Posted on 08/26/2014 5:38:46 AM PDT by LeoMcNeil
A breakfast restaurant in Vermont helped plant flower beds in city traffic medians. For their efforts the city of Winooski allowed Sneakers Bistro a sign on a lamp post. The sign read “yield for Sneakers bacon.” This apparently caused one Muslim great offense. You see, Muslims don’t eat pork. The Muslim complained loudly online and the city and Sneakers Bistro relented, removing the bacon sign while loudly proclaiming they don’t get involved in politics. Who knew bacon was a political issue?
The mayor of Winooski, Kathrine Decarreau, believes the “cool part of living in a diverse community is that it’s not always comfortable.” Apparently that means that one person offended by the word bacon is allowed to make everyone else uncomfortable by forcing its removal from public view. We’re not talking about a strip tease or vulgar language, we’re talking about the word bacon. Are there a list of words that might cause Muslims, or others, such discomfort that they may never be uttered or written in public?
So fearful is the left of offending Muslims they’re willing to remove something as inoffensive as the word bacon from a sign. They pretend like they’re not engaging in politics when they remove the word but they most certainly are. They’re caving to imagined offense, bending over backwards for one person who is absurdly offended by the word bacon. No one is forcing this Muslim to eat or touch bacon, we’re talking about nothing more than a word on a sign.
If the word bacon is removed for the sake of Islam, what other words will leftists remove in order to feign uninvolvement in politics? Lobster, Jesus Christ, pulled pork, the list can go on and on. Interestingly, Jews keep the same or similar dietary restrictions. Jews have lived in this country since its founding (unlike Muslims) and we’ve never seen them demand words like bacon be removed from public view. It’s only Muslims, in this case one single Muslim woman. It doesn’t even matter that the sign is on public property, in America food ought to be treated as so inoffensive that no one can demand food terms be removed from public space.
Why is the left so afraid of offending Muslims? Do they fear this single Muslim woman will bomb this restaurant because they refuse to remove bacon from a public sign? Is the city afraid she will bomb city hall if they don’t remove the sign? The mayor believes diversity is great because it can cause some discomfort. Why is it that the majority must always be irritated or annoyed because a Muslim finds something as ridiculous as the word bacon offensive? As a society we have become so concerned about the offensive of an extreme minority that we fail to grasp how absurd the offense is. If one person can cry offense and force change over the word bacon, what words can’t people cry offensive over in order to push others around? It seems we’re headed to the point where no speech will be tolerated, lest someone be offended.
As someone on the VT alt-weekly Seven Days responded to an article about this, Kevin Bacon MUST change his name.
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Most of the world today is offended by the word “muslim”.
The citizens complained loudly online and the city relented, removing the muslimes while loudly proclaiming they don’t get involved in politics. Who knew muslimes were a political issue?
There, that is what should have happened. If they don't like it here, go back to your sand deserts and stay the hell out of the US. Ride your camel back into the sixth century. You will love it better there and won't bother us with your petty claims. Better get ready for some backward civilization when you get there and eff you.
I read something some time ago, that all good muslimes should have nothing better or use anything newer than muHAMed had, so why are thy using airplanes to get here. Go play with the goats and camels. I don't want you here and no one invited your sorry butt to come here. BTW, there were wild hogs in every county and parish of this country at one time or another. The land is contaminated by hogs, which you don't like so just leave.
OK, down the street at another diner works for me.
Bacon scented lotion and shake hands with as many Muslims as I could.
Don’t like dogs either.
But they have a predilection for little kids...
Social jihad.
Fislam
moozlums are such asses. I am offended by the word moozlum and anything associated with it. I am offended by their incessant mutilating and murdering of human beings. I am offended that these degenerates are always offended. I am offended that they are allowed in this country. I am offended that they exist.
Top 10 Homer bacon quotes …
1. “(Lisa) “I’m going to become a vegetarian” (Homer) “Does that mean you’re not going to eat any pork?” “Yes” “Bacon?” “Yes” Ham?” “Dad all those meats come from the same animal” “Right Lisa, some wonderful, magical animal!””
2. “Porkchops and bacon, my two favorite animals.”
3. “When you’re in my house you shall do as I do and believe who I believe in. So Bart butter your bacon.”
4. “Is it Bacon Day?”
5. “Mmmm. Move over, eggs. Bacon just got a new best friend – fudge.”
6. “Not again! First you took away my Philly Fudgesteak. And then my Bacon Balls. Then my Whatchamachicken. You monster!”
7. Homer: I’ll have the smiley face breakfast special. Uhh, but could you add a bacon nose? Plus bacon hair, bacon mustache, five o’clock shadow made of bacon bits and a bacon body. Waitress: How about I just shove a pig down your throat? (Homer looks excited) Waitress: I was kidding. Homer: Fine, but the bacon man lives in a bacon house! Waitress: No he doesn’t!
8. “[strained] You know that feeling you get when a thousand knives of fire are stabbing you in the heart? I’m having that right now…[normal] Ooh, bacon!”
9. “Mmm … bacon”
10. “Mmm … unexplained bacon”
I like it!
I’m offended by the word “Muslim”. When are they going to ban it?
I am so sick and tired of all these people being “offended” by words, nicknames, flavors, drinks, foods, whatever else...
Get over it, people!!!!!
For all you “religious fanatics” othe countries, “GO HOME!!!!!”
Everyone needs to quit worrying about what someone else does, says, eats, smokes, thinks etc...Just live your live and be happy with what you’ve got....
The best response to this is blatant local sarcasm, putting up pictures of pigs, bacon, and other pork products, putting up signs that say, “Pork Grease, slippery when wet” in random places, and even imaginary things, like “Enjoy our pork flavored air fresheners!” The same with dog related things.
Nothing quite amuses the public like frothers frothing about so many things that they become a joke.
The ultimate step is the Muslim offense against Christian symbols.
and then to Christians themselves.
Burkas offend me, but nobody seems to care.
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