There are no words . . . .I live on a boat. No cable TV but I do have Antenna TV which gets NBC, ABC, and FOX, which in my area is channels 69-1 and 69-2. I knew the channels are FOX channels, but the 69-2 channel plays old comedy series etc., including old Johnny Carson Tonight shows which I often watch because the gentle humor and the reminders of a gentler time are more soothing than watching the “regular” channels and the constant virus scare drumbeat.
I’m watching Johnny Carson interview Charles Nelson Reilly and some actress I don’t recognize when they cut to a commercial and this large grizzly bear comes on, which turns into this T_____ B___ ad. I watched in shock, thinking this had to be joke. Maybe I had dosed off and woken up in an SNL skit?
I couldn’t turn away. I had forgotten that I was watching a FOX channel until after the commercial ended. It’s easy for us to laugh at this but it’s not funny — this is actually how HIS FOLLOWERS SEE HIM. Look at the people in the commercial. Notice who they include and who they exclude. No people of color, just “his base” . . .
WE see him as a madman who is systematically destroying our democracy and every government institution we rely on for services. THEY see him as their “buddy” . . . their personal protector. Their LOVABLE LEADER.
I know some people will just laugh at this and see it as demonstrating how nuts his supporters are, but I saw it as frightening because it highlighted that they truly live in an alternate universe where their “savior” and the only one they trust is this person whom we see as a cancer on our country and they see as their lovable leader who is one of them.
I couldn’t believe it was real. I had to google to make sure, and was astounded to see it on YT.
Now obviously an ad that still touts a great economy etc. is going to raise some eyebrows due to the current situation, but remember these FOX viewers don’t believe in the seriousness of the pandemic. They’re still saying he’s a great president who had everything right until this “Chinese” virus came in.
WARNING: I have intentionally omitted using the words they use in the ad because I just don’t want the image they are trying to create to spread , but I had to post this because to me it was frightening.
So comment away but please don’t use the words T_______ _B_______ because the person represented is not cuddly, not a protector and NOT someone we can allow to be reelected.
Please DON’T share the commercial. Maybe it’s ONLY on FOX for the kool aide drinkers. Don’t spread this.