Ridiculous examples of our overly-PC culture

[the_mother_thing]

The statue that triggered such a ridiculous outcry:

LAKELAND, Fla. (WTSP) -- A new sculpture in downtown Lakeland is turning heads. One person on Facebook called it a “piece of crap eyesore.”
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The sculpture is part of the Lemon Street Promenade’s 2017 Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, which is costs the city $22,000 per year. The city said the sculpture will be left up for about a year.

http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/downtown-lakeland-sculpture-is-turning-heads/413372930

These NR comments sum up my feelings on it:

These people should probably take a few breaths and calm down a little. People are sounding off on Facebook because the city of Lakeland, Fla., put up a statue of the leg lamp in A Christmas Story, saying that it’s “sexist” and “sick” and that it’s going to hurt the children just by being in the park.
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After all, we are talking about a leg. A leg. Honestly, if you are getting that angry about a fake leg, then I am actually kind of jealous of you, because you must not have any real problems in your real life to worry about.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445225/christmas-story-leg-lamp-statue-lakeland-florida-sexist

There is a statue across the street from this one (see pic) that is red. Red has been proven in scientific marketing studies to trigger hunger, which is why many food businesses and restaurants use it in their decor and advertising. I wonder why people aren't vocalizing the insensitivity of that one.

 

[monarch64]

Re: Outcry in FL over 'sexist' leggy lamp statue

Showalter Fountain with The Birth of Venus, Richard Laurent, sculptor, 1961, in front of the Indiana University Auditorium. ETA I had a pic of my daughter and niece up but it keeps posting sideways. We took them to see The Nutcracker this past December, which is typically at IU Auditorium but is now at Jacobs School of Music. Anyway, they were SO TRAUMATIZED as I was when I was a child going to the very same production and having my picture taken with friends in front of the very same sculpture. People will bitch about anything and everything, won't they?! Smh.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Re: Outcry in FL over 'sexist' leggy lamp statue

That is absolutely ridiculous! Those people need to be kicked upside the head.

Several years ago I came across night lights in the form of the iconic leg lamp. I bought every one they had and gave them out as stocking stuffers. Without exception the receivers loved them, and USE them, and to the best of my knowledge not one night light has been the cause of any harm to, for or by a child, animal, old person, or anyone or anything else.

WTF is wrong with these people?

 

[the_mother_thing]

Re: Outcry in FL over 'sexist' leggy lamp statue

Monarch: That certainly is an interesting statue, but no big deal (offensive) in my book; it's art - expression.

DeeKay: a throat-punch at a minimum, is definitely warranted.

And yes, people are very quick to find some - any - reason to complain about something, it seems.

 

[ruby59]

Re: Outcry in FL over 'sexist' leggy lamp statue

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/24/live-giraffe-cam-taken-down-because-of-sexual-content/21721267/


People carped and moaned to get this giraffe cam taken down because it showed nudity and sexual content.

Can you imagine - a nude giraffe?

 

[the_mother_thing]

Re: Outcry in FL over 'sexist' leggy lamp statue

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/24/live-giraffe-cam-taken-down-because-of-sexual-content/21721267/

People carped and moaned to get this giraffe cam taken down because it showed nudity and sexual content.

Can you imagine - a nude giraffe?

Who knew?

 

[the_mother_thing]

I just changed the thread title ... in case others find examples they'd like to share.

Society has become insanely obsessive over nonsense like these two articles.

 

[monarch64]

Jenn, can you please edit your post with the sideways pic in it? Not sure how it got put back up after I took it down. Thanks!

 

[the_mother_thing]

Jenn, can you please edit your post with the sideways pic in it? Not sure how it got put back up after I took it down. Thanks!

What post with a sideways pic? Both my posts in this thread with pics show them right side up.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Jenn, can you please edit your post with the sideways pic in it? Not sure how it got put back up after I took it down. Thanks!

What post with a sideways pic? Both my posts in this thread with pics show them right side up.

Jenn, I think Monnie is asking you to remove the pic of her daughter and niece, which she had originally posted but then deleted, however it shows up (albeit sideways for her -- and me too) in your quote of her post.

 

[the_mother_thing]

I have no idea what you both are seeing that I am not.

I didn't 'quote'-post a picture except the leg statue and the giraffe. Screenshot of what I am seeing.

 

[monarch64]

That's so weird. It still shows up on my end. Anyway, I just reported concern and explained what happened. Hopefully Ella can fix. No big deal!

 

[Dee*Jay]

I have no idea what you both are seeing that I am not.

I didn't 'quote'-post a picture except the leg statue and the giraffe. Screenshot of what I am seeing.

That is crazy strange!!! I don't see a pic of a giraffe at all, but I do see a sideways pic of two kids in it's place!

 

[the_mother_thing]

That's so weird. It still shows up on my end. Anyway, I just reported concern and explained what happened. Hopefully Ella can fix. No big deal!

I don't know either. Bizarre indeed.

If I was able to edit my post somehow to see what is 'attached' that you're seeing that I don't, I certainly would (and I understand why). But the option is gone now to edit.

 

[the_mother_thing]

I have no idea what you both are seeing that I am not.

I didn't 'quote'-post a picture except the leg statue and the giraffe. Screenshot of what I am seeing.

That is crazy strange!!! I don't see a pic of a giraffe at all, but I do see a sideways pic of two kids in it's place!

You don't see this? I quoted Ruby's comment about the giraffe story, and posted this naked giraffe pic.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Here is what I see (I put my hand over the kids to cover them up). Just posting this so you don't think Monnie and I are crazy!

 

[Dee*Jay]

I have no idea what you both are seeing that I am not.

I didn't 'quote'-post a picture except the leg statue and the giraffe. Screenshot of what I am seeing.

