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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNY man convinced "pro-Hillary hate crime" behind burning of his giant red, white & blue lawn "T"
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/08/staten-island-mans-yuuuge-trump-sign-set-on-fire.html
A Staten Island Trump supporters gigantic red, white, and blue T lawn ornament went up in flames early Sunday morning.
The incident occurred shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday on a New York island that Donald Trump won with an astounding 80 percent of the vote. The homeowner, Sam Pirozzolo, said his neighbors knocked on his door to alert him that the 12-by-8-foot foam sign was ablaze. The FDNY put out the flames, which, thankfully, did not damage Pirozzolos home. The NYPD is investigating the crime as an arson; the sign appears to have been doused in gasoline.
Pirozzolo said two smaller pro-Trump signs disappeared from his property last week, too. I assume it was committed by a pro-Hillary supporter, Pirozzolo told the Staten Island Advance. I hope that this incident (the fire) is elevated from an arson to a hate crime, because thats how I see it since it was done on my private property.
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NY man convinced "pro-Hillary hate crime" behind burning of his giant red, white & blue lawn "T" (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Aug 2016
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sofa king
(10,857 posts)1. Is he sure his Klan buddies didn't mistake it for a cross?
Journeyman
(15,001 posts)4. No. That's a lower-case 't' . . .
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)2. I do not condone vandalism of any kind
I think that every one of us who respects the rule of law and the first amendment should be outraged by this vile act of hate.
Let the man express his opinion. Let us ridicule that opinion, but never celebrate the destruction of his property, or his right to express an opinion.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)3. I pity the fool
mwrguy
(3,245 posts)5. What a maroon.
Zynx
(21,328 posts)6. I wouldn't be shocked if he did it himself.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)7. Well.....the "T" could stand for "Todd."
onecaliberal
(32,486 posts)8. Rotflmao
I'm sorry but that's just funny
grubbs
(356 posts)9. That's not arson
It's neighborhood beautification.
riversedge
(69,724 posts)10. Its ugly IMHO! I would not want that monstrosity next door to me or in my
neighborhood.
jmowreader
(50,452 posts)11. It was done by a real Christian
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousand of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
-- Exodus 20.4-6
-- Exodus 20.4-6
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)12. The local reporter asked what it stood for.
He hesitated for three seconds before admitting it stood for Trump, before claiming it also stood for "tolerance"