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Title: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: WLJ on December 07, 2020, 08:04:28 PM
This guy's house needs more lights, way more lights. Like to where the ISS crew will think someone nuked the city

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St. Anthony resident receives anonymous letter chastising them for their Christmas light display and calls it a reminder of "systemic biases against our neighbors who don't celebrate Christmas or can't afford to put up lights of their own."
    It further calls the lights "harmful." pic.twitter.com/Xh11jbnswz

    — CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) December 7, 2020
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“The idea of twinkling, colorful lights are a reminder of divisions that continue to run though our society, a reminder of systemic biases against our neighbors who don’t celebrate Christmas or who can’t afford to put up lights of their own,” it reads. “We must do the work of educating ourselves about the harmful impact an outward facing display like yours can have.”
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/12/07/neighbor-sends-anonymous-letter-shaming-a-resident-for-the-harmful-impact-of-their-christmas-lights/

Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: Ben on December 07, 2020, 08:09:53 PM
Yup, I would immediately triple my lights and decorations.
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: RoadKingLarry on December 07, 2020, 08:59:25 PM
That reminds me, I need to get someone to plug in my Christmas lights. They plug into an outdoor outlet that is on the ceiling of my front porch and I can't reach it safely with the bum shoulder. The outlet is switched with my porch lights. Yeah, I leave them up all year and unplug them after the 4th of July.
 =D
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: lee n. field on December 07, 2020, 09:01:29 PM
What a pathetic shriveled little life that person must lead.
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: MechAg94 on December 07, 2020, 09:51:45 PM
I put up a few lights this year.  Last year's stuff worked just fine.  Spent zero money this year.  I don't put up much, but I like at least a few Christmas lights.  I also have a small 3 foot tree with a string of lights wrapped around it.
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: griz on December 07, 2020, 09:53:14 PM
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“We must do the work of educating ourselves about the harmful impact an outward facing display like yours can have.”

So you're saying that somebody who is not trying to stop you from doing what you want or celebrating any way you want to, is having a harmful impact on you?  Now wouldn't that make protesting against your neighbor an "outward facing action"?
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: MechAg94 on December 07, 2020, 10:32:57 PM
Do you think this is real? 
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: TommyGunn on December 07, 2020, 10:35:19 PM
Do you think this is real? 

If this was 1950  I'd say no.  It's 2020 so,  yes.   It's real.   ;/
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: WLJ on December 07, 2020, 10:37:09 PM
Do you think this is real?  

One part of me says yes another no. But with seeing and hearing things similar to this from SJWs, Hollywood elites, etc... on TV, twitter etc... more yes than no nowadays.
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 07, 2020, 10:38:22 PM
This just happens to be the first year I'll be hanging lights outside. For once, my timing is not half bad.  =)
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: HankB on December 07, 2020, 11:27:43 PM
So colorful Christmas lights are "systemic biases" . . .?  :facepalm:

Too bad the troll was anonymous - I'd tell her I was carefully UNbiased in my display since I included BLACK lights among the other colors, but it was obvious SHE was just looking past them as if they weren't there.
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: K Frame on December 08, 2020, 07:16:44 AM
Hum... I really should decorate the hell out of my house for Christmas.
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: charby on December 08, 2020, 07:45:32 AM
I would engage Griswold mode and include typical Christmas type animals in various stages of reproduction.
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: AmbulanceDriver on December 08, 2020, 11:53:09 AM
Yeah.  If I had received a letter like that....   I'd be figuring out a way to park a dozen or so of these in my yard.   

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ZubHPriHHUda-4dsjy_0Xc7lXer1iDghyoc74jN_a1BQJ8mmS1fLrZSsXpNdAaNWg5gguN4LOY7bpqeLItge4ge4iZ8A4yAyPxRcZgbMkn1eOkL-_ZvyHd-pWByS8fqqPA)
Title: Re: Christmas light displays are a reminder of "systemic biases"
Post by: grampster on December 08, 2020, 03:59:18 PM
What a pathetic shriveled little life you that person must lead.

This sentence, with one modification above, is perfect for a rebuttal when you read The Stupid that some effete, boot licking libtard whines on the innertube.