Comments by "irresistablejewel" (@irresistablejewel) on "The Brawny WOMEN and Other Corporate Leftist Missteps w/Kurt Metzger | Joe Rogan" video.

  1. I strongly disagree with the title of the clip, particularly the phrase "Corporate Leftist", because: corporations are invariably about money and profit (which is a right wing thing); advertising agencies are employed to push product (another right-wing thing) and while I've only seen lumberjacks portrayed in movies and on TV, with "The Lumberjack Song" probably being one of my main points of reference, it should be clear by now that in order to push product or sell something money comes first and any kind of sense comes after, a long time after, or sometimes not at all. In other words; if you can accept talking cartoon creatures trying to sell you breakfast cereal, then a trio of women with axes trying to sell whatever it was (paper towels? was it?) isn't exactly unusual, is it? Find three women lumberjacks; we've paper towels to sell!! Okay, find three professional models; dress them in clothes stereo-typically male; check with legal, see if women lumberjacks exist, or check the forest; don't mention bleaching paper kills the river and hurry; stock is building up... and see if the phrase "bearded ballerina" resonates! I mean does any of that sound remotely left-wing? Lumberjacks I'm sure are able to speak for themselves; probably have better things to do (like cutting down trees) to get involved in marketing or media companies attempts to create talking points; I don't recall lumberjacks expressing a particular political affiliation to either left or right; maybe in Heller's "Something Happened" I can't remember; but arguably the business of logging is politically neutral. It is hopefully a profitable concern for owners; shareholders and employees which is a right-wing concern/ it also provides necessary building material for constructing houses; I can assure you that who: cuts the trees down; designs or builds the houses is immaterial as long as they are (hopefully) masters of their craft; but that bleach in the river bit is really the main "leftist" concern. In other words: I've not heard a comment from a lumberjack regarding this advertising campaign (I assume they are too busy and too sensible to get involved); as a socialist I accept that wood and wood-pulp are essential but the method of reward would be different, even idealistic.... in return for your labour you end up with a log cabin to your design with a view over a river; towns downstream get logs; they send planks; paper-towels and pulp back so pioneers can (presumably) build a town, or mill, or farm the land. The socialist model doesn't rely on: share dividends; pushing product, or even knowing where paper towels come from, and suspect this term "Corporate Leftist" may have been invented by the same people who brought us lucky charms; so, like Leprechauns, might not exactly exist... I mean until we find one. So C'mon Joe! I'm not accusing you of: suddenly somehow receiving paper towels (unsolicited) for life or advertising a product line and trying to call it news, or even of a lack of sensitivity towards (fill in the blank) by finding it hysterically funny... but this ad campaign is a right-wing thing from start to finish; distributing it isn't; cutting down trees isn't and put simply those lefty, (socialist) concerns often go to the wall early-on because: there basically isn't enough money in socialism; individuals and groups often won't behave responsibly (resent being policed) and while the predominately right-wing media tries to sell socialism as some kind of dirty word; if it looks like nonsense and involves goods/services; then somebody is either trying to sell something or are actually just talking nonsesnse and no I'm not a commie. Society more concerned with a virus (rather than catching a viral ad campaign) just at the moment, but I seem to remember the "Rosie the Welder" (Rockwell?) image; the documentary about nudists running a logging operation listing frying sausages as a workplace hazard; adverts for construction workers (must be prepared to work topless). Plenty of campaigns; but I suggest you stop trying to involve socialists and lumberjacks in this one; if you are looking for "corporate leftists" maybe try the bottom of the garden?
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