Owner Posts Racially Offensive Sign to Keep out Gangs Posted: 10 months ago by dollyllama
A Fort Worth man said he is trying to keep gang members out of his business with a large sign telling them to keep out.
Some people say the sign is racially offensive, and they want it taken down. The message refers to African Americans in a derogatory manner.
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Sign Sign everywhere a sign Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do
So I took off my hat I said imagine that, huh, me working for you
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Dad makes son wear sign for using drugs Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A father says he wasn't trying to shame his 14-year-old son when he made the boy wear a large sandwich-board sign saying, "I abused and sold drugs."
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 78 [+].
Mock funeral to 'bury' offensive words Posted: 1 year ago by pandorarin
"Decades have passed since the mass marches of the civil rights and women's lib movements. But it's still common to hear chart-topping songs that contain casual but offensive terms for African Americans and women."
It's interesting that the article talks about "offensive words, but only mentions one.
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Sign Language at your fingertips, anytime, anywhere Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
Mobilesign.org is a video dictionary with over 5,000 British Sign Language signs. Produced by staff at the Centre for Deaf Studies, it is a mobile accessory to people who work with Deaf people, have Deaf customers or just want to learn to sign.
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Right to Life group claims its DNC sign is Guinness record Posted: 3 months ago by dork
American Right to Life Action, an anti-abortion group, claims to have displayed the largest ever protest sign in history, towering over the Democratic National Convention in Denver at 530 feet tall and 666 feet wide.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 320 [+].
A sign that essentially says "don't hit your head on this sign." Posted: 2 years ago by ElHoopso
In other words, there would be no need for the warning, if the self-referential warning sign didn't exist.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 117 [+].
Council erects sign that tells drivers: Don't trust your satnav Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
In the village of St Hilary, a succession of trusting lorry drivers have followed their satnav down a narrow, bendy lane - only to find they are stuck. But there's help on the way - and not in the form of a tow truck. Instead, the authorities have put up a sign warning drivers not to believe everything their satellite navigation tells them.
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Lucky fliers see escape as sign from God Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
Two Blenheim men who ran out of fuel high above the Marlborough Sounds are thanking divine intervention for getting them down safely - right next to a six-metre sign proclaiming "Jesus is Lord".
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"Speak English" Sign Labeled Not Discriminatory Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
Remember the story of Geno's cheesesteak shop and his sign instructing customers to speak english when ordering?
Despite claims that such a sign was racist and discriminatory, that it might offend someone's feelings, it was determined that a sign was within the bounds of free speech. Actually refusing to service a customer due to language would be a different story.
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Hump road sign slightly misleading Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
A road sign depicting two people in a passionate embrace above the word "hump" has angered VicRoads.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 349 [+].
Hacked Sign Distracts Drivers Posted: 1 year ago by Kerry
A Massachusetts road sign was hacked to display a naughty message (part of male anatomy for lunch). I smell a bored teenager on summer break.
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Editorial attitude from an Interstate Sign Posted: 10 months ago by Pocksucket
Video of an interstate sign giving more information that just how long delays are expected to last.
It being the slightly temperamental LiveLeak, here's a direct link to the video.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 89 [+].
Offensive drawings? (NSFW) Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
Offensive Drawings?. OMG is that a... oh, it`s just a man`s face. Probably NSFW.
Comments: 10 Score: [-] 289 [+].
E-mail error ends up on road sign Posted: 1 month ago by jhordie
When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 657 [+].
Boy forced to hold 'I was rude' sign Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
Marcia Harvey made her son stand across the road from his school in the US city of Jacksonville, in Florida, with a sign that said “I was rude to my teacher, I can’t come to school, I’m sorry”.
Video included.
Comments: 12 Score: [-] 539 [+].
Florida man builds sign to oust neighbor. Posted: 1 year ago by muppet
"Glen Cook is a thief and drug user. Anyone that associates with him is assumed to be the same. I wish that piece of crap would move out of our neighborhood," the sign reads in red letters.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 150 [+].
What's your Sign Name? Posted: 5 months ago by Bornbad
Have you ever thought about changing your name? Well, if you started hanging out with sign language users you will soon find they change it for you ...Like the old maxim about publicity, the only thing worse than having a bad sign name is having no sign name at all. That'd be like you don’t even exist.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 205 [+].
After 20 years, county takes down misspelled "maintance" sign Posted: 1 year ago by hisidea
The head of the sign shop said he didn't know how the sign had come to be misspelled in the first place, whether it was accidental or intentionally misspelled to fit the long word on the sign.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 107 [+].
Aussies sign up to ban telemarketing calls Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
So many people rushed to sign up online for the Australian government's do-not-call registry, they caused a computer crash. Starting at the end of May, it will be illegal for telemarketers to dial the Australian phone numbers of people on the list.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 91 [+].
L.A. gang killed to 'cleanse' turf of blacks Posted: 11 months ago by muppet
In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race, an investigation found.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 168 [+].