What you might find offensive is not that same as what others find offensive. Same way you can always turn the channel and not watch re-runs of the dukes of hazard. Same thing this lady should have done. Just continued walking on by. But since everyone seems to have a hate-on lately for removal of historical sculptures and flags, this lady was just looking for attention imo. She projected her feelings of racial victimization onto this guy simply for having a replica of a car.
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The context of Southern Pride where lynching a ____ is considered a day out with the kids.
That's what the Nazi sympathizers say. What say you to that? Celebration and education of are two different things.
No, her feelings do not stem from a replica of a car. It's the symbol on it, just as if it the symbol had been printed on a piece of paper or a cake.
Stop being deliberately obtuse!!
You guys need to get over it by now. Constantly playing the victim is really getting old, as old as slavery.
It would be sweet if you guys stopped being racist, and pass it off as normalcy.
And who is playing a victim? Someone showing strength to reject your racism is playing a victim? You obviously don't know what a victim is. A victim is someone who lets you subdue them, which is what would be the result if I let you and those of your ilk slide by with your racism.
Oh she would have got her hair blow dried from me and my racing buddies if she tried that with any of us. Kinda wish she would have, that would have been one interesting conversation.
I'm not racist now and have never been. Sorry to disappoint you. Gotta love it, because I don't share the same HATE towards the flag as you that makes me a racist.
Her hair blow dried? What does that mean? Explain? You would beat the shit out of her? Cause her some bodily harm? Is that what you mean? You and your buddies? Why not just do it on your own?
What kind of psycho do you think I am? Blow drying someone's hair just means I would have given her a piece of my mind. You know when you open up your mouth and air comes out? It was a figure of speech. Like don't piss on my shoe, and tell me it's raining, means don't bullshit me.
But it wasn't a car museum or in a Hollywood prop museum. This is Canada, home of the Underground Railroad. How's that for context?
I think this statement needs to change to "The symbol should only be judged in context but don't forget the perspective of the audience, as perception is everything".
Personally, I wouldn't have cared if I was there, because it was to depict a car from the show.
The car owner might have had more luck apologizing and not trying to justify General Lee, etc., and simply say it was to depict the original car from the show and nothing more for the auto show. He could explain that he's had it at other shows and the car scores more points bearing original decals.
The car owner might have had more luck apologizing and not trying to justify General Lee, etc., and simply say it was to depict the original car from the show and nothing more for the auto show. He could explain that he's had it at other shows and the car scores more points bearing original decals.
I imagine there are lots of disparaging images/team names that the NCAA would declare too offensive / in violation of its constitution or policies that the Supeme Court would allow as a trademark. First Amendment and stuff...
Not sure what your point is.
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It's not exactly a classic car, but it's certainly a pop icon. Would anyone change their position on "it's just a car" if I was driving this (truck) around town? Purely out of curiosity.
Very well said Kathleen! It is very concerning to me when people are "triggered' by just about anything, which leads to confrontations like this. If we truly want to address racism and many others problems society people must learn to speak in complete thoughts (more than 140 characters) and really listen to each other's points of view.
How does a car, a prop from a television program compare with a Confederate Battle Flag hung in a window or flying from a flagpole in Canada - I've seen both more than once.
That most of us would consider the "Fighting Sioux" image respectful. That if the Cleveland Indians logo was like it that there wouldn't be problems.
Yet the NCAA banned that logo.
So majority rules here? Since most aren't offended, it's all good?
American Indian and Alaskan Natives make up 0.9% of total US population... it seems like they should count for more than 0.9% if a hypothetical poll based on "how offended are you by this logo" or similar question were to be conducted.
I wouldn't expect you to personally find it offensive, unless what you're saying is that you're indigenous and don't find it offensive personally.
I see no reason why you would take offense to this if you aren't indigenous. I can recognize a number of ways in which this image is offensive to some.
The NCAA can recognize something as "offensive." They aren't stupid... they probably have a couple college grads in their ranks.
Over 95% of the trans atlantic African slaves went to central and south America, yet 100% of the time a slave master is portrayed as north American....im offended.
As a North American?
Or a slave owner?
100% seems a little high. Are you basing this on what you watch/have watched or what exists? Because I don't see most of what I see on TV in Central and South America airing up here. It just doesn't translate...
