Texan Lynches Chair

[BigSkyBob]

Here is the chair in question.

Pray tell how does one "lynch" a chair?

The picture shows a chair hanging from a rope.

[BigSkyBob]

Pray tell how does one "lynch" a chair?

The resident of the home himself seems to think it can be done. Notice how he doesn't exactly deny what's being read into this display.

In fact, he explicitly denies he "lynched" a chair. He does state the obvious: the chair is symbolic of the chair in Eastwood's speech. Had he merely put a chair in his lawn, it wouldn't have symbolic of the chair in Eastwood's speech. suspending the chair in the arm made it a focal point. In Eastwood's speech, the chair is not symbolic of Obama, but, rather the emptiness of the chair that is symbolic of the lack of leadership this nation has from the office of the President. Those that have leap from, "Its the Eastwood chair!," to "He's symbolically lynching Obama!," have smuggled in a number of false premises.

Here is what he actually said:  "There's too many stupid people that have misconceptions," he said. "They automatically look at that and say, 'OK, that empty chair -- that's Obama.' Well that's not necessarily true."
 
However, the folks at burntorange ought to be arrested for posting a photo they purport to be the "lynching" of Obama.

Apparently, advocacy of murdering Obama is widespread in the land. In numerous front yards tires are being "lynched" with rope. As you know, tires are shaped like the number "zero," which numerous "right-wingers" use as a term of derision for Obama.

[BigSkyBob]

Pray tell how does one "lynch" a chair?

The resident of the home himself seems to think it can be done. Notice how he doesn't exactly deny what's being read into this display.

In fact, he explicitly denies he "lynched" a chair. He does state the obvious: the chair is symbolic of the chair in Eastwood's speech. Had he merely put a chair in his lawn, it wouldn't have symbolic of the chair in Eastwood's speech. suspending the chair in the arm made it a focal point. In Eastwood's speech, the chair is not symbolic of Obama, but, rather the emptiness of the chair that is symbolic of the lack of leadership this nation has from the office of the President. Those that have leap from, "Its the Eastwood chair!," to "He's symbolically lynching Obama!," have smuggled in a number of false premises.

Here is what he actually said:  "There's too many stupid people that have misconceptions," he said. "They automatically look at that and say, 'OK, that empty chair -- that's Obama.' Well that's not necessarily true."
 
However, the folks at burntorange ought to be arrested for posting a photo they purport to be the "lynching" of Obama.

Apparently, advocacy of murdering Obama is widespread in the land. In numerous front yards tires are being "lynched" with rope. As you know, tires are shaped like the number "zero," which numerous "right-wingers" use as a term of derision for Obama.

It's one thing to "lynch" a tire that people are going to swing on, that's a commonplace practice.  Hanging a chair like that is both uncommon and serves no practical purpose other than a visual demonstration of something.  Considering Obama is black, and the whole chair thing... it isn't a stretch to infer something deeply racist there.

Let me get this straight. If Obama were White, and Eastwood still gave the same speech, the chair wouldn't have been "lynched?"

Surely, the chair has everything to do with Eastwood's speech, but, what does Obama's race have to do with it?