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On Meddling Mom

2019-12-18 17:34:44.032359+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Not exactly news, but I know I'm gonna want to find this article again, and in light of the recent duping of the Hallmark Channel it's worth reiterating that the loud cranks are getting results: It’s Not ‘One Million’ — It’s One Meddling Mom

One Meddling Mom has issued so many calls and condemnations over the years, it's become easy to tune them out. As GLAAD has arduously detailed, OMM has gone after everything from recent blockbuster Toy Story 4 for including a seconds-long clip of a supposed lesbian couple that quite literally no one but them noticed, to Chips Ahoy for a Twitter ad featuring a Rupaul's Drag Race star. Basically if a company hires, recognizes, features, or in any way supports an LGBTQ person, One Meddling Mom will issue a petition, claim to have millions of supporters behind her, and then start cranking the AFA machine in hopes of getting some sort of press for her campaign-of-the-week. OMM even uses a conservative PR firm, Hamilton Strategies, to help spread this message to a wider public.

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