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Topic: University students offended by cotton
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msharmony

Fri 09/22/17 03:47 AM



it is if it is

posting to social media about how another's choice to do the same is 'whining' or having a 'poor me' mentality

merely having a different opinion is fine, labeling someone else's choice to do the same as something negative, is hypocritical
so is whining about it in the first place... are they really offended, or is it just to start problems? If they're offended, sorry, don't go there for dinner anymore, or stay outs hobby lobby...


blah blah blah, and if people here are offended they dont have to read those social media posts

it goes both ways


either both have the right to opinion or both are whining.... and consider there are many more posts by individuals here about those guests opinion than there were by them ABOUT their opinion...

so who's whining and asking for attention?
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mightymoe

Fri 09/22/17 03:58 AM




it is if it is

posting to social media about how another's choice to do the same is 'whining' or having a 'poor me' mentality

merely having a different opinion is fine, labeling someone else's choice to do the same as something negative, is hypocritical
so is whining about it in the first place... are they really offended, or is it just to start problems? If they're offended, sorry, don't go there for dinner anymore, or stay outs hobby lobby...


blah blah blah, and if people here are offended they dont have to read those social media posts

it goes both ways


either both have the right to opinion or both are whining.... and consider there are many more posts by individuals here about those guests opinion than there were by them ABOUT their opinion...

so who's whining and asking for attention?
I just said who... the whiny cupcakes who is offended by a plant...its just what obarry wanted, to start problems for no real reason...
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msharmony

Fri 09/22/17 04:01 AM

is that that negative thinking I was being scorned about earlier?

What is such a 'problem' with someone feeling offense at a choice of decoration for their arrival?

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greeneyes148

Fri 09/22/17 08:46 AM

because it is the most well known and the most commonly read about or learned about source of wealth that the slaves contributed to.
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Really.. no one brought slaves into the conversation?.. who's word are above... yours.. right?

you bring slavery into the conversations every chance you get.
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Unknow

Fri 09/22/17 08:48 AM

Just had a terrible thought, how does this student /person clean his ears?
He is probably offended by cotton buds! whoa
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Integrityis1st

Fri 09/22/17 09:21 AM


and it for sure was not the only crop that they did. so please explain why to what ever level it is being singled out as offensive

Oh boy! The complexity of it all today. sad
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Unknow

Fri 09/22/17 09:34 AM

Ooooo, American trilogy :elvis, great song,
Oh I wish I were in a land of cotton, far away but not forgotten surprised
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yellowrose10

Fri 09/22/17 10:01 AM

FFS it is a decoration like wheat stalks. It was his home. If someone is offended by my decorations, they know where the door is. Sad that they didn't have the intelligence to explain their offense and let him explain. Instead they whine on social media. I haven't seen anywhere that it was done intentionally. Cotton crops weren't exclusive to blacks (same with wheat, tobacco, etc). IMO it is pity seeking. They need to grow up. If they were offended, don't put someone on blast without speaking to them or getting their sides. I would have some sympathy if they had done that.
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yellowrose10

Fri 09/22/17 10:02 AM


Ooooo, American trilogy :elvis, great song,
Oh I wish I were in a land of cotton, far away but not forgotten surprised


High Cotton - Alabama
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Unknow

Fri 09/22/17 10:04 AM



Ooooo, American trilogy :elvis, great song,
Oh I wish I were in a land of cotton, far away but not forgotten surprised


High Cotton - Alabama

Thanks, I'm just relieved they didn't grow play doh! surprised
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yellowrose10

Fri 09/22/17 10:28 AM

I have seen nothing to suggest this was malicious. If they took offense, that is theor issue and they handled it wrong. As I have said....I am a big crafter. Cotton stalks are the new fad. Before that it was wheat stalks. Give them some play doh. I am not going to walk on eggshells. If someone is offended, see a therapist
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msharmony

Fri 09/22/17 10:53 AM


because it is the most well known and the most commonly read about or learned about source of wealth that the slaves contributed to.
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Really.. no one brought slaves into the conversation?.. who's word are above... yours.. right?

you bring slavery into the conversations every chance you get.



common sense, what other tie would african american have to cotton stalk?

