I’d be all about them renaming the state nickname from being the Hawkeye state since the origination of that is from the Indian chief of the black hawk. I get so sick of them on the news always referring to our state as being the Hawkeye state .......
Land O Lakes changing "Racist" packaging
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The Badger-Gopher rivalry extends beyond the football field and basketball court?
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I'm just so sick of companies changing their branding to try to make themselves more appealing to the market and sell more product.
I didnt even think of that. Brilliant! **** maybe if we stir up enough hell and start "Hawkeye State is racist" campaign we could get it changed. Could even use the ANF organizers for good use
At least it's stayed only silly to this point. I guess we better go back to commenting about the butter package's knees just to be safe.
I guess this is Minnesota's payback for Wisconsin taking all of Minnesota's good basketball players. Now, Minnesota just has to figure out a way to get back at Duke for taking the really good basketball players.
Apparently this is the new design. Honestly I like it a lot. Seems to me to be a marketing screw up to make it about the previous design instead of the fresh new design. They must be from the thought that all publicity is good publicity. I think they could have made the design change without any controversy.
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/land-o-lakes-drops-native-american-image-packaging
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As I get older, it's a little sad to see things associated with my childhood disappear. As a kid, I remember a friend that showed how cutting out her knees the same size as the butter she was holding and moving it up, gave us the closest thing we could get to a dirty picture. Kids nowadays don't need imagination they just jump on the internet and find things I could never imagine!
Stop staring at the butter and shut the fridge door! You’re wasting the electricity!
There are green alternatives: Redbook and the Sears Catalog.
Appanoose has the word noose in it. Probably long past time for us to be looking at changing that.
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Actually, if you read the press release from the company, they're doing exactly what you're saying. They don't mention the old design at all.
The design looks great. Its better to get out ahead of these things and form your narrative, rather than someone discovering it and the media go rampant with stories. The timing was great too. Its really a non story with all the Covid 19 stuff. Genius stuff from Land O Lakes
I agree it’s better to get out ahead and form your own narrative but I don’t think they have. I also don’t think the timing is good with covid. I think normally this would have been a story for a day or so and the news would move on. Now you have people sitting at home and bored. People also aren’t in good moods.
That is a different way of thinking about it that might have some validity. People might stew over it but I think the media can't afford to given there is much bigger news to cover at the moment
