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U.S. flag on crane mistaken for noose sparks Memorial Day outrage on college campus
Just the News ^ | May 31, 2021 | Greg Piper

Posted on 05/31/2021 6:35:32 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Local NAACP offended by steel cable loop holding an American flag on a construction crane.

A possible noose reported to Central Connecticut State University turned out to be a common sight across America: an American flag hanging from a construction crane.

That didn't stop the university or the local chapter of the NAACP from taking offense at the display, The College Fix reports.

“A construction crew working on campus hung an American flag from the crane’s cable to recognize Memorial Day,” President Zulma Toro wrote to the campus community. It was the second steel cable loop recently mistaken for a noose in the area.

“Quite frankly, I think it is reckless and tone deaf behavior,” Toro wrote. “We have been in contact with the construction company and demanded that the cable be lowered tonight. We have a team on site tonight monitoring the situation.”

John Tully, interim vice president for student affairs, told Fox 61 that the university spoke to some people "who certainly felt some pain" at seeing the "noose-like appearance," and "we feel that pain" as well."

Ronald Davis, president of the New Britain NAACP, told the station: "Regardless of what someone else says about that, what I see, as a black man? That’s a noose. Period. Take it down."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: absurdity; connecticut; education; flag; insanity; naacp; noose; pc; racism
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To: Mr. Mojo

What level of mental disability does a person have to have to be admitted to Central Connecticut, or to be its president?


41 posted on 05/31/2021 7:53:27 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: SkyDancer

LOL!


42 posted on 05/31/2021 7:54:28 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Mr. Mojo
Ronald Davis, president of the New Britain NAACP, told the station: "Regardless of what someone else says about that, what I see, as a black man? That’s a noose. Period. Take it down."

But, but, but... aren't 'white supremacists' EVERYWHERE? Can't Donald Davis wallow in self-pity every time he sees a white person?

Besides, more black citizens were murdered in Chicago and New York LAST YEAR than all the lynching in the last 150 years.

43 posted on 05/31/2021 7:54:50 PM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats say blacks are too stupid to get an ID to vote. Is that insulting or what?)
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To: Mr. Mojo
Ronald Davis, president of the New Britain NAACP, told the station: "Regardless of what someone else says about that, what I see, as a black man? That’s a noose. Period. Take it down."

But, but, but... aren't 'white supremacists' EVERYWHERE? Can't Donald Davis wallow in self-pity every time he sees a white person?

Besides, more black citizens were murdered in Chicago and New York LAST YEAR BY OTHER BLACKS than all the lynching in the last 150 years.

44 posted on 05/31/2021 7:56:08 PM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats say blacks are too stupid to get an ID to vote. Is that insulting or what?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

And ... what exactly was the date of the last time a lynching happened anywhere in America?

Idiots.


45 posted on 05/31/2021 8:01:00 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Mr. Mojo
Makes you wonder if these black people can ever go fishing without having a breakdown because they are using a noose. Fishing-Noose
46 posted on 05/31/2021 8:04:05 PM PDT by yukong ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican

If they had the
Flag Upside Down,
Perhaps?


47 posted on 05/31/2021 8:19:24 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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To: doc maverick

“ Whining pussies-all of ‘em. ”

Not because they are pussies which they are. They *love* opportunities like this and lie in wait.


48 posted on 05/31/2021 8:21:05 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: Mr. Mojo

They don’t even care how stupid they are do they?


49 posted on 05/31/2021 8:36:47 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: Hojczyk

The thing hanging down is called a choker.
= = =

Well, now we have a problem.

Nooses cause choking, right?

(Not really. They just stop your head from following your lower body.)


50 posted on 05/31/2021 8:50:33 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Mr. Mojo

I’d say the idiot’s shoe laces look like noose but he probably only buys shoes with velcro.


51 posted on 05/31/2021 8:50:51 PM PDT by bgill
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To: MinorityRepublican

stick Fauci’s head in it....... then it would be a noose


52 posted on 05/31/2021 8:55:58 PM PDT by changeitback440
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To: Mr. Mojo
My God, now the freaking idiots want every object with a "noose-like appearance” to be destroyed?

“But boss, we can’t lynch him with this...it’s too big to fit his neck. His whole body will slip through.”


53 posted on 05/31/2021 8:58:36 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session" - Gideon J. Tucke)
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To: McGruff

I don’t think Karen was anywhere near this moronic. Karen would nag you mercilessly, but this is weapons-grade imbecility.


54 posted on 05/31/2021 9:02:40 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session" - Gideon J. Tucke)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Nooses everywhere!!


55 posted on 05/31/2021 9:07:22 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“You idiot - that’s not a noose. Those are ankle braces so the slave can’t run off!”


56 posted on 05/31/2021 9:14:13 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I wonder how they would react if they saw a Crochet Loop?


57 posted on 05/31/2021 9:16:05 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Mr. Mojo

It’s a crane. These young people have apparently never seen how things are attached to the loop on a crane. LOL


58 posted on 05/31/2021 9:38:07 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Rebelbase
"A loop is not a noose. Do these freaks trigger themselves every time they tie their shoes?"

That's why velcro was invented. They can't tie shoe laces.

59 posted on 05/31/2021 9:55:28 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop ("There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” - Pompeo)
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To: SkyDancer

How come gender reveal products only come in blue or pink?


60 posted on 05/31/2021 10:05:49 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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