Post #805058 by MrBaliHai on Sun, Aug 14, 2022 5:18 AM

I am going to my Bettie Page, Synthesizer, Motor Cycle, Vintage Hat, 50s SciFi Toy Bar for a Old Fashioned

If there are no fez-wearing monkeys or rockabilly tattoos, it ain't faux-Tiki!

When dealing with these sorts of people, it's best to remember that they are primarily expressing their opinions in order to virtue-signal that they are more enlightened than you are. It's a form of control, much like a cult religion that substitutes politics and secular Utopianism for a supreme being. I was raised in an era when it was ok not to agree with someone else's opinion, and for the most part, politics and religion were simply not discussed in polite conversation.

That being said, the West's treatment of Polynesia was, on the whole, pretty horrible, and yet, Tiki looks upon it as a Paradise on Earth, filled with wonder, roast luau pork, Hula, and lots of rum. Not sure how that can in any way be a bad thing.

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[ Edited by MrBaliHai on 2022-08-20 07:34:35 ]