Dr. Pepper Evolution Ads Enrage Fans; Why Are We OK With So Much Other Offensive Medi

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Dr. Pepper really ticked off their fans. Not because they're finally waking up to the fact that soda is bad for you, but because they used evolution in a Facebook ad campaign. As NPR reports, "…an ape moving from all-fours, to seeing a soda on a rock, to an upright man, enjoying a Pepper, is apparently red meat to some creationists who are loudly expressing outrage at the idea that humans evolved from soda-discovering apes." We've seen companies use sex, violence, misogyny and, most recently, national tragedies to claim consumer attention, so forgive us when we say that this just seems silly. More »Post from: Blisstree
 
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