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  • Democrat Virtue Signalling Backfires

    Oh this is spicy.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bla...er-kente-cloth

    Congressional Democrats' attempts to look woke appeared to backfire on them Monday when a series of black Twitter users accused them of cultural appropriation.
    This is in regard to the Kente cloth they were wearing around their necks. Here a link to the tweet mentioned in the article above.

    https://twitter.com/obianuju/status/...er-kente-cloth

    Also to note that the Kente cloth is part of the tradition of the Ashanti tribe from Ghana and apparently they were involved in the slave trade.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashant...hanti_diaspora

    The Ashanti live in Ashanti specifically in Ashanti capital Kumasi metropolis and due to the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, a known diaspora of Ashanti exists in the Caribbean, particularly in Jamaica. Slaves captured by the Ashantis and sold to the British and the Dutch along the coasts were sent to the West Indies, particularly Jamaica, Barbados, Netherlands Antilles, British Virgin Islands.
    Now I'm sure that the Democrats perhaps didn't know what they were doing really, and practically I couldn't care less if the Ashanti engaged in slavery in the past over a hundred years ago, well before I was born but considering that everybody else is having to recognise the sins of the past for things they personally didn't do then does count also?
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    Eh, they're Democrats. They're usually allowed to get away with this sort of thing; Faux News can be safely handwaved away, and the other networks aren't likely to mention it.
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    • #3
      Yup. Kneeling for the time the cop knelt on Floyd's neck, isn't honoring Floyd, it is making a mockery of what happened to him. White people emulating the cop kneeling on a black man's neck isn't sending the message they want to send. It is a mockery of what happened.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Darth Ovious View Post
        Now I'm sure that the Democrats perhaps didn't know what they were doing ...
        As usually the case.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
          Eh, they're Democrats. They're usually allowed to get away with this sort of thing
          From what I understand Kente was trending on twitter yesterday with some not so flattering comments from black folks. Social media can be good for at least some things.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Ronson View Post
            As usually the case.
            “I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.” - C.S. Lewis

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Darth Ovious View Post

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              • #8
                Originally posted by seanD View Post
                From what I understand Kente was trending on twitter yesterday with some not so flattering comments from black folks. Social media can be good for at least some things.
                I'm not some one who even cares for concepts like cultural appropriation but in this case I did think why on earth were they wearing those scarfs (for lack of abetter word) around their necks. Obviously they thought they were pandering.
                “I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.” - C.S. Lewis

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Ronson View Post
                  “I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.” - C.S. Lewis

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Darth Ovious View Post
                    I'm not some one who even cares for concepts like cultural appropriation but in this case I did think why on earth were they wearing those scarfs (for lack of abetter word) around their necks. Obviously they thought they were pandering.
                    Oh, they were definitely pandering, but this is what happens when wealthy leftist elites, removed from the culture of the commoners, do pander. It's their "let them eat cake" moment. Being overtly racist when they think they're not is something Dems do ALL THE TIME.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                      Yup. Kneeling for the time the cop knelt on Floyd's neck, isn't honoring Floyd, it is making a mockery of what happened to him. White people emulating the cop kneeling on a black man's neck isn't sending the message they want to send. It is a mockery of what happened.
                      Seems like they should have lain face down if their intent was to honor Floyd, but could you really picture that bunch doing something like that?
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                      But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                      Than a fool in the eyes of God


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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                        Seems like they should have lain face down if their intent was to honor Floyd, but could you really picture that bunch doing something like that?
                        And they should have held their breath for 8 minutes and 45 seconds.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                          And they should have held their breath for 8 minutes and 45 seconds.
                          We could only wish.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by seanD View Post
                            We could only wish.
                            They must not really care. Bunch of racists.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                              And they should have held their breath for 8 minutes and 45 seconds.
                              Tom Cruise could do it. Seriously, he trained to hold his breath so he could film an extended underwater sequence for one of the "Mission Impossible" movies.
                              Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                              But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                              Than a fool in the eyes of God


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