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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That is absurd! Things made of cotton, what few are left, are in museums.
With Emancipation, cotton farming ended, because there weren’t any more slaves to pick it. That’s why Nylon, Rayon, Dacron, and, ultimately, polyester had to be invented: people could no longer afford silk or linen, and wool itched too much in the summer.
This is very bad news for blue jeans.
That stupid Zer0 info ho needs to eat my cotton Fruit of the Looms. I want her to give out a loud belch and do a stupid dance.
Let's underline this. "1984" explained that the constant redefinition of The Truth is to "teach" you not to try to evaluate reality and truth on your own via logic, reason, and history, but to accept whatever the State says it is, immediately and without question. "We have always been at war with Oceania."
No, she is on “permanent freak out”, she doesn't need anything to set her off. Those nut cases seek notarity and will go to endless extremes to obtain it.
Tell her to chill out...we’ve got machines that pick the cotton these days.
Wonderful Post, Makes the story of History more Complete.
Thanks.
The U.S. is still the 3rd largest cotton producer in the world. No slaves in the fields tho, just a few white guys and a big machine.
Lot’s of cotton material out there also cotton blends.
Merle Haggard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiGiTSPueYc
Roy Clark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-y1YCaCVd0
The Highwaymen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaJ90uzWgF8
I have to assume you are indulging in sarcasm, as I don't see how anyone dumb enough to actually believe the above would be posting on FR.
Plus cottonseed which is used in everything from cattle feed to margarine to ink.
The Snowflake would really go ballistic(pun intended) if she were told about “guncotton”!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose
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