Subj : Re: The facts are rejected in favour of the belief that they've been t
To   : Gregory Deyss
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Fri Oct 14 2022 22:16:13

On 14 Oct 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
 GD>  JT> Gregory, for example, once took offense at the idea of a purple manne
 GD>  JT> wearing a BLM t-shirt. I can only guess that it was offensive to him
 GD>  JT> because in his worldview, people of one color should only care about
 GD>  JT> other people of that same color, and purple people showing support fo
 GD>  JT> black people was inconceivable.
 GD> cute but no cigar for you. 
 GD> The simple fact remains if the mannequin was wearing a shirt that said
 GD> Whitepower or lets suggest that it said "White Lives Matter", or even
 GD> perhaps All Lives Matter which IS accurate by the way. All Lives Do
 GD> Matter. The simple truth is that Black people would lose their shit. 
 GD> But why? All Lives Do Matter, so why would that be offensive. Don't
 GD> know.. But I wouldn't go asking them while they are in da moment of
 GD> rage, because they might stab you in the heart.

If that was indeed your point, then you would not have been concerned about
the color of the mannequin. But the "simple fact remains" that you were quite
taken aback by the color mismatch between the mannequin and the message on
its t-shirt.

https://tinyurl.com/2ft2d8ua

Jeff.

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