http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4071
By Matt Sanchez
In an attempt to be “edgy,” the Absolut Vodka manufacturer created an ad that hearkened back to the first Mexican Empire and included much of what is indisputably the United States of America. The ad (seen at right) placed California, Colorado and Texas in Montezuma’s Revenge territory, which would be a disaster for the average human smuggler; could you imagine having to cross Texas on foot just to get a decent job or drink clean water?
The eternally astonished, over at The Gawker, are quick to label anyone who is offended by the insult to national sovereignty a xenophobe. There’s something revealing about the We-are-the-World types who believe things like culture, borders, religion and history are all relative. In the United States, groups like the decidedly non-diverse La Raza and the acronym-challenged MEChA understand the power of identity politics. These race conmen play both advocate and victim to further their radical agenda. In Mexico, where the Absolut ad ran before being pulled, the Reconquista of “lost territories” was supposed to appeal to national pride. This flies in the face of logic. Mexican don’t risk their lives to reach states like California and Colorado because it was formerly Mexico; Mexicans leave their homeland precisely to escape Mexico.Absolut Vodka commented that the geo-politically incorrect ad: “In no way was it meant to offend or disparage, nor does it advocate an altering of borders, nor does it lend support to any anti-American sentiment, nor does it reflect immigration issues.”
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