Posted on 09/17/2017 8:44:53 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Daniell Rider, a Hobby Lobby consumer, found a decoration at one of their stores so offensive, she shared the image on Facebook requesting that they remove the decor from their shelves. What was it?
Rider on Thursday shared a photo of a shelf with glass bottles containing what appear to be replicas of raw cotton plants.
She captioned the photo, “This decor is WRONG on SO many levels. There is nothing decorative about raw cotton… A commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American slaves.”
“A little sensitivity goes a long way,” she added. “PLEASE REMOVE THIS ‘decor.'”
What kind of outcry occurred?
After Rider shared the post, it garnered viral attention on Facebook.
At the time of this writing, the post has been “liked” 33k times, has received 76k comments, and has been shared nearly 7k times.
The reaction was split — some commenters supported Rider’s outrage and wrote things like, “What do you expect from HL!!!? NEVER shop there!” while others couldn’t find the offense in the innocuous-looking decoration.
One commenter wrote, “Ummm… it’s cotton… wtf…its 2017… do you know some slaves in 2017 that picked this cotton and didn’t get paid for it. Just… stop.” Some perspective
Art is art, and visual decor falls into that category.
Visually stimulating productions of art — whether worthy of The Louvre, or simply available at your local craft store — is created with intent and meant for interpretation.
Art’s intent is to be stimulating, and oftentimes meant to be a conversation piece in order to trigger important conversations.
Art can also be art for the sake of visual appreciation. There doesn’t necessarily need to be a deep meaning behind it.
While artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock are widely different, each represents an unconventional aspect of art appreciation which some may “get,” while others may not.
A cotton plant is offensive?? My god, should they demand Cotton Plant, Arkansas be renamed along with Cottondale, Florida (or Alabama)...
Hemp makes rope and y’all know what the only use for rope is
how much you wanna bet that everyone complaining is wearing something made of cotton?
lol
liberal morons!
I just hope these protesting folks also refuse to wear clothes made from cotton or to use cotton towels. And if they also refuse to use rayon, dacron, and other fabrics made from petro-chemicals, all they will be left with is wool..
Whoops, can’t wear wool, it comes from mammals. And paper clothes come from sacred trees. Oh well, they’ll just have to go around naked.
Lady, Hobby Lobby should remove you and keep the cotton.
Leave this store alone you jackazz.
Pretty soon we will be down to just wearing our skin.
Oops, that won’t work because Hitler made lamps from skin.
Just seeing lamps does that to me. /sarc
I thought it was a cherry tree too, until I saw that picture. Those apple/cherries are bigger than young GW’s head.
Actually it is art and cotton plants are very interesting.
The REAL problem here is that ONE HUNDRED PER CENT of the people didn’t LAUGH OUT LOUD at this ridiculous comment.
This is how it starts. The next thing you know, they will be calling for the tearing down of statues of Jefferson and Washington .....but wait ....
Well those are clearly racist. Let’s just ban all things black AND white.
When, it what age, will it be NOT “offensive” to display a cotton ball.
Should “blacks” quit wearing anything made of cotton now?
Does this idiotic thinking have a positive side?
Maybe it can be used to get all “blacks” to quit smoking, as next to cotton tobacco was the other major crop of southern slave owners? No? /sarc
she can never travel through any state that grows cotton,
she can never shop at a grocery store that sells watermelon or fried chicken
what about basketball games?
These sjwsf are too clueless.
Only hemp. Linen is made from flax, which was often used as a simile for blondes and is therefore a symbol of white supremacy. Promise. Now go donate to my Victory through Victimhood Patreon!
I just did a search for "George Washington cherry" -- and, deliberately selected a period illustration that was visually ambiguous.
Here's the one that was right beside the one I posted:
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Educational exercise: try searching for "George Washington apple" -- and see what results you get...
Will cotton be the next prohibited item to join such terrifying item as banana peels, monkeys, statues, and battle flags. What about chocolate Santas and EAster bunnies?
> According to legend, it was a cherry tree. <
Nope, it was an apple tree. Over the years the evil cherry tree lobby worked to change the story. But it really was an apple tree.
(That’s my rather pathetic defense. And I’m sticking to it.)
LOL!! Keep on working on that, and, in a couple of centuries you might develop into a passable liberal... ‘-)
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