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Ozarks bar owner uses Jerseys as doormat accused of racism
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.” Picture in link. |
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09-28-2017, 11:42 AM | #61 |
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I could give two shits what a bar owner in the middle of Missouri does. But at least own your shit. Don't play the, gee whiz I didn't mean to put lynch kaep next to each other angle.
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09-28-2017, 12:29 PM | #63 | |
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Granted even using the term "Lynch" when referring to anyone of color is in seriously bad taste but again, I dont know any one in the NFL with the last name "Go **** Yourself" so....... |
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09-28-2017, 12:44 PM | #64 |
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Agreed.
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that’s where I’m at. He knows his clientele. This is likely outstanding marketing.
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09-28-2017, 12:50 PM | #66 |
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He got himself into quite the snafu.
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09-28-2017, 01:05 PM | #67 |
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There is a Taylor Sloan , licensed as an attorney in Liberty, MO.
Go figure....... Liberty applies only to me.i
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09-28-2017, 01:14 PM | #68 |
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Someone should tell antifa, see if they want to march on them.
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09-28-2017, 01:16 PM | #69 |
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This Missouri Taylor Sloan knows is likely University of Missouri graduates.
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09-28-2017, 02:39 PM | #70 |
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You ****ers do realize his clientele base is mainly people from Kansas City and St. Louis.
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09-28-2017, 02:55 PM | #71 | |
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No way said bar owner is unaware of this.
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09-28-2017, 03:07 PM | #72 |
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that hasn't gone anywhere
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Sadly, your point of view, is not fact, and there is no way to correctly word a I'm not racist sentence without someone finding something you said in said sentence as being a cover up for being racist... He is obvioulsy being interviewed about something people are thinking is stemming from racism... So from your point of view, the interviewer's and disgruntled observers can ask, "Is this racism?" But he cant simply reply at the begging of one of his many sentences with, "This isn't a race thing? " Interesting logic you got there. |
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That's not a coincedence.
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