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You conveniently forgot to mention that a lot of the controversy is coming from the GOP side because it was a young white man being used to depict someone that's lazy. You should ask yourself if these people would be as upset if the ad depicted a young black man instead.

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You need to ask yourself if they would ever run such an ad starring a black man instead, and what the public reaction would be like then.

Perhaps young White men are right to be sick of being everyone's punching bag.

> You need to ask yourself if they would ever run such an ad starring a black man instead, and what the public reaction would be like then.

Ronald Reagan and the GOP are the ones responsible for popularizing the "welfare queen" stereotype and specifically associating it with black women. It has been a part of the playbook for quite some time.

I mean, yeah, young white men would be upset when someone who's supposed to represent them slanders their group instead, and they won't be as upset if some other, unrelated group is being slandered instead. Is that supposed to be a hot take? What's your point?

The comment I'm responding to left out the race aspect entirely and tried to frame it like the controversy is about the age of the guy depicted, which is a complete misrepresentation of events.

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