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."
CCSU as I recall used to be a basketball powerhouse many years ago. Now it is a “crybaby powerhouse” with an administration that is cowardly and useless.
I’m from the old school. Every Summer most students had jobs in High School and in College and quite a few had jobs after school. Many of those jobs were in construction and manual labor. We gained knowledge of the workings of the world that way.
It took me awhile but I finally found a pair of decent running shoes that closed with Velcro straps. I was afraid I would be accused of racism if I continued wearing my lace up shoes because the loops could be mistaken for nooses. I even have to carry my car keys loose because the key ring looked like a noose. I have to use duct tape to attach fishing hooks to my fishlines becuse a fisherman’s knot looks like a noose. I have to store my pot holders in a drawer because I had to cut off the loops and can no longer hang them on their peg. I can’t walk my dog in public anymore because of leash laws, the collar and leash look like a noose. And finally, it’s probably a good thing Andy Warhol or Salvadore Dali never painted basketball hoops and nets, they would probably look like nooses (I know, I know, that’s a pretty good one, lol).
A noose:
Notice the diffrence?
It was on a college campus. They should foreseen the shear ignorance.
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Cowboys had better stop roping steers. All lassoes look like nooses when they tighten.
I hope Veterinarians quit usings looped leashes on pets. Owners might think they are trying to lynch their animals.
A lot of sailors are going to be hauled away for making nooses.
I could go on all day.
Yep. The Olympics are going to have to change their flag. Audi might need a new logo.
Any opportunity to be “offended”..
We should see the FBI out in force over this. Crane worker that put it up needs to find a lawyer. They should expect solitary confinement for months when the FBI issues a misdemeanor for leaving a cable hanging in mid air.
But she is opposed...these were distributed on their campus.
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Seems like a bunch of parents wasted their hard earned money ...
These are people who have never worked. They don’t know how construction is done.
Yeah, keep an eye on that “noose” all night.
Should make it plaid, then everybody would be happy.
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