That’s a fair take on it for sure, and one I hadn’t considered. When I went to rewatch the commercial to make sure that I didn’t misremember it, there were a lot of “Controversial Superbowl Ad” type videos that I did not click on, because I don’t need hyper-Christian videos defending it or anything else in my YT reccs, so that clearly shows an intense difference of reception of this ad.
I’m just wary of immediately poking holes in anything/everything the right does, if I feel like they’re at least making an attempt, rather than being like, “Hey, you tried, and that’s good. Maybe next time showcase your message like this instead so more people find this palatable…”
Maybe it’s because I grew up in a Republican household, and even spewed some of that rhetoric, and I had my own journey into Progressive thinking, so I like to give people the benefit of the doubt/growth/seeing the error of their ways/etc.
Definitely give people the benefit of the doubt. But corporations spending superbowl-ad money I always assume the worst and maybe will one day be pleasantly surprised.
Overall there’s probably more misguided good intent than mal-intent. I’ve just become so jaded.
That’s a fair take on it for sure, and one I hadn’t considered. When I went to rewatch the commercial to make sure that I didn’t misremember it, there were a lot of “Controversial Superbowl Ad” type videos that I did not click on, because I don’t need hyper-Christian videos defending it or anything else in my YT reccs, so that clearly shows an intense difference of reception of this ad.
I’m just wary of immediately poking holes in anything/everything the right does, if I feel like they’re at least making an attempt, rather than being like, “Hey, you tried, and that’s good. Maybe next time showcase your message like this instead so more people find this palatable…”
Maybe it’s because I grew up in a Republican household, and even spewed some of that rhetoric, and I had my own journey into Progressive thinking, so I like to give people the benefit of the doubt/growth/seeing the error of their ways/etc.
Definitely give people the benefit of the doubt. But corporations spending superbowl-ad money I always assume the worst and maybe will one day be pleasantly surprised.
Overall there’s probably more misguided good intent than mal-intent. I’ve just become so jaded.