Posted on 10/30/2018 6:07:35 AM PDT by John David Powell
At the risk of sounding like an old codger sitting on the porch shouting, “Hey you kids, get off my lawn,” today’s Halloween vibe just ain’t like it used to be. Halloweens of more than half a century ago in my little town in Illinois were not confused with politics and political correctness. It was a night when tiny ghosts and goblins, spooks and spirits, fairies and firemen ran up to doors and waited for tricks or treats to land in their paper grocery sacks. Kids stayed close to home, except for short drives across town to scare relatives or friends.
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The word "fairies" probably should go too.
Can’t be Hillary, Obama, Waters or any other dem. No black face, no Indian or minority make up of any kind. Can’t be a cross dresser or any gay character. Only color M & M you can be is blue or purple and even those colors can spell trouble.
Guess I’ll just go with my 80’s costume. Put a chair on my head and be a piece of gum. But not “Fruit Stripe” as that can be considered gay. Boy! Lots of rules!
In my small town I just learned that there was some notification that trick or treating is tonight, rather than tomorrow night.
I’m not sure exactly who has the power to make such a declaration, but if I was a reasonably intelligent 12 year old, I’d go out both nights.
Who the hell do these people think they are?
I find people dressed up as pregnant nuns to be offensive...yea yea, I get it, nuns are supposed to be celibate but this one did the deed it's funny ha ha ha. I suspect other costumes in a similar manner are also offensive, i.e. a rabbi eating bacon. Now, I don't run up to such people and lecture them, but I sure won't invite them to my barbecue and I probably would give them a rock instead of candy.
At the same time, this list of "offensive" costumes was clearly compiled by someone who doesn't get out much. Further, if a white kid dressed up as Hendrix and was in black face or if a black kid dressed up as Frank Zappa and was in white face, would people be angry nowadays? I hope not.
The debate will rage on...hopefully no laws are passed because while I think people masquerading as a pregnant nun are loathsome, as soon as the state is empowered to ban them then its only a matter of time before Normal Costumes are banned. Besides, I always can hand out rocks.
“with an offensive connotation.”
Only to virtue signaling liberals
I needed money to get a Halloween costume. I said, “ hey pops, can you give me money to buy a costume?”
He looked at me and said, “You don’t need money, just put some jockey shorts on your head, and you can be an ass!”
Rodney Dangerfield
On a similar note, someone on another thread mentioned seeing a guy dressed as a Buddhist monk carrying a can (empty) of gasoline as a prop. Offensive to some no doubt, but funny.
Buddhist monk with gasoline can? Kinda dated, you know like Saigon 1963, Madame Nhu calls it “monk barbecue”, Diem overthrown (by us), America drawn into the Vietnam war, etc.
Don a ghili suit with a lit candle on top.
“I’m a faggot!”
I guess I will dress as the Devil’s Messenger from H.P. Lovecraft’s DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE, and carry a cat named after the one in THE RATS IN THE WALLS.
Back in 1954, HALLOWEEN was on Sunday night, so the City Fathers got the bright idea of having it on Saturday night. So we kids went out Saturday night, and got several treats. We also got yelled at by some man who screamed “GET OUT OF HERE! IT’S NOT HALLOWEEN!” A very hateful person.
The issue here is around having some adult level of understanding on these things. Like I said, I'd give a rock to the pregnant nun, and probably also the monk - but I wouldn't lecture either of them. But I bet some loser Antifa-type would beat up the monk while dressed as a pregnant nun.
I may get flamed for this, but I also believe some level of understanding helps in this situation. Yea, of COURSE I "can" dress up as that Doctor with a gun and a stuffed lion p, i.e. that physician that shot a lion on safari and posted the pics on social media - it's a free country - and I'd likely annoy multiple snowflake types....but my own personal approach would be to, say, go as a less "offensive" Ketchup and Mustard bottle with Mrs. DoodleBob. Why? Because for at least ONE DAY I can tone it down. I don't see the "need" to instigate a political discussion on Oct 31. But that's me and your mileage may vary.
There are people in the world - mostly liberal, but a few here on FR too - who live every day in fear that someone, somewhere might be enjoying themselves, and must be stopped.
Well played.
At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, Halloween is ruined these days. First of all, parents weren’t required or desired to accompany us around our neighborhood. I am talking of 1950s Long Beach, Cal. The unwritten rule in our neighborhood was, if the porch light was on, it meant there should be treats. If it was off, it meant “leave us alone”. Besides candy, treats might include homemade cookies, fudge, and un X-rayed apples. It was safe.
Also, Halloween was strictly a kids’ holiday. I have no memory of my mom or dad or any adults dressing up and having parties. Not saying they didn’t happen, but it was not the norm.
For many many things, today is better than the past—but Halloween isn’t.
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