Being a place with a very high concentration of tourists, Wicked Campers cleverly make sure they have shedloads of campers going around, and they're cheap enough for lots of young tourists to use them.
Vilified to the extent that even Wikipedia refers to their slogans as "disgustingly sexist or racist", the company just ignores the complaints and revels in the publicity.
On a very rare occasion of being stuck in traffic a couple of days ago, I heard my wife suddenly crack up laughing, then point to the Wicked Camper that made her laugh. It was one of those slogans referred to as disgusting sexist.
I laughed as well.
Now, the heavy brigade has been called in the form of rampantly elephantine Assistant Minister of Tourism and 2IC of the government's all-girl hatchet squad, and she is pissed off.
At the same time, we have the enormous tub of lard - and absurdly self-named - Cat Pause, berating New Zealand for not treating people who can't even treat themselves with respect, with respect. (If you want a really good laugh and don't find fatist comments disgusting, there's some funny stuff in the comments - and note the ratings!)
To me, this is exactly the kind of bunkum driving the rise of Donald Trump.
It's like Newtonian physics is at play in the populace - the harder the hand-wringing, hemp clothed, sandal-wearing PC brigade push, even reasonable people begin to want to push back, and when the pendulum reaches a certain point, they do.
I'm sorry, but I don't get it at all. The way to stop sexism/racism/fatism/ageism/shortism isn't forcing people to stop laughing.
Vilified to the extent that even Wikipedia refers to their slogans as "disgustingly sexist or racist", the company just ignores the complaints and revels in the publicity.
On a very rare occasion of being stuck in traffic a couple of days ago, I heard my wife suddenly crack up laughing, then point to the Wicked Camper that made her laugh. It was one of those slogans referred to as disgusting sexist.
I laughed as well.
Now, the heavy brigade has been called in the form of rampantly elephantine Assistant Minister of Tourism and 2IC of the government's all-girl hatchet squad, and she is pissed off.
At the same time, we have the enormous tub of lard - and absurdly self-named - Cat Pause, berating New Zealand for not treating people who can't even treat themselves with respect, with respect. (If you want a really good laugh and don't find fatist comments disgusting, there's some funny stuff in the comments - and note the ratings!)
To me, this is exactly the kind of bunkum driving the rise of Donald Trump.
It's like Newtonian physics is at play in the populace - the harder the hand-wringing, hemp clothed, sandal-wearing PC brigade push, even reasonable people begin to want to push back, and when the pendulum reaches a certain point, they do.
I'm sorry, but I don't get it at all. The way to stop sexism/racism/fatism/ageism/shortism isn't forcing people to stop laughing.
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