Current Events > Bar uses nfl Jersey doormats to spell out lynch kaepernick

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https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2017/09/27/ozark-bar-spells-out-lynch-kaepernick-in-side-by-side-jersey-doormats

He obviously did that on purpose right ?
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"we don't agree with Kaep's actions, so we should allude to killing him"
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awful coincidence =/

The tolerant right
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"The way they were displayed is purely out of accident, and it's within my rights of free speech to incite violence against someone else for exercising their right to free speech. Also I'm totally not racist, I'm just suggesting we lynch a dude who happens to be black."

That's some impressive mental gymnastics.
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Owner Jason Burle told KOMU that he started his bar, SNAFU,

Come on. This is an Onion article, right?
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Are there any NFL players with the last names of "Burn" "This" "Mother" "Fucker" and "Down" I have a totally coincidental idea.
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Good to know Trumpeters are still racist
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boxington posted...

"we don't agree with Kaep's actions, so we should allude to killing him"

For the record the guy is denying it was intentional.


"It's not a race thing. A lot of people want to twist it around to be a race thing," Burle told KOMU. "They were placed the way they came out of the box. I ordered them together, pulled them out of the box, taped them down. There was no ill intent."

He also told the station that he acknowledges the players' right to kneel, but that he also has the right to disagree with it.

"I commend them for what they're doing, as far as the right goes. I fought for that right. The same thing that gives them that right gives me the right to place these out here."


He's also switched the Jersey's around now.

Question is, do you believe him?
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UnfairRepresent posted...

boxington posted...

"we don't agree with Kaep's actions, so we should allude to killing him"

For the record the guy is denying it was intentional.


"It's not a race thing. A lot of people want to twist it around to be a race thing," Burle told KOMU. "They were placed the way they came out of the box. I ordered them together, pulled them out of the box, taped them down. There was no ill intent."

He also told the station that he acknowledges the players' right to kneel, but that he also has the right to disagree with it.

"I commend them for what they're doing, as far as the right goes. I fought for that right. The same thing that gives them that right gives me the right to place these out here."


He's also switched the Jersey's around now.

Question is, do you believe him?

Who in the world would be stupid enough to believe this was anything other than intentional? Jesus Christ.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Question is, do you believe him?

No, lead wasn't a staple in my diet growing up.

Not only is he a racist, a violent piece of shit, and someone that's easily lead by Trump's moronic tweets, he's a fucking liar now too.
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But racism is surely dead in America, right?
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OpheliaAdenade posted...

Who in the world would be stupid enough to believe this was anything other than intentional?

Judge not yest ye be judged.
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Ehh, I understand what he's trying to do but he's gotta be smarter about it. He probably had no intention of literally wanting to lynch Kaepernick but he's gotta go through those things in his head. People love finding stuff to bitch about and he gave them a perfect reason to complain. He needs to take them up and move them around.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

He's also switched the Jersey's around now.

Question is, do you believe him?

Does it really matter? People see whatever they want to see. I think he did it on purpose, but only he knows the truth.
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boxington posted...

"we don't agree with Kaep's actions, so we should allude to killing him"

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Godammit, leave Marshawn Lynch out of this. The man has been through enough.


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Just like the racist who insisted that the billboard he put up with a racial slur was just a misspelling of "renege", huh? What is with these racists cowering and backpedaling the instant the a light shines on their idiocy?
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Question is, do you believe him?

Do I believe he tried to be an edgy try hard and pulled the "It was just a prank/accident bro, why you so triggered!" card? Absolutely
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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Does it really matter?

Yes
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

He probably had no intention of literally wanting to lynch Kaepernick

That's not the complaint. That's like when people see Neo-Nazis marching around threatening genocide, and they say "Well, I bet they were just angry. They weren't really going to do it."
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slipped while carrying my box of jerseys and tape, and boy there is now egg on this face
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Frolex posted...

What is with these racists cowering and backpedaling the instant the a light shines on their idiocy?

If he was backpedaling he would remove the jerseys. They're still there.

He's not denying that he is trying to insult them, he's denying that he is racist.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Does it really matter?

Yes

Agree to disagree, then. Even if the bar owner did it unknowingly, that's not going to placate critics. Regardless, there were several commentors in that article who said they were going to boycott his business. Good for them. It's their right to never buy from him, just like some people don't want to watch the NFL anymore or buy NFL merchandise.
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Ehh, I understand what he's trying to do but he's gotta be smarter about it. He probably had no intention of literally wanting to lynch Kaepernick but he's gotta go through those things in his head. People love finding stuff to bitch about and he gave them a perfect reason to complain. He needs to take them up and move them around.

"he's gotta hide his racism a little better. why are people bitching about a racist inciting violence against a peaceful protestor"
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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Agree to disagree, then. Even if the bar owner did it unknowingly, that's not going to placate critics.

