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Why Safety Pins Symbolize Resistance: A Short Explainer
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| November 11, 2016
| Rasha Ali
Posted on 11/12/2016 10:28:51 AM PST by artichokegrower
If you have been anywhere near social media lately, you have probably seen a lot of talk about safety pins. In the real world, you may even have spotted a few people wearing them. You may have even seen Star Wars fans talking about it more on that later.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: crybabies; safetypins
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No, the safety pin is not a new fashion statement it represents solidarity with people who say they have suffered racism, sexism, xenophobia, Islamophobia and homophobia, amongst other manifestations of bigotry in the wake of Donald Trumps presidential victory.
I thought they wore them because they were babies and needed a diaper.
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
11/12/2016 10:30:41 AM PST
by
far sider
To: artichokegrower
Whoever came up with the idea of using a safety pin as a symbol clearly didn’t think about the negative optics it would present.
To: artichokegrower
Weren’t safety pins designed for baby’s? LOL!!!
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posted on
11/12/2016 10:33:38 AM PST
by
GregoTX
To: artichokegrower
If their pants are drooping it's likely that the safety pins aren't positioned properly.
To: artichokegrower
To me is says, diaper pin.
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posted on
11/12/2016 10:37:50 AM PST
by
SunTzuWu
To: artichokegrower
Here's a little something to go with their safety pins...
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posted on
11/12/2016 10:44:45 AM PST
by
Perseverando
(For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
11/12/2016 10:45:21 AM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: SunTzuWu
To me it says I got my ass handed to me fair and square in the election but I’m a irresponsible ultra sensitive whiny child that’s gonna make you poopy heads listen to me whine and prattle on and on Cuz I didn’t get my way.
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posted on
11/12/2016 10:48:21 AM PST
by
PLOM...NOT!
(With guns, we are citizens. Without them, we are subjects.)
To: Perseverando
Until they have something intelligent to say, this should solve the problem....
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posted on
11/12/2016 10:49:28 AM PST
by
Perseverando
(For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: far sider
To: Perseverando
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posted on
11/12/2016 10:58:45 AM PST
by
CJ Wolf
(just a conspiracy theory, no facts behind the above post.)
To: Malone LaVeigh
What if it was a big troll by one of us?
To: artichokegrower
My great, great, great grandfather invented a version of safety pin. I want my cut.
These people are stealing my intellectual property.
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posted on
11/12/2016 11:06:33 AM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
To: artichokegrower
My great, great, great grandfather invented a version of safety pin. I want my cut.
These people are stealing my intellectual property.
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posted on
11/12/2016 11:06:39 AM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
To: artichokegrower
Isn’t this a rip-off of Punk culture of the 70’s-80’s?
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posted on
11/12/2016 11:10:19 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Make no mistake. It's not revenge he's after. It's a reckoning--Doc Holiday)
To: artichokegrower
I’m going to start carrying around a pacifier with me. Next time I come across some libtard whining I’ll give it to them. ;-)
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posted on
11/12/2016 11:14:40 AM PST
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: ThunderSleeps
My folks bought me a MAGA red hat at on of Trump’s last rallies. I’ll be getting it from them tomorrow. I think I’ll take a photo of the cap with a safety pin in it, saying that I’m also a safe place. Should get some interesting FB feedback lol.
To: Malone LaVeigh
Spares in case they lose any when they change their diapers.
To: Vermont Lt
Now this is the symbol for resistance.
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posted on
11/12/2016 11:26:26 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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