It looks like all those epic pun threads built some fast-twitch satire muscles. Last week the National Organization for Marriage (NOM not NOM) launched a $1.5 million ad campaign to "protect marriage and religious liberty throughout the nation" against the "The Gathering Storm" of same-sex marriage. Not only were redditors not scared by the bad actors, lies, and crappy green screen effects, but they also decided to respond to "the most ridiculous anti-gay ad ever" with a sharp collaborative work of parody. "[NOM's] 'Gathering Storm' ad was so rife with misinformation and fear-mongering that the internet changed just a few words to show what it really was: bigotry."By replacing all the audio, and substituting the word "gay" with "interracial" redditors highlighted the prejudice and fear mongering of the NOM ad. All of this was done quickly, collaboratively, and without any of the redditors ever meeting face to face. Yesterday, The Lesbian and Gay Foundation recognized this project and gave "the reddit users behind the parody a hearty high five for being 'Homo Heroes' and challenging the homophobic National Organisation for Marriage, who most definitely win the accolade of 'Homo Zeros'!" redditors didn't stop there either. They quickly parodied NOM's website with People-Against-Equality.org. Outstanding job by everyone involved! You are Heroes!
Help more people see their parody by rating and sharing the video far and wide. As LGF says, "The appauling advert has incensed many, but a group of ad hoc activists on the the social networking site Reddit, decided to get even with NOM." For other parodies of "A Gathering Storm" check out this playlist.
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