Michigan bed & breakfast removes the flag from its business over Confederate complaints from the ignorant masses
http://twitchy.com/brads-313037/2020/07/30/michigan-bed-breakfast-removes-the-flag-from-its-business-over-confederate-complaints-from-the-ignorant-masses/
We need to stop saying we have reached Peak Stupidity. It is starting to appear that many are regarding that as a challenge to go even lower!
There is a racial hysteria sweeping the country, involving those who struggle to operate a broom. The latest example is so deeply mired in ignorance you have to wonder for our collective future.
Greg and Kjersten Offenecker, who own The Nordic Pineapple in St. Johns, Michigan have made the decision to remove the flag they have long displayed in front of their establishment, due to all the complaints they have been receiving about the insensitive Confederate display. This is not a case of a business bowing to the outrage mob so much as it is a desire of the owners to rid themselves of dealing with the ignorant masses.
The New York Post ~ Michigan inn owners take down Norwegian flag after it's mistaken for Confederate flag http://trib.al/JiHxbuC
Barrett Wilson ~ Norwegian flag removed from bed and breakfast after locals think it's a Confederate flag.
Well done, outrage warriors, you have struck a blow on behalf of ... geographical ignorance!
Vince Coglianese ~ And you thought there was nor way it could get dumber.
As the owner Kjersten explains it this was not an immediate reaction from a lone crank or two, who were unaware. She described receiving "at least a dozen hateful emails," and twice as many comments from those who are so passionate about racial rectitude that they could not be bothered with emblematic accuracy.
The mitigating factors in the story make it all the more ridiculous.
Per Hansen ~ You couldn't make it up: B&B #NordicPineapple proudly hanging the Norwegian flag by their entrance have been forced to take it down due to people mistaking it for the confederate flag. One of the owners hails from Norway (5th gen) and the couple have 2 adopted black kids. Yh.
Mike ~ Just because you are woke doesn't mean you have a clue. Bed and breakfast Nordic Pineapple in Saint Johns has removed their Norwegian flag after dozens of people confuse it for the Confederate flag.
Mr Mojo Risin ~ Consequently, Norway needs to change their flag. Obviously.
M P ~ I always confuse Norway and Mississippi.
Liz Not Your Business ~ Well Norway, you had a good run but the mob will be taking it from here. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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