Subj : Re: For the Snowflakes
To   : Gregory Deyss
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sat Oct 15 2022 08:42:33

On 15 Oct 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
 GD>  JT>  GD> The simple fact remains if the mannequin was wearing a shirt tha
 GD>  JT>  GD> Whitepower or lets suggest that it said "White Lives Matter", or
 GD>  JT>  GD> perhaps All Lives Matter which IS accurate by the way. All Lives
 GD>  JT>  GD> Matter. The simple truth is that Black people would lose their s
 GD>  JT>  GD> But why? All Lives Do Matter, so why would that be offensive. Do
 GD>  JT>  GD> know.. But I wouldn't go asking them while they are in da moment
 GD>  JT>  GD> rage, because they might stab you in the heart.
 GD>  JT> If that was indeed your point, then you would not have been concerned
 GD>  JT> about the color of the mannequin. But the "simple fact remains" that 
 GD>  JT> were quite taken aback by the color mismatch between the mannequin an
 GD>  JT> the message on its t-shirt.
 GD> No, your twisting this as usual. I did not care and wouldn't of cared of
 GD> what color the mannequin was. If it was green, blue, white or brown, it
 GD> wouldn't of mattered. It was the words on the shirt that I considered to
 GD> be offensive. Because as I have said if the shirt was reserved it would
 GD> be equally offensive to African-Americans to the tune of a riot & chaos
 GD> developing within minutes.

If you didn't care what color the mannequin was, then how do we know it was
purple? Because you made a point of saying that it was purple. But if you
didn't care what color it was, why was its color an issue?

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

Normally, it wouldn't. But in the context of BLM, it belittles their cause
and is offensive.

 GD> Once again 
 GD> For the record, I just found it shocking and instantly thought to myself
 GD> why was such merchandise even being sold. When they only make up 14% of
 GD> the U.S. population, my second thought if the shirts had a message
 GD> opposite of what it was suggesting which would of been White Lives
 GD> Matter then the store would engulfed in flames in a matter of minutes.

"White Lives Matter" would be offensive because white lives are not being
disproportionately taken by police brutality.

And again, we know that the mannequin was purple because that was an
important part of your reaction. You did not think that a BLM t-shirt was
appropriate on a purple mannequin.

 GD> Do not know why this even needs to be said. Wouldn't be neat if they had
 GD> shirts that suggested American Lives Matter, yeah that wouldn't not sit
 GD> well either I suppose.

Again, against the backdrop of BLM, this would be seen as belittling their
cause.

Jeff.

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