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]

LOL, Always some asshole gotta play the race card.

I'm gonna put a KKK dormat out front with a Black Panthers Flag just for shits and grins and watch them all try to figure it out.

[Mephistopheles Janx]

Originally Posted by kccrow

LOL, Always some asshole gotta play the race card.

I'm gonna put a KKK dormat out front with a Black Panthers Flag just for shits and grins and watch them all try to figure it out.

LOL

Yeah... it is the Ozarks after all. No inbred (pun intended) racial biases out there. No way they bought those jerseys to intentionally spell out LYNCH KAEPERNICK. Bet they just bought those jerseys because they saw the guy wearing the number and kneeling.

No intent to provoke a racially based response in any way shape or form. Nope. Not at all.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by kccrow

LOL, Always some asshole gotta play the race card.

I'm gonna put a KKK dormat out front with a Black Panthers Flag just for shits and grins and watch them all try to figure it out.

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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

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.

I don't believe it was coincidence, I just differ in opinion on the motive.

[Deberg_1990]

Why couldnt he have used Alex Smith and Aaron Rodgers jerseys instead??

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Why couldnt he have used Alex Smith and Aaron Rodgers jerseys instead??

Those guys are ok.

[ChiefsCountry]

I know the place. It's a Military bar.

[ChiefsCountry]

Owners are Air Force vets.

[Mephistopheles Janx]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Owners are Air Force vets.

I was just making a "dumb Marine" joke.