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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friends who were Kappas at UGA went to parties like this with KAs where they would wear those hoop skirt dresses and the men dressed like confederate generals.  I've seen the photos.  I cannot believe they had that in the late 90s. And I went to Chapel Hill, which is in the south but we didn't even those kind of parties.  I mean tons of photos (the ones where the professional photographers comes and it has the date, the name of the frat/sorority and name of the party on the bottom).  They told me you had to rent the dresses and uniforms.  Gross all around. And friends would post on their fb page writing "OMG look at how young we were, ha ha."

People can be so stupid.[/quote]
To be grossed out by costumes really is kind of stupid. [/quote]
It’s really weird to me that this has been explained several times on this thread - [i]Confederate cosplay glories slavery[/i] - and you still pretend not to see it. When people say and type this kind of thing, it’s difficult to pretend that it doesn’t come from a place of deep, unexamined racism. [/quote]
That's your opinion, but it is not the opinion of those who engage in Confederate cosplay.  Why should I trust your opinion over the opinion of the people who actually wear the costume?  [/quote]
NP, but uh, is this a serious question? That’s like saying “In your opinion, KKK robes are offensive and worn by domestic terrorists, but that’s not the opinion of those who are Klansmen. Why should I trust your opinion over the opinion of the people who actually wear KKK robes?”[/quote]

What about movies depicting that era? How should the actors dress? Should those movies be banned as well?[/quote]

I take it that nuance isn't really your thing[/quote]
DP.  Nor is it yours.  Nor do you seem aware that HBO pulled Gone with the Wind for it's racism until people complained and they put it back with contextual explainers for how it ignores the horrors of slavery.  Which is a fine solution to me, but if that works, why can't I dress like Scarlet O'Hara at a party without endorsing either greed or racism?[/quote]

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