In reference to my disability, I sent this message to GEICO.
I will post the response (if any).
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Dear GEICO,
Recently, GEICO began airing commercials featuring cavemen being placed in offensive situations, and documents their attempts to end the discrimination. These commercials are quite amusing in making light of the problems of discrimination facing the world. The humor brings the thoughts into the forefront and makes for an excellent satire of the nature of these problems. While I find them amusing and they achieve the goal of both promoting awareness of problems, I must take issue with another recent campaign.
While the cavemen excellently take a fake issue and make it a real one, which is wonderful in the promotion of awareness, your recent commercial parodying "Larry King Live" does the exact opposite. When saying that using GEICO.com is as easy as "standing up", you seem to forget those of us without that specific ability. Have you perhaps considered the feelings and abilities of persons that suffer from a severe, paralyzing disability? To a person unable to walk, forced to spend life in a wheelchair, these commercials are a slap in the virtual face. Imagine being told that something is as easy as "standing up" when you yourself are absolutely unable, and likely never will be able, to stand up. It is cold and insensitive and making light of some of our unfortunate circumstances.
I would appreciate a response and perhaps an attempt to justify your heartless actions.
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It's absolutely lacking in considerationn what they do.
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