Post #776313 by Tiki Toli on Fri, May 26, 2017 9:36 AM

You had to know it was only a matter of time until this happened. The Political Correctness Tsunami grows daily and way too many support it because if you don’t you are painted as a bigot, racist, etc. Personally, I just think it’s ridiculous.
Cultural appropriation is the latest trend along these lines. I mean what the fuck a couple white girls in Portland were forced to close their burrito business because a local writer or someone accused them of stealing the ancient art of making tortillas while on a south of the border road trip. What’s worse though, the writer or the people that supported that argument in droves.

Trying to explain or show how Tiki is not cultural appropriation is a losing battle. These people don’t want to hear your argument, their minds were made up that this is wrong before they even knew it was a problem. Your words and time will be wasted on them.

To go one step further Tiki is without a doubt cultural appropriation by definition. White guys carving Tiki idols, drinking cocktails out of Tiki gods. Stereo typed women and men in art, the list goes on and on. Sure, there might be some real stuff in there like a PNG mask, but if it’s on a wall next to a Shag painting with a beautiful curvy dark skinned wahine next to your bar where you sip your mai tais listening to exotica, that’s still cultural appropriation.

If Cultural appropriation is a real concern to you and you are against Chief Wahoo and The Redskins, Confederate Flags, etc then you need to really take a deep look in the mirror. And before you say well Flags and Indians are racist and tiki isn’t, I’ll call you on your bullshit. Do you think the hundreds of thousands of Polynesians that were killed, placed into slavery, or displaced would see any difference? I highly doubt it.

So either tell these self-righteous assholes who know what’s right and wrong and think that they should be making these decisions for everyone to fuck off, or put your shit up on ebay.