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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
Stop calling it what it is?
It's a noose. Why is calling it a noose such a problem. The noose was not directed at him but it's still a noose. Why would someone need to tie a noose into a garage door pulley? It makes no sense to tie a noose into that. It really seems like a poor choice by someone to tie a noose there even if it wasn't directed at him specifically.
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A noose to me reflects hanging by execution, to someone else it might just be a type of knot. Can a noose be a racist symbol? For sure, but so can words.
It is all about context, and we seem to be really sensitive right now. If the noose was just part of a pulley and had an innocent reason to be there, I am fine with it. Should we be banning types of knots? Is that what you are getting at?
I have tied plenty of noose knots over the years, never once thought of racism, but did think of hangman knots. I just read the wiki on the noose and it mentioned racism, if used differently it could be a symbol of hate.
If some idiot added nooses to make some sort of racist statement, he is an idiot.