Obama Mannequin hanged at NC State Fair

[BEWD]

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Corey Dixon was leaving the North Carolina State Fair on Saturday when she spotted a truck full of mannequins hanging from nooses, including one that looks like President Barack Obama. CNN affiliate WECT reports that there are several figures as part of the display, including President Obama, North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue and Senior Resident Superior Court Judge W. Douglas Parsons. The display’s creator, who refers to himself as Patriotphipps on YouTube, told CNN affiliate WBTV he made the truck to ‘bring attention to a murder case for William Henry Phipps, who was shot and killed while he was riding down the highway with his father.’

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[LEFT]After many questions from the public, Phipps uploaded a YouTube video in May 2012 explaining the display. [/LEFT][LEFT]‘You say it’s racism. I say it’s not. Absolutely not. Had we been hanging people in effigy when George Bush was president, I would have hung him, no problem. It wouldn’t have been a problem at all.’[/LEFT]

[LEFT]Dixon only captured a photo of Obama’s effigy and not the entire display because, ‘It was very disturbing,’ she said. ‘It’s fine if you have your political views, but the insensitivity of seeing our commander in chief handing from a noose. It was the lack of sensitivity.’ And, what made it worse was the audience seeing the display: ‘There were little children seeing this. They know Obama’s face and the parents having to explain what this means, they don’t need to be exposed to certain things.’ [/LEFT]
[LEFT]- zdan, CNN iReport producer[/LEFT]

[LEFT]My daughter (active duty USAF) had to drive pass this mannequin of our president hanging from a noose just outside the gates of the NC state fair in Raleigh. She said it was disturbing how the body swung back and forth as cars drove by with children and veterans.[/LEFT]

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source: http://ontd-political.livejournal.com/10136022.html

While I have an overall opposition to constraining speech, depicting the POTUS hanging from a noose is probably not the smartest thing to do.

[fishjie]

that can be construed as a threat to the president right? which is not covered by free speech in which case they’d be in trouble…

[Onslaught_X]

Yeah, that’s a pretty stupid thing to do regardless of which president you’re in favor of.

Whoever did this is probably never going to be heard from again.

[ThePurpleBunny]

You can find a better gas station to hang him at than Shell.

[Javid]

No suprises here, after all people actually buy these stickers:

http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/ylt=Am4vg7ayv.QtOWRe6wQlCNEWssB;_ylu=X3oDMTFpNGh2cjBkBG1pdANCbG9nIFBvc3QgQm9keQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDTWVkaWFCbG9nQm9keUFzc2VtYmx5;_ylg=X3oDMTM4NmtzNGRiBGludGwDY2EEbGFuZwNlbi1jYQRwc3RhaWQDODk3OWYyNjktMDI4OS0zMGNmLThlZDYtZTI4Y2NkYTUyYTU2BHBzdGNhdANtb3N0cG9wdWxhcnxkYWlseWJ1enoEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=0/SIG=156nggqda/EXP=1352416840/**http%3A//l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QaUeSXzvwLUQ5IqI0lsfmQ–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ–/http%3A//media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/thesideshow/bumpersticker.jpg

[Onslaught_X]

You can find a better gas station to hang him at than Shell.

Dat Loaf N’ Jug.

[pherai]

on the subject of republican racist back-pedaling…

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/palin-accuses-obama-shuck-jive-schtick-212555554--politics.html

If it were someone else I might not really care but it embarrasses me that Sarah Palin is involved in any political discourse.

[Vynce]

on the subject of republican racist back-pedaling…

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/palin-accuses-obama-shuck-jive-schtick-212555554--politics.html

If it were someone else I might not really care but it embarrasses me that Sarah Palin is involved in any political discourse.

Wait just a cotton-picking minute. She said what? Man. That girl is a few jimmies short of a sundae.

[Dramatix]

That’s actually rather disturbing.

[flaw]

While I enjoy the painting of Obama burning the constitution. This is kind of too far.

[Matriarch]

As a strong proponent of free speech I personally find nothing wrong with it.

However, considering the things you can be indefinitely detained or imprisoned for this probably wasn’t very smart. But maybe the attention is exactly what this guy wanted. Some people have a martyr complex.

[ELSALVADORPOWER9001]

dont worry the govt will kill him

murca wedabes

[Kanta-Kun]

Woah, that’s fucked up.

[pherai]

While I enjoy the painting of Obama burning the constitution. This is kind of too far.

if that dude was a real artist, Obama would be lighting a smoke with the burning constitution, chow yun fat style

[dab00g]

Naa

You can be detained for no reason now

[King9999]

Agent Pierce is comin’ for you.

[BigMovement]

How the fuck can you see hanging a black person as not racist?

[Louiscipher]

It’s too bad the news media hasn’t done a study on how much of the racist vote Romney is getting. I assume racists make up at least 30% of those voting for Romney.

[The_Chief]

On the flip side, he’s showing that Obama likes dat Tupac. Keep ya head up.

[_Insert_Name_Here]

People still hang effigies?