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Woman freaks out over Hobby Lobby’s raw cotton display
NY Post ^

Posted on 09/18/2017 6:43:15 PM PDT by TigerClaws

A Texas woman has been getting ridiculed online for being “too sensitive” after she blasted the arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby for selling faux raw cotton stalks — which she found offensive.=

“This decor is WRONG on SO many levels,” Daniell Rider posted on Facebook this past Thursday, along with a photo of the phony textile plants.

“There is nothing decorative about raw cotton…A commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American slaves,” she said. “A little sensitivity goes a long way. PLEASE REMOVE THIS ‘decor.'”

Rider, who is black, appeared to take the picture of the cotton herself after spotting it at a Hobby Lobby in Killeen, TX.

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To: Rebelbase
Heck, I picked cotton when I was a kid. Reparations now!
41 posted on 09/18/2017 7:40:14 PM PDT by SelmaLee (Trump Train MAGA!)
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To: TigerClaws
I was taught as a child what was right and what was wrong. How confusing things are today when things can be "wrong on so many levels." (WTF?)
42 posted on 09/18/2017 7:40:53 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: fhayek
I guess it would be fruitless to ask her about watermelon...

Or this pile of COTTON. Imagine how many slaves it took to pick enough cotton to make all the money.


43 posted on 09/18/2017 7:41:39 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Flycatcher
TOM COTTON MUST RESIGN!!

LOL! Well, he is a Republican and and my goodness, his last name is "Cotton."

He clearly must resign. /s

Good people of Arkansas, please elect someone with the last name of "Burrito" or some other more pc-friendly name. LOL!

44 posted on 09/18/2017 7:44:41 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: TigerClaws

I never picked cotton
But my mother did
And my brother did
And my sister did
And my daddy died young
Workin’ in a coal mine

When I was just a baby
Too little for the cotton sack
I played in the dirt
While the others worked
‘Til they couldn’t straighten up their backs
And I made myself a promise
When I was old enough to run
That I’d never stay a single day
In that Oklahoma sun


45 posted on 09/18/2017 7:45:22 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: Delta 21; TigerClaws; All

OMG! MY EYES! MY EYES!

Oh this is too much to take. /s

LOL!!!


46 posted on 09/18/2017 7:46:40 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: tbw2

Exactly so.


47 posted on 09/18/2017 7:46:45 PM PDT by gogeo (Trump appears to be working 18 hours per day while congress canÂ’t seem to get in 18 hours per week.)
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To: TigerClaws

Cotton-picken fingers — who knew.


48 posted on 09/18/2017 7:47:05 PM PDT by happytrumper
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To: TigerClaws

This is satire.


49 posted on 09/18/2017 7:47:45 PM PDT by ALASKA (Watching a coup..........)
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To: IWontSubmit

That IS racist. I hope FR is not judged by your racism.


50 posted on 09/18/2017 7:49:33 PM PDT by ALASKA (Watching a coup..........)
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To: TigerClaws
Johnny Cash - I Never Picked Cotton
51 posted on 09/18/2017 7:52:54 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: TigerClaws
African-American slaves

Slaves were taken by conquerors after the conquerors vanquished the battle losers.

To proclaim oneself as an African-American brought here on slaveship is to proclaim oneself as a loser.

Over 150 years later the majority are still a bunch of losers. And the Africa they revere is still the land of slavery.

52 posted on 09/18/2017 7:56:03 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: the_daug

Written by Bobby George and Charles Williams the song was recorded and released by Roy Clark in 1970. Johnny Cash covered it in the 90’s.


53 posted on 09/18/2017 8:07:12 PM PDT by Oklahoma
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To: tbw2

Yes, well put. They are just bullies.


54 posted on 09/18/2017 8:12:16 PM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough.)
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To: TigerClaws

They need to jump down turn around!


55 posted on 09/18/2017 8:33:07 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (TETELESTI Read em and weep Lucy! Yer times almost up.)
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To: Oklahoma

I worked down south and met a lot of people who had picked cotton during the depression. Both white and black.


56 posted on 09/18/2017 8:34:15 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: All
This isn't about anyone being offended, outraged, hurt, slighted, whatever.

All of this faux offended BS is about training general society to be fearful ... which makes the perpetually "offended" holding the power.

That is ALL this is about.

57 posted on 09/18/2017 8:34:24 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: TigerClaws

Close down all KFCs ....


58 posted on 09/18/2017 8:41:11 PM PDT by nevermorelenore ( I miss Reagan !)
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To: TigerClaws

I’d love to see the fit she pitches when she has to change her Tampon!


59 posted on 09/18/2017 9:17:30 PM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: Delta 21
How do they get that long swab in that short container


60 posted on 09/18/2017 9:28:45 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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