"Cultural Appropriation"

[bennyboy]

It's not a different issue. I don't care at all what Tiz cares about. I'm saying I don't care about the same thing. That's it. Also, I'm born and bred in Massachusetts. Do you really think I don't have any Native American in my blood? (Hint: your assumptions are wrong)

Yeah, yeah, I'm part native, too. But I don't identify much with my tribe (it's Penobscot) because it's ancient history. Being 1/16 or 1/32 native (or whatever it is) means very little about how I should treat people with a cultural grievance.

Did I say it was okay for people to piss on people's deceased loved ones? You don't have a parallel. That said, yeah, it would hardly matter to me. My parents won't have graves. I too think graves are stupid.

Sure there's a parallel. In both cases, there's no real harm being done, and the slight is in the mind of the one being slighted. Most people will think it's fine to buy and own a dream catcher, but it's a horrible social crime to pee on someone's grave. The truth is that there's no real difference, except which culture one belongs to.

As for me, I want my family to bury me in the back yard and plant an apple tree over me. Then every spring they can comment on how beautifully Dad has fed the blossoms this year, and every summer they can eat a little piece of dear old Dad.