Posted on 10/10/2017 5:51:17 AM PDT by lowbridge
A campaign billboard for a Raleigh city council candidate was spray painted with racist graffiti sometime Thursday night or Friday morning.
A billboard for Zainab Baloch had the words “SAND N*****” and “TRUMP” with what also appeared to an attempt at a swastika painted on one side.
The billboard is located in front of land being cleared for mosque on Louisburg Road just south of Interstate 540.
Baloch said she is hurt by the incident but going to use this as a platform for discussion.
“It was just emotional. It was disheartening. It hurt, especially because we’ve been working so hard on this campaign,” Baloch said.
Some of Baloch’s friend’s noticed the graffiti while driving on Louisburg Road and notified her. Wake County deputies are investigating and said no one witnessed the vandalism. No surveillance cameras appear to be in the area, deputies said.
“It’s not just me,” Baloch said. “This is on my face, I’m Muslim but the words used are derogatory towards African Americans, towards Jews. There’s a neo-Nazi symbol there, this isn’t just a Muslim issue. This is where our country’s political climate is right now.”
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It seems like that would be true, but really racist people could also be really stupid. I remember the rash of Satanists defacing churches and cemeteries with "Hail Satin!"
Yes, but it’s probably more likely they were “Satinists” than Satanists.
“:^)
I think they mostly fools.
The reason I wrote my initial post, is that there is a better than 50/50 chance one of this lady’s friends defaced her sign. They would not likely know the correct way to draw the swastika.
They knew it would create a lot of publicity for her, and might garner her the sympathy vote, to prove how non-racist people really are.
In no small measure, this won Obama the presidency, Whites wanting to prove how non-racist they were.
You may be right though.
I agree. However, they could look up a correct swastika on the Internet, just as devil-worshippers could look up the correct spelling of Satan.
Whoever did it, it was stupid people.
Most likely done by Leftist trying to stir things up.
That’s what happens in almost all cases.
I wouldn’t argue with that. Friends of candidates can be pretty stupid.
Hoax.
LOL! A lot of people do foolish and bizarre things as part of political campaigns. Many times I’ve asked myself, “What nincompoop thought *that* was a good idea?”
I’m going to a Town Council candidates’ forum this evening. I hope they won’t all be gerbils!
Good luck to you.
I realize that if you have any common sense, those events can be quite challenging.
Thanks! I know it’s frustrating for the candidates, too, when citizens want them to have positions on or “do something about” issues that aren’t part of the Town Council’s brief.
Everyone’s always outraged over the road situation, but most construction and maintenance is Federal, state, county, or HOAs’ responsibility. Only a little actually falls to the town.
Good point.
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