Even Shoes Can Be Weapons of Change. Or Not

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We thought we’d seen the last of the (oft spoofed) (red) campaign but on the streets of New York, the red plague remains alive and well.

It made its most recent appearance in this Converse ad at left, touting (red) products as weapons of change. For those who can’t read the blurry photo, the ad says, “Buy (Product) Red stuff. Join the movement. The time is now. Do something.”

For a bold headline like “Weapon of Change,” that follow-up entreaty leaves much to be desired. The only thing we feel genuinely compelled to do is trash the copywriter who put that desperate string of sentences together.

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