Sunday, April 27, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Make VH1 Withdraw Their Bully-Promoting Anti-Bullying Ad
According to creativity-online.com, "VH1 targets all the bullies in the world with this hilarious global effort. . . The gorgeous, cinematic musical short stars a bunch of school-age misfits and geeks being tortured and brutalized by their mean-spirited peers. But in the long-run, the victims know the tables will turn dramatically.
However, www.businessinsider.com, makes the claim that ". . . the video's message of empowerment is similar to that of the "It Gets Better" campaign that encourages LGBTQ youth not to let their tormentors get the better of them. But while those ads acknowledge the misery of being bullied, VH1's video seems to make light of the situation as something children will look back on and laugh about when they're older.
As a "survivor" of school, home, work, church bullies, I have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I was consumed with panic as I watched this ad. There was NOTHING funny about it. It's just sad & scary. To make light of the emotional stress & psychological damage the victims experience isn't acceptable, so I am asking you to sign my petition to make VH1 withdraw the ad. It will cause more damamge than it will help.
Simply click the link & sign the petition. If you're already a member of the care2.com network, I will give you a green star.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/788/098/704/make-vh1-withdraw-their-bully-promoting-anti-bullying-ad/
According to creativity-online.com, "VH1 targets all the bullies in the world with this hilarious global effort. . . The gorgeous, cinematic musical short stars a bunch of school-age misfits and geeks being tortured and brutalized by their mean-spirited peers. But in the long-run, the victims know the tables will turn dramatically.
However, www.businessinsider.com, makes the claim that ". . . the video's message of empowerment is similar to that of the "It Gets Better" campaign that encourages LGBTQ youth not to let their tormentors get the better of them. But while those ads acknowledge the misery of being bullied, VH1's video seems to make light of the situation as something children will look back on and laugh about when they're older.
As a "survivor" of school, home, work, church bullies, I have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I was consumed with panic as I watched this ad. There was NOTHING funny about it. It's just sad & scary. To make light of the emotional stress & psychological damage the victims experience isn't acceptable, so I am asking you to sign my petition to make VH1 withdraw the ad. It will cause more damamge than it will help.
Simply click the link & sign the petition. If you're already a member of the care2.com network, I will give you a green star.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/788/098/704/make-vh1-withdraw-their-bully-promoting-anti-bullying-ad/
Friday, April 18, 2014
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