kickbacked
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- Jan 12, 2010
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I am personally not offended, I am discussing a topic that was posted and my opinion on it. Maybe read a book about Native Americans, or talk to them about what it means to them because whether you like it or not it offends them.Well, sure. But offense is generally taken more than given. Sometimes offense is genuine. But you're kinda making this akin to something like stolen valor. If I am in that situation, and I see some guy at a baseball game with zero idea of it's meaning, wearing a prop like 1000 other fans, why should I be upset? The person wearing it isn't trying to be a fraud. They're not stealing my valor. They're using it in a form of pop culture. They're wearing a prop, for **** sake. People need to calm down about this. This just smells a lot like you being offended on other people's behalf. I dunno. Maybe look at the other side of it too.
Were you this offended when Elizabeth Warren tried to claim membership in a tribe? Because I think if I were a native american I could be legitimately, justifiably offended by that. Or, I dunno. Maybe it would only have offended you if she went to a baseball game and put on a cheaply made in China head dress prop bought at the ball park swag shop for $50.
Can I walk into a church on Easter Sunday with a crown of thorns and stigmata painted on my body to symbolize Jesus? Or would that make members upset and probably include me getting my butt whipped by a mob of rightfully upset people? Theres nothing illegal about doing it.