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Snowflakes! Woke Wisconsin council sparks outrage after instructing staff to avoid red and green decorations in public buildings and replacing religious ornaments with 'snow people'
Daily Mail ^ | 11/11/23 | James Gordon

Posted on 11/11/2023 5:45:48 PM PST by Libloather

A city council in Wisconsin has issued guidelines to its employees suggesting they do not use red and green decorations in public spaces to mark the Christmas holidays for fear of causing offense.

The bizarre suggestion was put forward by Deputy City Administrator Melissa Cantarero Weiss in an email under the instruction of City Administrator James Archambo.

In the email Weiss encouraged city workers to adopt 'inclusive decorating practices' in how Wauwatosa's municipal buildings are decorated over the holiday season including using more 'winter themed' decorations such as snowflakes or 'snow people'.

The message specifically urges employees to choose more 'neutral and inclusive' decorations.

Weiss explained how with the approaching holiday season, she and Archambo wanted people to contemplate their commitment to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment.

The email noted how current Christmas decorations, especially red and green colors, are already widespread in public counters at City Hall and potentially other buildings.

But Weiss believes changing the color of holiday lights will help fostering a more equitable and inclusive community.

Weiss emphasized the importance of being considerate in decorating public spaces during the season.

Departments have also been asked to not use religious decorations associated solely with Christmas.

Instead, Weiss suggests using non-religious symbols associated with winter, such as snowflakes, 'snow people,' lights, and greenery without specific religious connotations.

City workers are being encouraged to create displays featuring the northern lights, incorporating colors like blue, green, and purple in order to further promote inclusivity and respect.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: christmas; decorations; domesticenemies; jamesarchambo; melissaweiss; ornaments; religious; snowflakes; waronchristmas; wauwatosa; wisconsin
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I will find their snow people and turn them yellow. Diversity is our strungth.
1 posted on 11/11/2023 5:45:48 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather
She should be relocated to Iran.

2 posted on 11/11/2023 5:50:37 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Libloather

“...suggesting they do not use red and green decorations in public spaces to mark the Christmas holidays for fear of causing offense.”

Really. Who is offended by the colors red and green?

Maybe they need their eye sight checked and their head examined.


3 posted on 11/11/2023 5:53:40 PM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Libloather

I can’t believe colors are now being banned.
The colors red and green have nothing symbolic in reference to Christ’s birth. Frankincense, Myrrh and gold do.
No more red lipstick, green hair and nail polish!


4 posted on 11/11/2023 5:53:45 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop ( ~~ TRUMP is right about EVERYTHING ! ~~ )
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Rhetorical Question - WHY can’t we celebrate our own holidays?? Everyone else can, but WE can’t?? The H&ll with them!


5 posted on 11/11/2023 5:56:12 PM PST by jackibutterfly (We have a God Who loves us, and there's nothing we can do about it. Yes!!)
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To: Libloather

6 posted on 11/11/2023 5:56:37 PM PST by simpson96
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To: Libloather

In Saudi Arabia I bought my Christmas Tree ( called a holiday bush ) from a very devout Muslim. Her knew what it was.


7 posted on 11/11/2023 5:59:07 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (I stayed drug - free going on 64 years for this?)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

He was a capitalist he didn’t care


8 posted on 11/11/2023 6:00:06 PM PST by cableguymn
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To: jackibutterfly

Yes!


9 posted on 11/11/2023 6:00:41 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Libloather

Melissa Cantarero Weiss

Natch.


10 posted on 11/11/2023 6:02:02 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Libloather
A city council in Wisconsin has issued guidelines

These "guidelines" would be unenforceable if someone decorated with the colors anyway.

It would be a de facto religious test to only keep workers who abided by the guidelines, and terminate those who refused.

-PJ

11 posted on 11/11/2023 6:02:23 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Libloather

Snow people is a derogatory term for Yetis. Racists.


12 posted on 11/11/2023 6:04:32 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (I stayed drug - free going on 64 years for this?)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

Nine times out of ten Melissa is some illegal alien’s anchor baby all grown up. Or one of Obama’s DACA dreamers. Just one look at her Indo-Aztecan face tells you all you need to know.


13 posted on 11/11/2023 6:07:06 PM PST by 4Runner
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To: Libloather

I would propose no decorations, with all city offices open, and all city employees working, on December 25. If they are celebrating winter —well, winter lasts a long time in Wisconsin, not just on December 25 —and they have a long time to celebrate it.


14 posted on 11/11/2023 6:08:04 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Libloather

“ Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”

George Orwell, 1984


15 posted on 11/11/2023 6:09:10 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Libloather

let’s start calling these people what they really are. Traitors to their ancestors and to their extended families.

It brings this verse to mind because these traitors are smiting their own families and heritage in favor of foreigners who aren’t even Christian.

1 Timothy 5:8
King James Version
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.


16 posted on 11/11/2023 6:18:35 PM PST by imabadboy99
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

Well said.


17 posted on 11/11/2023 6:21:36 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: simpson96

I don’t think that’s even a biological female!


18 posted on 11/11/2023 6:21:56 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: imabadboy99

Amen 🙏🏻!


19 posted on 11/11/2023 6:34:08 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Libloather

No red? No green? How in the world is she going to fly her Pro-Pali flag?


20 posted on 11/11/2023 6:36:13 PM PST by Retrofitted
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