‘Skittles are candy. Refugees are people.’
Wrigley, who make Skittles, have issues the following short statement in response to Donald Trump Jr’s latest scaremongering attack on Syrian people seeking refuge on American soil.
This should be applauded.
A rep for @Skittles gives me their response to @DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/OmkJQkIqug
— Seth Abramovitch (@SethAbramovitch) September 20, 2016
So, what did the potential new leader of the free world say to spark such a response?
Something truly stupid, harmful, immoral and, ultimately, unsurprising.
This image says it all. Let's end the politically correct agenda that doesn't put America first. #trump2016 pic.twitter.com/9fHwog7ssN
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 19, 2016
While there are people out there who will say that this is just great marketing by Wrigley, despite the fact that they call out the fact they don’t want to make commercial gain out of Trump Jr’s message of hate, there’s no doubt they handled this in the best way possible.
The sad thing is that by dehumanising and making racist claims against the Syrian people by using such a common and recognisable brand, Trump Jr has probably picked up another raft of voters for his father.
Jon Favreau – Barack Obama’s former speechwriter, not the actor – countered by posting this image of little Omran Daqneesh.
https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/778036417167368192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
John Legend pointed out how, by that logic, all guns should be banned in the United States.
By that logic, you would take everyone's guns away. Because someone is gonna kill somebody at some point. But I guess that doesn't count. https://t.co/3BraX0Ew19
— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 20, 2016
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