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Kinky white supremacy

Lesson of the day for marketers: when promoting something using a large letter ‘K’ in your marketing, it’s never a good idea to put three of them together.

Whilst these flags in Melbourne may at first glance look like a big advert for the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), they’re actually a promotion for musical Kinky Boots:

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KFC fell foul of the same problem when doing a bit of marketing for Mardi Gras this year, awkwardly.

KFC KKK

HT: Reddit

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