Students Sign Petition To Ban ‘Oppressive’ White Stick Figure In ‘Walk’ Signals

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  1. EggKiller

    EggKiller Well-Known Member

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    Perhaps. But we’re smarter than the rest of the world. Or were at one time anyway. We’re good at producing things and lately we seem to be producing a lot of idiots.
     
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    That is one of the most conceited things I have ever read on this forum. The height of hubris. I have worked with people from all around the world and I can assure you that Americans are not smarter than anyone else.

    Although I would agree with you that the country has produced a lot of idiots. Just look at the resident of the White House.
     
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    Maybe some of you remember the signs used to read "Walk" and "Don't Walk" instead of stick figures, but the liberals had that changed because they thought it was offensive to have the signs in English.
     
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  4. PrincipleInvestment

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    LBJ thought that pandering to "blacks" [sic] would guarantee 100 yrs of (D) power. He was wrong. You are wrong. Racism is a manufactured crisis. People of all ethnicity recognize the DNC rhetoric for what it is. Divisive, fear mongering propaganda.
     
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    What about the sign that shows someone sitting on a toilet:
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  6. FreshAir

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    it's a mock petition as a class project, my goodness republicans are gullible

    it's like mock trials in a law class or mock businesses in a business class, just students having a little fun with it
     
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    You mean like banning Dihydrogen Monoxide?
     
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    This isn’t new. Perception is important in conversation and society. It’s always better to keep your mouth shut then to assume what you find hilarious is hilarious to others too.

    Changing stop lights is stupid though. And someone should just tell the student to **** off!
     
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    You got to be ******** me! This whole thing has went way too far. What idiots thought this up.
     
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    Mocking who though:) Even if it wasn’t serious, the fact students would claim its offensive is quite bizarre don’t you think?
     
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    Pleasantville?

    Even if it wasn't Pleasantville I really enjoyed that movie
     
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    It has been nothing compared to the Democrats and their divisiveness including the Putin false narrative.
     
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    mock petition, not mocking anyone - it was just young students being silly as no one would take this seriously
     
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    I did read your posts. You keep defending the outrage. That's why I posted what I posted. You should re-read your posts.
     
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    They should have changed them to W-Word and W-Word. You wouldn't know whether to Walk or Wait, but you wouldn't be offended. Georgetown is a supervised 24 hour day school
     
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    Its always amusing to watch someone act all superior while completely mangling a quote that any primary school kid could look up in seconds. It is even more amusing when it turns out that there is a massive question mark over whether or not the quote is even real. Oh dear.

    So, the one who is wrong here is you, repeatedly.
     
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    I'm not defending anything. I challenge you to quote ANYTHING I have written on this thread that defends the petition or the people who signed it.

    As someone else said, if you put petitions in front of people, you will find some people who will sign it. Almost irrespective of what the petition says. Big deal. I wouldn't have signed that petition. I think the people who did sign it are stupid / gullible / careless / easily influenced etc.

    I don't really care if the signals stay white/red or change to green/red or anything else. I don't care. I think there is a logical reason for having green/red instead of white/red but that has NOTHING to do with perceived racism. I also wouldn't spend money to change from white to green.

    So go ahead. Quote anything I have written on this thread that defends what you consider to be "the outrage".
     
  18. JakeStarkey

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    Not the solid majority, no, who are tired of Trump and all of the right's posturing.
     
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    They are more colorblind than I if they think that sign is white, even I can see it's green.
     
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    Remember, these are the same people that FB posts convinced to vote for Trump in '16.
     
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    I think you've wound the tinfoil too tightly'round the old noggin. :lol:
     
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    No the general population and the claims that if you disagree with the left then you are a racist. And racism everywhere as demonstrated in the OP.
     
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    Yes, need to watch again it's been a while.
     
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    Pleasantville is great. Getting that town of its cultural, conservative straitjacket was super.
     
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    You are at a master level of stupid sir.
     

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