John Cena has an important message about what patriotism really means
R/GA /AdCouncil
But John Cena is here to tell you that having pride in your country for one day is not patriotism.
"[Patriotism is] worn like a badge of honor and with good reason becuase it means love and devotion for one's country. Love - for a word designed to unite, it can also be pretty divisive," the wrestler says in a new video for the AdCouncil's "Love Has No Labels" campaign.
Cena walks through a small town decked out in star-spangled decorations, and defines patriotism as not just pride but love for one's country. He helps viewers picture what the average American really looks like.
More than half of America is female and belongs to minority groups, Cena notes, so "the second any of us judge people based on those labels, we're not really being patriotic, are we?"
The video comes more than one year after the AdCouncil's progressive and viral first video that showed different skeletons hugging, dancing, and kissing before revealing themselves to the crowd as LGBT couples, persons with disabilities, and people of all ages, races, and religions.
The message echoes the one "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda spoke of at the Tony Awards, saying, "Love is love is love is love," in the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in US history at a gay nightclub in Orlando in June.
At a time when diversity still causes debate, the AdCouncil and Cena's message is poignant.
"Remember that to love America is to love all Americans because love has no labels," Cena said.
Watch the full PSA:
- US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says
- 2 states where home prices are falling because there are too many houses and not enough buyers
- A couple accidentally shipped their cat in an Amazon return package. It arrived safely 6 days later, hundreds of miles away.
- Why did a NASA spacecraft suddenly start talking gibberish after more than 45 years of operation? What fixed it?
- ICICI Bank shares climb nearly 5% after Q4 earnings; mcap soars by ₹36,555.4 crore
- Markets rebound sharply on buying in bank stocks firm global trends
- Bengaluru's rental income highest in Q1-2024, Mumbai next: Anarock report
- Rupee falls 10 paise to settle at 83.48 against US dollar
- Nothing Phone (2a) blue edition launched
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market