Comments on: UWF Issues Statement On Nooses Found On Campus

By: srosaman

srosaman — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:53:23 +0000

the nooses dont bother me , but when I start seeing those colt 1911 i get a little aintssey. I just think kidsbgoofing off everyone needs to chill it aint 1954 anymore.

By: James Broel

James Broel — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:41:32 +0000

CD and Ole Goat, just because you don’t think a noose is a big deal that doesn’t mean that it is not a big deal to others who may find it quite offensive. I fully support the investigation of UWF.

By: Nightrider

Nightrider — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:21:05 +0000

I think that the noose situation is idiotic. Just plain childish. But really ppl….have we not been milking this racial thing and slave thing way to long. That was over 40 years ago. Let it go. Heck, in today’s time more Caucasians are treated with bias than African Americans are. I have nothing against African Americans or any other race I’m just saying that its about time to start letting some stuff go. STOP DWELLING ON THE PAST.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:19:44 +0000

REGARDING:
“Never saw why a noose is such a big deal. ”

Nooses were used historically to illegally kill people for a number of slights and offenses. They were used on any offender but many blacks considered themselves targeted by nooses. Groups of whites would hang some black person without a trial and play with the body for hours, having their pictures taken, cutting off souvenirs.

Knowing that fact, anyone leaving a noose hanging anonymously is generally targeting blacks and trying to intimidate them just as anyone drawing a Swastika is intending to send a message of hatred to Jews. That is why it is called speech, it is used to send a message of unwelcome and hatred.

(Friends don’t terrorize friends.)

The fact that it is done anonymously also lets the recipient know the intimidator is a coward, afraid to openly say what he dislikes, where everyone can know who it is. It has the added effect of making people wonder who might be out to get them, maybe they’re acting friendly but really filled with hatred, waiting for the chance to ambush the unwary.

That’s why it is frowned upon by decent people.

David explaining

By: Ole Goat

Ole Goat — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:52:07 +0000

I agree with you CD. Not that big of a deal.

By: EJ

EJ — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:22:30 +0000

Well Not Fighter, if I were to see a noose I would not be shaking in my boots because I have never stolen anyone’s horses. They did hang horse thieves, didn’t they?

By: que mark

que mark — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:00:04 +0000

Csi makes it seem like dna is always there and every crime is solved like that. That’s just not the case for the judicial system or real life. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but not everyone seems to know how to do so constructively. Like my mother always said “if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all”

By: Lover Not Fighter

Lover Not Fighter — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:09:04 +0000

@CD.. Really? Like Really? In A Movie When You See A Noose And Its Being Used Than It’s Being Used. In Real Life If You See A Noose In This Situation That UWF Is In It’s Ither A Joke Or A Message Being Sent. Now For It To Happen Twice I Would Like To Say That It Is A Message Being Sent. And The Reason Why When You See A Noose And It Does NOT Bother You Is Because You Feel Like Your No Going To Be The One It’s Used On. I Bet If You Lived Around The Time Your Ancestors Lived When You Would Even Hear The Word You Would Be Shaking In Your Boots Because You Don’t Know What’s Going To Happen, When It’s Going To Happen And To Who.

By: CD

CD — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:42:25 +0000

Never saw why a noose is such a big deal. At least 3 of my ancestors were hanged and the mere sight of a noose doesn’t raise my ire. Besides, we see them used in movies, so why aren’t the producers of those movies censured!

By: Oversight

Oversight — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:08:42 +0000

Sherlock watches too much CSI.