I bought some cheap Chinese 2-way radios. The packaging has a big American flag and a “Designed in U.S.A.” claim, which I suspect is bullshit given the company involved. Also, there are two Bible verses referenced. This smacks of pandering to a particular slice of conservative Americans. All I want is cheap radios for skiing with my kids next winter, not a reminder of my country’s socio-political bullshit.
We’re seeing this in Canada now too. Murcan products with a big maple leaf on them. Some stores are also slapping maple leafs on obviously Murcan products. We’re calling it Maple-washing.
I wonder what Murcans should call this OP example. Star-washing?
I vote for “orange-staining”
burger-washing
Hamburding
Burger-laundering
Hamburgling?
Spangle banging
On the first date?
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, indeed.
I’m used to ‘Packaged in the USA’ labeling on Made in [somewhere else] products. ‘Designed’…same-same, definitely since NAFTA, maybe before. The bible verses are new to me.
I looked it up:
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
So you have to believe that he existed, but not follow his teachings cuz they’re too woke. Got it.
Genesis 19:31
Ezekiel 23:20
Judges 1:19
Genesis 19:31
Ezekiel 23:20
D:
The bible verses are new to me
Didn’t even see that. And it’s coded so you actually have to pick up your cipher book! Or maybe it’s a dogwhistle and every christofascist worth their salt knows what it stands for.
The second. John 3:16 is a very popular verse in the Baptist crowd I grew up around in the 90s. I don’t think it’s any more a fascist dog whistle than a Jesus fish. YMMV on how christofascist that is.
Like, I never went to church and it’s ingrained in my brain from my classmates and reading bumper stickers.
I believe the exact verse is:
“And that’s the bottom line because Stone Cold said so.”
It is nearly always in the large crowds somewhere at sportball events.
It’s also printed on In-N-Out drink cups & Forever 21 plastic bags.
John 3:16 is an all-time well known verse. Only one I could say without looking it up.
Ezekiel 23:20
Got me through some hard times.
This is one of my personal favorites as well.
My friend likes to use Hebrews 16:4… Because Hebrews only has 13 chapters. She uses it as a sort of litmus test to see if people actually know what they’re talking about. Apparently everyone she mentions it to just starts talking about how it’s such a beautiful verse, and they like it too. She said I’m the only person who has ever called her out on the fact that her “favorite” verse doesn’t exist…
I’m an agnostic atheist, and she leads her bible study group. She always jokes that I studied my bible better than anyone in her study group.
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Right! So maybe “John-washing” cuz it’s all about the book of John.
yeah, the only one of the Beatitudes in Matthew they seem to like is the one where they get to adopt a persecution complex. The stuff about being meek and merciful is damned un-American.
We need a distinctive and protected “Made in Canada” symbol.
Ah, right down the Old Glory hole.
“Freedom”
/jk
Christianity loves to pretend it’s still a downtrodden little secret society, with their sneaky Bible verses in tiny print and their fish symbols and such. It’s hilarious fantasy play, because they are a global hegemony and spend a lot of time persecuting others.
Oh man, I haven’t seen a fish symbol in a decade.
You know, you’re right.
Trump’s latest rambling about hoping he goes to heaven ends with his assertion that we need more religion in the US. The whole thing is hilarious but that last part especially so.
Pretty sure coating the whole thing with black ink to make it look ‘manly’ makes recycling more difficult to.
black ink to make it look ‘manly’
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I bought some cheap Chinese 2-way radios. The packaging has a big American flag and a “Designed in U.S.A.” claim, which I suspect is bullshit given the company involved. Also, there are two Bible verses referenced. This smacks of pandering to a particular slice of conservative Americans. All I want is cheap radios for skiing with my kids next winter, not a reminder of my country’s socio-political bullshit.
This bullshit is not from the well-known Chinese radio maker Baofeng (baofengradio.com) but rather from a US company called “BTech” which has the deceptive URL BaoFengTech.com.
Lol so we’ve finally hit the point of an American company trying to knock off a respected Chinese brand.
TIL there are knockoff Baofengs out there
I’ve had a UV-5R for over a decade now, and I’m just now learning of this. Mine didn’t come with any of the mossy oak black rifle coffee tactical sister fuck nonsense though.
This has been going on basically forever. It’s false pandering. It’s technically true, a bunch of weak-wristed men sat in an office in Portland, Oregon and they “designed” this product. Then once they were done “designing” it, they sent the schematics off to China for production & ripping off of IP.
That’s the best case scenario. If it’s as Chinese-y as you say, maybe they modified one feature of a Chinese radio, slapped a couple Bible verses on the box…voilà, it was “designed in USA”. 😆
Did you get a knockoff? www.baofengradio.com is the legit url that I’ve bought baofeng radios from, and I just checked the boxes; no flags or bible verses.
Another commented mentioned this is from a US distributor that repackages Baofeng products.
But to be honest, there are so many Baofeng/BTech radios for sale on the internet I was never confident about which were legit and which were knock-offs. I just went for it and hoped for the best. They seem to work fine, at least so far.
Huh… I bought from https://baofengtech.com/ not that long ago and didn’t have pandering boxes… they are located in South Dakota so I guess I can’t say I am super surprised, just disappointed.
Could be that the packaging was redesigned recently.
- Pandering to conservatives
- Has the recycling logo
Conservatives really like the recycling myth because it puts the onus of waste on the individual consumer instead of the corporations actually producing the waste.
Chinese OEM resellers will print anything on the product and the packaging. It’s just another sale for them. Same guy probably sells it with ten different brandings and flags and quotes and slogans for different markets.
As if conservative Americans have read the bible. They’d be the ones crucifying Jesus for being too “woke” if they knew what it was all about.
why bible verse on a box, its very out of place why not somewhere else.
It is out of place, but it’s designed to pique human curiosity & get people to unwittingly Google Bible verses. Effortlessly spreading the gospel as they’re told to, fulfilling the Great Commission.
If I was a troll, I’d start putting the weird ones on like Jeremiah 10:1-4 or Deuteronomy 22:9.
You’re right, but I googled the wrong thing and googled John 4:16, which is “Jesus said ‘Go call your husband […]’” (It says more, but search cut it off there.)
I had a solid guffaw because these boxes are for 2-way radios. Then I realized that I googled the wrong thing and lost interest in continued research.
“John 3:16”
That’s Austin 3:16
Hell yeah!
Should’ve used “Make in PRC”, conservatives would be too dumb to know what that means 🤣
Nah its that foreign country Puerto Rico that we keep getting immigrants from. Almost as bad as the guamanians stealing jobs from our hardworking soldiers /s
I was caught off guard when I initially saw it, but a Google search showed it for what it was.
If you feel compelled to hide the fact that you made something because you feel other people will look on in judgment, not buy your product…would this not compel the normal person to look inward & ask, “Are we the baddies?” 🤔
You could also see it as a form of greenwashing, making you think you’re buying local, and thus greener, if you don’t look closely.
Bao Feng has been cashing in on the prepper/meal team 6 crowd for years now. Their packaging just caught up.
Weird, because baofeng is such an American name. Definitely designed in USA.
Ah wait. They mention package designed in USA. Yes that is totally believable. And then a unique color theme for the American version.
Ok but we are a nation of immigrants. I could see a company in America having that name. I’d just assume the founder was either a Chinese immigrant or the child of one.
For something electronic it’s extremely unlikely. In this case I’d be surprised if they have more than 5 American employees, the support number for the official us branch is a payphone in Houston? (Location makes sense because the box is definitely designed in Texas)
