Paula Deen fans mail butter wrappers to retailers in protest
TODAY - A group of staunch Paula Deen fans are venting their displeasure at the retailers and networks that dropped her by buttering them up...
A group of staunch Paula Deen fans are venting their displeasure at the retailers and networks that dropped her by buttering them up.
A campaign dubbed “Butter for Paula’’ is encouraging Deen supporters to mail cleaned and folded butter wrappers to companies like Food Network, Home Depot and Walgreens, in protest over their decisions to sever ties with the celebrity chef in the controversy involving her admission of her past use of racial slurs.
Butter is one of Deen’s trademark ingredients, and the campaign argues that “a company without Paula is like a wrapper without butter.” The wrappers symbolize that her supporters are sticking with her. The campaign has been organized by John Schmitt, a hotel auditor in Indianapolis. Schmitt also started a Facebook page called “We support Paula Deen” on June 21 that has garnered more than 600,000 “likes.”
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