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Facebook 'Kick a Ginger' campaign prompts attacks on redheads
The Telegraph, London, UK ^ | 2008-11-23 | Matthew Moore

Posted on 11/23/2008 2:21:20 PM PST by rabscuttle385

The teenager behind a "Kick a Ginger" group on Facebook is being investigated by police after reports of attacks on redhead children.

Nearly 5,000 people joined the online campaign which urged members to "get them steel toes ready" for a day of booting this week.

The website appears to have been inspired by a recent episode of the cartoon South Park, in which a young character called Cartman describes people with red hair as evil and soulless.

Dozens of children left messages on the page claiming to have carried out attacks on "National Kick a Ginger Day" on Thursday, and a girl in Alberta, Canada claimed that she and her 13-year-old sister were punched and kicked by pupils at their school.

The 14-year-old boy from Vancouver who ran the Facebook group has apologised and insisted that it was only meant as a joke, but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has launched an investigation and warned that those involved could face charges.

"We do treat this sort of thing seriously," a police spokeswoman told the Vancouver Sun newspaper. "This is sort of inciting hate. It's a hate crime, really."

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


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alberta; assault; blamecanada; britishcolumbia; bushsfault; calgary; cartman; facebook; gingers; hatecrime; internet; kickagingerday; rcmp; redheads; sick; southpark; vancouver
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To: ccmay

Yep!


41 posted on 11/23/2008 3:15:01 PM PST by Sparky1776
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To: MathDoc

If this is a Ginger vs. Maryann FreePpole, put me down for 3 votes for Maryann!! (I was registered by ACORN)


42 posted on 11/23/2008 3:18:48 PM PST by ExSafecracker (Press 1 for english. . .2 for jibberish.)
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To: rabscuttle385; Fred Nerks; LucyT
How could these little A$$ Hats do such a thing?More cultural lockstep and precursor socialization towards Big Brother Society a la Brave New World.

Red haired fems are the root of all feminine beauty and wisdom, and in mythology that is true also ( Beautiful Red Haired Scathach, of the Tain Bo Cooley Irish Cycle of Mythology, trained Cuchulain in battle skills.)

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South Park sometimes creates some real social problems. This is one of them.

When I was 14 , I would have stopped them from doing this.

43 posted on 11/23/2008 3:27:53 PM PST by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, ( member NRA)
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To: Salamander
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Never forget.
44 posted on 11/23/2008 3:33:15 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: rabscuttle385; All

It’s SOUTH PARK... WTF would someone take it seriously?


45 posted on 11/23/2008 3:34:02 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: cripplecreek

Say what you will about Carrot Top but whoever kicks him is in for a world of pumped-up hurt.....:)

46 posted on 11/23/2008 3:47:21 PM PST by Salamander (Welcome to Obamageddon! The best apocalypse foreign money can buy!)
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To: nmh
Doesn’t ANYONE at ANY age have ANY SENSE?

Social networking sites are particularly attractive to young people with no identity of their own, who are seeking a peer group to tell them who they are. In this case, identify so strongly with an in-group that they rationalize physically attacking an out-group.

Kind of like DU and Kos posters...

47 posted on 11/23/2008 3:52:35 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ("One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word." -- Robert Heinlein)
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To: rabscuttle385

Through my personal experience, the LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO is kick a full-grown Scott ginger, let alone call him a ginger, so therefore I can understand the targets being kids. I’ll pass this to a Scott ginger friend of mine for comment.


48 posted on 11/23/2008 3:56:47 PM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/)
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To: Salamander
Say what you will about Carrot Top but whoever kicks him is in for a world of pumped-up hurt.....:)

Kinda like Joe Piscapo. Really annoying but too intimidating to complain about.
49 posted on 11/23/2008 3:57:31 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: Candor7; rabscuttle385; Fred Nerks

Someone on FR once mentioned their aunt had red hair, but she always wore a black wig.


50 posted on 11/23/2008 4:27:51 PM PST by LucyT (.......................Don't go wobbly now.......................)
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To: rabscuttle385

51 posted on 11/23/2008 4:31:29 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: LucyT
Someone on FR once mentioned their aunt had red hair, but she always wore a black wig.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I bet she was hell on wheels when she took off her wig at night! LOL. I am not red, but it runs in my family. I have a paternal aunt and a paternal uncle, both freckled, flaiming red heads! My son had pure white hair until he was 5 and it turned blond and then brown.Thats the case with most brown hairs in my family , including me. But this aggression against red heads make s me sad.In ancient culture they were lauded.We have lost yet another little diamond. BTW, this week will be interesting. If Polarik receives threats , I hope he publishes them right here on FR!

52 posted on 11/23/2008 4:35:20 PM PST by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, ( member NRA)
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To: Candor7
When we have a Red Head fest here at FR, we
always seem to forget this one, my favorite Rouge Head


53 posted on 11/23/2008 4:48:33 PM PST by ThreePuttinDude (-)....Election 2008, the year of the Affirmative Action President....(-)
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To: ThreePuttinDude

She was hot even in cartoon form.

54 posted on 11/23/2008 4:50:56 PM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: rabscuttle385

This little boy (and no a 14 year old calling for this is not grown up at all) needs to be slapped by his parents and grounded for life!


55 posted on 11/23/2008 5:12:11 PM PST by JSDude1
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To: rabscuttle385

And then there's...

56 posted on 11/23/2008 5:19:55 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: ThreePuttinDude
Why don't more guys think Melinda Clarke is hot? I am just a girl but I think her cat eyes are so beautiful.


57 posted on 11/23/2008 5:20:16 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: rabscuttle385

Chickens. Afraid to have a “Kick a Muzzl’em” day.


58 posted on 11/23/2008 5:21:33 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: Yaelle

okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!


59 posted on 11/23/2008 5:23:14 PM PST by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: ThreePuttinDude
Anne Margaret definitely has the sultry rouge look.

I am fryin' with the heat! Whew!

LOL.

60 posted on 11/23/2008 5:33:19 PM PST by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, ( member NRA)
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