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  • 2017-09-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Are 'Liberals' Getting Offended over Hobby Lobby's Cotton Decor? (en)
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  • In September 2017, social media users voiced their offense at rumors that liberals were organizing a boycott over Hobby Lobby's cotton decor products because the items were purportedly offensive to black people: According to tweets and Facebook posts, liberals were organizing a boycott against Hobby Lobby, and the chain had come under fire over a cotton stalk home decor product sold by the company. Images included with those posts furthered the impression that large groups of people were protesting Hobby Lobby and the cotton decor products: On 20 September 2017, the Killeen Daily Herald interviewed Ridell about the social media controversy. She stated that her post was intended as a message as a consumer to a retailer and added that she began receiving rude messages, threats, and racial epithets from other social media users presumably offended by her post: Rider sounded sincere about her Hobby Lobby cotton decor complaint, but she also identified herself as an individual speaking solely on her own behalf. We were unable to find any indication that any group (liberal or otherwise) took similar offense, that any person or group had organized a boycott against Hobby Lobby over the issue, or that anything other than Rider's single Facebook post suggested the chain was under fire over the cotton stalks. The vast bulk of social media commenters expressing offense were directing their ire at Rider's remarks, not at Hobby Lobby. (en)
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