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We can't get past the idiotic concept to even decide whether or not it's the "racial slur" it's being described as. A man in way-west suburban Lily Lake is causing quite the kerfuffle over a sign he's placed on his property along Route 47. The sign shows Barack Obama wearing a clown nose and wig, overlaid with a classic red circle with a line through it and the words "NO BROZOS". This is actually the second version of the sign to be displayed -- the first one was torn down and vandalized. Not taking any chances this time, the new one has a ring of barbed wire around it. "Fer sure no one be messin' with mah sign now!" Police have received a complaint about the sign, but they aren't going to do anything about it because of that whole "free speech" thing and all.
Somebody better tell the REAL Brozo that he's not welcome in Kane County. [D-H]
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Prescott as the self proclaimed Conservative of Chicagoist, of course you can't "decide whether or not it's the "racial slur" it's being described as."
Reminds me of McCain yesterday saying “America after a long struggle has achieved equal access in education.
Later Bro! Opps I mean Carlson Prscott VI
Spook, it's "Sir Prescott Carlson the III, Esq." please get it right.
;-)
Erm... is the standard of Clowning in the Latino community MUCH lower?
Just ringing your mouth in red does not a clown make.
So basically the sign is saying "No black presidents".
Yeah, I can see where it might be difficult to determine if it's racist or not.
i'm not defending this, but as a wordsmithing type, couldn't it just be BaRack + Bozo? not black per se but that barack himself is a clown? ahhh, probably not. people are crazy. for instance, take this lovely error filled yard.
if they don't want BROzos in the white house, they should try and kick bush out, though. i suspect he was one of his generation's "bro"s.
This Smussy is why I don't like liberals. Some body burns a cross outside a bro's house and smussy, "while not defending it" would have to posit how the cross could really be a miss guided bug control measure, and of course because she loves O'Bama, its o.k. to be blind to racism. This is another reason why I'm fearful of an O'Bama Presidency
Well, smussy, I do understandt that "bros" has become a sort of universal term these days, but the combination of an Obama image and use of "bro" (brother) makes it a little different for me. but I see your point. If Bush were in his 20s today, he's be guzzling PBR, playing cornhole in "mandles" and calling Dick Cheney (or "Chaney-D" as he would no doubt call him) his "bro".
I prefer NOBAMA, simple and to the point.
Although this, made me giggle.
http://savagepolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/nobama.jpg
Spook: Burning a cross isn't protected speech as it is considered a "hate crime"
bad analogy.
Jennyblur, allow me to play liberal
I think you are being disrpectful to the Scootish people because the Crann Tara i.e the “Fiery Cross” was always used to communicate between Scootish clans. So how do WE know it wasn't just people from Scootland celebrating thier history?
I like Smussy said "I'm not defending, but as a wordsmithing type", or as or as Stealth said "I can see where it might be difficult to determine if it's racist or not" especially if burning a cross is in say a field in
Saint Charles
I don't even get it. Is the connection that brozos=bro+bozos, and bro=brother=black, therefore black bozo?
If so, that's a really stupid sign.