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SUBMAN1 10-01-08 08:39 PM

Obama Sign In Yard Stirs Up Neighbors
 
Hmm.... Free speech under attack?

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2...neighbors.html

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Quote:

...Neighbors of Andy Lacasse said the sign, which reads "Obama Half-Breed Muslin [sic]," breaches the fine line between free speech and inappropriateness....
http://www.cfnews13.com/uploadedImag...06%2838%29.jpg

mookiemookie 10-01-08 08:44 PM

Half breed muslin? Is that like a polyester/cotton mix?

CCIP 10-01-08 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mookiemookie
Half breed muslin? Is that like a polyester/cotton mix?

:lol:



Otherwise, I'd find "half-breed" to be a racist slur to be honest. And I'm not nearly a proponent of PC, but the implications of that word are definitely not nice.

Reece 10-01-08 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mookiemookie
Half breed muslin? Is that like a polyester/cotton mix?
Try hemp!!:lol:

Konovalov 10-02-08 04:32 AM

What the neighbours can now deduce about Mr Lacasse next door and his sign are three things:

1. He is a racist bigot.
2. He can't spell to save his life.
3. He will not be voting for Senator Obama in the November election.

Mr Lacasse is a grade one twat that deserves to be ignored. :roll:

So Subman, you asked the question is free speech under attack?

FRom what I can see nothing in the article you linked to indicates people demanding it be removed. No one as far as I can ascertain has tried to remove the sign. In my view freedom of speech is not under attack. Freedom of speech is being excercised by both sides.

Do you see it differently Subman? Please share your thoughts.

Jimbuna 10-02-08 04:42 AM

Could also be some idiot looking to be famous in his lunch hour :hmm:

DeepIron 10-02-08 05:59 AM

Quote:

Neighbors of Andy Lacasse said the sign, which reads "Obama Half-Breed Muslin [sic]," breaches the fine line between free speech and inappropriateness.
Wow! I'd sure want people in Central Florida telling me what is "inappropriate" and hampering my right to free speech! While I don't agree with the "racial slur" implications, it's the man's opinion and as long as it's on his property, oh well. Unless there are local ordinance(s) forbidding the "way" in which the sign was posted, I'd say there isn't much the neighbors can do about it...

Quote:

Lacasse said he plans to put an even bigger sign in place of the small, handmade one.
:lol:

BTW, while I was in Florida this past week, I saw a bumper sticker that said: "Anybody BUT Obama".


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