Ozarks bar owner uses Jerseys as doormat accused of racism

[Chief Roundup]

http://www.komu.com/news/lake-ozark-...seen-as-racist




LAKE OZARK – A Lake of the Ozarks bar owner was taking heat Tuesday for what at least one passer-by saw as a racist doormat out front.

“It’s not a race thing,” said Jason Burle, who owns the S.N.A.F.U Bar near the Bagnell Dam. “A lot of people want to twist it around to be a race thing.”

Burle said he ordered two NFL jerseys to be used as doormats outside his bar after NFL players started kneeling during the national anthem at football games.

“We pulled them out of the box, taped them down. There was no ill-intent,” Burle said.

Burle used the jerseys of NFL players Marshawn Lynch and Colin Kaepernick. When placed side-by-side, the jerseys read “Lynch” “Kaepernick."

“If someone thinks that I mean personal harm to someone, they don’t know me,” Burle said.

But that’s what crossed Taylor Sloan’s mind when he saw the jerseys outside Burle’s bar over the weekend.

“That’s not the Missouri I know,” Sloan said. “It just kind of upset me really bad. Put a bad taste in my mouth.”

Sloan posted on the bar’s Facebook page. He and Burle had a heated exchange online.

Sloan wrote on the page, "You are also expressing hate, violence and continuing American racism under the faux guise of patriotism."

Burle responded, "It's funny to me that someone would look that far deeply into it just to find a racist link."

Burle told KOMU the doormat is about standing up for himself and his family, many of whom served in the military. Burle spent six years in the Air Force. Seeing NFL players kneel during the national anthem didn't sit well with him.

“A lot of us military folks take that personal to heart," Burle said.

Burle started the S.N.A.F.U Bar to honor military veterans.

“It was kind of our way to give back, I guess," he said. "We give discounts to veterans, we have a hall of heroes inside. We have flags that have flown overseas mounted inside."

Burle said the "hall of heroes" includes pictures of customers or relatives of customers.

“We have some people’s fathers, grandfathers, uncles, aunts," he said.

But Sloan doesn't remember the bar for the pictures of veterans. Instead, he remembers the doormat he saw as racist.

"I thought I needed to document it," Sloan said.

Burle said, “If he came in and actually told me at that moment or my manager, it would’ve been taken care of that moment exactly.”

Sloan said in his online conversation with Burle, he didn’t think Burle saw the problem with placing “Lynch” and “Kaepernick” back-to-back.

“If he honestly didn’t see that, he should change it,” Sloan said.

Burle sent a picture to KOMU Tuesday afternoon, showing that he switched the placement of the jerseys. He said his makeshift doormat is about nothing but respect for the American flag. While he recognizes NFL players’ right to kneel during the anthem, he disagrees with it.

“I commend them for what they’re doing, as far as the right goes. I fought for that right,” Burle said. “The same thing that gives them that right gives me the right to place these out here.”


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[kccrow]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

If you walk across the street from his bar. Their is a Lil antique shop. It also sells KKK outfits, hoods, patches and anything else one might need as a kkk member.
No way said bar owner is unaware of this.

I'm sure he is aware, it doesn't make using Lynch and Kaepernick jerseys as doormats racist.

People WANT it to be racist. It fits their shallow mindsets.

Maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with these being the two most active examples of shaming our flag and anthem.

Marshawn Lynch has sat during the Anthem for YEARS. Kaepernick has made it a problem.

If his intent were make this a racist move, why didn't he use John Lynch's jersey instead of Marshawn's?

Hmmm.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by kccrow

Marshawn Lynch has sat during the Anthem for YEARS. Kaepernick has made it a problem.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...m-for-11-years

A report from Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk refuted that Lynch has been sitting during "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the past 11 years, however:

"PFT tracked down a video of the national anthem before the November 13, 2011, Ravens-Seahawks game in Seattle, and that video clearly shows Lynch standing for the anthem. We have not been able to find any photos or videos showing Lynch sitting out the anthem at any time in the 11 years since he entered the NFL, until Saturday night.

"It's possible that Lynch has skipped the anthem in some settings, but Del Rio's statement made it sound like Lynch has consistently sat out the anthem throughout his career. He hasn't."

He wasn't even in the league last year when all this stuff started. There are a lot more players associated with this than Lynch. Don't fool yourself. The name was chosen deliberately.

[MMXcalibur]

Burle used the jerseys of NFL players Marshawn Lynch and Colin Kaepernick. When placed side-by-side, the jerseys read “Lynch” “Kaepernick."

