Journal mcgrew's Journal: Political Correctness Gone Wild 3
A guy has goten a lot of flak over his Halloween decorations. Apparently the NAACP doesn't like images of hanging. Electric chairs are fine, but not hangings. Apparently, a cowboy hanging from a gallows is somehow racist.
Local man's Halloween display comes under fire
Several people who objected to the display, including Archie Lawrence, president of Springfield NAACP, appeared before the Springfield City Council Tuesday night. Lawrence said the decoration "incites racial hatred and unrest."Witkowski, who also attended the council meeting, said he has erected the same display for several years, but the mask is new this year. A lighter-colored mask he used previously melted while in storage over the summer, he said.
The new mask is gray with brown and red tones, he said, but the shadow from the cowboy hat must have made it appear darker.
Witkowski, who took the mask off the display briefly Tuesday to show it to aldermen, said he plans to adjust the color of the new mask. He said he also is willing to work with people who object to the display. However, he stopped short of saying he would take down the display altogether.
"My question is: I'm the homeowner, the property owner there," he told aldermen. "At what point do we stop censoring an outdoor display? It's Halloween decorations.
"I've got an electric chair right next to the guy that's hanging. If the death penalty people have a problem with that, do I have to now remove that from my yard?"
The display also includes tombstones and animatronic figures that move and are lit up at night.
Several aldermen encouraged Witkowski to remove the hanging man. Mayor Tim Davlin said his office has received more than a dozen calls from concerned residents, some of whom said they are offended because they know people who have committed suicide by hanging.
I'm appalled. Not at the halloween display, but the display of people who would hang this man's freedom of speech.
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Not relevant. Think of the children.
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Hey, you're right. He should replace the cowboy with a hanging five year old!
Freedom of speech? (Score:1)
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