Cox Farms in Nova - "Resist White Supremacy" sign

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Somebody give me a logical, rationale explanation as to why "Resist White Supremacy" is offensive.

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Anonymous wrote:If you read the article it sounds like they weren't trying to be clever or box anyone in-- they were just trying to find a sentiment everyone could support. SAD

Eh nah. They were trying to be clever.

From this: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/14/cox-farms-virginia-resist-white-supremacy/

But their latest – “Rise & Resist” – had triggered a particularly angry reaction last week from conservatives who had seen a photo of it online and viewed the slogan as an attack on President Donald Trump. So Aaron Cox-Leow, who runs the operations side of the 46-year-old business in Centreville, Virginia, started thinking of some new language that everyone could agree on. Almost six months to the day since neo-Nazis and white nationalists marched through Charlottesville, Virginia with torches, Aaron’s sister had an idea.

“Maybe we should change ‘rise and resist’ to ‘resist white supremacy’…,” Lily Cox-Richard texted her. “That way, if someone takes a picture of one of our signs to post and says they are ‘saddened’ or ‘disappointed,’ they will be explicitly revealing themselves as the racist that they are.”

“Yeah,” Aaron responded, “that sounds good.”

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a moderate conservative and a minority I'm over the massive straw man by the left that is White Supremacy. Let's be against crazies on both sides. And yes, you socialist nutjob lefties are just as bad if not worse than the KKK hicks from the boondocks. F you all.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a moderate conservative and a minority I'm over the massive straw man by the left that is White Supremacy. Let's be against crazies on both sides. And yes, you socialist nutjob lefties are just as bad if not worse than the KKK hicks from the boondocks. F you all.

Fairfax Underground misses you. Feel free to head back anytime.

I'm not from FF Underground. I know it's hard to grasp this with your feeble mind, but there are millions of Conservatives in this country and I'm one of them, with opinions, and we don't hang out on FF underground.

You might be a conservative politically but you are also a white supremacist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you read the article it sounds like they weren't trying to be clever or box anyone in-- they were just trying to find a sentiment everyone could support. SAD

Eh nah. They were trying to be clever.

From this: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/14/cox-farms-virginia-resist-white-supremacy/

But their latest – “Rise & Resist” – had triggered a particularly angry reaction last week from conservatives who had seen a photo of it online and viewed the slogan as an attack on President Donald Trump. So Aaron Cox-Leow, who runs the operations side of the 46-year-old business in Centreville, Virginia, started thinking of some new language that everyone could agree on. Almost six months to the day since neo-Nazis and white nationalists marched through Charlottesville, Virginia with torches, Aaron’s sister had an idea.

“Maybe we should change ‘rise and resist’ to ‘resist white supremacy’…,” Lily Cox-Richard texted her. “That way, if someone takes a picture of one of our signs to post and says they are ‘saddened’ or ‘disappointed,’ they will be explicitly revealing themselves as the racist that they are.”

“Yeah,” Aaron responded, “that sounds good.”

And here we are! It worked! Lots of comments on the post article reveal people to in fact be bigoted a-holes pissed off.

They're not denying service to anyone and they are well within their first amendment rights to post their sign on their property.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a moderate conservative and a minority I'm over the massive straw man by the left that is White Supremacy. Let's be against crazies on both sides. And yes, you socialist nutjob lefties are just as bad if not worse than the KKK hicks from the boondocks. F you all.

Fairfax Underground misses you. Feel free to head back anytime.

I'm not from FF Underground. I know it's hard to grasp this with your feeble mind, but there are millions of Conservatives in this country and I'm one of them, with opinions, and we don't hang out on FF underground.

You might be a conservative politically but you are also a white supremacist.

Do you literally call every conservative a white supremacist? Did you miss the part where I am not white?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a moderate conservative and a minority I'm over the massive straw man by the left that is White Supremacy. Let's be against crazies on both sides. And yes, you socialist nutjob lefties are just as bad if not worse than the KKK hicks from the boondocks. F you all.

Fairfax Underground misses you. Feel free to head back anytime.

I'm not from FF Underground. I know it's hard to grasp this with your feeble mind, but there are millions of Conservatives in this country and I'm one of them, with opinions, and we don't hang out on FF underground.

You might be a conservative politically but you are also a white supremacist.

