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Why did the Sydney Sweeney ad for American Eagle become such a national sensation that has lasted multiple weeks?

What made this story unique is that it wasn’t the outrage that prolonged the story but the reaction to that outrage. It represented a win for normalcy after many years of abnormal hysteria.

Sydney Sweeney has great jeans, proclaims the American Eagle ad released toward the end of July. The ad has been called racist, sexist and more. The controversy ostensibly stems from a pun. The accusation that the play on words, that Sweeney actually has good genes, means celebrating eugenics.

In one video, Sweeney says, "Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personalit

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