>>So, because someone has an imagined offense, we should all bow down to it? <<
If it is a hoax, it is using a powerful symbol — up there with cross burning. I mean, how bad could a cross burning be, right? Or yellow stars put on a Jewish frat house
>>Nope, more like they should get mental counciling. If they take offense at something that is inoffensive, they have a real problem.<<
If someone texts “187” to your cell, it doesn’t mean anything. Why take offense? It is just 3 numbers.
The fact you don’t KNOW what a noose means to the Blacvk Community is just a sign of your ignorance.
I am amazed at the number of people here who don’t know history, much less current events.
Ignorance seems to be running rampant at FR.
Or a crucifix on a Catholic church.
If somebody hangs a Yellow Star of David on my front door, it doesn't mean anything. I'm not Jewish. That symbol ONLY has meaning for a Jew.
If someone hangs a noose on my front door, it could be seen as constituting a threat ... even though I'm white. That has a more general meaning. If they put it on my door, it would probably mean that somebody sees me as having done something worth hanging me for. There's nothing INHERENTLY racial about a noose.
That is funny, WE do know history, we live in the west where a noose was a symbol of justice against thieves and murderers (and train robbers and horse thieves) and anything else that was against the law. I’m sure that a lot of whites were hanged unfairly, just like a lot of white women were burned at the stake for being “witches” but you don’t see white women running around getting all worked up every time there’s a bon fire set.
I can understand cross burning as offensive it was used primarily against blacks, I can understand a yellow star, it was used primarily against jews, but a noose? More white people have been hung down through the ages then blacks. If a noose should be considered a threat, then it should be considered a threat against whites.