Do you literally call every conservative a white supremacist? Did you miss the part where I am not white?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a moderate conservative and a minority I'm over the massive straw man by the left that is White Supremacy. Let's be against crazies on both sides. And yes, you socialist nutjob lefties are just as bad if not worse than the KKK hicks from the boondocks. F you all.

Fairfax Underground misses you. Feel free to head back anytime.

I'm not from FF Underground. I know it's hard to grasp this with your feeble mind, but there are millions of Conservatives in this country and I'm one of them, with opinions, and we don't hang out on FF underground.

You might be a conservative politically but you are also a white supremacist.

Do you literally call every conservative a white supremacist? Did you miss the part where I am not white?

Different poster. You said lefties are just as bad or worse than the KKK. You called white supremacy a straw man. Who cares if you claim to be a minority? Your stated opinions are those of a white supremacist sympathizer, period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Somebody give me a logical, rationale explanation as to why "Resist White Supremacy" is offensive.

The (good) argument that someone gave is that "White Supremacist" is used by many on the Left to call names on anyone Conservative, so if you are conservative and *not* a White Supremacist, it might still be offensive, in a similar way to how perhaps many (some?) on the Left might feel if Cox Farms put up a "Resist Commies" sign - even if some Liberal voters are not communists, they understand that that term is often applied broadly to the entire political party and will thus be offended/feel negatively.


I'm a conservative and not a racist but I do understand the unstated implications and meaning behind the term. Just in this thread alone I've been called a white supremacist for simply stating my conservatism. I know a lot of you Liberals will pretend ignorance but there it is.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a moderate conservative and a minority I'm over the massive straw man by the left that is White Supremacy. Let's be against crazies on both sides. And yes, you socialist nutjob lefties are just as bad if not worse than the KKK hicks from the boondocks. F you all.

Fairfax Underground misses you. Feel free to head back anytime.

I'm not from FF Underground. I know it's hard to grasp this with your feeble mind, but there are millions of Conservatives in this country and I'm one of them, with opinions, and we don't hang out on FF underground.

You might be a conservative politically but you are also a white supremacist.

Do you literally call every conservative a white supremacist? Did you miss the part where I am not white?

Different poster. You said lefties are just as bad or worse than the KKK. You called white supremacy a straw man. Who cares if you claim to be a minority? Your stated opinions are those of a white supremacist sympathizer, period.

Having the opinions that *Crazy* *extreme* lefties are just as bad or worse than the KKK does not make me a sympathizer. In fact, I despise the KKK and I despise the extreme Liberals as well. It is poor logic to assume that to be against White Supremacy you MUST believe that there is nothing worse. In fact, there are worse things, in my opinion. It is super irresponsible to be throwing around "white supremacist" as a casual insult like you do.

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody give me a logical, rationale explanation as to why "Resist White Supremacy" is offensive.

Exactly! The only people this should offend are white supremacists.

[Anonymous]

What if they put up a sign that said, "Resist people who think they are better than other people!"

Who couldn't get behind that one?

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Anonymous wrote:What if they put up a sign that said, "Resist people who think they are better than other people!"

Who couldn't get behind that one?

They would lose the entire Liberal Northern Virginia base, if people were honest and knowledgeable about themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody give me a logical, rationale explanation as to why "Resist White Supremacy" is offensive.

Exactly! The only people this should offend are white supremacists.

The word "Resist" is a battle cry word against Trump's policy. So by saying "Resist" they are indicating they are against specifically the white supremacy that has struck up as a result of Trump. White Supremacy existed before Trump, but by using the word "Resist" they are tying white supremacy to him. One could make the argument then that if people support Trump they are a white supremist and we should resist against them. Which is what many people are doing.

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody give me a logical, rationale explanation as to why "Resist White Supremacy" is offensive.

Exactly! The only people this should offend are white supremacists.

The word "Resist" is a battle cry word against Trump's policy. So by saying "Resist" they are indicating they are against specifically the white supremacy that has struck up as a result of Trump. White Supremacy existed before Trump, but by using the word "Resist" they are tying white supremacy to him. One could make the argument then that if people support Trump they are a white supremist and we should resist against them. Which is what many people are doing.

And they would be wrong, and exactly why this Cox farms sign is offensive to many Conservatives, even those who are moderate and not supportive of the KKK.