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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: SkagitHunter] 1
#26975575 - 10/08/20 02:14 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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SkagitHunter said: My wife says I can’t hang a skeleton from our elm tree with a noose. I think it’s a good Halloween decoration. I live in a small town and we own a business. I am also a firefighter in said town.
Is it controversial with racial undertones? Would you do this if you had an elm tree and a skeleton?
These are not normal times. Nooses have become a racist trope and if you do this there is a chance the cancel culture mob will come for you.
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
#26975587 - 10/08/20 02:21 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think this is my favorite Halloween dress up ever

And its totally 100% politically correct
Poke a hiney?
   
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: imachavel]
#26975646 - 10/08/20 02:52 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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I politely ask everybody in this discussion to consider this article:
CNN: Why the noose is such a potent symbol of hate
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: Asante]
#26975723 - 10/08/20 03:47 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Symbols only hold the power we give them.
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: SARAtonin] 1
#26975738 - 10/08/20 04:04 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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SARAtonin said: Symbols only hold the power we give them.
The power we give symbols depends on many things, including the group we belong to. A person of Jewish descent is more likely to respond adversely to Nazi symbols, African Americans are more likely to to respond adversely to lynching era symbols.
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: SkagitHunter]
#26975744 - 10/08/20 04:09 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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SkagitHunter said: I think it’s a good Halloween decoration.
Are you trying to reduce the percentage of minority trick-or-treaters at your doorstep?
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: Asante] 2
#26975846 - 10/08/20 05:23 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Is that skeleton hanging yet?
If not, what's the hold up?
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: imachavel] 1
#26975891 - 10/08/20 06:02 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm assuming the connection between the indian costume and Warren was because Elizibeth Warren pretended to be native her whole life.
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: SARAtonin] 3
#26975901 - 10/08/20 06:17 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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SARAtonin said: Symbols only hold the power we give them.
That's a very idealistic POV; one can say the exact same thing about words but that doesn't mean words cannot hurt.
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#26975903 - 10/08/20 06:20 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: Patlal]
#26975938 - 10/08/20 06:46 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Patlal said: Is that skeleton hanging yet?
If not, what's the hold up?

Hang it where the world can see it
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: BANANA.MAN]
#26975949 - 10/08/20 06:52 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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BANANA.MAN said: I'm assuming the connection between the indian costume and Warren was because Elizibeth Warren pretended to be native her whole life.
Yeah there we go. But racist white trash Kaitlin Bennett sure took advantage of dressing up as her to insult native American Indians and make her point about how Elizabeth Warren pretended that. Racist as fuck. She always does some extremely racist shit to prove to the left that they are the intolerant left. which I sort of agree a lot of Democrats are extremely intolerant. But coming from a racist piece of shit like her? Wow she led a gun march on a campus known for a historical campus shooting. Who wants guns on a school campus anyway? She has dug herself a hole now 3rd time today a few thousand students mobbed her off a college campus because she spent weeks previously talking racist shit about all the Democrat students at the school then went there interviewing people pretending to be innocent like "what is everyone mad about?" When she immediately showed up and asked innocent non racist questions trying to prove how stupid Democrats are before they ran her out chanting "shit your pants shit your pants."
I think if I was going to dress up as indian for Halloween it would be cool. If I was going to do it to insult somebody that would be racist as fuck.
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: imachavel] 1
#26975958 - 10/08/20 07:01 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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That's the way to do it!
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: Baby_Hitler]
#26975984 - 10/08/20 07:20 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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The PC culture is producing fear in people and that's not a good reaction. I should be sensitive to other races/cultures/religions because I don't want to offend them. I shouldn't be fearful of retaliation because I innocently do something that someone finds offensive.
I shouldn't have to examine every action and debate whether it's offensive to some person because of some particular reason. We shouldn't live in fear for just living our lives and offending someone. Yes, deliberately offending groups of people isn't acceptable and should be dealt with in some manner, but looking for ways to be offended to attack people isn't acceptable either.
The bottom line, stop over analyzing everything and stop living in fear. Also, stop looking for reasons to get outraged and offended, it won't serve anyone down the road.
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: SkagitHunter]
#26976002 - 10/08/20 07:29 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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is there more than one?
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: qman] 1
#26976066 - 10/08/20 08:03 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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qman said: The bottom line, stop over analyzing everything and stop living in fear. Also, stop looking for reasons to get outraged and offended
The problem is, the latter is already happening en masse, and the the former is a net result of that. Not caring and/or being callous in ones consideration of others is not the answer.
There's nothing wrong with a little sensitivity to others suffering, and the compassion and empathy that stems therefrom. But these days people have been conditioned into being outraged over the smallest thing, and sparking that outrage isn't going to work out welll.
It's a nasty little catch 22 we've got on our hands, and I don't know what the answer is, but it isn't to just just stop, because life doesn't work like that.
So whilst I agree with you in principal, in practice your suggestion is useless.
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#26976094 - 10/08/20 08:25 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Agreed JSB.

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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
#26976098 - 10/08/20 08:28 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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How could he see? His eyes were closed.
PS: ask people before you take their picture.
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#26976101 - 10/08/20 08:30 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Jokeshopbeard said:
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qman said: The bottom line, stop over analyzing everything and stop living in fear. Also, stop looking for reasons to get outraged and offended
The problem is, the latter is already happening en masse, and the the former is a net result of that. Not caring and/or being callous in ones consideration of others is not the answer.
There's nothing wrong with a little sensitivity to others suffering, and the compassion and empathy that stems therefrom. But these days people have been conditioned into being outraged over the smallest thing, and sparking that outrage isn't going to work out welll.
It's a nasty little catch 22 we've got on our hands, and I don't know what the answer is, but it isn't to just just stop, because life doesn't work like that.
So whilst I agree with you in principal, in practice your suggestion is useless.
It's almost like I could get equally offended by someone taking my innocent action as highly offensive and insensitive, despite my greatest efforts to be caring and sensitive not to offend anybody. I'm not calling to be insensitive, I'm suggesting not live in fear of potentially offending someone or some group of people by mistake.
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Re: Hanging skeleton - controversial? [Re: SARAtonin]
#26976102 - 10/08/20 08:30 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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He came after me right when I snapped it and got up on me in my face saying "you need to erase that!" and such. I'm thinking he was/is some big ceo or something, who knows. I used to see him around dressed up in suits all the time. I still want to make like 50 of them and tape them up all over the gay district, lol.
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