Creator of baby-rapist ad gets death threats

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Can Super Bowl commercials—or any ads with violent content—make folks, particularly children, more angry and aggressive? Yes, they can, goddammit! So say the social advocates at the Riverview Center in Iowa, which prior to Sunday’s game ran a Bingo-style newspaper ad asking readers to note violent (and/or anti-female) imagery in the ads. More notably, the print piece then brought attention to a year-old Riverview TV spot that’s proven incendiary. In the ad, below, we’re shown a white backdrop, as a voiceover and text begin: “He’s tough.

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