Members of a Seattle-based country line dance team were left stunned after being told to change their costumes because their American flag-themed shirts made attendees feel "triggered and unsafe." The Borderline Dance Team says they have experienced a gamut of emotions from "outrage to sympathy to disbelief" after being invited to perform at the Emerald City Hoedown in Seattle, this past weekend. According to a post from the group on Facebook, they had been asked to perform at the convention for...
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Communities in Washington, California and Maine will receive $755,000 under the Infrastructure Act to build climate resilienceThis month, three Indigenous American tribes on the west and east coasts will collectively receive nearly $755,000 in federal funding to manage ocean and coastal problems, as well as engage in partnerships to offset the effects of the climate crisis in their regions. The tribes’ projects will blend together Indigenous knowledge and scientific data to build innovative...
A women's dance crew was booted from a dance convention in the deep blue city of Seattle for wearing shirts that made a small group of worryguts feel "triggered and unsafe." The offensive tops were American flags.
Oh so now in America we can’t even display the American flag without triggering people? The Borderline Dance team was kicked out of a Seattle dance convention called the Emerald City Hoedown for wearing American flag-themed shirts, which reportedly made others feel “triggered and unsafe.” Nope, this isn't a joke. The country line dance convention was put on by the Rain Country Dance Association, an LGBTQ-focused western dance community, Jason Rantz noted on 770 KTTH. The Borderline Dance team...
Oh so now in America we can’t even display the American flag without triggering people? The Borderline Dance team was kicked out of a Seattle dance convention called the Emerald City Hoedown for wearing American flag-themed shirts, which reportedly made others feel “triggered and unsafe.” Nope, this isn't a joke. The country line dance convention was put on by the Rain Country Dance Association, an LGBTQ-focused western dance community, Jason Rantz noted on 770 KTTH. The Borderline Dance team...