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Hobby Lobby’s ‘offensive’ decoration has gone bonkers viral — 33k Facebook reactions and counting
The Blaze ^ | 9/17/17 | Sarah Taylor

Posted on 09/17/2017 8:44:53 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

Daniell Rider, a Hobby Lobby consumer, found a decoration at one of their stores so offensive, she shared the image on Facebook requesting that they remove the decor from their shelves. What was it?

Rider on Thursday shared a photo of a shelf with glass bottles containing what appear to be replicas of raw cotton plants.

She captioned the photo, “This decor is WRONG on SO many levels. There is nothing decorative about raw cotton… A commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American slaves.”

“A little sensitivity goes a long way,” she added. “PLEASE REMOVE THIS ‘decor.'”

What kind of outcry occurred?

After Rider shared the post, it garnered viral attention on Facebook.

At the time of this writing, the post has been “liked” 33k times, has received 76k comments, and has been shared nearly 7k times.

The reaction was split — some commenters supported Rider’s outrage and wrote things like, “What do you expect from HL!!!? NEVER shop there!” while others couldn’t find the offense in the innocuous-looking decoration.

One commenter wrote, “Ummm… it’s cotton… wtf…its 2017… do you know some slaves in 2017 that picked this cotton and didn’t get paid for it. Just… stop.” Some perspective

Art is art, and visual decor falls into that category.

Visually stimulating productions of art — whether worthy of The Louvre, or simply available at your local craft store — is created with intent and meant for interpretation.

Art’s intent is to be stimulating, and oftentimes meant to be a conversation piece in order to trigger important conversations.

Art can also be art for the sake of visual appreciation. There doesn’t necessarily need to be a deep meaning behind it.

While artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock are widely different, each represents an unconventional aspect of art appreciation which some may “get,” while others may not.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: cotton; hobbylobby; libtarded; snowflakery
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To: Impala64ssa
It gives one a short term sense of empowerment. A temporary feeling of moral superiority. but once that high wears off the need for that next "fix" becomes progressively more insatiable. What a pathetic self destructive way to go through life.

Interesting point, and I think I agree. It takes more and more empowerment and moral superiority to get the desired high.
Where does it lead eventually? Each person is different, of course, but for some, it might lead to bitter frustration. It might lead others to the ultimate "high," that they feel they deserve, in physical violence, including murder. Maybe that is why they are called progressives. They progress from protesting, to violence.

41 posted on 09/17/2017 9:13:09 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: Paladin2

That is irrelevant. Racist slave owners grew it. Specifically for textiles!


42 posted on 09/17/2017 9:13:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: KarlInOhio

I’m not so sure about linen. Egyptian priests (slave owners) wore only linen clothing as a sign of purity. Romans (also slave owners) also used linen for sails. Them’s facts of flax!


43 posted on 09/17/2017 9:16:23 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Strange—two lady acquaintances of mine of the Caucasian persuasion have very strong backs and legs from picking and hauling cotton. They mentioned nothing about slavery.


44 posted on 09/17/2017 9:16:27 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (If the world were flat, cats would have knocked everything off the edge already.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Linen is flax. I’m sure slaves have picked that too, somewhere.


45 posted on 09/17/2017 9:16:31 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Oh crap linen is flax. I was wrong. Happens once in a while.


46 posted on 09/17/2017 9:16:54 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: Impala64ssa

This is getting close to the incident in which some Muslins complained that the swirls of ice cream in a photo of a McDonald’’s soft serve cone, if you looked at them just the right way, spelled the name of Allah in Arabic.

By the way, “cotton pickin’” has to go too, because allegedly was originally a slur against people who picked cotton.

I wish we had picked our own damned cotton.


47 posted on 09/17/2017 9:19:00 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Impala64ssa

That was such a great movie and everyone back in the day was in it! Saw it for two bits!


48 posted on 09/17/2017 9:19:56 PM PDT by W. (What's crackin', bitch? Har!)
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To: Impala64ssa
The disgusting image:

I mean....really...how can anyone get more racist than that?

49 posted on 09/17/2017 9:20:13 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: KarlInOhio

Hemp is associate with the death penalty (also lynchings)


50 posted on 09/17/2017 9:20:28 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Winter is coming)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

hmmm
I had ‘heard’ it had something to do with a broken string.....


51 posted on 09/17/2017 9:20:31 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: Impala64ssa



52 posted on 09/17/2017 9:20:42 PM PDT by Enchante
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To: All

Of course “cotton candy” has no cotton, but someone could get triggered by the name and appearance, so ban it!


53 posted on 09/17/2017 9:21:50 PM PDT by Enchante
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To: Impala64ssa

I was in a Hobby Lobby the other night. There were some offensive cotton decorations. There were some black females in the store, and they were purchasing cotton fabrics for some dresses they were making. I didn’t hear any of them talking about how offensive cotton is. Within a few miles of the store are cotton fields. I am thankful for cotton and all of the things made from it. My ancestors and my husband’s ancestors picked cotton. It was hard work. But they did what they could do at the time to make ends meet.

Ignorance is bliss.


54 posted on 09/17/2017 9:22:34 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: Catmom
Too many inmates. Not enough asylums. Very well and accurately put. Guffaws as well. Congrats.
55 posted on 09/17/2017 9:23:29 PM PDT by JockoManning (Listen Online http://www.klove.com)
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To: Enchante

You’re starting to win me over. Please make that girl take those denims off!


56 posted on 09/17/2017 9:23:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: Leaning Right

Don’t forget to ban the axe


57 posted on 09/17/2017 9:24:46 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: Leaning Right
< Consider the apple tree. George Washington chopped one of those down. And George Washington owned slaves. Therefore, an apple tree is a symbol of slavery. Anyone who owns an apple tree (or has a picture of one) supports slavery. >
I got one better. All the buildings put up by Donald Trump and his father Fred Trump have one thing in common, they each have a roof on top of them. The window licking retard who shot up the church in Charelston, SC and put up a selfie on FB waving a Confederate flag is named , Dylann ROOF. Ergo, the Trumps are racist. They really do think this way.
58 posted on 09/17/2017 9:24:53 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: Fiddlstix

Lunacy. Does she use cotton balls? Does she wear cotton clothing? But seeing a cotton plant is offensive? Hypocrite. Slaves also fed horses hay. Are haystacks offensive as Halloween decoration? Some slaves were forced to chop down wood. Are modern wood carving decorations also offensive? Are trees an evil symbol? Fragile wittle snowflakes.


59 posted on 09/17/2017 9:25:42 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: Hambone 1934

I live near a cotton field. Should I never look?


60 posted on 09/17/2017 9:26:29 PM PDT by donna (I am thankful and enjoy my safety in America where honorable men protect women from Sharia Law.)
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