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Seen in Highland Park: “If you support Obama your sign is not welcome here”

Sarah Blaskovich says:

The sign was spotted on the lawn of Highland Park Middle School, aka precincts 2224 and 2225.

Well.

Staff 6 months, 2 weeks ago


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pflassh, anonymous:

It's HIGHLAND PARK!

6 months, 2 weeks ago
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alexander troup, verified:

yep, you cant change that for a billion bucks..

6 months, 2 weeks ago
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maureen2568, anonymous:

It is still tacky!

6 months, 2 weeks ago
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alexander troup, verified:

SURE IT IS, and so will the first 100 black families to move there next year when taxes go up.....

6 months, 1 week ago
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ryancc23, anonymous:

alexander troup you should be a little less obvious when it comes to your bigotry. Believe me my friend, Bigotry Park is the last place any black family wants to live. Black Families don't rush to move next to conservative BIGOTS!

6 months, 1 week ago
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mezzetin_subaquatic, anonymous:

it's called, whether you care to acknowledge it or not, freedom of speech. you take that away, and you're nothing but slaves.

6 months, 1 week ago
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Jason Rice, verified:

Ryanncc23 -- I rarely shout down newbies... but you have GOT to be kidding.

Bigot? That's your first post? Bigot?
I can see being a tad confused at Troup's first blush (he's complex), and while not seeing explicit irony of his statement in simple context of the thread, it may be kind of forgivable but as a kneejerk reaction to tar and feather a stranger?

Let me explain this to you:
"Gee, if taxes spike next year, there will be overextended people in some expensive houses. Who? by contemporary narrative, will be in a good position to pick up a bargain on an upper middle class house in a good school district? Other similarly extended standard middle class stereotypes? Or maybe a rising middle class more generally identified as minority and in Dallas particular, a growth demographic of blacks?"

It was intended as a projected irony.
And if you weren't so danged hair-trigger reactionary, you would have shared the implicit schadenfreude of the assumed racist neighborhood (which I personally would have taken as offense - but it's globally accepted to pulverize people not 100% in concordance with minority leaders as racists rather than having genuine intellectual differences... but I digress - and their sooner acceptance through genuine societal evolution rather than social policy and directives.

See? A joke fully explained just isn't as funny.

6 months, 1 week ago
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texasmas, anonymous:

Can't we all just get along? I mean really! Freedom of speech is for everyone...not just those of you who make $250k / year +.

karenbrwdr, anonymous:

I get the joke, no need for explanation. I've voted for Obama the last two elections and worked for H Bush's administration. The GOP is not the party of past and has been taken over by lunacy. Their ideas and comments across the nation represent how lost their ideas and plans are for the people of the US , esp women. So I would have gladly had my Obama sign out and been happy to discuss ( or argue) the topics concerning the election.

5 months, 3 weeks ago
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