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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 2726910" data-attributes="member: 6777">I.e., &quot;Say it loud, you're a geek and you're proud.&quot; I'm not seeing how the ad is negative or misusing the phrase.Then you have an issue with the phrase itself, even in its original context, and not this ad. &quot;Freak&quot; was a pejrorative term for hippes which they themselves later adopted.I'll take your word for it. I used to buy Mad and Cracked at the grocery store all the time. Now, I can't remember the last time I saw them on sale, or saw anyone reading one.I never said that.I know, I was there. I'm making a comparison.And the current ads are way better than those.You seem to find it quite insulting and stupid. &quot;Offend&quot; seems synonymous, especially when you use terminology like &quot;negative stereotypes&quot;.Then we must agree to disagree. IMO, the current ad campiagn is the first one I've ever seen that has a flippin' clue. I see the &quot;Freaks...&quot; tag line and I see a call to arms. More power to 'em.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="buzz, post: 2726910, member: 6777"] I.e., "Say it loud, you're a geek and you're proud." I'm not seeing how the ad is negative or misusing the phrase. Then you have an issue with the phrase itself, even in its original context, and not this ad. "Freak" was a pejrorative term for hippes which they themselves later adopted. I'll take your word for it. I used to buy [i]Mad[/i] and [i]Cracked[/i] at the grocery store all the time. Now, I can't remember the last time I saw them on sale, or saw anyone reading one. I never said that. I know, I was there. I'm making a comparison. And the current ads are way better than those. You seem to find it quite insulting and stupid. "Offend" seems synonymous, especially when you use terminology like "negative stereotypes". Then we must agree to disagree. IMO, the current ad campiagn is the first one I've ever seen that has a flippin' clue. I see the "Freaks..." tag line and I see a call to arms. More power to 'em. [/QUOTE]

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