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Now we are offended by cotton
http://nypost.com/2017/09/18/woman-freak...n-display/
Quote:A Texas woman has been getting ridiculed online for being “too sensitive” after she blasted the arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby for selling faux raw cotton stalks — which she found offensive.
“This decor is WRONG on SO many levels,” Daniell Rider posted on Facebook this past Thursday, along with a photo of the phony textile plants.
“There is nothing decorative about raw cotton…A commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American slaves,” she said. “A little sensitivity goes a long way. PLEASE REMOVE THIS ‘decor.'”
Quote:The young woman’s post has garnered over 186,000 comments and has been shared more than 17,000 times — with most calling Rider out for being “oversensitive.”
“Ummm… it’s cotton… wtf…its 2017… do you know some slaves in 2017 that picked this cotton and didn’t get paid for it,” asked one user.
“This is crazy. Cotton is a fact of life,” another said. “People still pick it. That happened 150 years ago. Slaves also picked tobacco, harvested rice and many other things. We can’t just get rid of them. Well Lowe’s sells chains and rope. You think they should get rid of that too?”
Quote:Strangely, this is the second time in less than a week that cotton has caused an uproar on social media.
Lipscomb University president Randy Lowry was forced to send an apology letter to black students on Friday after they visited his home to discuss college life — and became outraged by a number of cotton-stem centerpieces that he had set up around the residence.
“The content of the centerpieces was offensive, and I could have handled the situation with more sensitivity,” Lowry wrote. “I sincerely apologize for the discomfort, anger or disappointment we caused and solicit your forgiveness.”
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09-18-2017 10:50 PM |
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Jjoey52
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Now we are offended by cotton
What offends me is people like the Lipscomb President apologizing for nothing done wrong, just to appease these people looking for anything to throw out there. What a bunch of nonsense
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09-18-2017 11:40 PM |
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JMUDunk
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
(09-18-2017 11:40 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote: What offends me is people like the Lipscomb President apologizing for nothing done wrong, just to appease these people looking for anything to throw out there. What a bunch of nonsense
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Exactly. Glad I read further to your response before adding my own.
Nothing to different to add. Indulging this utter nonsense is why it perpetuates, and why the next Ooooooooffended snowflake feels the need to out-do the last one.
My gosh, talk about 1st world bitching and silliness.
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09-18-2017 11:57 PM |
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
(09-18-2017 11:40 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote: What offends me is people like the Lipscomb President apologizing for nothing done wrong, just to appease these people looking for anything to throw out there. What a bunch of nonsense
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Needs to tell them to grow up. What a miserable life some of these people will have.
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09-19-2017 06:35 AM |
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stinkfist
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
it's not an enigma why I refuse the refuse of ALL social media....
this site is all that is req'd to sift thru the BS 0'day
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09-19-2017 06:55 AM |
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South Carolina Duke
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
I could throw a quote from Blazing Saddles in here right about now...
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09-19-2017 07:16 AM |
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VA49er
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
(09-19-2017 07:16 AM)South Carolina Duke Wrote: I could throw a quote from Blazing Saddles in here right about now...
lol, be careful, you'l definitely offend someone.
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09-19-2017 07:41 AM |
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EverRespect
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
Do we need to ban Aspirin now? It's white, it works, and you have to pick through the cotton to get to it. Must be incredibly triggering!
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2017 07:45 AM by EverRespect.)
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09-19-2017 07:45 AM |
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B_Hawk06
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
(09-19-2017 07:45 AM)EverRespect Wrote: Do we need to ban Aspirin now? It's white, it works, and you have to pick through the cotton to get to it. Must be incredibly triggering!
Not helping... just saying.
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09-19-2017 07:45 AM |
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
Do these people refuse cotton clothing?
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09-19-2017 08:10 AM |
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South Carolina Duke
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
(09-19-2017 07:45 AM)EverRespect Wrote: Do we need to ban Aspirin now? It's white, it works, and you have to pick through the cotton to get to it. Must be incredibly triggering!
What about "Baby Aspirin".....
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09-19-2017 08:11 AM |
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
Quote:“The content of the centerpieces was offensive, and I could have handled the situation with more sensitivity,” Lowry wrote. “I sincerely apologize for the discomfort, anger or disappointment we caused and solicit your forgiveness.”
These abject, weeping-and-groveling, I'm-sorry-I-promise-I'll-be-good-from-now-on pleas for forgivenesses are beyond pathetic.
Just remember, the fool who wrote those words is not just some random nobody with a blog. It's not even some activist trying to stir the pot. It's the president of a university. A small (4-5k enrollment; ~$70m endowment) university, but still.
The lunatics are running the asylum.
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09-19-2017 08:39 AM |
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Marc Mensa
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
this is silly
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09-19-2017 08:51 AM |
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VA49er
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
(09-19-2017 08:51 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote: this is silly
Been that way for a long while now.
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09-19-2017 09:32 AM |
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TigerBlue4Ever
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
Let them wear rayon.
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09-19-2017 11:16 AM |
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Fo Shizzle
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
That's cotton picking stupid.
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09-19-2017 11:19 AM |
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
Used to see those old bumper stickers:
IF WE'D KNOWN IT HAD BEEN THIS MUCH TROUBLE, WE'D HAVE PICKED OUR OWN DAMN COTTON
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09-19-2017 11:43 AM |
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umbluegray
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
(09-19-2017 11:19 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote: That's cotton picking stupid.
Well played!
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09-19-2017 11:58 AM |
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Crackerjackprize
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
(09-19-2017 08:11 AM)South Carolina Duke Wrote: (09-19-2017 07:45 AM)EverRespect Wrote: Do we need to ban Aspirin now? It's white, it works, and you have to pick through the cotton to get to it. Must be incredibly triggering!
What about "Baby Aspirin".....
Careful, you'll offend the pedophiles.
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09-19-2017 12:11 PM |
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RE: Now we are offended by cotton
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