The clueless folks at MSNBC stirred a twit storm of outrage that forced the network to delete and apologize for a tweet that painted conservatives as racists likely to hate a new Cheerios Super Bowl commercial because it reprises a portrayal of a bi-racial family.
Here’s a screen shot:
A Cheerios ad last year that featured the same family drew a hail of hateful, racist remarks. But note how MSNBC casually interprets “racist” reaction to last year’s as “conservative backlash”.
And considering the latest salvo was coming from the same network that was forced to apologize for its disgraceful mockery of the Romney family because a son of the former Republican presidential candidate had adopted a black toddler, the real conservative backlash to the insult didn’t take long.
Conservative commentator and Twitchy.com co-founder Michelle Malkin led with way …
Hi @msnbc cretins: I am “rightwing” & my kids are biracial. Take your self-righteous hatred & shove it. RT if you agree!
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2014
Hey @msnbc jerks: This is #MyRightwingBiracialFamily. We love #cheerios. Enough with your race card crap==> pic.twitter.com/DZikmrD0PK
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2014
And she had plenty of followers. Here are a few collected by Twitchy, from ordinary Americans who know being conservative has nothing to do with being racist (in fact, it’s really just the opposite) …
.@MichelleMalkin My awesome biracial sons!#MyRightWingBiracialFamily @lamblock pic.twitter.com/B4jSYIcAFb
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) January 30, 2014
.@MSNBC Here’s MY family, you bigoted, sanctimonious pricks. http://t.co/sRxgXtPTRv
— Charly J. (@chuck_dizzle) January 30, 2014
… to celebrities like “Justified’s” Nick Searcy, who defended interracial families the last time MSNBC attacked, too.
You mean @MHarrisPerry will hate it, @msnbc! Right wingers like me are LIVING IT! pic.twitter.com/g8LRpQFKNj
— Yes, Nick Searcy! (@yesnicksearcy) January 30, 2014
Hey @msnbc, @MHarrisPerry & @TheRevAl will accuse me of committing cultural genocide! @MPHaus@msnbc@KiraAynDavispic.twitter.com/9Qwe75LMYg
— Yes, Nick Searcy! (@yesnicksearcy) January 30, 2014
Eventually, MSNBC tweeted that the orginal tweet “does not reflect the position of msnbc.” That, frankly, is hard to believe. But just for the record …
We are deleting the earlier offensive tweet. It does not reflect msnbc’s position and we apologize.
— msnbc (@msnbc) January 30, 2014
Until next time, they mean.
Check out the new Cheerios ad here. It really is adorable.
And speaking of Super Bowl ads, check this out if you haven’t seen it yet: Budweiser does it again! Super Bowl XLVIII Commercial ‘Puppy Love’
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