Coca-Cola's Multilingual Super Bowl Ad Inspired A Complete Meltdown Online
Some of these might be jokes, but it's so hard to tell anymore. Most of the people upset about the advertisement didn't even seem to notice the gay couple in it.
Last night during the Super Bowl, Coca-Cola debuted its "It's Beautiful" commercial, which included a rendition of "America the Beautiful" in various languages.
It quickly set off a firestorm on Twitter with users who were live-tweeting the event. Many claimed they were switching over to Pepsi.
Others insisted that Coke as a brand was now un-American, or even communist.
While many others were furious that an American brand would release a Super Bowl commercial in any language other than English.
Others took it even further, calling Coca-Cola terrorists.
It also inspired a handful of hashtags, including #SpeakAmerican...
And the #boycottcoke.
Interestingly enough, very few people noticed the fact that the commercial also included a gay couple.
Outside of predominantly conservative pockets of Twitter and on Coke's Facebook page, most commenters are supportive of the commercial, with many of the top comments lauding it.