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Martinsville Councilwoman Offended by Quilt Students Presented as Gift to City Council
WDBJ7 ^ | April 25, 2013 | Justin Ward

Posted on 04/26/2013 6:09:44 AM PDT by sevinufnine

A city councilwoman says a quilt made by a group of students should not be allowed to hang in the Martinsville City administration building.

She says the quilt is offensive to African Americans.

But the students who made it say it showcases what they learned working on a special project.

It's a story that's got plenty of people talking.

(Excerpt) Read more at wdbj7.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: freespeech; radicalism
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It was supposed to be a nice gesture from students at the Piedmont Governor's School in Martinsville.

Each student made a quilt square.

But one representing their journey learning about the area with a black stick figure offended councilwoman Sharon Brooks-Hodge.

1 posted on 04/26/2013 6:09:44 AM PDT by sevinufnine
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To: sevinufnine

Moon bats are perpetually offended.


2 posted on 04/26/2013 6:11:38 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: sevinufnine

Lets see how this one plays out.

>>Michigan Democrat Caught On Tape Calling Town Official An “Arrogant N*gger”…<<

http://weaselzippers.us/2013/04/25/michigan-democrat-caught-on-tape-calling-town-official-an-arrogant-ngger/


3 posted on 04/26/2013 6:13:07 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: sevinufnine

what a twisted demon that idiot councilwoman is

I hate that phrase “I am offended!” my clients regularly use that phrase as if it is meaningful and I disabuse them quite hastily of the notion that they have the right to not be offended.


4 posted on 04/26/2013 6:13:15 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: sevinufnine

Where in the Constitution does it declare that no one should ever be offended?


5 posted on 04/26/2013 6:13:17 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: sevinufnine

Never heard of Martinsville - where is it?


6 posted on 04/26/2013 6:14:35 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Graybeard58

The video in the article is 12 minutes long, but I encourage those who have the time to watch it all. If you cannot push it out to the 10th minute and watch the young man who made the “offensive” patch in the quilt question Hodges. I feel so sorry for those students....a hard lesson in ignorance from adults who should know better.


7 posted on 04/26/2013 6:14:54 AM PDT by sevinufnine (Sevin - "If we do not fight when we know we can win, we'll have to fight when we know we will lose")
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To: sevinufnine
There's always an idiot around. Last time I got involved in a 'black color' dispute it concerned the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial ~ 'they' ~ people like the Brooks-Hodge woman, but a different color, wanted to denounce the design by calling it a 'black gash of shame'.

Didn't work then and shouldn't work now.

8 posted on 04/26/2013 6:16:25 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Menehune56

South-central Virginia. Where they have a short-track NASCAR race twice a year. I went to the one a couple weeks ago. It was great. Beautiful little town with apparently one ugly lady on town council.


9 posted on 04/26/2013 6:16:50 AM PDT by sevinufnine (Sevin - "If we do not fight when we know we can win, we'll have to fight when we know we will lose")
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To: Menehune56

Virginia.


10 posted on 04/26/2013 6:17:38 AM PDT by OldMissileer
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To: sevinufnine

So, so tired of this “how does every frigging thing around me affect me or offend me as a black person” in your face attitude that colors virtually everything a governmental representative says or does.

That crap don’t cut it any more - falling on deaf ears — bark it up another tree, honey..... Unh uh, talk to the hand!


11 posted on 04/26/2013 6:18:04 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: sevinufnine

The only racist in the room was the black lady. Seems like “black” and “racist” are interchangeable words in this new world.


12 posted on 04/26/2013 6:18:24 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( EVERY DIME Obama Spends is given to him by the Republicans in the House.)
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To: sevinufnine

Please note the NAACP’s statement that the cause of the problem is that the “young man” had not been properly indoctrinated yet.


13 posted on 04/26/2013 6:18:42 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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Not indoctrinated yet? Thank God.


14 posted on 04/26/2013 6:21:31 AM PDT by sevinufnine (Sevin - "If we do not fight when we know we can win, we'll have to fight when we know we will lose")
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If THIS is the worst thing that occurred to that reprehensible woman on that day, she’s living a pretty nice life.

Some people live for the opportunity to be “offended.”


15 posted on 04/26/2013 6:24:24 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: sevinufnine

When it comes to local black politicians finding racism under every rock, it is now impossible to distinguish parody from reality.


16 posted on 04/26/2013 6:24:38 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: sevinufnine

Someone need to tell the b!tch to go p!$$ up a rope.

Better yet, ALL the students should declare that they are OFFENDED by the idiot councilwoman’s BIGOTRY and INTOLERANCE.


17 posted on 04/26/2013 6:25:17 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: sevinufnine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0eUz0buEwM


18 posted on 04/26/2013 6:26:27 AM PDT by sevinufnine (Sevin - "If we do not fight when we know we can win, we'll have to fight when we know we will lose")
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19 posted on 04/26/2013 6:26:44 AM PDT by tomkat (we are a nation of spoiled children being 'led' by the very parents who instilled their petulance)
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To: sevinufnine

OMG....in the you tube video I just posted Hodges makes the comment she is not “one of those house-grown negroes”. WOWZERS!!!! (wonder if anyone will find that offensive?)

Also calls her fellow council members “good old boys”. (offensive or not?_


20 posted on 04/26/2013 6:28:03 AM PDT by sevinufnine (Sevin - "If we do not fight when we know we can win, we'll have to fight when we know we will lose")
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