So she won't be a regular at my new restaurant?
Posted on 08/23/2014 3:00:27 PM PDT by Scoutmaster
WINOOSKI, Vt. —A sign on a lamp post at the bottom of the Winooski Circle displayed the words "Yield [for] Sneakers Bacon" until Friday morning. The bistro owners took it down.
It got there as part of "Operation Bloom."
A city program put it in place to keep its flower beds beautiful. If businesses do some gardening they can post an advertisement where they do it, but the word "bacon" on the Sneakers Bistro sign started a discussion about diversity on the Winooski Front Porch Forum.
It started with a post from one woman who wrote that the sign was insensitive to those who do not consume pork. She said as a Muslim she is personally offended by it.
The owners of Sneakers spoke to WPTZ. They say they've reached out to the individual who made the post and proactively took the sign down. They also say they regret any harm caused by the sign, and that their goal was never to cause stress or bad feelings.
"It's nice that they were respectful enough to take it down," said Caleb Wiley an area resident, "but I also think they shouldn't have, or had to at any right."
Other Winooski residents joined the conversation, and online too. One post reads the word "bacon" is not offensive. It's something that describes food.
Winooski's city manager spoke on behalf of the city. She said:
"The cool part of living in a diverse community is that it's not always comfortable. It's a fascinating place with lots of opportunities for conversation. The City has to pay attention to a lot of factors while acting within what we can regulate," said Katherine "Deac" Decarreau.
Others recognize it's a complicated issue, too.
"I respect her religion and her right to believe what she wants but I'm pretty sure the first amendment extends to bacon and the selling of it."
Sneakers' owners say their goal is to provide a joyful place for the entire community.
The Winooski Islamic Community Center was not available for comment.
Are there any words that 'offend' you?
If I lived in that community, there would be a ‘BACON IS DELICIOUS’ sign in my front yard about ten minutes after I read this story.
Being offended is part of cultural Marxism.
http://www.academia.org/the-origins-of-political-correctness/
Here’s a tip:
If in a country that has Freedom of Speech, if you are offended by some of the words used in our language, it is probably advisable to find another country to live in...
I’m offended by moslems - so, since I was born here in the US and that religion or culture wasn’t - then it has to be removed and sent back to the Middle East - because I’m offended by its presence here int he US...same principle, right?
...and that's when the fighting started ;')
Crap like this needs to be ridiculed on the highest level.
Entertaining it legitimizes it.
“The cool part of living in a diverse community is that it’s not always comfortable. It’s a fascinating place with lots of opportunities for conversation. The City has to pay attention to a lot of factors while acting within what we can regulate,” said Katherine “Deac” Decarreau.
Glurk.
Exactly right! If the b is offended by bacon, she needs to go to a country where there is no bacon.
Thanks for that link.
Where in the Constitution is there the right to be forever free from offense?
I’m really, really tired of this nonsense. There are a whole lot of things that offend me, but I put on my big boy pants and forget about it.
I wonder how many people the mussies will kill in the US before week need people stand up to them. Did anybody Jewish complain? mussies will start complaining and getting those pols to acquiesce to no dogs and no alcohol stores, having WalMart put in an only mussie aisle and demand that pork products be covered up. It’s coming. Islam offends me! So get rid of it.
Apparently their contribution to the "community" is just to be "offended".
Vermont is an alternative universe.
A white state that plays the liberal diversity game.
A lot of New York transplants who escaped actual diversity.
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If I lived in that community I would make it my mission to post the word bacon in as many places as possible, I would rig my car so the exhaust smelled like bacon so as to leave the scent of God’s gift wherever I went.
So she won't be a regular at my new restaurant?
This IS SO stupid! When does this end? Stop being so damned offended over such drivel of everyday life. I wish these people off this planet.
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