To get the juices flowing

Here are just a few videos to get you thinking about how terms or phrases like "that's gay" can be offensive.





I remember the first time I saw this type of commercial, except it was with two cashiers working at a convenience store and when the customer told the girls that it was offensive to use "that's so gay" for meaning something is stupid she told them that it would be like using their names as meaning something was stupid. I completely agreed with the message but the commercial totally rubbed me in the wrong way. I just didn't think it was that effective and I only remember seeing it once.

However, I think that these new commercials are much better and actually very funny, especially the Wanda Sykes commercial. Compared to the old commercial I remember I think these are very effective and clearly get the message across.

For these reasons, it makes me highly upset that CBS refused to air the Hilary Duff commerical for the Superbowl. Maybe the Wanda Sykes commercial would have been more appealing to that audience, but it is certaintly an audience that needs to be reached with this message because they probably use this language the most (even if they intend it to be harmless).

Through further research, I've found that CBS has refused to air any commercials that were gay themed or featured gay advocacy. So CBS "Knock it off!" and air those commercials.