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Post by Flying Monkeys on Mar 18, 2023 21:52:36 GMT
Why would anyone complain about plasters of different skin tones? The reason they were designed with the colour they have been for so long (lightish pink or so) is so they are inobtrusive on a white person's skin - where the market for this stuff started way back whenever. They have skin-tone baked into their design - so why not many skin tones? Seems totally sensible. Anyone complaining about it is a bit if you ask me. Nobody is complaining such band aids exist, it's the description of them as "our tone", promoting racial identity... for certain people. Normie conservatives keep pretending that "We're all just people and who cares that we have different complexions" but they clearly do care, and celebrate it and openly flaunt their skin tone identity in your face. They promoted white skin as being normal since the 20's. Don't see anyone angry about that wrong.
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Post by ayatollah on Mar 18, 2023 22:47:31 GMT
Nobody is complaining such band aids exist, it's the description of them as "our tone", promoting racial identity... for certain people. Normie conservatives keep pretending that "We're all just people and who cares that we have different complexions" but they clearly do care, and celebrate it and openly flaunt their skin tone identity in your face. They promoted white skin as being normal since the 20's. Don't see anyone angry about that wrong. Lol, you don't? Our whole culture is centered around being angry about that "wrong". But don't you see what I'm talking about? Instead of darker colored band-aids in a regular box with a picture of the color, instead it's "our tone". You don't see the difference? One is just a product and the other promotes an identity based on skin color.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Mar 18, 2023 23:46:37 GMT
They promoted white skin as being normal since the 20's. Don't see anyone angry about that wrong. Lol, you don't? Our whole culture is centered around being angry about that "wrong". But don't you see what I'm talking about? Instead of darker colored band-aids in a regular box with a picture of the color, instead it's "our tone". You don't see the difference? One is just a product and the other promotes an identity based on skin color. I meant of the people getting angry now. They probably think the previous mono-colour was right so fuck 'em if they're angry now. Yes I see the difference. The benefit is that the manufacturer is clearly advertising they are idiots so I know to stay clear. For that, I thank them.
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Post by ayatollah on Mar 18, 2023 23:50:36 GMT
Lol, you don't? Our whole culture is centered around being angry about that "wrong". But don't you see what I'm talking about? Instead of darker colored band-aids in a regular box with a picture of the color, instead it's "our tone". You don't see the difference? One is just a product and the other promotes an identity based on skin color. I meant of the people getting angry now. They probably think the previous mono-colour was right so fuck 'em if they're angry now. I don't think that's what the woman tweeting was saying. I'm saying that because darker shades of band-aids (in the US anyway) at least since I was a kid, and probably longer. They just weren't "our tone". The only thing that's new is the branding.
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Post by SixOfTheRichest on Mar 19, 2023 1:27:25 GMT
Since Bethany Mandel's embarrassing response to Briana Joy Gray it's become a topic. I love Briana, IMO she is one of the last real journalists and Mandel is a stupid hack. It's not the first time she has been stumped speechless and if you're going to write a book on wokeness you'd better have a definition. Anyhow if you're going to use the word, be able to define it. I have a short and long definition: Woke: 1) weaponized victim hierarchy 2) Misuse, misrepresentation, exaggeration or invention of social prejudices to gain personal advantage or advantage for a group, or to attack a group you hate. Racism and sexism are not inventions. And white men being absolute assholes about their identity crisis is not exaggeration. As far as attacking a group you hate, you have hated me from the moment you realized I was a liberal. So Woke is just more Right Wing butthurt BS. s They are misused and misrepresented, especially by the woke who get all riled up to show how virtuous they are. You do the same.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Mar 19, 2023 7:05:58 GMT
I meant of the people getting angry now. They probably think the previous mono-colour was right so fuck 'em if they're angry now. I don't think that's what the woman tweeting was saying. I'm saying that because darker shades of band-aids (in the US anyway) at least since I was a kid, and probably longer. They just weren't "our tone". The only thing that's new is the branding. Yes, I got it. I see how it is strengthening the belief in difference. It's funny that at the centre of this so-called drive for inclusivity is a drive for the emphasis of difference. I find it stupid rather than something to get angry about.
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Post by PaulsLaugh (God/Almighty) on Mar 19, 2023 7:18:05 GMT
I don't think that's what the woman tweeting was saying. I'm saying that because darker shades of band-aids (in the US anyway) at least since I was a kid, and probably longer. They just weren't "our tone". The only thing that's new is the branding. Yes, I got it. I see how it is strengthening the belief in difference. It's funny that at the centre of this so-called drive for inclusivity is a drive for the emphasis of difference. I find it stupid rather than something to get angry about. I think everyone wants to be accepted for who are, while not having to conform to a group consciousness. I’m a proud American, but I’m always being told that I’m not because, I don’t adhere to the “real” American cultural of being a God-fearing conservative where basically looks and acts the same. So it is not stupid. Think of “inclusivity” as belonging, while difference is “individuality.”
