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PepsiCo forced to withdraw 'racist' Mountain Dew ad.

PepsiCo apologised for the ad and took "full responsibility" for any offence

US soft drinks giant PepsiCo has withdrawn a commercial over criticism that it depicts racial stereotypes and makes light of violence against women.

The online ad shows a battered white woman on crutches being asked to identify a suspect out of a police line-up of black men and a goat.

One blogger described the 60-second video as "arguably the most racist commercial in history".

PepsiCo has since apologised for the ad for its Mountain Dew soft drink.

In the video, the goat threatens to beat the woman up if she identifies him to the police.

The woman eventually screams in horror and runs away.

The dialogue in the clip is a wordplay around "Dew It" - the slogan promoting Mountain Dew.

In a statement on Wednesday, PepsiCo said that it took "full responsibility" for any offence caused by commercial.

It said it had removed the ad from its online channels.

The material was developed by African-American rapper Tyler the Creator.

Your rights end where my feelings begin.

No, my rights end when you feel your life is in danger. I can legally hurt your feelings all I want.

Actually you can't. That's called harassment.

Harassment is as defined:

to create an unpleasant or hostile situation for especially by uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct

This applies: To create an unpleasant situation by unwelcome verbal conduct

Saying things to hurt another creates this atmosphere.

No just no. I am neither defaming, being obscene, or threatening. I said hurt your feelings, never said I was harassing. For instance, the KKK (or even the Westboro Baptist Church) can legally splatter all of their nonsense as much as they want. I can insult you all I want, but if I was lying (talking to a third party,) that's slander, and that is illegal.

If you're offended by this, you're stupid. This is one of the dumbest videos I've ever seen, and considering it's made from a million dollar, if not billion dollar, empire, who cares?

It's Tyler the creator. Wtf do you expect. People need a sense of humor. Go watch Loiter squad fgts. @Critics btw

They can splatter their nonsense because it is protected under the 1st Amendment right to free speech which protects them under belief.

Insulting a person directly by harming another's feelings is a form of attack.

I've studied this from my Criminal Justice courses and they are clear: If you target a person and aim to hurt emotionally, that is not protected speech.

If by what you are saying, I can walk up to a 5 year old kid and can him a "Short sad waste of life" over and over just to hurt his feelings. Well, since he is a child; I'd technically be breaking a few laws as well.

Freedom of Speech is not protective of everything, there is actually a lot in which you cannot say or imply, orally or written.

Here: Simple solution, Bullying. A good close definition to targeting an individual.

Awhh It got removed

Never said I had to bully/harass someone to hurt their feelings, read again. But the whole point is I'm not aiming to hurt someones feelings, and therefore can not be punished. Look up Smith Vs. California. Of course your arguments would make sense if you were not an American.