"One key factor, Lee said, was that the Wichita display was on the man's property. Although the display offended some people, the man has some right to express himself, Lee said. "
Surprise, it is a free country after all.
Wish I had an excuse to offend some people, I would. Why do some people get offended at every chance they get? I think it used to be a matter of pride to walk away from someone who called you names. Have we become a nation of wusses where everything that might offend is now a hate crime?
Why wait for an excuse? Every day, I see some clods right here on FR crack that dark-painted and newspaper covered window into their minds to reveal some of the nastiest and down-right ignorant biases known to civilized man.
As for the guy in Wichita, broadcasting his desire for revenge and his view of what the penalty for the Carr brothers should be could have been better stated with a placard rather than the symbolism of the effigies. It would have shown more guts, rationale and gotten the message across with a lot less background noise, IMO.
In a word, yes.