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Well, I haven't read any of the links. And I'm not racist Gorfml; please don't generalize about me. I know about the irrational attachment between a national flag and perceived racism (I'm from England and the St George's flag is perceived as racist due to it's co-opting by racist organisations). I also know about yard art in Austin. I know about freedom of expression. I know much about American history and the civil rights movement and what preceded it. And I'm familiar with the chair thing at the RNC.
So, with all that out the way, had I seen that 'installation', I wouldn't have jumped to the conclusion that it was racist. I would more than likely have thought that it was someone who supported the President, who thought that he was a true American (hence the flag) and wanted to answer that silly Clint Eastwood thing, and hung it in a tree merely so that all could see. If it was a racist statement it would most certainly have been lost on me - I'd have taken it in completely the opposite context so, if the chap is, indeed, a racist, he needs to be a bit more obvious with his intentions.
Okay, I didn't actually watch the news clip earlier, but I've had the chance to watch it now.
What I said earlier still stands. Others have said if he was racist, he would've used a noose. No. That is blatant. He was trying to be discreet. He's quite possibly an "undercover racist." Further, someone else said if he would've placed the chair in the lawn, it would've just been a chair in the lawn. No. He could've placed the chair in the middle of his lawn (for it to receive full attention) and THEN attached the flag to it. That would've served its purpose. He went out of the way....don't know if he, himself, hung the chair or not...to HANG that thing from the tree. And his B.S. statements about the chair getting in the way when he mows the lawn?? Lmao. Please. MOVE it when you mow the lawn. Simple. It's soooo much work for him to move the chair out of the way when he mows the lawn, but he SURE had no problem going through the trouble of HANGING that thing from a branch in a tree. (but he can't go through the trouble of moving it to mow his lawn) He doesn't have me fooled.
He got called out. That's why he was so angry. If he sincerely meant no harm, where was the remorse for his bad judgement?
It was racist...to believe otherwise is either ignorant or racist...
I don't claim to understand the motivation of somebody who appears to be quite possibly not all there.
And I don't think you have the right to judge me as "either ignorant or racist" because of what I don't claim to know. Not denying the very real possibility it was intended as a racist statement, but it is so off the wall to me I simply don't know.
So, do you honestly think this man intended his hanging the chair to symbolize a lynching?
He originally hung the empty chair from a tree branch in his yard. The next day he added the American flag. It is obviously a political statement, but is it necessarily a racist statement?
Film footage of confrontation with the man while he takes down the empty chair.
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