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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,658 posts)
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 04:28 PM Sep 2020

I saw the strangest lawn sign on a walk through my neighborhood today

and I don't know what to make of it. Neighbors on either side of this house and most of the rest of the block have Black Lives Matter and Biden and Ilhan Omar signs. Is this sign intended to troll the neighbors, or are they trying to be funny, or something else? Red-baiting, maybe? I don't get it.

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I saw the strangest lawn sign on a walk through my neighborhood today (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 OP
That's a strange one. Ohiogal Sep 2020 #1
I *think* they are trolling The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #2
A variation on "all lives matter" trying to be clever dlk Sep 2020 #3
Bingo! It's an All Lives Matter sign but with different verbiage. Probably best to avoid the owners. LonePirate Sep 2020 #4
That's what I think, and I wonder what the neighbors think of it. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #5
If they're Trumpers, which is likely, they don't care dlk Sep 2020 #6
Hmmmm, I'm reading it a little differently... dixiechiken1 Sep 2020 #7
If you have to explain the joke, it was a flop. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2020 #8
Someone trying to be witty. GeorgeGist Sep 2020 #9
If you can't figure out what they're trying to communicate, The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #10

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,658 posts)
2. I *think* they are trolling
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 04:41 PM
Sep 2020

by reciting the all-lives-matter trope and then calling everybody who's "pink" (that is, left-wing, commie 'pinkos' as they were once called) assholes. If that's what they are suggesting, it's probably not the best neighborhood to suggest it in. It's also kind of crude. I'll check now and then to see how long it lasts.

LonePirate

(13,413 posts)
4. Bingo! It's an All Lives Matter sign but with different verbiage. Probably best to avoid the owners.
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 04:50 PM
Sep 2020

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,658 posts)
5. That's what I think, and I wonder what the neighbors think of it.
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 04:50 PM
Sep 2020

Not sure that a sign with the word 'asshole' might be appreciated in a neighborhood with a lot of kids, either.

dixiechiken1

(2,113 posts)
7. Hmmmm, I'm reading it a little differently...
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 05:44 PM
Sep 2020

I'm interpreting it that they're saying that all minorities' lives should matter but don't because white people can't relate. They are, technically, pink - not any of the aforementioned black, white, brown, yellow, red, LGBTQ or blue.

I think these people are okay. Their joke is just confusing.

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