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Monday, February 3, 2014
Coca Cola 2014 Super Bowl Melting Pot Commerical
Many "Conservative" pundits are getting all up in arms about the Coca-Cola commercial with "America the Beautiful" playing in several languages and showing people of many races and cultures in the video. Come on folks! Have you ever heard the term "melting pot" in reference to the United States of America?! The video expresses who we ARE. It is not a ploy to promote multiple languages or an attack on the English language (and keep in mind, "English" is not "American" - it's BRITISH!). Very few, if any, can say that they are not descendant from immigrants (even "Native Americans" likely immigrated over 1000 years ago, perhaps across a "land-bridge" connecting Alaska and Russia).
Tonight, I heard Michael Savage bloviating over this commercial too - and even stated "What would the Chinese say if someone played their national anthem in all those different languages?" Umm, Dr. Savage, with all due respect, "America the Beautiful" is NOT our national anthem! (sigh) Again, America IS beautiful largely due to our diversity in cultures. I would also remind Dr. Savage, et. al., that we don't live in China - and part of what makes the United States a great country is the freedom of speech to express ourselves... let's not push for removal of Coca-Cola's inalienable right to this.
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