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Mar 19, 2023 7:32:08 GMT
Yes, I got it. I see how it is strengthening the belief in difference. It's funny that at the centre of this so-called drive for inclusivity is a drive for the emphasis of difference. I find it stupid rather than something to get angry about. I think everyone wants to be accepted for who are, while not having to conform to a group consciousness. I’m a proud American, but I’m always being told that I’m not because, I don’t adhere to the “real” American cultural of being a God-fearing conservative where basically looks and acts the same. So it is not stupid. Think of “inclusivity” as belonging, while difference is “individuality.” That's all fine but what is happening right now is not about individuality, it's more of a them and us thing. Supposed inclusivity is driving separation. The reason is because it is not driven out of friendly intent, it is driven out of certain vociferous people, unpleasant ones, suddenly having a voice and it has a 'fuck you and I can get away with it now' element to it. As for the specific example of the Band-aids, that's just cynical white people jumping on a bandwagon and milking the topic du jour. Funny that people swallow it and funny that people get angry about it. Couldn't be written in bigger signage letters.
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Post by PaulsLaugh (God/Almighty) on Mar 19, 2023 7:42:24 GMT
I think everyone wants to be accepted for who are, while not having to conform to a group consciousness. I’m a proud American, but I’m always being told that I’m not because, I don’t adhere to the “real” American cultural of being a God-fearing conservative where basically looks and acts the same. So it is not stupid. Think of “inclusivity” as belonging, while difference is “individuality.” That's all fine but what is happening right now is not about individuality, it's more of a them and us thing. Supposed inclusivity is driving separation. The reason is because it is not driven out of friendly intent, it is driven out of certain vociferous people, unpleasant ones, suddenly having a voice and it has a 'fuck you and I can get away with it now' element to it. As for the specific example of the Band-aids, that's just cynical white people jumping on a bandwagon and milking the topic du jour. Funny that people swallow it and funny that people get angry about it. Couldn't be written in bigger signage letters. Inclusivity is exactly what equal rights are. All it means is to include. Maybe the problem is some folks want to remain exclusive, which is fine for private country clubs, churches, and royal families, but rotten when it comes to sharing a society at large and you are on the outside looking in. Especially bad when the insiders rub it into outsiders’ faces. It is easy for me and you to not even think about what “flesh colored” bandaids imply; “white skin” and “flesh” do not mean the same.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Mar 19, 2023 8:26:26 GMT
Inclusivity is exactly what equal rights are. In principle, yes; in reality, no - it's preferential. Speak for yourself, please - I've been posting about exactly that all the way through this thread.
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Post by PaulsLaugh (God/Almighty) on Mar 19, 2023 11:47:54 GMT
Inclusivity is exactly what equal rights are. In principle, yes; in reality, no - it's preferential.Speak for yourself, please - I've been posting about exactly that all the way through this thread. Whom do prefer to exclude from society?
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Post by stammer/head on Mar 19, 2023 12:00:58 GMT
This woke Band-Aid thing is getting out of hand. They’ve even created a range for Na'vi-Americans.
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Post by ayatollah on Mar 19, 2023 14:57:39 GMT
I don't think that's what the woman tweeting was saying. I'm saying that because darker shades of band-aids (in the US anyway) at least since I was a kid, and probably longer. They just weren't "our tone". The only thing that's new is the branding. Yes, I got it. I see how it is strengthening the belief in difference. It's funny that at the centre of this so-called drive for inclusivity is a drive for the emphasis of difference. I find it stupid rather than something to get angry about. Yes, a lot of people just laughed it off for decades but more and more people are realizing where this is taking us.
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Post by ayatollah on Mar 19, 2023 14:59:04 GMT
Yes, I got it. I see how it is strengthening the belief in difference. It's funny that at the centre of this so-called drive for inclusivity is a drive for the emphasis of difference. I find it stupid rather than something to get angry about. I think everyone wants to be accepted for who are, while not having to conform to a group consciousness. I’m a proud American, but I’m always being told that I’m not because, I don’t adhere to the “real” American cultural of being a God-fearing conservative where basically looks and acts the same. So it is not stupid. Think of “inclusivity” as belonging, while difference is “individuality.” Darker colored band-aids have been around decades, it's the branding, "our tone".
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Post by yggdrasil on Mar 19, 2023 15:01:38 GMT
Why would anyone complain about plasters of different skin tones? The reason they were designed with the colour they have been for so long (lightish pink or so) is so they are inobtrusive on a white person's skin - where the market for this stuff started way back whenever. They have skin-tone baked into their design - so why not many skin tones? Seems totally sensible. Anyone complaining about it is a bit if you ask me. Yet staff in pubs and shops always have bright blue ones, are we allowing mass Smurf immigration? We need to be told.
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