Current Events > Signs in Winchester: "Islam is Right About Women"

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https://www.boston25news.com/news/-islam-is-right-about-women-odd-signs-spark-confusion-in-local-town/987837653

WINCHESTER, Mass. - A slew of controversial signs posted across one local town has been drawing more confusion than outrage.

In Winchester, signs that read "Islam was RIGHT about women" has residents scratching their heads to figure out exactly what the poster meant by those words.

Winchester Police and upset residents spent a good part of their Wednesday afternoon removing signs from several poles across the town.

While offensive to some, police said that, while it's technically illegal to post anything on a street sign, it's a tough law to enforce. Due to freedom of speech and because the signs in question aren't threatening, police say it's like posting a sign about a lost cat.

"I assume it's negative," said Dorothy Kruger, a resident. "That's not cool, that's not a cool thing to do."

Police said they received multiple calls about the signs, but since they removed them, no other signs have popped up. Nevertheless, authorities are still investigating the incident.

"I think somebody just wanted this to happen right?" said Stacey Irizarry. "To get some kind of response. The sign itself is confusing it is subject to interpretation."

While many say they are offended and bothered by the signs, others say they don't really know how to feel about them since the signs don't make a lot of sense.

"I really don't know because everybody has their own opinion and I respect it," said Syeda Tahsina Mahmud, who is Muslim. "Everybody's entitled to say whatever they want."

"What is the intent behind it and what are we trying to prove by putting it on this pole so ambiguously," said Shakeelur Rahman, the Imam of the Islamic Center of Burlington. "There is not a lot of clarity in it. I hope the person was trying to encourage people to look it up maybe or research it."

Pretty sad that people called the cops over this.
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Islam loves women tho
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I still don't know if the poster is pro Islam or anti women lmfao!
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evil_zombie11 posted...

Islam loves women tho

Obviously! People who called the cops somehow didnt make that connection.
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Bump
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I guess this is the next "it's ok to be white".

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I saw the same flier in Richmond a couple days ago.
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tennisdude818 posted...

Pretty sad that people called the cops over this.

Why?
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DeadBankerDream posted...

tennisdude818 posted...

Pretty sad that people called the cops over this.

Why?

Because its a piece of paper that says, Islam is right about women.
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Why shouldnt you call the police about a bunch of street signs randomly thrown up over town and with confusing intent?
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shnangyboos posted...

I guess this is the next "it's ok to be white".

Yeah seems like it especially

lol imagine putting up a poster to spread a message and no one even knows what the heck the message is
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DeadBankerDream posted...

Why shouldnt you call the police about a bunch of street signs randomly thrown up over town and with confusing intent?

The only thing they can do it take them down. Seems like a waste of their time and resources.
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Seems exactly like what their time and resources are for.

Or do you think that calling the police on anything less serious than murder takes away resources from the homicide department?
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totalnerdken posted...

Malfunction posted...

Yeah seems like it

What's wrong with being white?

Nothing, but that slogan is used by victim complex racists who thinks whites are the real oppressed people in the US
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I doubt this poster meant anything good, to be honest.
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Are lost cat signs addressed by the cops? Maybe some of them are after a while at their leisure I guess.

Also, lol at exactly what their time and resources are for. Yeah Im sure this example will be brought up in Social Studies 101 any semester now.
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If you take down a lost cat sign you're being a massive dickhole.

If you remove moronic litter of questionable message plastered all over town for undiscernible reasons, you're cleaning up the street.

You're having a really hard time with this for some reason.
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I said after a while. I dont see any lost cat signs from 1997. I guess if I was really bothered by the sign, I would throw it away rather than clutch my pearls and call the cops.
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tennisdude818 posted...

Also, lol at exactly what their time and resources are for. Yeah Im sure this example will be brought up in Social Studies 101 any semester now.

What does social studies have to do with anything anyone within ten miles of this topic have said?

Are you okay? Does your brain need a vacation so it can collect itself and start speaking coherently again?
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tennisdude818 posted...

I said after a while. I dont see any lost cat signs from 1997. I guess if I was really bothered by the sign, I would throw it away rather than clutch my pearls and call the cops.

You're assuming the pearl clutching for no reason other than that you want there to be pearl clutching.
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"Why is everyone so mad about this", says OP who seems easily the most furious person on the planet about this situation
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totalnerdken posted...

Malfunction posted...

Yeah seems like it

What's wrong with being white?

Idk dude you should ask the people putting up signs apparently in response to people saying there's something wrong with it

pinky0926 posted...

"Why is everyone so mad about this", says OP who seems easily the most furious person on the planet about this situation

I really am upset. I actually called the cops.
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