That is crazy strange!!! I don't see a pic of a giraffe at all, but I do see a sideways pic of two kids in it's place!

You don't see this? I quoted Ruby's comment about the giraffe story, and posted this naked giraffe pic.

No... I didn't see any image of a giraffe until you posted the screen shot. I thought your comment was odd in relation to the pic of the kids but sometimes things can be out of context on the internet so I didn't really dwell on it.

 

[the_mother_thing]

I have no idea what you both are seeing that I am not.

I didn't 'quote'-post a picture except the leg statue and the giraffe. Screenshot of what I am seeing.

That is crazy strange!!! I don't see a pic of a giraffe at all, but I do see a sideways pic of two kids in it's place!

You don't see this? I quoted Ruby's comment about the giraffe story, and posted this naked giraffe pic.

No... I didn't see any image of a giraffe until you posted the screen shot. I thought your comment was odd in relation to the pic of the kids but sometimes things can be out of context on the internet so I didn't really dwell on it.

That is seriously strange. I never saw any pic of her kids; just the fountain (no one was in it though).

Here is the pic I attached of the giraffe. Let me know please if it shows up.

 

[Calliecake]

How strange. I also see your pic Monnie.

 

[redwood66]

I only see a giraffe and no kids in a fountain.

 

[Dee*Jay]

I have no idea what you both are seeing that I am not.

I didn't 'quote'-post a picture except the leg statue and the giraffe. Screenshot of what I am seeing.

That is crazy strange!!! I don't see a pic of a giraffe at all, but I do see a sideways pic of two kids in it's place!

You don't see this? I quoted Ruby's comment about the giraffe story, and posted this naked giraffe pic.

No... I didn't see any image of a giraffe until you posted the screen shot. I thought your comment was odd in relation to the pic of the kids but sometimes things can be out of context on the internet so I didn't really dwell on it.

That is seriously strange. I never saw any pic of her kids; just the fountain (no one was in it though).

Here is the pic I attached of the giraffe. Let me know please if it shows up.

I see a pic of a giraffe with an ironing board in this post.

 

[redwood66]

Well it can't be a particular browser issue because I can see Dee is on Chrome and so am I.

 

[the_mother_thing]

I must have broken the PS server with the # of people who have me on iggy.


Seriously, Monnie; I'm sorry something is amiss with my post and that I can't see/fix it. Hopefully Ella can resolve it quickly.


Do y'all see the giraffe pic I reposted, or is it somehow showing up as odd as well?

 

[monarch64]

It is really no big deal. I don't mind the pic being up itself, I just couldn't get it to post the right way and didn't want other people to know I was an idiot!

 

[Dee*Jay]

It is really no big deal. I don't mind the pic being up itself, I just couldn't get it to post the right way and didn't want other people to know I was an idiot!

Oh! I thought maybe you decided you didn't want a pic of your lovely daughter and niece out there on the internet once you thought it over. (I've seen people post things and in retrospect decide for privacy reasons they want them removed.)

 

[Calliecake]

The giraffe picture jenn posted later also showed up.

 

[ruby59]

I must have broken the PS server with the # of people who have me on iggy.


Seriously, Monnie; I'm sorry something is amiss with my post and that I can't see/fix it. Hopefully Ella can resolve it quickly.


Do y'all see the giraffe pic I reposted, or is it somehow showing up as odd as well?

I use Chrome.

And I see the giraffe with the ironing board picture

 

[lovedogs]

I have no idea what you both are seeing that I am not.

I didn't 'quote'-post a picture except the leg statue and the giraffe. Screenshot of what I am seeing.

That is crazy strange!!! I don't see a pic of a giraffe at all, but I do see a sideways pic of two kids in it's place!

You don't see this? I quoted Ruby's comment about the giraffe story, and posted this naked giraffe pic.

No... I didn't see any image of a giraffe until you posted the screen shot. I thought your comment was odd in relation to the pic of the kids but sometimes things can be out of context on the internet so I didn't really dwell on it.

That is seriously strange. I never saw any pic of her kids; just the fountain (no one was in it though).

Here is the pic I attached of the giraffe. Let me know please if it shows up.

I see a pic of a giraffe with an ironing board in this post.

super weird. I have only seen a pic of the fountain (no people), and also the "nude" giraffe pic. Never saw any pics of people. The internet is crazy strange!

 

[Jambalaya]

I'm going to go out on a limb here (see what I did there?) and say that I also object to the statue. It's no different from objecting to the airbrushed magazine images which promote unhealthy standards. The leg is impossibly long, impossibly slim, impossibly cellulite-free, and wearing impossibly high heels. Together with airbrushed ads and all manner of other impossibly perfect stimuli, it creates pressure for women to look this way and forms impossible expectations in men.

Do I think that this one statue is the end of civilization? No.

Do I think it's one tiny part part of the dripfeed of pressure to obtain unobtainable standards of female perfection? Yes.

I'm sure that men in the fields of yesteryear, before electricity, counted themselves luckier than a pig in shit to get a roll in the hay, and I'm quite sure that they didn't even know the word "cellulite." All was obscured by the amber glow of a candle, if you could afford one.

I wish I was a nineteenth-century milkmaid. At least then, the cowherds would have been grateful!

If I lived in this town, I'd cut that statue off at the knees. Excuse me - knee. There's only one leg. Of course, the leg is an object and therefore we only have one. God forbid that it should be attached to anything resembling a human form!

 

[the_mother_thing]

Jambalaya - I get what you're saying about the negative impact of some media on self-image, but this isn't really "media" (magazine, tv show, etc); it's art, and it's in homage to a famous lamp in the movie.

Do you not differentiate the two? (I mean that sincerely; not sarcastically).