Fracas about Coca Cola Ad for Superbowl- Salon

Sunday, Feb 2, 2014 08:30 PM EST

Coca-Cola’s multilingual Super Bowl ad is driving Twitter xenophobes crazy

Apparently singing "America the Beautiful" in multiple languages is worthy of a boycott VIDEO

To see video causing all the uproar, go to

 

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/03/coca_colas_bilingual_super_bowl_ad_is_driving_twitter_xenophobes_crazy/

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/03/coca_colas_bilingual_super_bowl_ad_is_driving_twitter_xenophobes_crazy/

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Topics: Video, Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad, Coca-Cola bilingual super bowl ad, #boycottcoke, Twitter, coke super bowl ad, Media News, Entertainment News, News

(Credit: screen shot, Coca Cola)

Coca-Cola’s big Super Bowl ad this year featured a rendition of “America the Beautiful” sung in multiple languages, alongside sweeping images of America’s landscape and its people.
It was extremely patriotic, wholesome, and altogether unobjectionable in every way.
Cue xenophobes on Twitter threatening to boycott Coke in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…

No wonder I am a Pepsi man. #boycottcoke
— CUZ_55 (@Cuz_55) February 3, 2014

You know what's NOT American? America the Beautiful in a million languages #boycottcoke
— John (@JRaw1285) February 3, 2014

I love diversity and what not, but the Super Bowl is an AMERICAN tradition. #boycottcoke
— Macy (@Macy_Lewis) February 3, 2014

Last time I checked this is America and we sing patriotic songs the way they're written #boycottcoke
— josh (@joshmunti) February 3, 2014

You can't sing an American song in another language! #boycottcoke
— spencinator (@taylorspencer3) February 3, 2014

The most unamerican coke commercial ever. National anthem in non English #boycottcoke
— K C (@TheBoyCrispy) February 3, 2014

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@foryzeal22 @pepsi @CocaColaCo I agree...Coke with the worst ad in history. #boycottcoke
— Peter J Santore (@PeterJSantore) February 3, 2014

@CocaCola WTF. America the Beautiful was meant to be sung in our accepted language. #boycottcoke Drink @pepsi
— Jas (@NHTdad) February 3, 2014

Fuck you coke #thanksobama #boycottcoke #cocacola #cocacolaisunamerican
— Perki (@CalebPerkinsZ) February 3, 2014

For what it’s worth, part of the reason the #boycottcoke hashtag took off was righteous tweeters trolling xenophobes like the ones above. So we’re not all terrible.
And here’s the 60-second version of the ad, in case you missed it: