With this year being the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, commemorations honoring the man will be taking place across the country. Who would think this is the time for a Super Bowl ad to use a King voice-over to sell pickup trucks?

We know it wasn’t irony that died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 9, 2001 — as if! But there were nonhuman victims, like our sense of balance, proportion and fun. And our common sense. And it’s been proved by how police and elected officials react to Mooninite Lite-Brites, illuminated plastic bags and Occupy chalkings.