Triggered by Banana Peel

[Divinity]

Meanwhile you conservative fucks are triggered by gay people and transgenders. So you don't have room to fucking talk.

[Brian37]

It’s very insensitive of you to point out their total ignorance. I’m offended

When one is more concerned about the welfare of billionaires, or the sex of others they are not involved in, or think White Nationalism is moral, or that slavery is a culture, they cannot claim empathy or morality.

We are glad you are offended, because assholes deserve to get offended. Maybe try not being an asshole?

[Catholic_Lady]

Can we at least admit that things are seriously out of control when an organized event is cut short because of a litterbug? The Daily Mississippian report that several students felt threatened and unsafe by a banana peel: HERE

Yes, that is definitely ridiculous and frustrating. There is plenty of real racism out there to be upset about.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Given the context, I can see how what at first blush appears absurd might actually have a message I wouldn't want to receive as a black person in America. Overreaction? Perhaps -- I think it was, myself. But given the previous threats, this sure looks like a coward's way of burning a cross.

[Catholic_Lady]

If they initially thought it was put there as a message to their race, I can certainly understand why they'd be upset. But upon learning that it wasn't meant to be that way at all, that it was just an innocent banana eater who didn't have a trash bin nearby, I see no reason to carry on with being upset or make any sort of deal over it.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Just for context, here's some pics from the previous incident. Notice that the bananas are strung up with nooses, a detail that would not be lost on any black American stumbling across this scene:





The second picture in particular underscores why a banana in a tree would be taken as racially offensive. This is obviously a way of using old racial slurs against blacks.

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If they initially thought it was put there as a message to their race, I can certainly understand why they'd be upset. But upon learning that it wasn't meant to be that way at all, that it was just an innocent banana eater who didn't have a trash bin nearby, I see no reason to carry on with being upset or make any sort of deal over it.

I dunno. Maybe he's telling the truth ... maybe not.

And maybe the black students, after the incident earlier in the year, might still be understandably upset by finding a banana in a tree. Do you think your opinion is more valid than theirs?

[The Grand Nudger]

I can't be the only person who finds the "couldn't find a trashcan" story less-than-compelling.  What's the angle on that, couldn;t find a fuckin trashcan..he;s not some kind of litterer, right?  The only kind of littering he feels comfortable with, apparently, is hanging bananas in trees.  

Innocent banana eaters hanging their peels in trees at Ole Miss in order to avoid(?) littering?

[Aroura]

Yes a total overreaction when someone symbolically threatens your life to get upset when it appears that might be happening again.

Nice click bait misleading headline. Looks like some folks didn't read the article, just jumped to conclusions.

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PS, that first bit was sarcasm, to be clear.

[Whateverist]

While I'm against preventing those with whom we disagree from speaking where they've been invited, this doesn't seem to be about that. This is about veiled, symbolic threats and as such are not protected speech. Those who put the lynched peels up deserve harsh penalties.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I can't be the only person who finds the "couldn't find a trashcan" story less-than-compelling.

Of course you're not alone in thinking that. My first reaction to reading his "explanation" was, "yeah, when I was a kid, just joking was the backtrack of choice."