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I think it's ridiculous to say that you only get the "right" to be upset if you're from the specific place mentioned in this particular instance. You have every "right" to be upset about someone insulting someone else, and you not being the target doesn't take anything away.

To take a pathological example, I have every right to be upset about neo nazis running racist advertisements, even if I'm not a member of any of the targeted races.

A better argument in defense of the commercial would be to say that it didn't really do much harm: there wasn't anything malicious like the neo nazi example, just a surprising transition to Groupon's purpose.

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Id say your first point is correct. I mis-wrote when I said "right". Anyone can say think or feel whatever they want.

The problem here is people are up in arms as if neo nazis ran a racist advertisement, when in reality Groupon made a commercial at Tibets expense (if you even want to say that).

The reactions to the commercial are "outrage" and "boycotting Groupon"... Do people not have anything better to do? That's the point I'm trying to get at. Sure you can "act" upset, but was anyone really truly upset at the commercial, or is it just to bring attention to themselves?