Taste the Rainbow

Candy company Skittles have, for years, encouraged customers to “Taste the Rainbow”.

That invitation has taken on a whole other meaning with their decision to start promoting Gay Pride.

Their latest candy packets feature the slogan "Black TransLives Matter" emblazoned across a cartoon picture of a playground full of kids.

Candy kids?

Yes?

How about some puberty blockers? They come in a range of colours!

The packaging also features a gay Pride flag and, of course, a cartoon picture of a drag queen. And why not? If your kids are going to taste the Gay Pride Rainbow they might as well get the fully inclusive, totally diverse, completely affirming experience.

The great irony of this is that even before Skittles decided to go full Bud Lite, they were believed to be borderline poisonous.

Skittles lollies are coloured by a known toxic chemical called titanium dioxide which is banned from food completely in several countries.

The FDA have ruled that the level of titanium dioxide in Skittles is sufficiently low as to be safe.

But, as it turns out, titanium dioxide is not the only form of toxin your kids are getting with their candy.

Skittles are just toxic all the way around.

Skittles have partnered with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to create the Pride Pack.

Skittles Senior Director Justin Hollyn-Taub (why do they always have a hyphenated name?) said at the launch of last year’s Pride Pack that Skittles were committed to advocating for the LGBTQ+ community.

Which begs the question, why does candy aimed at kids needs to be “advocating” for anything at all, let alone for sex changes?

And don’t tell me it’s just a wrapper. The wrapping on any product is huge for kids.

Corporations know this.

GLAAD know this.

The devil knows this.

The geniuses at Babylon Bee produced this video a year ago about an M&M who identifies as a Skittle. As I always say, the one consolation about being doomed to live through the end of civilisation is how damn funny everything is. Enjoy …