"Lynch Kaepernick" was real smart, jackass.
Even if he isn't a racist, he deserves every ounce of shit he's getting for not figuring out that brain teaser.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by Frosty

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...m-for-11-years



He wasn't even in the league last year when all this stuff started. There are a lot more players associated with this than Lynch. Don't fool yourself. The name was chosen deliberately.

They tracked down one video? Amazing.

I've seen it with my own eyes. He has sat them out. Let's choose a black player to make a case about lynching another half black player. Mmk. Solid case. Rock solid.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by kccrow

They tracked down one video? Amazing.

I've seen it with my own eyes. He has sat them out. Let's choose a black player to make a case about lynching another half black player. Mmk. Solid case. Rock solid.

I watch the Seahawks every week since they are the local team and it never once came up. Ever. It wasn't until the preseason with the Raiders that it was ever mentioned. There are a lot more higher profile kneelers/sitters like Bennett and Peters.

But keep telling yourself "Lynch Kaepernick" was purely coincidental.

[Pueblo Chieftan]

Originally Posted by Fish

Yeah, when you start your explanation like that, it's a race thing....

Missouri has the most politically correct, BLM worshiping, white-shaming flagship university of all fifty states. Terrible. Mizzou is a cesspool of prog stupid.

[Pueblo Chieftan]

Originally Posted by KCtotheSB

"Lynch Kaepernick" was real smart, jackass.
Even if he isn't a racist, he deserves every ounce of shit he's getting for not figuring out that brain teaser.

That is that bar owners right under the first amendment. Why the Huss and fuss? I wouldn't mind it if it was just kaepernicks jersey, adding Lynch to it takes it to a whole other level.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by kccrow

I'm sure he is aware, it doesn't make using Lynch and Kaepernick jerseys as doormats racist.

People WANT it to be racist. It fits their shallow mindsets.

Maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with these being the two most active examples of shaming our flag and anthem.

Marshawn Lynch has sat during the Anthem for YEARS. Kaepernick has made it a problem.

If his intent were make this a racist move, why didn't he use John Lynch's jersey instead of Marshawn's?

Hmmm.

Most people here on CP don't care about the jerseys or the players they picked. We are questioning, rightfully so, that the 2 jerseys were put together by accident. If it was just a terrible coincidence, it's one hell of a coincidence.

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by Pueblo Chieftan

That is that bar owners right under the first amendment. Why the Huss and fuss? I wouldn't mind it if it was just kaepernicks jersey, adding Lynch to it takes it to a whole other level.

He deserves all the crap he is getting for putting it like he did.

[Pueblo Chieftan]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

He deserves all the crap he is getting for putting it like he did.

I agree. The point can be made - the objection to the way these guys went about their protest - without unnecessarily inciting a claim of racism.

Let's allow the racist claims to be 100% demonstrably false, instead of skirting some line where the claim has credibility.

We're not a hive mind. The people that vehemently object to the nature and timing of these protests are nearly unanimously not racists. Doesn't mean that there aren't some mixed in there though, who are riding coattails and looking to cause trouble.

People have a right to be pissed off by the player's choice to protest the Star Spangled Banner - and take personal offense to it - just as a congregation would be equally justified in being pissed if people chose to protest something right in the middle of a service.

It touches the same nerves, and causes the same implications.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

"It's NOT a race thing!"

FWIW, you nor any other leftist, didn't mind who Hillary had as a mentor (mentor being the word Hillary used to describe this man). https://i.imgur.com/1aTlJw9.jpg

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

He deserves all the crap he is getting for putting it like he did.

Of course he does, actions have consequences.

[Pueblo Chieftan]

Originally Posted by Bump

FWIW, you nor any other leftist, didn't mind who Hillary had as a mentor (mentor being the word Hillary used to describe this man). https://i.imgur.com/1aTlJw9.jpg

Well, 'cuz double standards for me, and not thee!

[Pueblo Chieftan]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Of course he does, actions have consequences.

Well then, I think we figured it out. Unless your local station is in the habit of reporting every little Twitter Facebook slap fight between two grown adults this seems to be the problem.

The bar owner moron put out something that is obviously antagonistic and then despite his bragging about being a great war hero, can't manage a single fight on any other platform then Electronica and then has to contact the local TV station? Alternatively, the other guy contacted the TV station? Either way, grow the ****. What's next? Is this station actually going to spend time and resources on a bad Yelp review tomorrow?

There's at least half a dozen folks here who had the opportunity if not responsibility to be the grown-up in the room and failed to do so.

[MahiMike]

The fact that a bunch of guys from Missouri would even think this is somewhat racist shows you how brainwashed we are by the media.