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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


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 Trump’s presidential victory.


I thought they wore them because they were babies and needed a diaper.

1 posted on 11/12/2016 10:28:51 AM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Diaper pins.


2 posted on 11/12/2016 10:30:41 AM PST by far sider
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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.


3 posted on 11/12/2016 10:32:10 AM PST by Malone LaVeigh
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Weren’t safety pins designed for baby’s? LOL!!!


4 posted on 11/12/2016 10:33:38 AM PST by GregoTX
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If their pants are drooping it's likely that the safety pins aren't positioned properly.
5 posted on 11/12/2016 10:34:11 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To me is says, diaper pin.


6 posted on 11/12/2016 10:37:50 AM PST by SunTzuWu
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Here's a little something to go with their safety pins...


7 posted on 11/12/2016 10:44:45 AM PST by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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8 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))
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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.


9 posted on 11/12/2016 10:48:21 AM PST by PLOM...NOT! (With guns, we are citizens. Without them, we are subjects.)
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Until they have something intelligent to say, this should solve the problem....


10 posted on 11/12/2016 10:49:28 AM PST by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: far sider

Beat me to it.


11 posted on 11/12/2016 10:52:20 AM PST by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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12 posted on 11/12/2016 10:58:45 AM PST by CJ Wolf (just a conspiracy theory, no facts behind the above post.)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

What if it was a big troll by one of us?


13 posted on 11/12/2016 11:06:10 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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My great, great, great grandfather invented a version of safety pin. I want my cut.

These people are stealing my intellectual property.


14 posted on 11/12/2016 11:06:33 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
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My great, great, great grandfather invented a version of safety pin. I want my cut.

These people are stealing my intellectual property.


15 posted on 11/12/2016 11:06:39 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
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Isn’t this a rip-off of Punk culture of the 70’s-80’s?


16 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)
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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. ;-)


17 posted on 11/12/2016 11:14:40 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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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.


18 posted on 11/12/2016 11:21:39 AM PST by fred4prez
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Spares in case they lose any when they change their diapers.


19 posted on 11/12/2016 11:22:45 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Vermont Lt
Now this is the symbol for resistance.


20 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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