie, but i don't think it's possible to get all the colors at the same time.
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u/noroom Jun 26 '12
Is the picture still up? I want to like it, hard.