"Cultural Appropriation"

[ManofYesterday]

There's a danger in assuming that nobody is gunning for Christians because when people do discriminate against Christians, people laugh at or don't believe it. It's the same thing with whites, especially white men, especially white straight men. People can say and do whatever they want towards white straight men because many people assume they are given everything and on top of everyone. Women can be sexist towards men and blacks can be racist towards whites and nobody cares.

I'm sure there are plenty of people who discriminate against Christians, but for cultural appropriation, I think you have to be stealing cultural icons and ideas with the intent of taking them out of the hands of the oppressed population.

I'm not saying that I care, but I can definitely see that arguments against dream catchers and crosses aren't an exact parallel.

I think in the end, the best would be to mock anyone who thinks either dream catchers OR crosses matter.  We hold the opinion that neither is anything more than the expression of superstitious nonsense, and that superstitious nonsense isn't particularly worth protecting, no matter to whom it belongs, right?

I don't care if people borrow, use, or transform ideas or icons from cultures that they're not a part of. First of all, I don't see why that is wrong. Second, I'm a big believer in human liberty. Third, I like interacting with other cultures. 

Should I complain when black women use blonde weaves?



Should I complain when a Native American dresses up like a Cowboy for Halloween? I don't care. Why would I? I really think this is just people being whiny little bitches.