That doesn't mean it doesn't matter.

Critics already decided Zimmerman murdered Trayvon Martin. The fact he didn't and they're wrong is still immensely important despite the reality that the critics will never be prepared to admit it.

There's a huge difference between a racist man intentionally inciting death and a doofus just wanting to take the piss out of another doofus.
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I'm beginning to think that people are more upset by the content of protests than by whether it's peaceful or not.
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this is one of your worse sells, UR
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GameFAQs mods would 3kl the bar owner. User would contest saying it's just a coincidence, stating "it's not my fault his name is Lynch". Mods would take three days to reply "you obviously did that on purpose".
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Antifar posted...

I'm beginning to think that people are more upset by the content of protests than by whether it's peaceful or not.

Well no shit Antifar. Why do you think Nazis keep being attacked?

Why do you think the Milo supporter girl was peppersprayed?

Emotional people gonna emotion.
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"We're not racist! We just say and do racist things!"
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That's not okay
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Coolppl Owns posted...

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Ehh, I understand what he's trying to do but he's gotta be smarter about it. He probably had no intention of literally wanting to lynch Kaepernick but he's gotta go through those things in his head. People love finding stuff to bitch about and he gave them a perfect reason to complain. He needs to take them up and move them around.

"he's gotta hide his racism a little better. why are people bitching about a racist inciting violence against a peaceful protestor"

You used quotations but you didn't write who wrote it....what's up with that?
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I could actually see this being unintentional, though it is odd that he chose Lynch of all players to single out and put his jersey there. Lynch does sit for the anthem but he's not outspoken about it like other players, so he is an odd choice.
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Gheb posted...

I could actually see this being unintentional, though it is odd that he chose Lynch of all players to single out and put his jersey there. Lynch does sit for the anthem but he's not outspoken about it like other players, so he is an odd choice.

That entire bold area, yet you still started with "I could see this being unintentional." I'm going with the more likely conclusion.
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Red Hats are ruining our country

Gheb posted...

I could actually see this being unintentional,

1) Using jerseys as doormats
2) Using only two jerseys as doormats
3) Using the backside of a jersey for the doormat specifically, to call out a player name instead of their team
4) TAPING THEM IN PLACE, in an exact order

It's not like there was a collage of jerseys and Lynch+Kaeper just happened to be near each other like a random word found in alphabet soup. It's completely intentional. The only thing unintentional is that the bar owner doesn't REALLY want to lynch the guy, but merely to express his disgust at the player and people thought he was being literal, because written language is a difficult concept for a lot of people.
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I really can't see how people can view this as an accident. Like, Lynch isn't one of the more outspoken people on this at all, yet you choose those specific jerseys in that order? I don't think the dude literally wants to hang Kaep, but more wanted to be an offensive jackass who now is too much a pansy to state that was his intention.

Have we really gone far enough that we can't just call a spade a spade? Come on people
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I just don't get why it's okay to assume he did it on purpose and not okay to assume it was on accident. How does that make any sense.
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

I just don't get why it's okay to assume he did it on purpose and not okay to assume it was on accident. How does that make any sense.

Shut the fuck up.

edit, sorry it was an accident, didn't mean to type that.

Seriously shut the fuck up.
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

I just don't get why it's okay to assume he did it on purpose and not okay to assume it was on accident. How does that make any sense.

its sad how you are so eager to give the benefit of the doubt to a blatant racist
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

I just don't get why it's okay to assume he did it on purpose and not okay to assume it was on accident. How does that make any sense.

I don't understand how it could possibly be an 'accident' unless the person placing the jerseys was illiterate.
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Coolppl Owns posted...

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

I just don't get why it's okay to assume he did it on purpose and not okay to assume it was on accident. How does that make any sense.

its sad how you are so eager to give the benefit of the doubt to a blatant racist

How do you know that? Do you know this guy? Have you talked to him?

I know the dude just as much as you do. You have an opinion. I have an opinion. Why is yours so special?
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I think there's a reasonable case to be made that it wasn't a coincidence and that the guy did it intentionally to express his disagreement with Kapernick.
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fenderbender321 posted...

So the bar owner ordered jerseys of 2 notable players that are kneeling so that they could be used as a doormat, and because the names happen to be Lynch and Kaepernick, people assumed that it was done on purpose?

Well yeah? Did the jerseys put themselves there?
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

How do you know that? Do you know this guy? Have you talked to him?

I know the dude just as much as you do. You have an opinion. I have an opinion. Why is yours so special?

Because some people have more reasonable Bayesian priors than other people.
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fenderbender321 posted...

So the bar owner ordered jerseys of 2 notable players that are kneeling so that they could be used as a doormat,

Anybody on the Seattle Seahawks could have been that example...Michael Bennett, RIchard Sherman, etc.

You think Marshawn Lynch is notable? You are lying through your buck teeth.
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