What in God’s name is going on with Burger King?
Back in January, the fast-food chain produced a laughably bad video opposing the rollback of net neutrality rules, and now they’re getting political again with a video supporting … Rep. Jackie Speier’s Pink Tax Repeal Act?
“Women get hit with a double whammy: They make less for doing the same work and they pay more for the same product or service because it’s for women,” Rep. Speier said in a press release on “Equal Pay Day” back in April. “Whether it’s a pink teddy bear, deodorant from the same manufacturer, or a white laundered shirt, it’s time to say enough! Discrimination is illegal.”
Why Burger King decided to make an ad for its chicken fries based on Speier’s bill we’ll never know, but here it is:
we all pay the price when women are charged more. that’s why we dropped the price of chicken fries to $1.69 for everyone. pic.twitter.com/0h3CtaxPaR
— Burger King (@BurgerKing) July 26, 2018
This is an embarrassingly bad commercial. Fast food & woke feminism don’t mix. pic.twitter.com/xLa9gJy9QQ
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) July 28, 2018
Well its good if what they wanted was for me to never go there again, because they succeeded if that was the outcome they wanted.
— Troy the Skeptical Llama (@Skeptical_Llama) July 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/LonghornBob1776/status/1023331182434545664
I love Burger King but I'm not going there now
— rawbun (@robinleeburch) July 28, 2018
Cute stunt.
You’re dead to me.
— Joey S (@JoeySFromCO) July 27, 2018
Well you were my favorite fast food chain….
— Rhys (@RhysWortham) July 28, 2018
You're gonna get burned so bad for this.
— Boomstick (@TTBL22) July 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/NightBirds777/status/1023331760657113088
…and just like that, our share prices dropped like a stone. pic.twitter.com/zqoL0GV1eR
— ?????? 10:9 ?? (@SpyYourLies) July 28, 2018
Incoming Burger King stock crash in 3…. 2…
— damaze (@DaMaze42) July 28, 2018
Oh, this is a real tweet, not a parody
— Michael Nicosia (@MikeNicosia1998) July 28, 2018
Absolutely ratio'd
— Level 35 Waifu (@Gamerbushi9) July 28, 2018
BK you guys on bad acid or what?
— Pymple E (@EPymple) July 28, 2018
FFS as a woman this is embarrassing.
— Jen B (@moneymouse74) July 28, 2018
I have major second hand cringe right now, dear lord that's embarrassing https://t.co/ispiczuIzB
— Liberal, Not Lefty (@liberalnotlefty) July 28, 2018
This makes no sense. Stop trying to appeal to feminists and just sell us burgers.
— Brandon C. Hines (@LearningthePath) July 28, 2018
Maybe instead of junk politics. You should focus on making food that is edible.
— Hack/heroics (@tet4383) July 28, 2018
This is bad. Next we’ll have gender fluid fries.
— cvnerve (@cvnerve) July 28, 2018
Watch me cause a stink cause they assumed my gender at the counter ?
— Grace Laker ? (@grace_laker) July 28, 2018
oh sweet lawdy are you gonna regret this.
— Count Dankula??????? (@CountDankulaTV) July 27, 2018
Get woke
Go broke
— Danniboy?? (@Dannniboy24) July 28, 2018
Burger King has locations in Saudi Arabia so I'm really looking forward to seeing how they will unveil their progressive agenda in cultures where it's not economically advantageous to do so
— Matt (@MatthewGalanty) July 28, 2018
You know the social justice lunatics you're trying to appease don't run out to buy any of the products they claim, much less fast food meat. https://t.co/O6zXglHDnz
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) July 28, 2018
Where do women pay more than men? Razor blades? Where? I've lived in the States for years and nowhere did I see items that were priced for each gender. Everything cost the same for everyone. Your marketing team must be on acid or extremely stupid.
— Tere Sammallahti (@TereSammallahti) July 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/frdanaoi/status/1023342586445135872
"The wage gap is simply the average earnings of men and women working full time. It does not count for different job positions, hours worked or different jobs. It has nothing to do with the same job. It has nothing to do with discrimination." Same goes for the Pink Tax. Stop it. pic.twitter.com/ai63c78gFO
— Courtneylius (@courtneylius) July 28, 2018
Wow BK let SJWs take over their marketing for virtue signaling ? this is awful pic.twitter.com/l4tWl7VgaZ
— Rob (@ProvidenceAve) July 28, 2018
Appealing to the 3% of Americans that are hardcore feminists instead of the 97% of Americans that are sick of this crap. Brilliant marketing strategy! I wonder which demographic your marketing manager is in? I'd guess the 3%.
— Lee Runestad (@Lee_Runestad) July 28, 2018
If you're going to pander to a false identity political narrative, at least have the stones to commit to it completely. Change your name to Burger Queen, charge men twice as much and keep listening to your "woke" interns. Fighting a tax that doesn't exist = genius marketing.
— Furious_Patriot (@furious_patriot) July 27, 2018
Hey @wendys, can I buy your delicious food without a sanctimonious lecture? pic.twitter.com/3cOCpMsZaR
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) July 28, 2018
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UGH! Burger King flame broils net neutrality hot take, and it's a WHOPPER https://t.co/SJzf0KS6OS
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 24, 2018
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