Some of my best friends are... (Homos, Jews, Marsians, etc.) by Gili Orr
When confronted with their bigotry, making unpleasantly sterotypical remarks on people from some “looked down on” group – or discriminating people on that basis – lots of people tend to answer with: You are wrong, some of my best friends are… (Jews, blacks, homos, whatever). Well, then I pity their best friends.
A few years ago we were actually discriminated against by some hotel manager in Spain on the basis of sexual orientation. He was really surprised to hear that he was discriminating (and not just following stupid, rigid rules). He used the above-written sentence, and we wondered if his friend(s) would have approved of his treatment of us…
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Love this design! nice social commentary.
sarah
Much appreciated, Sarah!
– Gili Orr
WTG Gili!! This Tee makes a great statement! Lisa
Thanks, Lisa!! I am really glad you like my statement…
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Great feature-announcement tee;-) Thanks, Lisa, I appreciate it a lot… My mother bought this tee, by the way…
Congratulations Gili. A rose is a rose.
Guess you love roses…. but… a thorn is a thorn (or a thistle) may be more like it;-) they can be beautiful too, if you look carefully… or insects… some people here discovered the beauty of insects since they got into macro photography – though many couldn’t stand these creatures before… Oh, and thank you so much, Jenny!!
– Gili Orr
Great design! Good luck in the Challenge!
Thanks so much!!!
– Gili Orr
Lol!! How fabulous – love it, Gili!!!!
Thanks so much, Colleen!!
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Clever!
Thanks, David!
– Gili Orr