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Robservations: WGN reporter ‘furious’ over image of noose
Robert Feder ^
| 07/24/2019
| Robert Feder
Posted on 07/26/2019 10:41:13 AM PDT by jaydubya2
Robservations on the media beat:
Courtney Gousman
Is this a racist image? The depiction of a noose over an automobiles gas tank cover prompted a reporter for Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9 to say it made her sick to my stomach. Saw this on the way home from work and it made me furious, afraid, and sick to my stomach, Courtney Gousman wrote on Twitter and Facebook Sunday. Given the history of the noose and how it was used to murder black Americans, this image speaks volumes no matter how its explained away because its plastered on a gas tank. #wideawake. When a white reader suggested Gousman was just looking for a reason to be mad, she replied: The depiction of a noose was clear enough gas pump or not. There are plenty of other symbols that could have accomplished this besides this hateful reminder.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: libtard; racecard; snowflakemeltdown
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:41:13 AM PDT
by
jaydubya2
To: jaydubya2
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:41:43 AM PDT
by
jaydubya2
To: jaydubya2
Lighten up, Francis Courtney.
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:42:35 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: jaydubya2
Yeah, because a noose has never been used for anything else in the history of ever. Idiot.
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:42:41 AM PDT
by
Jaded
(Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
To: jaydubya2
looks like that’s the place where you put the Viagra in
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:44:41 AM PDT
by
SGCOS
To: jaydubya2
I’m wondering if the plural form of the word “noose” is “neese”.
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:46:16 AM PDT
by
chris37
(Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
To: jaydubya2
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:46:38 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: jaydubya2
Given the history of the noose and how it was used to murder black Americans, this image speaks volumes
The noose has been used to murder people ever since the rope was invented - there is no particular association of the noose with the murder of black people. In the rush to claim victim status, it's apparently very important for the successful victimologist to claim every possible symbol of victimhood.
To: jaydubya2
Some people are stupid.
Most of them are ‘journalists’............
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:48:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: jaydubya2
Then she would hate to come to my house, there is noose hanging from an old oak tree in the front yard. It was the rope I used to dress deer with, about 10 years ago around Halloween, the kids thought it would be funny to tie it into a noose. And there it has hanged ever since. Of course since I live in rural West Virginia, there are no liberals around to complain.
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:49:40 AM PDT
by
apillar
To: jaydubya2
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:50:00 AM PDT
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: jaydubya2
Whatever it's supposed to be is completely lost on me.
FTR: I'm not buying "it's racist" ......
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:52:11 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: jaydubya2
Attention whoredom. The kingdom of outraged attention whores.
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:52:42 AM PDT
by
OpusatFR
To: Jaded
Catholics shudder too because protestants hanged them for being Catholic.
Protestants should contribute to reparations for Catholics!
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:52:45 AM PDT
by
amihow
To: jaydubya2
prompted a reporterYeah, Courtney, whatever. You started this just to get a bi line. Get over yourself. I see you straightened your hair to look like white chick hair. Racist much?
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posted on
07/26/2019 11:01:04 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: jaydubya2
Gas prices are a noose around our necks.
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posted on
07/26/2019 11:03:20 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: jaydubya2
Look on the bright side, snowflake Courtney. Nooses rock especially when they are around the necks of Saddam Hussein, Nazi war criminals and the like. Because someone committed arson on a building does not mean we should ban photos of matches.
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posted on
07/26/2019 11:03:40 AM PDT
by
chuckee
To: jaydubya2
Since when did Negroes get to claim all images of the noose? White people have been using the noose for centuries before they even knew what a Negro was.
And all those Negro geniuses should realize that the word "lynch" does not mean hanging. 'Lynch' means unlawful execution of a suspect without due process. People who where "lynched" could have been shot, stabbed, beaten to death, drowned, or even hanged. And I doubt during the heat of a lynching anyone took the time to wind a tidy executioner's knot. Probably most lynchings were by means other than hanging.
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posted on
07/26/2019 11:07:13 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(In Italia i fascisti si dividono in due categorie : i fascisti e gli antifascisti. -- Ennio Flaiano)
To: jaydubya2
Good observation.
Thanks for pointing it out that this was just a picture of a fill up hose, to show that is where you put in the gasoline.
Some people just have to read something bad into everything.
To: jaydubya2
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posted on
07/26/2019 11:08:40 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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