- Atlanta bar owner posts signs calling President Obama the n-word
- Posted by nanaofsix531
on 4/24/12 at 3:57pm -
Atlanta bar owner posts signs calling President Obama the n-word
1:56 PM on 04/24/2012
ATLANTA - A metro Atlanta business owner has posted a controversial sign outside his bar and restaurant that uses a racial slur to refer to President Barack Obama.
The billboard, in front of the Georgia Peach Oyster Bar in Paulding County, Georgia, uses the "n-word" to refer to the President. His attention-grabbing sign reads, "Do not support the ni**er in the White House."
Bar owner Patrick Lanzo said in an interview with Fox 5 News, that he's been posting contentious signs outside his business for 26 years. Mr. Lanzo, who claims he is no racist, also said he has the right to practice freedom of speech.
"I don't feel bad about anything whatsoever," he said Lanzo. "Therefore, they can go out and put their own sign in their own yard and I will not be offended."
However, residents in the small Draketown community have by and large been outraged by the "offensive" sign. "He needs to wake up and realize it's 2012," said Dexter Murr. Another person said, "I think it's terrible."
Paulding County Administrator, Mike Jones, said he is aware of the sign and considers it repulsive, embarrassing and offensive. He said if there was something they could do about it, it wouldn't be there.
This is not the first time Mr. Lanzo has been in the news. He made headlines a few years back when he put a sign outside his bar which read: "Is Michael Jackson not guilty because he is a ni**er or money."
In 2009, he decided to go after the president with a sign about Obama's health care reform, "Obama's plan for health care -- ni**er rig it." In another instance, one of his notorious signs posed the question, "A monkey, Obama. Is there a difference?
- Posted by im23vaughn
on 4/24/12 at 4:21pm (4 likes)WOW and people wonder why people believe SOME Obama haters are racist
- Posted by nanaofsix531
on 4/24/12 at 4:26pm (1 like)No kidding.This stuff makes me sick!
Quoting im23vaughn:
WOW and people wonder why people believe SOME Obama haters are racist
- Posted by Pema_Jampa
on 4/24/12 at 4:27pm (1 like)He deserves what is coming to him.
- Posted by jaxTheMomm
on 4/24/12 at 4:28pm (1 like)For a guy who claims to not be a racist, he sure is overly fond of a racial slur.
I bet he even has a black friend.... *rolleyes*
- Posted by nanaofsix531
on 4/24/12 at 4:29pm (1 like)We can only hope!
Quoting Pema_Jampa:
He deserves what is coming to him.
- Posted by Oddy_Knocky
on 4/24/12 at 4:31pm (1 like)That is truly disgusting.
I'm surprised he hasn't been dealt with yet. - Posted by nanaofsix531
on 4/24/12 at 4:34pm (6 likes)
- Posted by m3lissa_16
on 4/24/12 at 4:37pmwow.
- Posted by joey125
on 4/24/12 at 4:38pm (2 likes)Stupid ignorant people, do stupid ignorant things
- Posted by dballa
on 4/24/12 at 4:39pmclassy
Patrick Lanzo's controversial anti-Obama sign