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Will Dove Get the Bud Light Treatment?

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by Kerry Dougherty

Does the name Morgan Bettinger sound familiar?

Perhaps not.

She’s just another victim of fake hate at the University of Virginia. A girl who was wrongly labeled a racist and who suffered as a result of a relentless, mean-spirited campaign to drive her out of school.

Meanwhile, the person who accused her of racism, Zyahna Bryant, went from BLM activist to the spokeswoman for the Fat Liberation Movement who just landed a partnership with Dove.

Sometimes life isn’t fair. But if Ms. Bettinger wins her federal lawsuit against the university and its administrators – and I hope she does – it might be salve for the gaping wound inflicted on her by UVa students and administrators alike.

Let’s back up.

On the evening of July 17, 2020, when the George Floyd riots were raging across the country, Bettinger, a rising fourth year University of Virginia student was driving in Charlottesville when she encountered a road being blocked by a dump truck. She hopped out to see what was going on. The driver told her he’d parked the truck there to stop traffic because demonstrators were in the street

Bettinger replied something like this: “Good thing you’re here or the demonstrators would be speed bumps.”

The truck driver has reportedly confirmed her account.

But that isn’t what Bryant heard. She claimed that Bettinger said the demonstrators ought to be speedbumps.

She didn’t stop there.

Here’s a brief account, courtesy of National Review:

The activist, Zyahna Bryant, made headlines in 2020 for her efforts to get a white University of Virginia student expelled for making what Bryant deemed to be “threatening” comments about a group of Black Lives Matter protesters. She later acknowledged that she likely “misheard” the student — but not before campaigning to get her suspended from campus.

Yeah, about that.

Despite no real evidence against her, Bettinger was subjected to investigation after investigation.

Last month, Bettinger filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court against the university that she loved and its president and dean of students.

Read it.

It’s a Kafkaesque tale of what happened to an innocent person when the mob came for her.

For more than a year, Bettinger says she was cyber-stalked, harassed and bullied by fellow students. She lost her job and received death threats. She was not able to enjoy her last year at the university and she became a pariah.

Bettinger alleges that her final 13 months in school were “sheer hell.”

Instead of protecting her, Bettinger claims in the court papers that university officials turned their backs on her and sided with her accusers.

She’s striking back with this lawsuit. If half of what she alleges is true, she should be getting a sizeable chunk of the university’s fat endowment fund as compensation.

And if Dove doesn’t terminate its relationship with the woman who set this nightmare in motion, it deserves to get the Bud Light treatment.

It’s already started. #BoycottDove is trending on X.

Republished with permission from Kerry: Unemployed and Unedited. 

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48 responses to “Will Dove Get the Bud Light Treatment?”

  1. WayneS Avatar
    WayneS

    I have a peripheral question: Apart from restrictions that are directly related to their size/weight, like not being able to ride the Loch Ness Monster rollercoaster at Busch Gardens or not being able to fit in the driver’s seat of a Lamborghini Murcielago*, why do fat people need to be “liberated”? What restrictions are being unfairly enforced against them?

    *NOTE: I am about 6 feet in height and weigh about 205 pounds, and the driver’s seat of a Lamborghini Murcielago is a little bit of a squeeze for me to fit into.

  2. WayneS Avatar
    WayneS

    Wait. I just thought of something.

    Is this ‘Dove’ the soap company or ‘Dove’ the chocolate company? Because if it’s ‘Dove’ the chocolate company I could almost understand the partnership…

    1. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
      James Wyatt Whitehead

      The soap company. I was always preferred Irish Spring to Dove. Double deodorant system!
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9iaMIaiVVk&t=5s

    2. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
      James Wyatt Whitehead

      The soap company. I was always preferred Irish Spring to Dove. Double deodorant system!
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9iaMIaiVVk&t=5s

      1. Nancy Naive Avatar
        Nancy Naive

        Wait. Is that soap a byproduct of Lucky Charms?

        1. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
          James Wyatt Whitehead

          It could be! I once heard Count Chocula and Frankenberry were twins separated into different boxes at birth.

      2. WayneS Avatar
        WayneS

        The smell of Irish Spring gives me an instant sinus headache.

  3. WayneS Avatar
    WayneS

    I have a peripheral question: Apart from restrictions that are directly related to their size/weight, like not being able to ride the Loch Ness Monster rollercoaster at Busch Gardens or not being able to fit in the driver’s seat of a Lamborghini Murcielago*, why do fat people need to be “liberated”? What discriminatory rule(s) and/or regulation(s) are being unfairly enforced against them?

    *NOTE: I am about 6 feet in height and weigh about 205 pounds, and the driver’s seat of a Lamborghini Murcielago is a little bit of a squeeze for me.

    1. Matt Adams Avatar
      Matt Adams

      I would venture to guess the SV and SVJ variant would be worse with their carbon bucket racing seats.

      It appears those Lamborghini intended them for are string beans and short in stature.

      As someone of similar build to yourself.

    2. how_it_works Avatar
      how_it_works

      I’m about 6’3″, I weigh between 205-210, and I found the driver’s seat of a late 90s Pontiac Firebird a little cramped.

      1. WayneS Avatar
        WayneS

        That was more from the 6’3″ height than the 205 pound weight, though, right?

        1. how_it_works Avatar
          how_it_works

          I’d say so. It was probably the worst vehicle for tall people I’d ever been in.

    3. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      I’m 6’3” and at then 160, had to sit on the ground and put both feet in first to get in a Lotus Elan. All I could think about while driving were the ‘Jaws of Life’.

      1. WayneS Avatar
        WayneS

        Nice car.

        If you’re interested in reliving that experience, you should be able to pick up a show quality first generation Lotus Elan Sprint (1962-’74) for less than $60,000.

        1. Nancy Naive Avatar
          Nancy Naive

          No thank you. But you know what was a fun drive? A Triumph Spitfire, if it started.

          1. WayneS Avatar
            WayneS

            Yes it was if it did.

    4. Lefty665 Avatar
      Lefty665

      A couple of years ago Scientific American published an article that claimed that docs weighing people was racist because black people are more likely to be overweight than white people. You can’t make this stuff up.

      With 40% of America obese and growing it is a group that may soon be a majority. Seems obese liberation may be at hand and Dove is looking to clean up on it.

      Pics of Bryant at protests in C’ville show her mostly sitting, apparently she is so fat she cannot stand for extended periods. Her dad is also one of the geniuses behind C’ville public schools declaring 86% of their students gifted. Quite the family.

      1. WayneS Avatar
        WayneS

        I see what you did, there.

        1. Lefty665 Avatar
          Lefty665

          I can’t help myself, thanks for your tolerance.

          But, you asked a good question. The normalization of and now the quest for “liberation” of obese people, and in Bryant’s case double morbid obesity, is a major public health problem.

          For the health of the obese and the country it needs to be called out for what it is, a severe health risk, not celebrated as a valued group that needs “liberation” from oppressors.

          Obesity is not just another facet of intersectionality.

          People cannot be “rehab ready” until they acknowledge there is a problem that needs fixing. Bryant’s denial that her morbid obesity is a major health issue ensures that she will be unsuccessful in dealing with it. Her fantasy that she instead needs to be liberated from oppression should be rejected for her own good, in addition to being profoundly wrong.

          Dove also needs to understand the mistake it has made by enabling and promoting Bryant’s denial. Plummeting sales numbers proved an effective method to get Bud Light’s attention. It is not often we get to make a point by doing less.

  4. killerhertz Avatar
    killerhertz

    Alphas make their own damn soap.

  5. Mike Allen Avatar
    Mike Allen

    Justice for Morgan.

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