I've sworn off getting political on my personal blog but if you think (like I do at times) that the lunatics have
taken over the asylum, consider this story that appeared overnight in what
passes for the news these days.
Nooses found hanging from tree on University of Delaware
campus ~ USA Today
*I failed to grab
the link earlier and they removed the original article and replaced it with
this sophomoric
attempt at a retraction. It
essentially says, “yeah, they weren’t nooses but everyone around here is still
has racist problems.”
Or
Or
Or
Those are just a few of
the “news” reports concerning what turned out to be leftover garbage from
lantern decorations.
This sort of knee
jerk, rush to press garbage would be comical if it weren’t so sad.
ABC
News follow up article explains the mistake….
"The
University of Delaware says three items found hanging from a tree on campus
were not nooses, but remnants of paper lanterns left over from an event.
Interim
university President Nancy Targett initially announced Wednesday that the
discovery of the items hanging in front of a campus building Tuesday night
prompted a hate crime investigation. But in a statement posted online around
daybreak, Targett says the investigation found that the items weren't
instruments of a hate crime, but left over from an event on The Green, a campus
open space.
Still,
Targett says the incident revealed the campus' sensitivity to the potential
issue and shows a need for "continuing dialogue." She invited the
community to gather Wednesday afternoon."
But that admission
was a day late and oh so inadequate. It
also highlighted the idiocy of those involved in this fiasco.
Check out Ms. Nancy
Targett, the university’s interim president (this is the best they could come
up with?) who still thought it was important to call it an “incident.” The only “incident” here was the idiocy of
those involved in jumping to outlandish conclusions. Prior to her (hopefully embarrassing discovery that they weren't, in fact, nooses, here's what she said.
"This hateful display stands in stark contrast to Monday night's peaceful protest and discussion. We condemn this despicable action and ask everyone in our community to stand together against intolerance and hate," Targett said.
I mean, look at the photo again. This is string, not
rope. There is a wire clothes hanger (go ahead zoom in. It's a flocking clothes hanger) hanging from the end of some string, and it is all haphazardly arranged.
Do you see “nooses”
in this mess?
The person who found
this and immediately thought “OMG!! Nooses!”
Needs to be tested to confirm they have a functioning brain; the police
who began investigating this as a “racial hate crime” should turn in their
badges and resign, and Ms. Targett should shamefully step down with a profuse
apology for her own ignorance.
But no, she still
wants to have a gathering of the community to have a “continuing dialogue”
about the “issue” Fine Ms. Targett, have a gathering to discuss the potential issue, but please acknowledge your own error and think about why you were so ready to believe that trash in a tree was a noose.
*Sigh*
If it weren’t so
obscenely stupid, it would be funny.
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