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topum ([personal profile] topum) wrote2016-12-22 03:51 pm
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Rape culture promotion

There seems to be no shortage of mistletoe in Moldova this Christmas. So much so that it turned some of the trees almost evergreen.



I guess in an ideal world there would be a road sign at least a hundred meters before one sees the trees with a trigger warning about rape culture. Or even better, the trees would be burned to eliminate any chance of anyone ever getting offended or triggered.

[identity profile] lifeinroseland.livejournal.com 2016-12-22 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohmygawd that is mistletoe? I love it!

[identity profile] bluemeanybeany.livejournal.com 2016-12-22 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah you have to climb the tree and cut it off with a sickle, but you need a friend to catch it in a cloak or bedsheet cause if it touches the ground the magic runs out of it and then your human sacrifice is totally pointless.

[identity profile] topum.livejournal.com 2016-12-22 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It plays no role in Christmas celebrations here but is used to treat cancer apparently. There is even a name for this "therapy" we were told - omelotherapy. Also, not all of them are the same and can be used, it depends on the type of the host tree apparently.

[identity profile] topum.livejournal.com 2016-12-22 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. It plays no role in Christmas celebrations here though.

[identity profile] beautesauvage13.livejournal.com 2016-12-22 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)

It's a plant.  How is a plant promoting rape? 


People get awful ridiculous with this whole "everything offends me" thing.  Maybe I'm offended by people saying things like plants offend them. 


I don't know..people need to chill out.  Not everything is out to get them. 


Athena

[identity profile] topum.livejournal.com 2016-12-22 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Because of "kiss under the mistletoe".