> I couldn't agree more. It's like when you see headlines claiming "people" are outraged by a jeans advertisement. Are they really? Who? How many? Really I think it's just something to argue about for entertainment's sake.

It is a common tactic to create a new controversy to take attention away from a much more important topic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring

The whole Sydney Sweeney Jeans Advert "controversy" felt like it was AstroTurf-ed.

Less than a few weeks ago. Trump was getting a huge amount of pressure about the lack of transparency with the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. All of that seems to have been forgotten now (or that is at least is my impression).