Chicagoist: Lily Lake Man Says "No Brozos"

Tower18

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:49:57 -0600

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.

Spook

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:37:56 -0600

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

jennyblur

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:08:59 -0600

Spook: Burning a cross isn't protected speech as it is considered a "hate crime" bad analogy.

Albanyparkour

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:36:25 -0600

I prefer NOBAMA, simple and to the point. Although this, made me giggle. http://savagepolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/nobama.jpg

Stealth

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:39:45 -0600

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".

Spook

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:45 -0600

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

smussy

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:18:39 -0600

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.

Stealth

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:28:43 -0600

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.

Albanyparkour

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:08:23 -0600

Erm... is the standard of Clowning in the Latino community MUCH lower? Just ringing your mouth in red does not a clown make.

Spook

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:01:05 -0600

;-)

Prescott Carlson

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:59:49 -0600

Spook, it's "Sir Prescott Carlson the III, Esq." please get it right.

Spook

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:53:37 -0600

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