Subj : Re: For the Snowflakes
To   : Jeff Thiele
From : Gregory Deyss
Date : Sat Oct 15 2022 09:12:29

On 14 Oct 2022, Jeff Thiele said the following...
 
 JT> On 14 Oct 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
 JT>  GD>  JT> Gregory, for example, once took offense at the idea of a purple 
 JT>  GD>  JT> wearing a BLM t-shirt. I can only guess that it was offensive to
 JT>  GD>  JT> because in his worldview, people of one color should only care a
 JT>  GD>  JT> other people of that same color, and purple people showing suppo
 JT>  GD>  JT> black people was inconceivable.
 JT>  GD> cute but no cigar for you. 
 JT>  GD> The simple fact remains if the mannequin was wearing a shirt that sai
 JT>  GD> Whitepower or lets suggest that it said "White Lives Matter", or even
 JT>  GD> perhaps All Lives Matter which IS accurate by the way. All Lives Do
 JT>  GD> Matter. The simple truth is that Black people would lose their shit. 
 JT>  GD> But why? All Lives Do Matter, so why would that be offensive. Don't
 JT>  GD> know.. But I wouldn't go asking them while they are in da moment of
 JT>  GD> rage, because they might stab you in the heart.
 JT> 
 JT> If that was indeed your point, then you would not have been concerned
 JT> about the color of the mannequin. But the "simple fact remains" that you
 JT> were quite taken aback by the color mismatch between the mannequin and
 JT> the message on its t-shirt.
No, your twisting this as usual. I did not care and wouldn't of cared of what
color the mannequin was. If it was green, blue, white or brown, it wouldn't of
mattered. It was the words on the shirt that I considered to be offensive.
Because as I have said if the shirt was reserved it would be equally offensive
to African-Americans to the tune of a riot & chaos developing within minutes.

Why is it disturbing that a shirt that would say "All Lives Matter" be
considered offensive to black people, where the same shirt would garner respect
and even a nod from a white person?  If you can answer that, then you will
have a complete understanding of what is wrong and furthermore it may
possible to heal from this division that is stressing out our nation.

Once again 
For the record, I just found it shocking and instantly thought to myself why
was such merchandise even being sold. When they only make up 14% of the U.S.
population, my second thought if the shirts had a message opposite of what it
was suggesting which would of been White Lives Matter then the store would
engulfed in flames in a matter of minutes. Do not know why this even needs to
be said. Wouldn't be neat if they had shirts that suggested American Lives
Matter, yeah that wouldn't not sit well either I suppose.

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