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What is offensive about a hanging?
I guess these people never played hang man as kids.
For craps sake its Halloween. Halloween is about death and scary things.
I guess it's not as offensive as Starbucks' red Christmas cups.
Nobody complained about this stuff back then. That's probably why McD's put it up this year - because it was never a problem in the past. They go in the closet where they store the same decorations year after year and use them until they are physically unable to do so because of wear and tear. Lather, rinse, and repeat every year.
Nobody complained about this stuff back then. That's probably why McD's put it up this year - because it was never a problem in the past. They go in the closet where they store the same decorations year after year and use them until they are physically unable to do so because of wear and tear. Lather, rinse, and repeat every year.
Sjw outrage is no joke. Even during the satanic panic of the 1980s. Parents, Christians and alike were heavily alarmed about Halloween costumes and ornamentation which they deemed as offensive.
This was not "disgusting" 20 years ago... what changed?
I know. When I was a kid, it was very common to have homemade mannequins hanging all over the place on Halloween. Now doing it you're accused of being a racist.
I don't recall any kids wetting their pants over it or any parental outrage.
Of course I played hangman. But then I was and am a white Southerner. None of my ancestors ever hung from a tree. We don't get to judge for others what should or should not offend them. We can only judge for ourselves. We should not belittle them with "wetting their pants" comments or talking bout "man buns" they may or may not wear. When folks do, it says more about them than those they are talking about.
Maybe folks feel more free to share their opinions now on what offends them. Maybe social media spreads it. Maybe we just notice it more. Maybe they don't fear backlash as much now as they may have then. I'm not saying we have to share their sensitivities, but resorting to nameacalling is actually the wrong thing to do. I'd rather live in an age where folks feel free to tell me how they feel than one where they are afraid of folks like some where who put them down for what they feel
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