Similarly, slogans which emphasize a brand's effort to be politically correct and inclusive appeared to be negatively received. One example is a multi-ethnic campaign from Adidas. Although the campaign was very well-received by all our informants due to the highly inclusive message transmitted by the visual representations in the advertisements, the taglines used – “equality is love” and “equality is acceptance” were less welcome. Surprisingly, our informants considered these messages “glaring” and “too much into your face”, overstating the effort of “doing the right thing”. These findings suggest that when concepts such as equality, acceptance or social inclusion are overtly used, they lose their significance and become buzz words used for political correctness.In this case, the brand loses its credibility as an equality supporter and its effort is perceived just as a persuasion attempt “Equality is love is just like, I don't know, it seems a bit cynical to me… oh look what a good brand we are. Oh look you're all different” (Manolos, Arab, 9 years in the UK).