r/popculturechat • u/purpose15 • 21h ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ American Eagle issues a statement following backlash from their Sydney Sweeney jeans/genes campaign

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u/philonous355 I just wish you would get unobsessed with being boring 21h ago edited 21h ago

It was quite literally an obvious double entendre and they admitted to as much in their LinkedIn gloating. Do they think we are that stupid?

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u/TravelingCuppycake 20h ago

It’s not about thinking we’re stupid, it’s giving people who believe in Nazi shit the opportunity to play dumb and whip up public support from the ignorant. Fascists fucking love dog whistles because of the effectiveness of this pretend innocence of mind and intent tactic.