"Git a Rope" is Racist?

[Cow Poke]

Pretty much all my life, I've heard the phrase "git a rope", always in a 'feigned anger' way when somebody says or does something dumb.

"Salsa made in New York City? Git a rope!"

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/noose-di...ghway-drivers/

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MOUNDS, Okla. - A display of nooses shocked motorists along an Oklahoma highway.

CBS Tulsa affiliate KOTV reports the display was up for only a short time, and had been placed there because the homeowner was trying to deter thieves.

The nooses were hung in a tree with a sign that read: "It's best not to be hanging around this area after dark."

Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice told KOTV the homeowner removed the signs voluntarily after a day or so because of the negative attention on social media and possible danger of people stopping on the highway to look at it. Rice said the display was not illegal.

KJRH-TV reports that the owner of the display, Merle Martindale, says it was not meant to be racist, just merely a warning to any potential thief.

But driver Terrance Reed Sr. says a noose in America represents what used to happen to African Americans. Reed says he considers the display to be an attack on his heritage.

Driver Dennis Varner says the display also bothered him. Varner says the display is discrimination and America shouldn't put up with it.

Does anybody here really think of "Git a Rope" implying the lynching of blacks?

[mossrose]

i thought it meant to get rid of those pesky cattle rustlers.

Would never have thought of it referring to the lynching of blacks.

But, what else would our stupid culture think of?

[Cow Poke]

i thought it meant to get rid of those pesky cattle rustlers.

Would never have thought of it referring to the lynching of blacks.

But, what else would our stupid culture think of?

I think it's a classic example of too much "racism" on the mind - I would never have associated it with lynching.... yeah, maybe I watched too many Westerns.

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[Sparko]

They hang horse thieves don't they?

[Jedidiah]

Everything is offensive to someone these days. America is now in the age of the crybaby.

[Sparko]

Everything is offensive to someone these days. America is now in the age of the crybaby.

I am offend by that. Apologize now! Or I will riot.

[Sparko]

If a single person riots, is that what is normally called "a tantrum"?

[One Bad Pig]

If a single person riots, is that what is normally called "a tantrum"?

He'll have his crew as backup.

[Jedidiah]

I am offend by that. Apologize now! Or I will riot.

I am sorry that everything is offensive to someone these days. And I am sorry that America is now in the age of the crybaby.

[rogue06]

i thought it meant to get rid of those pesky cattle rustlers.

Would never have thought of it referring to the lynching of blacks.

But, what else would our stupid culture think of?

I guess maybe it could depend on what part of the country it's in. Not too many rustlers here in Georgia but there were some blacks who were lynched.

That being said, what do you expect in a culture that coddles those who are so determined to be offended?

[Psychic Missile]

I guess maybe it could depend on what part of the country it's in. Not too many rustlers here in Georgia but there were some blacks who were lynched.

That being said, what do you expect in a culture that coddles those who are so determined to be offended?

The people in this thread seem awfully determined to be offended.

[One Bad Pig]

The people in this thread seem awfully determined to be offended.

Don't be meta.

[Jaecp]

Don't be meta.

Why?

[One Bad Pig]

Why?

Well, it's not expecially accurate, for starters. The people in the thread are more indignant or condemnatory than offended.

[Jaecp]

Well, it's not expecially accurate, for starters. The people in the thread are more indignant or condemnatory than offended.

Necessary distinctions, to be sure