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[heady blunts]

can someone be on top of this? i sent a pm to payaso and skip but no response.


the top10weedseeds.com banner with the rastafarian caricature needs to go.

 

[1TWISTEDTRUCKER]

Cause You said So?????
Who ever accepted Their $$$ for advertising found it acceptable.
Heady Blunts is offended, so it has to GO!!! REALLY?
Lighten up, for realz.

 

[Sam_Skunkman]

Are you for real????? What is next banning caricatures of Skunks smoking hubblebubble pipes?
Lighten up....

-SamS

can someone be on top of this? i sent a pm to payaso and skip but no response.


the top10weedseeds.com banner with the rastafarian caricature needs to go.

 

[Weird]

You think a real Rastafarian paid for that logo? It looks like an old south caricature of African blacks.

I think that it would be better to complain to the seed site owner itself since it is their logo. I also think you get more flies with honey than you do vinegar.

I don't begrudge OP for his observation or for sharing it.

What is the logic in thinking the industry should'nt try to be PC especially since is it going "legit"

some people can't be legit just because its legal, they are fucked up to the core.

 

[Bud Green]

Are you kidding me?

Why are you so offended by this? Are you a black man? Are you from an island in the Caribbean? I certainly don't know for sure, but I kind of doubt it.

Racism isn't a good thing, but some people seem to be awfully thin-skinned....

sometimes a good idea and good ideals are carried too far...

 

[heady blunts]

sorry i offended your delicate sense of privilege those who've responded indignantly.

you are all welcome to continue to be racist fucks but i'd like to speak up when i see something that clearly stems from hundreds of years of historical systemic oppression.

k thanks bye.

 

[heady blunts]

if you care to inform yourselves, here's a fucking wiki page. i'm sure it'll be hard to read with your heads that far up your asses tho.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface#.22Darky.22_iconography

 

[Ringodoggie]

YEAH!!!! And, I want Herbie's Head Shop to take down that horribly racist caricature of the stoned white boy. I am white and I am tired of all the racism pointed at white people.

On behalf of white people all over the world, I DEMAND that all pictures of white people that don't look just like ME have to be TAKEN DOWN IMMEDIATELY.

I DEMAND IT.

WHITE PEOPLE UNITE AGAINST RACISM IN CARICATURISATION.

ROTFLMAO....

I think a mod better close this one. I can see this getting out of hand. LMAO

 

[heady blunts]

you guys act like you're the first white guys to come up with these FUCKING BORING derailment tactics.

you are all part of the machine. i hope you wake up someday.

 

[heady blunts]

i would still like an official response from ICMAG.

 

[Pendleton]

Heady, you need to take a step back, take a deep breath, and examine the situation from a place where you're not being so confrontational. I am most definitely against racism, but there's been a bit of a witchhunt in online communities lately with people being too dogmatic in their views. There's really nothing "racist" in the image heady, and it's unfair to the people you're talking with to dismiss their education or their knowledge on the fact that they disagree with you. There's no room for discussion when you wield that sort of moral cudgel against dissent.

 

[VonBudí]

very sad to read, heady if your not comfortable with other races then goto rollitup and keep on bitching, icmag is a melting pot of love.

 

[snake11]

if you care to inform yourselves, here's a fucking wiki page. i'm sure it'll be hard to read with your heads that far up your asses tho.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface#.22Darky.22_iconography

Wow your comparing blackface to a cartoon Rastafarian?? That is a bit of a stetch.

 

[snake11]

you guys act like you're the first white guys to come up with these FUCKING BORING derailment tactics.

you are all part of the machine. i hope you wake up someday.

What is your race?? I find it funny that the people I always hear complaining about things being racist(towards minorities) are white. I am 100% against racism but think you are being a little too sensitive.

 

[heady blunts]

i appreciate your response pendleton, but in my defense, the OP was a very calm and friendly note to the admins, and the responses are confrontational.

these are classic microaggressions that trigger very real emotional responses.

i believe it is in the best interest of ICMAG to project a progressive image since it is a hub for a political movement regarding civil rights.

it strikes me as hypocritical to fight for your right to smoke ganja while simultaneously disregarding systemic oppression of other marginalized groups.

 

[Fly by Night]

Will u look at this, jus look at it

 

[heady blunts]

i'm latin@ fyi and in the US all these dynamics are very real even if privileged individuals are not aware of them.

i'm not the first person to have these ideas there are many decades of academic papers and established theories on racial privilege especially as it exists in the states if you care to modernize your views on race politics.

 

[Weird]

racism is weak and lack of sensitivity to it weaker

signed,

light skin blue eyes

 

[MRsistatumbleweed]

heady blunts.. when i read this i honestly thought you were joking and can only agree with everyone else you've taken something so small and are trying to make an issue of it.. thats not racist in anyway.. have you visited there site? from memory they have a whole bunch of these type characters from all sorts of different countries.. no matter which one they pick someone like you will probaly be offended..
personally i think you should just drink a cup of concrete and harden the hell up princess..

 

[Bud Green]

you are all welcome to continue to be racist fucks

i'm sure it'll be hard to read with your heads that far up your asses tho.

Racist fucks? Heads up our asses? Whoa there buddy!

You don't even know me... Where do you get off calling names like this? Is it just because we do not happen to share the exact same opinion as you?

Now that's what I call narrow minded....