Ad watchdog rules against Wicked Campers use of Obama slogan with Hitler image

Another two Wicked Camper slogans have been ruled against by the ad watchdog, taking the company’s tally of breaching the code up to 12 for the year.

The first, “Yes We Can!”, ran on the side of a car along with an image of Adolf Hitler, while on the rear it said “@ I’m a believer!”. The second was the slogan “…Save a lollipop…suck a dick!”. Both were found to vilify a section of the community and to use language inappropriate in the circumstances.

Yes we can! was the slogan coined by US President Barack Obama during his 2008 election campaign. Complaints against the slogan argued it was “a campaign to continue the murderous policies initiated by Hitler” and it was “highly offensive to me and anyone else whose families were affected by Hitler”.

Meanwhile complaints against the lollipop slogan argued “young children should not be exposed to such things” as it “introduces innocent children to a sexual concept they are not equipped to know about”.