Tebow Superbowl ad. Wtf?

Okay, by now there have been a million plus posts on the Tim Tebow/Focus On The Family anti-abortion ad. Now,there are a myriad of things that justifiably could be discussed in regard to the ad: the fact that there is a blanket ban on abortion in the Philippines with mandatory jail time for the recipient and abortion performer and Pam Tebow's claim her doctors all suggested she abort the fetus; the fact that after a long standing policy of not showing advocacy ads, CBS' reversal on advocacy ads changed solely for the anit-choice ad; and further, CBS' decision to deny a a gay dating site ad for little apparent reason.

Anyway, here is the ad:


Truthfully, it's a rather benign ad on it's face, although I still object to CBS' handling of the situation, and also anything remotely connected to the hate mongering Focus On The Family. But what really had me puzzled was the viscous hit Tebow puts on his own mother in the ad! Wtf? I mean, it's just completely bizarre given the message and tone of the commercial. I assume it was meant as a little slapstick, but in an ad trying to convey a loving family and supposed pro-family values, we get a monster football player whacking his mother like a cardboard cut-out of Richard Dawkins? With all the usual misogyny rampant in Superbowl ads, I find it puzzling that such an ad had an act, albeit perhaps in jest, of violence against a woman. Bizarre indeed.

I'll have much more on Tebow, his father and the ad in days to come.