One doesn't rise to "hate crime"...it's just bad taste.
It was not removed.
"I'm not defending this; I'm not criticizing it. It doesn't rise to the level of hate crime," said Steve Whitmore, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department..."
Officials are monitoring the house to make sure the situation doesn't get out of hand..." (I assume to make sure those who are outraged and upset don't do anything illegal...like take it down. TG)
The other has University Presidents hysterical, and rushing to apologize.
Police immediately took it down.
"I am outraged because we work very hard, every day, to build bridges across the divides," Todd said. "Diversity and inclusion are among our most precious core values. Episodes like this serve only to erode our confidence in and respect for one another."
I'd be dumbfounded at the hypocrisy if I wasn't so used to it.
Instead, I'm just pissed. It may sound foolish, but I realized that if we don't stay pissed at this sort of duplicity and double-dealing we'll "get used to it", and pretty soon we'll accept it as "just the way things are." And that's how civilization is lost.
The Gunslinger
UPDATE: Just found this on WorldNet Daily.
"Oh,but you don't UNDERSTAND,Gunny.It's OKAY to do this to a conservative,even call her an Alaskan bimbo/slut/cheerleader/beauty contestant moron,but don't DARE.." .I'd bet a week's pay that the Obie-thing will turn out to be done by an Obombot,similar to those other noose/church burning events (or "Tawana Brawley,anyone?"),a scam perpetrated for propaganda/mau-mau purposes.Horst Wessel ring a bell?
ReplyDeleteOh, I thought of that right away...the minute the story started unraveling.
ReplyDeleteALL the liars, cheats and thugs are not Leftists, (I'm sorry to say), but such an overwhelming majority are, that one tends to suspect them immediately.
They've got no one to blame but themselves for their reputation.