Don't worry RL. You can just dress up yourself for Halloween and you will not be mistaken for a lunatic
Most changes made in society are positive but lots of prog I wasn't talking specifically about Halloween. I took your response to mean society in general.
Sorry, I was mixing the complaint between general and specific. As I re-read it, I realized that it was confusing. The part about many liberals not going along with that crap was in general, and the part about it having no real effect was specific to the Halloween argument. Totally my fault in the way I posted. I absolutely disagree with the idea that conservatives would be disallowed a voice. I hate PC and the idea of removing anything possibly deemed as offensive. The idea that people were trying to censor Mark Twain because of the name of Jim's character in Huckleberry Finn is ridiculous. The book itself is a testament against slavery and discrimination, the name is appropriate because it was acceptable to society at the time. People shouldn't forget that and have it erased from history. That's dangerous. I'm against anything even close to that.
If companies refuse to sell offensive costumes, we should boycott them and put them out of business! Right on!
I think there is a big difference between Walmart deciding not to sell tranny halloween costumes vs. not reading a great american novel in school. I am against PC - but corporations aren't about being political voices except when they bribe politicians - they are in the business of being in business - that is making money. And people have a right to complain about being offended by something being sold in a store. Conservatives do this all the time as well. The Left doesn't have a monopoly on PC. But deciding not to sell questionable halloween costumes isn't limiting anyone's speech and I think a level of sanity needs to be applied here.
Speaking of "dog" and Halloween, I recently saw a dog costume that was just "Mexican Dog", with a dog sombrero and other Mexicany items in the package. I could see SJW's especially with PETA /animal rights ties raising a stink that its mocking the ethnicity just by mere DEPICTION of it where offense could still be implied (Or that a pet shouldn't even be forced into an unnatural man-made costume. Or maybe it should as a display of their animal support? Or..?), In fact I can see SJW'S saying an entire Halloween store should have more "gender neutral" displays AND costumes. Halloween is just ripe with things to get offended about or censor.
The funny thing is that its really conservative Christians are a greater "danger" to the Halloween RL appears to be protecting. My wife teaches at a Christian pre-school and they don't celebrate Halloween, nor wear costumes, They have a "Fall Festival" instead and would invites their kids to do that instead of "trick or treating". They don't like anything related to witches, ghosts, ghouls, devils, and most monsters.
Nope... never dressed as a "disenfranchised minority" for Halloween. Is that normal for you and your friends? Jesus...
5-year old me dressed as a Native American made from paper grocery bags and construction paper. Current social justice dictates my pictures be plastered over the Internet to be shamed, leaving a black mark to my online footprint.
Let me get this straight - you are complaining about other people judging you for dressing up a certain way??? I mean it's hilarious because the right always judging people on stupid stuff, I guess they just can't stand being judged themselves.
Considering the main demo of Breitbart readers, there's a new market for economically savvy (Econ 101 graduates), disaffected (trigger warning for "angry") white men (ages 30-55) who want to get their freak on with sexy granny tranny costumes. Shame on you, Wal-Mart. I thought you were all about freedom and exceptionalism.
Exactly who is plastering your picture on the net and shaming you? Is this what they call a straw-man?
Nobody needs Walmart to stock something particular in order to have a culturally insensitive costume for Halloween.
It's satirical commentary on the ridiculous climate of social justice regarding cultural appropriation. You can no longer have a costume that appropriates another's culture unless you're part of said culture.
The threshold for cultural insensitivity is so variable and open to interpretation that anything can be offensive.
