I have to disagree. Be the change you want to see means that you look at your own behavior and how you can change it to make the world better, not how you can change other people to make the world better. What Trinopus did is actually the exact opposite of be the change you want to see.
This.
I find it telling that a good fraction of the “offensive” bumper stickers here are ones that just conflict with the posters particular political outlook.
I don’t get this one. What is it referring to?
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In 1996, Hillary Clinton published a book called “It Takes a Village and Other Lessons That Children Teach Us.”
Part of the premise was that the raising and education of children is the responsibility and obligation of the community as a whole, that the nuclear family is not enough.
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I got that reference, but I still don’t get the ‘joke.’ Why is putting ‘savage’ in there funny (or offensive)?
And apparently, the internet is unfamiliar with this twist on “it takes a village to raise a child.”
Maybe you should work out a better comprehension of what I actually believe.
I do not approve of censorship.
A private organization having rules on its own private property is not censorship.
If you’re going to shit on me, do it for something I actually have done or believe in. Making up charges against me and then castigating me for them is bad debate technique.
It is suggesting that liberal family values would create uncivilized children.
It also suggests that any society that has a broader view of how children should be raised than strictly the concern of the nuclear family is a “savage” society. That’s pretty offensive in my eyes.
Was this in northern Kentucky, by chance? If so, was it this truck? I’ve seen it a few times.
It was in the South but no it wasn’t that truck or state.
Now that is someone who needs a Facebook account!
Waitaminnit! You don’t approve of censorship, although you write earlier that you were offended by that bumper sticker so you complained to HR about it. Did I remember that right? And now you rationalize it by saying it was just the company’s rules and you were just doing your duty to report that sticker to HR? Does the company have a regular patrol in the parking lot to apprehend bumper stickers in violation of company policy? Was that your job in the company? Did you decide to be the self-appointed Parking Lot Sheriff and patrol the lot yourself to find stickers you don’t like and report them to HR as violations of the company rules? Or violations of your personal rules? “I do not approve of censorship” indeed! Yeah, total dick move.
Thanks for the explanation. I don’t find it offensive, just kind of… stupid and not really communicating clearly what the person who slapped it on their car means to.
The primary meaning is just a simple dig at Hillary Clinton, and liberalism in general, with shadows of white supremacism in the background.
I love the irony of the handicapped license plate so he can park in the special places set aside for him by the damn gummint.
Yes, but, they feel so good when they make anonymous calls…
This thread could use my old thread about the Liberty Van.
This is…curious.
Amazing how these cars that supposedly scrape if a fat chick rides in them miraculously don’t when it’s a fat guy…
Yes. And it isn’t “censorship.” It’s private property, where the owner gets to control entry and expression.
What’s two plus two, and don’t rationalize it that it’s four. I’m not “rationalizing” anything. I reported an offense to the appropriate authority.
Among other things, yes. There was a patrol to look for cars with their lights on, dripping oil, improperly parked in handicapped areas, and, yes, rude bumper stickers.
Nope. So if I saw a car with the lights on, am I forbidden to report it, because it isn’t my job? Stupid damn rule, isn’t that?
No.
No.
Bad post, based on ignorance and incorrect interpretation of the facts.
You may have chosen not to observe the post where I mentioned having complained to the same HR department about too much enforced removal of individual expression. There is a balance in these things. Companies and employees don’t have to accept foul language in their parking lots, but should not enforce the removal of “praying hands” symbols in work cubicles.
Calling someone a dick is…kind of vulgar. If a sticker had been in the parking lot saying “George Bush is a Dick” I would have reported that…even though I believe that GWB was the worst President ever to have choked on a pretzel.
Others have criticized my actions without descending into incivility. Your post helps them look so much better in comparison.
And, again, workplace rules are not “censorship.” That’s an incorrect and wholly ignorant interpretation.
Actually, it was FuriousGeorge, a few posts up, who first wrote “Total dick move”. (Post #91.)
If you weren’t appointed Parking Lot Sheriff and you didn’t appoint yourself, who did appoint you?
Colossal dick move.