By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--February 8, 2016
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Insecure people always act like this. Any suggestion of a worldview that doesn't agree with theirs, even a humorous one (in fact, often, especially that), brings about an angry bitter reaction because they're terrified people might nod their heads and enjoy the joke. Ultrasounds especially terrify the abortion crowd because, as they become more sophisticated and clear, they make it harder for anyone to deny that a fetus is a human being - which, of course, is the point of NARAL's little snit here. I actually didn't think it was a very good commercial, to be honest. All the actors are terrible and just because the final moment is supposedly shocking doesn't mean it sells the product. (And I'll confess my bias here: I can't stand Doritos. Your preferences may vary and thus the world goes 'round.) But if the point of a Super Bowl commercial is to get everyone talking about it, NARAL couldn't have done Doritos a bigger favor than to let loose with its petulant little tweet, because we're all sure talking about it now, aren't we?#NotBuyingIt - that @Doritos ad using #antichoice tactic of humanizing fetuses & sexist tropes of dads as clueless & moms as uptight. #SB50
— NARAL (@NARAL) February 8, 2016
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