Posted on 10/11/2015 12:27:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
FULL TITLE: New Jersey Halloween Display Sparks Outrage, Homeowner Defends Display by Stating What’s More Terrifying than ‘the Real Threat Among Us?’
A New Jersey resident has sparked outrage with his graphic Halloween display depicting the atrocities of ISIS at the hands of Barack Obama himself.
The display which many calling are “tasteless,” features Barack Obama dressed as a Jihadist standing in front of a dead U.S. soldier hanging from a tree and a Jordanian pilot in cage. While the home’s owner understands why people may be offended by his holiday display, he defends his First Amendment right to express himself.
The owner, identified only as Matt stated that “We in this house do not like ISIS,” adding that “What greater scary man is there than the real threat among us?
Via NJ
Matt said he had admittedly politicized the decorations by installing them on Sept. 11 but that he didn’t do this “to make the neighbors happy.” Regarding the flag desecration on the hanged mannequin, Matt said he could see how that would upset some but that they should be more offended by the acts committed by ISIS.
Since media reports about his home began Thursday night, Matt said, his hanged soldier decoration has already been vandalized, but he plans to put it up again and “kick it up a notch.” He also said the vandalism had prompted him to set up security cameras to monitor his decorations and his property.
Matt said he took down the Obama mask and doesn’t plan to put it back up because he likes the ski mask better.
His friend, who asked to be identified as Bill Ecks, said most of the criticism received wasn’t from people who live in the cul de sac but from “social justice warriors with hurt feelings.”
“I think people are making more of this than it is,” he said.
Images via NJ.com
I was wondering if that was supposed to be Pelosi or the Mooch, but it’s too well dressed to be either of them.
Don’t like it. Halloween used to be an innocent time for children. Now, even that’s been politicized in an evil way - from Sarah Palin to our poor dead servicemen. Why not have a “fun” Halloween take on Chris Stevens being dragged through the streets? Where does it end? Shame on both the left and the right for this one.
Free speech
Now if he had used a Confederate flag the libs would be on the horns of a dilemma. Love it for abusing the lag, or hating it for Obama as ISIS.
I love to see liberals get their panties in a wad.
lag-Flag. Auto correct didn’t catch it.
It’s “tasteless”? I’ve never seen a Halloween display that wasn’t tasteless.
Halloween is a tasteless pagan feast. Except for the candy bars.
I think it is just fine to do this. If you want to hang Palin or Obama in your front yard for Halloween, so be it. I agree with the Freedom of Speech deal here. That, and it tells me exactly who the a$$holes are and where they live. I know just which house to deliberately stay away from at all cost. It is called, Advertising the Lowest Denominator. It is their five seconds of shame... I mean fame. They will never fit in their local community.
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