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Originally Posted by TStone
Much offense is committed out of ignorance, so wouldn’t an edification of the offending issues help?
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help whom, exactly and in what way?
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Originally Posted by tstone
I mean, I know enough not to make my Jewish friend a bacon lobster sandwich, or to take him to Miami Ink to have our mainboard serial numbers etched into our wrists, even though I find nothing offensive about either—it would be crass of me to suggest he feel the same.
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how about expressed offense at taking him to a restaurant where pork is served, despite the fact other non-pork items were on the menu? or taking him to said tattoo parlor where the iron cross is displayed? how would edification come into play here, exactly?
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Originally Posted by tstone
And there it is; feelings, nothing but feelings.
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are we talking about feelings or are we talking about taking on someone else's declared problem with a facet of life as a problem of our own? or even worse, are we talking about being forced to bow to someone's feelings just because they say we have to?
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Originally Posted by loy
If I can understand another’s problems I can then not compound those with my own ignorance. Ignorance, in this issue, is the Rebel flag, which is the predominant symbol and the flag of war AND NOT THE FLAG of the Confederacy. As a southerner it pisses me off you fuckers can’t get it straight, even though we have the sons and daughters of the Confederacy out there trying to educate the masses (our own population included) still we are assaulted with incorrect symbolisms. If pictures of MLK wearing white robes and a hood while giving his Dream speech began circulating, don’t you think someone (wouldn’t you hope someone somewhere) would step up and say, “Hey, that’s wrong. You’ve got it all fucked up.”
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ok, sure - the flag itself has to do with the confederacy during a time of war, the being the south who were dissatisfied with america and had decided to secede. the issue of slavery was in there, in some degree of obscurity and only came to prominence while the war was in full swing.
but the flag was also prominently displayed on the hood of the general lee, that sweet car in the dukes of hazard. and in that vein, if i'm an admirer of daisy duke's ass and legs and choose to wear a shirt displaying the flag in honor of her lower quarters, is it me being ignorant or others taking offense to my object of lust and passion?
that's my point. at what point do i lose my right to wear or display what i find attractive just because someone else finds it offensive?
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Originally Posted by tstone
What? I don’t see shirts with the American Flag, flanged in gold border, with an eagle at the truck being worn around the mall. I mean, c’mon! What would happen if you were in the 16th street sector and flashed the Blood sign?
A cessation of ignorance, is that too much to ask?
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again, i'll ask - for whom and to what degree?