Offensive Verizon commercial upsets Ukrainians the world over (video, photo)

“Ukrainian culture is only slightly more tolerable than a nasty bug,” implies an insensitive Verizon commercial and Ukrainians aren’t taking it lightly. Verizon’s latest FiOS campaign, features beautiful Rashida Jones – the daughter of musician Quincy Jones, best known for her parts in TV series “Parks And Recreation”, “The Office” and feature film “The Social Network.”

In the commercial, Jones reacts with disgust to the clip of Ukrainian dancers performing a traditional dance. She squints and asks: “Why are we watching this again?” The man, playing the part of her husband, responds that since he pays for all of his channels, he forces himself to watch them all. Jones goes on to roll her eyes and moan: “I’ll watch anything except this.” The man switches to the next channel, revealing the clip of a disgusting bug crawling from under the tree bark. That makes Jones agree to switch to the previous channel. The pair goes back to watching the Ukrainian dance, with exasperation and discontent.

Verizon could have hardly picked a more sensitive topic for the Ukrainians, whose culture and identity is under a massive attack by Russia. Thousands of lives have been lost in the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, while prominent Russian demagogues like Alexander Dugin derided their culture as stemming from the gutter. Anti-Ukrainian propagandists like Valentina Lisitsa called Ukrainians “dog s**t,” “pigs” and “animals,” making fun of their allegedly “primitive” culture. The head of RT (formerly known as Russia Today) declared Ukraine dead.

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Verizon FiOs commercial

Now Verizon joined this despicable cult of ethnic hatred against Ukraine with their deeply offensive commercial. Ukrainians all over the world are insenced and offended by the campaign that assails their culture, especially in a time of war.