Letters to the Editor
To the editor:
What do Sydney Sweeney and Commissioner Anthony Allen have in common?
Apparently quite a lot. For one thing both were recently subjected to ridiculous, irrational verbal attacks on social media and in the news.
Sweeney was attacked over an ad for denim blue jeans. In the ad she says that genes are responsible for certain traits like hair and eye color. As the camera closes in on her face and blue eyes she says, “My jeans are blue.” A printed message follows and fills the entire screen. It says, “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.” Some people said they were offended by the ad and attacked Sweeney. They accused her of racism and promoting white supremacy, Nazi propaganda, and eugenics.
