A Coca Cola advertisement that celebrated the United States’ cultural diversity inspired a Twitter hashtag urging others to #SpeakAmerican and #BoycottCoke.
The one-minute ad that aired during the Super Bowl featured a multiracial cast as voices sang “America The Beautiful” in a variety of languages.
That outraged many viewers, who suggested that English was the country’s official language.
Other patriotic Americans apparently confused the song with the national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Other English-language absolutists displayed lax enforcement standards in their own grammar and spelling.
Some commentators used the spot to press a political point.
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Of course, this being the Internet, there were others who had nothing else to contribute than blatantly racist remarks.
Watch the entire ad posted online by Super Bowl XLVIII Official:
