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Obama’s Empty Chair Lynched In Texas

Posted: September 20, 2012
Obama’s Empty Chair Lynched In Texas

Lynched tree in Texas likely represents Obama

The best thing we got out of the Republican National Convention was the massive outpouring of hilarious “empty chair” memes, based on Clint Eastwood’s one-on-one with an absentee President Obama. A northwest Austin resident has taken Obama’s empty chair to the extreme, and made a highly incendiary statement along the way by lynching it on his front lawn.

The photo, posted by Burnt Orange Report, shows an empty folding chair hanging from a tree by a rope, a clear and dark twist on the Obama “empty chair” internet phenomenon. BOR calls it a “racially motivated act of violence against the President,” and we’re inclined to agree, especially after hearing what the Republican who lynched the chair had to say about the display:

“I don’t really give a damn whether it disturbs you or not. You can take [your concerns] and go straight to hell and take Obama with you. I don’t give a sh*t. If you don’t like it, don’t come down my street,” said Bud Johnson, the homeowner in question.

His display has since been altered to include an American flag.

Interestingly, this isn’t even the first time Obama’s empty chair has been lynched in recent days. Political blog Blue Virginia posted a photo of a similar display taken near the KORUS festival at Bull Run Park over the weekend. The Virginia lynching is less subtle, depicting a chair strung up in a tree bearing a sign that reads “Nobama.”

Now we’re not going to make any grandiose and judgmental statements about the entire Republican party, but the provocative displays suggesting that a sitting president be hanged aren’t borderline racist, they are full on racist. I’d give you my blessing to remove any Obama empty chair lynching displays you come across down south, but you’re better off ignoring them. I don’t want you getting shot at on my account.

Lynched chair display in Texas

Lynched chair display in Virginia



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11 Archived Responses to “ Obama’s Empty Chair Lynched In Texas ”

  1. Jude Bernard Jr
    Sep 20, 2012

    People really? Apparently someone's mother is really proud of their child's ignorance.

  2. Deanna Cate
    Sep 20, 2012

    wow…what horrible proof that hate is thriving…

  3. Dawn Price Marsh
    Sep 20, 2012

    this is bad and hate is on both sides. Sad. Are you performing tomorrow night?

  4. Deanna Cate
    Sep 20, 2012

    performing….hmmmdon't know about that..but i sure will be singin' at the loft!..you still in town?

  5. Deanna Cate
    Sep 20, 2012

    and i have not seen anything close to as horrible as this is…I don't blame republicans as a whole for this act…this is way past political turmoil …and I am sure you agree…such an act is…downright scary

  6. Garner Howard Neuenschwander
    Sep 20, 2012

    I do not understand such lack of respect for the president, or any president, even though I do not agree with all of the Presidents on all choices they have made, I have respect for them.

  7. Garner Howard Neuenschwander
    Sep 20, 2012

    This is truly disgusting.

  8. Dawn Price Marsh
    Sep 20, 2012

    I might be coming in town. Glutton for punishment I guess in watching the Vols!

  9. Dawn Price Marsh
    Sep 20, 2012

    Deanna Cate I may head back to see mom and dad and the Vols. Depends if this old woman can drive 6.5 hours again tomorrow! LOL.

  10. Deanna Cate
    Sep 20, 2012

    hey…I drove 9 hrs from DC almost every weekend…you can do this!afterall…its Akron..haha…

  11. Brittany Peterson
    Mar 4, 2013

    Idiots and their ignorance. The man said it was not implying that he wants Obama hung.