Cultural Appropriation

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A lot of people were getting along just fine until virtue signalling folks (mostly white) needed to feel superior by having more outrage than anyone else. This is the plight of the liberals right now and it is straight up getting way out of hand.

Do we owe Italians an apology for opening up a pizza restaurant? Do we owe Germans an apology for eating sauerkraut? Of course not. So how his is this different than a white guy who happens to like wearing dreadlocks? It’s his body - his choice, who gives a shit?

How are we ever, as a global society going to come closer together, if we’re just going to continue singling everything out? This is what makes us more divided. This is what far left liberals do.

I swear hypocrisy is the very foundation of liberalism.

When BLM/Antifa starts tearing apart the 54th Infantry Regiment (an all African-American regiment for the Union and fighting to FREE the slaves people) and vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, you know something is wrong with history class today. Where are the cries for BLM in Libya? They’re a country that has slavery of blacks still. Not a peep. The pyramids in Egypt were built by slaves - shall we tear it down too? Where do we draw the line?

We’ve lost sight of what’s really important. Like, really really important. Hunger ravages tens of thousands of lives every day, but we’re over here worrying about some dude who wore dreadlocks and whether or not it was offensive. Like really? Get a life.
 
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A lot of people were getting along just fine until virtue signalling folks (mostly white) needed to feel superior by having more outrage than anyone else. This is the plight of the liberals right now and it is straight up getting way out of hand.

Do we owe Italians an apology for opening up a pizza restaurant? Do we owe Germans an apology for eating sauerkraut? Of course not. So how his is this different than a white guy who happens to like wearing dreadlocks? It’s his body - his choice, who gives a shit?

How are we ever, as a global society going to come closer together, if we’re just going to continue singling everything out? This is what makes us more divided. This is what far left liberals do.

I swear hypocrisy is the very foundation of liberalism.

When BLM/Antifa starts tearing apart the 54th Infantry Regiment (an all African-American regiment for the Union and fighting to FREE the slaves people) and vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, you know something is wrong with history class today. Where are the cries for BLM in Libya? They’re a country that has slavery of blacks still. Not a peep. The pyramids in Egypt were built by slaves - shall we tear it down too? Where do we draw the line?

We’ve lost sight of what’s really important. Like, really really important. Hunger ravages tens of thousands of lives every day, but we’re over here worrying about some dude who wore dreadlocks and whether or not it was offensive. Like really? Get a life.
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Don't forget Rice Krispies are represennted by three white dudes, and Cocoa Puffs are represented by a monkey. Brown cereals matter.
 
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Just wondering if the "man"-bun is some form of cultural appropriation?
Possibly, some of the residents in the lunatic asylum might be offended at "men" who choose to look like morons?
 
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That's a whole other topic. A couple thoughts on that:

First, Sinead O'Connor is a bit different. She was directly criticising the Pope, not trivialising him. Some things that people call "desecration" are actual direct criticism and that stands or falls on its own merits. Certainly you can't say people aren't criticising other religions too.

Second, you can't assume everyone who objects to "cultural appropriation" are the same people who have no problem with Christian symbols used without care or consideration. It's only hypocrisy or a double standard when it's the same person holding both views. Otherwise it's just two different people with two different opinions. Not saying there aren't hypocrites, but no group is a monolith, be it a culture, a "progressive" or whatever.

(Is Christian iconography even still being fetishised? I thought people didn't talk about it anymore because it had fallen out of fashion.)
Everything is still being fetishized. The truth about fetishes is, if you can think of it, whatever it is, someone somewhere out there is, in this very moment, getting off by it.
 

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You really shouldn't bother asking questions if you're not interested in the answer. It's more than clear you didn't start the topic to understand the concept, but just to rebuke it.

Anyway, I'm not here to change your mind. I'm not that naive. I said what I said (and also already answered that question, in fact) for the benefit of anyone else reading this thread who has an open mind and a genuine interest in hearing another perspective on the topic.

Enjoy your unbending certainty.
it’s always easier to invoke woke superiority than answer a simple question.
 

