{"id":6023,"date":"2019-10-02T04:42:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T23:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/10\/burger-king-milkshake-tweet-encouraged-anti-social-conduct\/"},"modified":"2019-10-02T04:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T23:42:11","slug":"burger-king-milkshake-tweet-encouraged-anti-social-conduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2019\/10\/02\/burger-king-milkshake-tweet-encouraged-anti-social-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Burger King milkshake tweet &#8216;encouraged&#8217; anti-social conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Nigel Farage was hit by a milkshake during a campaign at Newcastle.<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Burger King banned the act of forgiving and encouraging antisocial behavior, warning customers that &quot;we&#39;re selling milkshakes all weekend.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>A post from a fast food company came after a number of European election candidates threw milkshakes. <\/p>\n<p>And McDonald&#39;s in Edinburgh stopped selling drinks before Nigel Parrage had a rally in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Burger King defended the tweet, calling it &quot;the tongue&#39;s response to recent events.&quot; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Ice cream ban near Farage campaign rally<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Milkshakes at Nigel Farage <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&quot;Scotsmen. We sell milkshakes all weekend. Have fun. Love BK. #Justsaying&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The Advertising Standards Organization (ASA) considered this tweet &quot;irresponsible&quot;. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Advertising standards organization<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Burger King&#39;s official Twitter account post tracked several dairy-related incidents involving activists on the European election trail. <\/p>\n<p>Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, and UKIP candidate Carl Benjamin, got food and drink in a poll. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">UKIP candidate in milkshake close-up<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Tommy Robinson Milkshake <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former British Defense League leader Yaxley-Lennon was soaked in a milkshake in two days during a campaign in the northwest of England.<\/p>\n<p>A few days after appearing at the Brexit Party rally in Edinburgh, Farage fell in love with a milkshake during a campaign in Newcastle.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">&amp; # 39; cheek to cheek &amp; # 39;<\/h2>\n<p>The ASA was critical of Burger King&#39;s tweet to forgive and encourage anti-social behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-four complained that they were irresponsible and aggressive because they believed in promoting violence and anti-social behavior.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet was posted the day after McDonald&#39;s outlet in Edinburgh signaled that he would not sell milkshakes or ice cream with a &quot;police request&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>Burger King said he did not support violence, and the results were clearly revealed by the following:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Dad<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>                    While Nigel Farage visited the area, dairy sales were temporarily suspended at Edinburgh McDonald &amp; # 39; s.<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ASA said, \u201cWe may have been intended to tweet as a humorous response to the discontinuation of milkshakes by advertiser competitors, but Burger King Milkshakes have Nigel Farage &amp; Burger King Milkshakes instead of people. Use it to milkshake.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;So we thought that this ad tolerated previous antisocial behavior and encouraged additional cases. So we concluded that the ad was irresponsible.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The ASA added: &quot;We assured Burger King that future marketing communications would not tolerate or encourage antisocial behavior,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesman Burger King said, &quot;Our tweets on Edinburgh&#39;s situation were intended to be cheek response to the situation. Some people seem to misinterpret this as an acknowledgment of violence, and we absolutely reject it.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;In Burger King, we fully believe in the right to individual freedom of expression and will not act in conflict with this. We will not guarantee violence or waste delicious milkshakes.&quot; <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty images Image caption Nigel Farage was hit by a milkshake during a campaign at Newcastle. Burger King banned the act of forgiving and encouraging antisocial behavior, warning customers that &quot;we&#39;re selling milkshakes all weekend.&quot; A post from a fast food company came after a number of European election candidates threw milkshakes. 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