(Israel’s influence is insane)

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    4 months ago

    Right but what happened in the 1972 Olympics? If you release a 1972 Olympic sneaker, you have to think about how you contextualize the release.

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      4 months ago

      So do you think they would get the same backlash for using a south African person in an advert because Oscar Pistorious was from SA and did atrocious?

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        4 months ago

        SA didn’t do something though, he did. So that logic doesn’t really work. We’re talking about someone who has been an outspoken advocate about the war and she’s in an ad for the 1972 Olympics

        A more appropriate analogy would be a 9/11 memorial sneaker. Who would you put in that ad?

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      4 months ago

      There will always be context in anything you do, but unless she ever made an apology of this attack, the official Israeli tweet is just racism. Mind you I am not surprised from an apartheid state, but yeah it sucks that Adidas didn’t reply along the lines that they do sport, not politics.