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Absolute thinking doesn't do anyone any good on either side of the fence. And Twitter proves that no matter what the subject you'll find someone outraged about something. But it's also no way to go through life not taking other perspectives into consideration. There's no calculus for this problem.

I don't think avoiding cultural appropriation should be an absolute mandate any more than "always be polite" should be. Start from a place of decency and consideration, sure.

But first off I take outrage on behalf of another culture with a grain of salt. I prefer to listen to what Context is everything.
Absolute thinking doesn't do anyone any good on either side of the fence. And Twitter proves that no matter what the subject you'll find someone outraged about something. But it's also no way to go through life not taking other perspectives into consideration. There's no calculus for this problem...I don't think avoiding cultural appropriation should be an absolute mandate any more than "always be polite" should be. Start from a place of decency and consideration, sure...Context is everything.
Context is everything for a problem with no calculus. And “context” is objective?
 

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it’s always easier to invoke woke superiority than answer a simple question.
Question answered. Several times. Answer ignored. Again, if you're not interested in the answer, what exactly are you trying to accomplish here?
 

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Question answered. Several times. Answer ignored. Again, if you're not interested in the answer, what exactly are you trying to accomplish here?
You haven’t answered the question other than to pontificate.
 

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You haven’t answered the question other than to pontificate.
For anyone interested, the evidence to the contrary is posted above. Metaxa just chooses to ignore it and restates the same questions. If anyone else is interested in having an actual conversation on the topic, I'm happy to participate. Otherwise I'm bowing out of this waste of time. Peace all.
 

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I’m still trying to figure out what pontificate means.....spellcheck seems to always autocorrect it to fornicate for me, which tells me ......I may type that word to much.
 
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For anyone interested, the evidence to the contrary is posted above. Metaxa just chooses to ignore it and restates the same questions. If anyone else is interested in having an actual conversation on the topic, I'm happy to participate. Otherwise I'm bowing out of this waste of time. Peace all.
Pontification at its finest.
 

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It's just a means to get the middle class and the lower class to fight amongst themselves while the ruling class obtains more power and wealth...while laughing at all the insanity going on below them.
There is some truth to this devious idea methinks.
 

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Haha. I’m wondering if he will wear lederhosen if he visits Germany.
Have you ever been to India or better yet worn Indian style dress in India? If you answer yes to either of those questions, you will have a different perspective on the Trudeaus wearing Indian attire - you will have CONTEXT. And yes, I have travelled pretty extensively in India.

The whole controversy was a feeble attempt by the lame CPC to narrate a storyline to outrage their supporters, unfortunately for them it never had much traction with the larger electorate. Kind of like now with WE, instead of focusing on serving the public and contributing to passing benefits to disadvantaged Canadians the Conservatives lame duck (American) leader is howling in an attempt to create a scandal while wasting tax payer dollars.
 

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Have you ever been to India or better yet worn Indian style dress in India? If you answer yes to either of those questions, you will have a different perspective on the Trudeaus wearing Indian attire - you will have CONTEXT. And yes, I have travelled pretty extensively in India.

The whole controversy was a feeble attempt by the lame CPC to narrate a storyline to outrage their supporters, unfortunately for them it never had much traction with the larger electorate. Kind of like now with WE, instead of focusing on serving the public and contributing to passing benefits to disadvantaged Canadians the Conservatives lame duck (American) leader is howling in an attempt to create a scandal while wasting tax payer dollars.
Just blow the Trudeau dog whistle and watch the Canine come a running! Nice to hear you have travelled extensively in India. Did you treat as a costume party like Trudeau and family? How was that not cultural appropriation?

I’m not sure what WE has to do with this thread but let’s put it in perspective.You do realize don’t you that almost $1 billion to the KielBURGLARS is about 1/27 of the entire pre-COVID defecit and it was done without any parliamentary oversight or accountability going forward? And Trudeau has admitted he had a conflict of interest.

I find it fascinating that every unethical thing Trudeau does is justified by his apologists with “his intentions were good” and with a smug sense of moral superiority. Do you know the old saying about what the road to hell is paved with?

You remind me of Trump with your “feeble attempt” and “lame” jargon.
 
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