I use common sense every chance I get instead of emotional inuendo and personal attack ... mingle favorites in the political thread.
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msharmony

Fri 09/22/17 10:54 AM


Just had a terrible thought, how does this student /person clean his ears?
He is probably offended by cotton buds! whoa


really mikey?

the person wasnt offended by COTTON, the person was offended that cotton STALKS were specifically singled out for their dinner, specifically tied to them and their slave heritage, INTENTIONALLY targeted.
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yellowrose10

Fri 09/22/17 10:56 AM

Now I see! It's stalks! Wheat stalks, cotton stalks! Damn those stalks! Mikey how did you not get this? Damn Brit laugh

Pop a couple of cotton balls in a vase and all is well laugh
Edited by yellowrose10 on Fri 09/22/17 10:56 AM
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msharmony

Fri 09/22/17 10:56 AM


FFS it is a decoration like wheat stalks. It was his home. If someone is offended by my decorations, they know where the door is. Sad that they didn't have the intelligence to explain their offense and let him explain. Instead they whine on social media. I haven't seen anywhere that it was done intentionally. Cotton crops weren't exclusive to blacks (same with wheat, tobacco, etc). IMO it is pity seeking. They need to grow up. If they were offended, don't put someone on blast without speaking to them or getting their sides. I would have some sympathy if they had done that.


actually they did:

“We were very offended,” the student wrote. “My friend … asked why there was cotton on the table as the centerpiece. His response was that he didn’t know, he seen it before we did, he kind of thought it was ‘fallish’, THEN he said, “it ISNT INHERENTLY BAD IF WERE ALL WEARING IT


they spoke to him directly, his answer was flippant and dismissive, like the posts here.
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msharmony

Fri 09/22/17 10:56 AM


Now I see! It's stalks! Wheat stalks, cotton stalks! Damn those stalks! Mikey how did you not get this? Damn Brit laugh


whoa
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yellowrose10

Fri 09/22/17 10:59 AM



FFS it is a decoration like wheat stalks. It was his home. If someone is offended by my decorations, they know where the door is. Sad that they didn't have the intelligence to explain their offense and let him explain. Instead they whine on social media. I haven't seen anywhere that it was done intentionally. Cotton crops weren't exclusive to blacks (same with wheat, tobacco, etc). IMO it is pity seeking. They need to grow up. If they were offended, don't put someone on blast without speaking to them or getting their sides. I would have some sympathy if they had done that.


actually they did:

“We were very offended,” the student wrote. “My friend … asked why there was cotton on the table as the centerpiece. His response was that he didn’t know, he seen it before we did, he kind of thought it was ‘fallish’, THEN he said, “it ISNT INHERENTLY BAD IF WERE ALL WEARING IT


they spoke to him directly, his answer was flippant and dismissive, like the posts here.


They WROTE! They didn't say it straight to him! For ffs. It was a decoration. He didn't even do the decorations but they attacked him on social media (when it was HIS HOME)
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mightymoe

Fri 09/22/17 11:02 AM


is that that negative thinking I was being scorned about earlier?

What is such a 'problem' with someone feeling offense at a choice of decoration for their arrival?


then don't go back...why make a stink over it
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TxsGal3333

Fri 09/22/17 11:06 AM

Humm the way I see it this center piece was in his home not at the school.. It is his home and they can decorate it the way they want too..

I assure you that if you are invited into my home and take offense in the way I decorate my house or how I dress you can turn your happy azz around and walk out the door..

I don't see that it was done to offend...

And if it does then all I can say ya need to grab a set of balls~~whoa
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mightymoe

Fri 09/22/17 11:07 AM



is that that negative thinking I was being scorned about earlier?

What is such a 'problem' with someone feeling offense at a choice of decoration for their arrival?


then don't go back...why make a stink over it
because why should I have to walk on pi2nd and needles to not offend someone? They cam get unoffenfed in the same pants they got offended in...