NAACP wants students expelled

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Registered: 10-12-2008
NAACP wants students expelled
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Wed, 11-12-2008 - 5:19pm

Is this something you agree with or disagree with?

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Registered: 07-03-2008
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 7:41pm
I agree about the threats. that is what is over the top.
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Registered: 10-12-2008
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 7:43pm
I don't think they can called it death threats because they didn't use Obama's name.

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 7:43pm
These *threats* have been a part of life since 2004.

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Registered: 08-20-2008
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 7:46pm

Do you see a difference between the words "hang _____ by a noose" and the actual effigy of Palin at Halloween time actually hanging from a noose? Was that a death threat, too?

edited to add: I didn't realize that they didn't name him so i edited the name out.

Edited 11/12/2008 7:48 pm ET by lighteningcrashes

edited again: i just went and reread, it does say "hang obama", just got confused with mel's post.




Edited 11/12/2008 7:50 pm ET by lighteningcrashes
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Registered: 03-30-2007
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 7:50pm
I thought it was against the law to threaten a President.
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Registered: 09-25-2008
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 7:54pm

From the article you posted:


>>Two of the messages said: "Let's shoot that (N-word) in the head" and "Hang Obama by a noose."<<


While you could make an argument that the n reference was to someone else, I think Obama actually is Obama's name. ;-)

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Registered: 09-25-2008
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 8:00pm

Not particularly.....though what a college kid does not public property and what a homeowner does on their own generally has different rules.

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 8:02pm

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Registered: 08-20-2008
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 8:04pm

"Also an actual death threat is not quite the same as hanging someone in effigy."

How do you figure? Put yourself in that noose that they had Palin in, would you laugh about it? Imagine an ex doing that to you, are they wishing you were dead or is it just "hanging someone in effigy?"

edited to add: I thought it was wrong with Palin, and I think it is wrong with Obama, and even though I did not vote for him, he will be our President and we need to respect that.




Edited 11/12/2008 8:08 pm ET by lighteningcrashes
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Registered: 10-12-2008
Wed, 11-12-2008 - 8:12pm

I don't think it is illegal to write what these guys wrote.

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