Austin man hangs empty chair with American flag in his front yard... (felony, claims)

[Dale Cooper]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

it demonstrates horrible bigotry and racism

Spoiler

against chairs

haha, that's just plain funny and got you a rep.

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by mayita

I guess you are right. The old man that I saw was from Austin, but he took it down.

I suspected you probably confused this with something else.

But now that you know that no nooses were involved, your reason for being upset is pretty much gone. Right?

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by mayita

I think the fact that it was hanging from a NOOSE has some racial tones.

Just where is the noose?



Some people see racism behind every tree and under every rock, I pity them.....

To see it closer use a magnifying glass:

http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/

For your education and enlightenment this is a noose:

[mayita]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

I suspected you probably confused this with something else.

But now that you know that no nooses were involved, your reason for being upset is pretty much gone. Right?

I am quoting the guy in Austin and the reporter in Austin that call the fact a "lynching". Of course, it is never racial

[plwhit]

Originally Posted by mayita

I am quoting the guy in Austin and the reporter in Austin that call the fact a "lynching". Of course, it is never racial

Sounds like something somebody from Austin would say seeing how it's a progressive liberal college town....

[James420]

Looks like an unsafe stand for Deer hunting, other than that who cares. His house, his tree, his yard, his chair.

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by mayita

I am quoting the guy in Austin and the reporter in Austin that call the fact a "lynching". Of course, it is never racial

I can say that a hippo is a turnip, but that wont magically make it be so.

You did after all center in on the nonexistent NOOSE as being your primary cause for concern.

[Dale Cooper]

I ssee nooses.

[Harrier]

Originally Posted by Fox Terrier

An empty chair out on the front lawn would have conveyed the message appropriately.

An empty chair strung up on a tree is definitely racist.

Yeah, racists really do exist in this day and age, don't try to tell me otherwise.

I have an empty chair out in the yard and had it their long before Clint Eastwood made his speech. It sits there so people can sit in it. A chair by itself in the yard doesn't attract attention. Suspending a chair from a tree does.

Yes - racists do exist - but that has nothing to do with this incident. If anything - the racists are the people who equate attaching the chair to the tree with lynching. How can anyone who isn't obsessed with race even come to such a ridiculous conclusion?

[Harrier]

Wonder why the liberals weren't upset about the last three judicial hangings that took place in the United States: Billy Bailey(Delaware - 1996), Charles Campbell(Washington - 1994), Westly Allan Dodd(Washington - 1993).

Could it be because they were all white men?