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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6704854" data-attributes="member: 4937">So, do you think anyone has ever taken the symbols of Christianity and repurposed them for their own purposes in ways that some believers might find disrespectful?  How do you think they feel about the 'Preacher' comics?   Or 'Piss Christ'?  The Virgin Mary painted in Elephant Dung?  The 'His Dark Materials' series?  For that matter, the TV series 'Touched by an Angel'?  My guess is that understanding is hard to come by, but not in the way that you suggest.But let me get more to the point, what cultural property are Caucasian males allowed to own under this theory, that they would get to reject anyone appropriating it?   In point of fact, if you tried to claim that any aspect of the culture was somehow yours and other people weren't supposed to engage in it or criticize it or mock it or stereotype it, because you were a white male you'd not only be roundly mocked, but would be socially scorned and even blacklisted from certain industries.  Consider even your dismissive claims regarding a person or what they've experienced or what they know of frustration and violation or their ability to have empathy, simply on the grounds of their skin color and gender.Or do you think Southern white men have never seen degrading stereotypes of themselves presented in popular media?</blockquote>