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Anti-Obama Graffiti Found At Purdue
The Indy Channel ^ | 11/07/08

Posted on 11/07/2008 12:03:13 PM PST by Abathar

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue officials are investigating anti-Barack Obama graffiti found on the West Lafayette campus this week.

An obscenity and the president-elect's name were painted on a tree in an area near the Class of 1950 Lecture Hall, where black students often gather.

Other graffiti was found chalked on campus sidewalks and buildings.

In a letter to the campus, Purdue President France Cordova called the graffiti "deeply offensive."

"Such conduct is reprehensible and wholly out of character with Purdue's long tradition of fellowship and mutual respect," Cordova said in the letter.

Purdue police Lt. Fred Davis said officers are trying to determine if a crime was committed, since First Amendment rights were involved.

(Excerpt) Read more at theindychannel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: obama; purdue
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Here we go people. I have seen the most vile, hate filled writings about President Bush for 8 years now, why all of a sudden is anti-Obama graffiti worthy of a news story?

Hate is hate, BDS has been the cause of some of the most vile, sick, hate filled death wishes for the entire Bush family I have ever seen, and yet NOW it is newsworthy?

This is BS.

1 posted on 11/07/2008 12:03:15 PM PST by Abathar
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To: Abathar

Anti-Bush or Anti-GOP sentiments are A-OK.

Now, it’s “heresy.”


2 posted on 11/07/2008 12:04:21 PM PST by Boiling Pots (Can we go back to hating John McCain now?)
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To: Abathar
Here's one:

Symbolism/substance = O
3 posted on 11/07/2008 12:04:53 PM PST by aruanan
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To: Abathar

Where was the protest over the Sarah Palin is a C*$t shirts?


4 posted on 11/07/2008 12:04:55 PM PST by SpinnerWebb (Islam ... If you can't join them, beat them.)
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To: Abathar

Give me an effing break.


5 posted on 11/07/2008 12:04:59 PM PST by Harry Wurzbach (Joe The Plumber & Rep. Thaddeus McCotter are my heroes.)
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An obscenity and the president-elect's name were painted on a tree

Is it me or is it strange the media calls Obama "the president-elect" when they refer to President Bush simply as "Bush"?

6 posted on 11/07/2008 12:05:15 PM PST by TheMightyQuinn
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To: Boiling Pots
Now, it’s “heresy.”

70+ days UNTIL the fuhrer takes office and already the 1st Amendment is being shredded.

7 posted on 11/07/2008 12:05:18 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your power dry, folks)
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Tch, tch, tch... don ja just hate it


8 posted on 11/07/2008 12:05:32 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Save America......... put out lots of waferin)
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I’m sure it will receive the same “attention” as did the thousands of “Fxxx Bush” signs throughout the nation and on many University “quads”....

NOT!


9 posted on 11/07/2008 12:05:40 PM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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10 posted on 11/07/2008 12:05:50 PM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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Considering hate speech against Bush was protected under the first amendment, I wonder if that 1st amendment will be eliminated now?


11 posted on 11/07/2008 12:06:13 PM PST by realcleanguy
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Every campus has bush hate graffiti in the country. I saw this myself at UNH


12 posted on 11/07/2008 12:06:13 PM PST by omega4179 (Newt RNC)
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why all of a sudden is anti-Obama graffiti worthy of a news story?

This is troublesome.

Will any criticism of Obama be viewed as a potential hate crime?

13 posted on 11/07/2008 12:06:15 PM PST by Drew68
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There are security cameras everywhere these days. This was very likely caught on camera. If you don’t hear anything more about the matter, assume that the perpetrators don’t fit the MSM narrative.


14 posted on 11/07/2008 12:06:48 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: TheMightyQuinn

I have noticed that for a long time, failing to show respect to the President or the office he holds.

It’s subtle, but fully intentional.


15 posted on 11/07/2008 12:06:49 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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I wonder how long it will be before the standards enforced by campus speech codes are a part of federal law?


16 posted on 11/07/2008 12:07:28 PM PST by scory
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Big Bro is definitely on the go.

We have two sets of standards in the United States. Disrespect a Republican, move ahead two squares. Disrespect a Democrat, take your icon off the board.


17 posted on 11/07/2008 12:07:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Okay lefties... the problem with wanting something, is that you sometimes get it. Good luck now!)
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Anti Obmama = “Graffiti”
Anti Bush = “Art”

Got it. Thanks for clearing that up, Purdue.


18 posted on 11/07/2008 12:07:54 PM PST by Doohickey (The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
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To: Abathar

Another fake, like all the nooses.

I never heard a peep over the “Palin is a c**t” shirts, so the corrupt Media need not bother me with this.


19 posted on 11/07/2008 12:07:54 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (Stupid people shouldn't breed.)
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I hear what you are saying but don't make the mistake of equating righteous hatred of an evil man with the evil hatred of a righteous man.

Obama deserves what W got. Obama is worthy of hate.


20 posted on 11/07/2008 12:08:12 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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