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Cincinnati Zoo Seems Happy Fiona Was Politicized
Twitchy ^ | January 20, 2018 | Brett T.

Posted on 01/20/2018 5:18:42 PM PST by KyCats

"Liberals have already ruined Hollywood and the music industry for millions of Americans by conflating politics and entertainment … but zoos?

The Cincinnati Zoo ran afoul of quite a few people Saturday when it picked up on a #WomensMarch2018 poster showing a picture of the zoo’s baby hippo, Fiona, with the words “Fiona Is Female.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fiona; march; women
Very disappointed in the Cincinnati Zoo for ruining wonderful little Fiona like this. I was a member of this Zoo until they pulled this stunt.

Ironically, the Zoo just announced a week or so ago that they want a ballot initiative to increase the sales tax. Seems like a rather poor time for them to be alienating and insulting about half of their customer base while holding their hand out for more public funding.

1 posted on 01/20/2018 5:18:43 PM PST by KyCats
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To: KyCats

Well, then, make Fiona the boss of the zoo, you left-wing hypocrites!


2 posted on 01/20/2018 5:21:39 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: KyCats

I would have expected they’d be trounced by the transformers for imposing a gender on Fiona. Who knows how it will identify?


3 posted on 01/20/2018 5:43:19 PM PST by Tax-chick ("It's the end of the world as we know it ... if the sky is falling, I don't want to be below it.")
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To: KyCats

Zoo culture and those that work or hang around it are typically hyper-leftist and despise average Americans.


4 posted on 01/20/2018 5:43:59 PM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: Tax-chick

Excellent point. Maybe this hipposhe really wants to be a hippohe. (From what I’ve seen of her though, she just wants to eat).


5 posted on 01/20/2018 5:45:15 PM PST by KyCats
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To: KyCats

Is that the same Cincinnati Zoo that demanded the cessation of all discussion and mockery of the murder of Harambe on their patch?

They really are a hypocritical bunch, addicted to virtue signaling.


6 posted on 01/20/2018 5:45:18 PM PST by relictele
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To: KyCats

Just a baby, and already with the fat-shaming ...

Heh, I could play this all night ;-). I like giraffes better, though.


7 posted on 01/20/2018 5:46:48 PM PST by Tax-chick ("It's the end of the world as we know it ... if the sky is falling, I don't want to be below it.")
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To: stinkerpot65

Yep. I have lots of young nieces and nephews. 3 are libs:

1’s a teacher,
1 works at the Zoo, and (OMG)
1 works for an NGO.


8 posted on 01/20/2018 5:47:24 PM PST by KyCats
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To: KyCats

A lot of the participants in the parade look like Fiona.

Who knew?


9 posted on 01/20/2018 6:01:07 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (We Arizonans need to get rid of McCain/Flake as all of us pray for Trump.)
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To: KyCats

I love my city ...Cincinnati...but we sure have some stupid crap.


10 posted on 01/20/2018 6:01:51 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Hurtling deplorable! V.S.G. full steam ahead MAGA!!!)
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To: KyCats

“Fiona Is Female.” .... could also be
“Fiona is an infant” #abortion/ lucky we let you live.


11 posted on 01/20/2018 6:23:11 PM PST by Varda (Liberalism IS hate)
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To: KyCats

Wonder what hippo meat tastes like.

#FionaBurgers
#FionaSuasage
#FionaSteaks
etc.

Eaten elephant biltong. Wasn’t half bad though it was tough. Wasn’t hippo veal though. Anyone have a BBQ big enough? Since an apple is a bit small given the size of this baby I volunteer to bring a durian. Oh and I can be there in an hour and a half. Let me know what sides you want and I will go past Jungle Jims on the way.

http://www.junglejims.com/


12 posted on 01/20/2018 6:36:02 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: stinkerpot65

Really? That’s news to me. I worked as a keeper for eight years, and my experience of the zoological community is pretty much the exact opposite. Of course, I also worked in a privately-owned and funded facility. The govt-run facilities, however, tend to be another kettle of fish entirely. The keepers are all unionized, and some places actually go so far as to hire ONLY female keepers.


13 posted on 01/20/2018 7:52:30 PM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: KyCats

If Fiona had thumbs she could make me a sammich.


14 posted on 01/20/2018 7:58:09 PM PST by Rebelbase (1/12/18 read the word 'shithole' more times in one day than in my entire life up to that that point.)
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To: KyCats

Fiona Is Female.”

Did you just assume that Hippo’s gender?


15 posted on 01/21/2018 2:15:27 AM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Grew up in Cincy in the 50’s and 60’s and left in 80, but it certainly is NOT the great place it once was......downtown is scary at night now.


16 posted on 01/21/2018 2:15:43 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Rebelbase

And iron your shirts!!


17 posted on 01/21/2018 2:17:03 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: KyCats

Lousy tactics but I doubt Fiona will be traumatized...


18 posted on 01/21/2018 3:46:13 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives......;-))
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To: Kriggerel

Well, on reflection, an extreme statement based on a couple of acquaintenances.

I withdraw my gross generalization!


19 posted on 01/21/2018 2:04:24 PM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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