Oreo pride

Kraft Food posted a multicolored-filled Oreo cookie on its Facebook page a few days ago, with the caption "Proudly support love!"

http://news.yahoo.com/kraft-foods-rainbow-oreo-reflection-values-033404507.html


Well, good for Kraft and its decision to undermine American morality. What's left of it, anyway.

Everybody's queer, right?

OMG! Did he say queer?

Yeah, I did.

A couple of things. A graduate school friend mentioned an American literature short story course, reading and discussing stories. One story was by Ernest Hemingway. The professori skipped the story. Well, my friend thought, we'll probably pick it up later. Didn't happen. So he asked the professori why the class had not read and discussed the story. The professori's reply: "I don't like Hemingway." To replace the Hemingway short story, the professori handed out copies of a story concerning a man who seduced women who wore prosthesis and then stole whichever artificial limb his target used.

I knew the professori. She and another Ph.D. of the same gender announced to the university their establishment of a home together, said announcement an invitation to celebrate the arrangement at their home. I considered going, then decided it would be better for them and for me if I stayed away. OK, mostly better for me. The couple had the at least outward backing of other faculty, and had I attended and commented on my opinion of same-gender households – Well, I did have grades to consider.

The same literature professori told a class that no writer who was not lesbian or gay every wrote anything worth reading.

As Captain Blackadder said, "Oh, the university education."

The other thing is this: “As a company, Kraft Foods has a proud history of celebrating diversity and inclusiveness. We feel the OREO ad is a fun reflection of our values.” – Basil T. Maglaris, Kraft spokesman.

Hey, Basil! As a consumer, I don’t have to buy your products!

(Basil? Can’t you hear Sybil Fawlty? “Basil! What have you done now?”)

The ad reportedly says: “Proudly support love!”

Well, to use someone else’s phrase, “What’s love got to do with it?” Supporting “gay pride” means it’s OK to have sexual relations with someone of the same gender. Folks, that is not OK.