Swastika tattoos and waterpark

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Anonymous wrote:That is a good point - I know several immigrants from India who wear/have worn jewelry with a swastica symbol.

We really do not know the persons' back-story in OP's account.

Do you honestly think op would have posted this if it was an Indian with a henna swastika? We all know the difference between that and a white side with a big black chunky swastika.

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Anonymous wrote:I have an AA child. This would ruin the waterpark experience for me. It just would, even though the guy is not doing anything.
Just like when I was in DC last year and there was a man holding a sign saying " God hates Fags" I was with DD and it just gives you a bad feeling....

There are plenty of people without tattoos who are racists, they just? don't advertise it, but live their whole life along those lines (white neighborhood, white schools, white fitness clubs, basically token minorities only here and there in their life). You would never know, but openly expressing one guy will ruin the experience?

+1. As a mom of mixed race kids myself, I would much rather know that someone is a tool and avoid them than invest time and energy only to find out later.

You're the perfect example why white people should really educate themselves about race relations before having mixed race kids. You might not realize it now, but your kids will judge you for this kind of attitude (if they don't already.)

- A biracial person

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Anonymous wrote:I would have done nothing. He wasn't passing out literature. People, even hateful people, have a right to function in society.

I disagree. I think hateful people need to be shamed for their hate. They need to be called out for it, all the time, everywhere they go, by all the types of people.

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Not necessarily confronting him directly, but reporting to an employee, or taking pictures and link the social media account of the park. If they don't already have a policy regarding neo-nazi tattoos, they'll come up with one very quickly after that.

Interestingly I never saw swastika tattoos before last year. They are definitely more brazen MAGA!

So you won't confront him directly but want a teenager working an $8hour summer job to do it?

Deplorable try for a strawman.

That teenager has a boss who should know the park policy about hate speech, and can summon park security.

A tattoo isnt hate speech. It's gross and offensive but it's a tattoo.

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Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing all these little ANTIFA snowflakes shouting "punch a facist/nazi/whatever they don't like in the face", and yet when a real, genuine nazi facist goes to a crowded water park, NO ONE punches said geniune nazi facist in the face.

That makes me laugh at you ANTIFA folks.


You're all bark and no bite.

Nobody says that

Really?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have an AA child. This would ruin the waterpark experience for me. It just would, even though the guy is not doing anything.
Just like when I was in DC last year and there was a man holding a sign saying " God hates Fags" I was with DD and it just gives you a bad feeling....

There are plenty of people without tattoos who are racists, they just? don't advertise it, but live their whole life along those lines (white neighborhood, white schools, white fitness clubs, basically token minorities only here and there in their life). You would never know, but openly expressing one guy will ruin the experience?

+1. As a mom of mixed race kids myself, I would much rather know that someone is a tool and avoid them than invest time and energy only to find out later.

You're the perfect example why white people should really educate themselves about race relations before having mixed race kids. You might not realize it now, but your kids will judge you for this kind of attitude (if they don't already.)

- A biracial person

Dare to explain? What kind of attitude is that? Start fights? My dad was anti smoking and would preach any time he got (add to it that he was teaching in a medical school so he used disturbing examples). My friends would just rolled their eyes and listen, while smoking. He went on antidrinking kick too for like 10 years. It was funny. Preaching didn't go so well with people he met randomly, I was afraid someone will punch him one day.

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This is what you get for living in Virginia!

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But... but... free speech!!!!!!! As long as I approve of it!!!!!!

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I would just stay very far away from him. Reminds me of those people with the yellow Virginia license plates. Scary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would just stay very far away from him. Reminds me of those people with the yellow Virginia license plates. Scary.

x1000

THIS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have an AA child. This would ruin the waterpark experience for me. It just would, even though the guy is not doing anything.
Just like when I was in DC last year and there was a man holding a sign saying " God hates Fags" I was with DD and it just gives you a bad feeling....

There are plenty of people without tattoos who are racists, they just? don't advertise it, but live their whole life along those lines (white neighborhood, white schools, white fitness clubs, basically token minorities only here and there in their life). You would never know, but openly expressing one guy will ruin the experience?

This much is very, very true.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd mumble under my breath loud enough for them to hear, with them in close proximity (and no children in close proximity)... "are you f-ing kidding me" - same with Confederate flag displaying scumbags.

+1

That won't be helpful and guess what, people like that are crazy and your ridiculous mumbling does nothing but put you in harm's way.

I'm ok with that risk. I can throw a little crazy back his way.

Girlfriend you are a suburban mom in a Lands End tankini. This is a white supremacist. Please put your earrings back on and stop acting tough on the internet .

HAHAHA! that's awesome.

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Anonymous wrote:I would just stay very far away from him. Reminds me of those people with the yellow Virginia license plates. Scary.

x1000

THIS.

Don't be absurd. Now you are all sounding like bigots.

[Anonymous]

So this is funny but I worked 25 min north of Pittsburgh a few years ago for 5 years. 99.9% white and pretty intolerant of blacks unless they were on the sports teams as it seemed. One day there was a car blocking the road and a black lady standing in front of it and a bald white dude just on the other side. I thought yeahhhh this is gonna be good.

Well the guy comes around and the lady moves away. He parallel parks the car for her and they are laughing and joking. He gives the keys back and walks back onto the sidewalk.

The man was wearing a red shirt with a Swastika. A Sickle and hammer. SS lightning bolts.

I was so amazed that day and wondering what people's problem with each other really were and how dumb it was

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have an AA child. This would ruin the waterpark experience for me. It just would, even though the guy is not doing anything.
Just like when I was in DC last year and there was a man holding a sign saying " God hates Fags" I was with DD and it just gives you a bad feeling....

There are plenty of people without tattoos who are racists, they just? don't advertise it, but live their whole life along those lines (white neighborhood, white schools, white fitness clubs, basically token minorities only here and there in their life). You would never know, but openly expressing one guy will ruin the experience?

+1. As a mom of mixed race kids myself, I would much rather know that someone is a tool and avoid them than invest time and energy only to find out later.

You're the perfect example why white people should really educate themselves about race relations before having mixed race kids. You might not realize it now, but your kids will judge you for this kind of attitude (if they don't already.)

- A biracial person

PP here, and I would welcome an explanation of how this kind of attitude is problematic. I learned this principle from my AA husband, and it made sense to me. I also know as much about race relations as a white person can (worked at a number of community organizations in minority communities, worked abroad in minority communities, etc).

DH's view is that he would prefer to know who is open to him and who is not, so that he can more squarely address racism head on instead of trying to ferret out and dispel the biases that people don't even admit they hold.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Report him for what?

-for expressing a viewpoint she finds repulsive.

are we talking about "how to be a liberal"?