Posted on 04/19/2016 3:28:51 PM PDT by sparklite2
Updated | A Tennessee college student has apologized and a professor is “devastated” after an uproar began when six nooses of different colors arranged in the order of the rainbow found on Monday hanging from a tree on the campus of Tennessee’s Austin Peay State University (APSU) led to confusion and anger and were called “deeply disturbing and hurtful” by the university president—but on Tuesday an investigation found the display was a class art project.
The display gained national attention after the Instagram account for the university’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) posted a photograph of it on Monday. The same day that the nooses appeared on campus, a transgender bathroom bill—similar to the law recently passed in North Carolina, which has led to intense scrutiny—failed in the Tennessee state legislature.
Harris says he found the nooses triggering because he is black and also has grappled with mental health issues. He adds that the display could be triggering for military veterans, many of whom attend the school because it is situated near Fort Campbell. According to a fall 2015 university report, 27 percent of undergraduate students at APSU are affiliated with the military.
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No one is surprised that this is not an expression of hate. It’s Art. That pretty much sums up the Left.
If their “art” was a crucifix in urine, the administrators would have cheered.
It’s interesting that the student “artist’s” race isn’t mentioned.
“...Harris says the noose display was an isolated incident...”
Sounds like a statement made after a random beheading.
It was a trigger to some, damned confusing to others.
A rainbow of nooses or is the plural of noose, niece?
HTFU, you pathetic girly-men
Ive seen a good bit of outdoor rag art and that is the best for sure
I want a bumper sticker that says: It’s Okay If You’re Triggered!
“So, what? It’s just a hobby!”
-— from a Myron Cohen routine.
Look at the adjectives......
“devastated” .... “led to confusion and anger and were called deeply disturbing and hurtful....”
Bull Cheese. Why don’t these snowflakes just kill themselves in a depressive fit of outrage and angry bitterness?
I’ll tell you why. They are phonies and losers who pretend to be shocked and upset over any form of political incorrectness.
I’m starting to wonder if some smart savvy conservatives are masterminding these events just to get the idiot liberals angry enough to wet their panties.
An interesting figure from this university’s website:
Of current students, “Not academically deficient = 53%”
For the benefit of the academically deficient, this means 47% of them ARE “academically deficient,” at a place that doesn’t appear to have very high standards to start with.
Hut????
lolol
I think you meant Shut....
[and also has grappled with mental health issues.]
No comment.
What?!
Another HOAX?!
Here’s my schocked face!
What?!
Another HOAX?!
Here’s my schocked face!
Deeply painful???
This clown should really be forced to feel real pain.
What a complete creampuff, liberal, limp-d*cked small minded little dork.
For people so against guns, they sure have a lot of “triggers.”
Noose art?
Is that we call it now?
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