ONE MAN IN MISSOURI IS DEFENDING HIS DECISION TO NOT ONLY
FLY THE CONFEDERATE FLAG, BUT ALSO HANG A NOOSE NEAR IT.
HIS NEIGHBORS FEEL LIKE IT IS AN OBVIOUS GESTURE TO DISPLAY
HIS RACISM, BUT JEFFREY TINDLE DOES NOT THINK SO.
THERE IS JEFFREY TINDLE RIGHT THERE.
STOP JUDGING HIM ON HOW HE LOOKS, SOME OF HIS BEST
FRIENDS ARE BLACK.
IN FACT, HE USES THAT DEFENSE LATER.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIS DECISION TO FLY
THE FLAG AND HANG A NOOSE.
HE SAID, "REPRESENTING MY
SOUTHERN HERITAGE AND MY SOUTHERN PRIDE.
THE CONFEDERATE FLAG, THE REBEL FLAG, WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE
TO CALL IT, IT DOES NOT STAND FOR RACISM AT ALL.
IT STANDS FOR PRIDE AND HERITAGE."
THEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE NOOSE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME
THING THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST TO LYNCH BLACK PEOPLE.
HEREíS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
"ACCORDING TO TINDLE, HE HAD MADE THE NOOSE TO SHOW HIS
BROTHER HOW TO TIE KNOTS.
HE SUGGESTED THE ROPE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RACISM."
OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
JUST AS A COINCIDENCE, LET'S HANG IT NEXT TO THE
CONFEDERATE FLAG, WHICH IS NOT A RACIST SYMBOL AT ALL.
I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE AGAINST THE PC POLICE.
SO WHY DONíT YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO ADMIT WHAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY DOING?
WE LIVE IN A HICK-ASS COUNTRY.
WE LIVE IN OUR LITTLE
BUBBLE ON THE COAST, IN LA, WE LIVE WITH SOME WEIRD PEOPLE, BUT
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MIDDLE
AMERICA, WE LIVE IN A HICK-ASS COUNTRY.
WHERE PEOPLE WILL FEEL EMBOLDENED ENOUGH TO HANG A NOOSE NEXT FEW
THE CONFEDERATE FLAG, AND THEN HAVE THE AUDACITY TO PRETEND IT
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACISM.
NOW REMEMBER, NOT EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY AGREES WITH HIM.
IN FACT, JUSTIN CLOPTON, HIS NEIGHBOR SAID, IN MY
OPINION, IT IS RACIST.
"I LOVE THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, BUT THERE IS A LOT
OF HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY THAT IS REALLY DESPICABLE, AND THAT NOOSE
REPRESENTS BAD THINGS IN THE SOUTH.
THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, A NOOSE MEANS LYNCHING."
THIS GUY, WITH HIS MULLET, THINKS HE IS BETTER THAN
BLACK PEOPLE.
YOU NAILED IT, HERE IS THE THING, THAT IS WHY HE HAS
GOT TO FEEL THAT.
IF HE DID NOT HAVE SOMEONE ELSE TO BLAME, OR SOMEONE ELSE TO PUT
UNDER HIM, THEN HE WOULD FEEL SO TERRIBLE ABOUT WHO HE IS.
THEN HE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO FACE THE TRUTH, WHICH IS THAT HE IS A
WORTHLESS, TERRIBLE, UNEDUCATED,
BIGOTED PIECE OF SHIT.
AND THAT IS IT.
LET'S GO FURTHER, IF YOU ARE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL
YOU HAVE NO LOGICAL REASON TO PUT ANYONE UNDER YOU.
IT DOES NOT FEEL GOOD TO BE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, SO
YOU HAVE TO FIND AN IRRATIONAL REASON TO PUT SOMEBODY BEHIND YOU.
OF COURSE I AM NOT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, EVEN THOUGH I
AM A LOSER AND I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING.
I HAVE AN IDEA, I PRETEND THAT I AM A SUPERIOR RACE, AND
THOSE PEOPLE OVER THERE ARE AN INFERIOR RACE.
HOW WILL I ENFORCE THAT?
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS WE WOULD PUT UP THIS FLAG, AND WE FOUGHT
AN ENTIRE WAR TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE COULD KEEP THOSE BLACK PEOPLE DOWN.
AND IF THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO US, WE WOULD HANG THEM WITH A NOOSE.
THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS, WHEN WE COULD ENFORCE OUR
IRRATIONALITY AND USE OUR SICK POWER AGAINST PEOPLE, JUST
TO MAKE OURSELVES FEEL BETTER.
HE IS A SORRY, SAD HUMAN BEING.
ANYONE THAT FLAUNTS SOMETHING LIKE A NOOSE OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME ISSUES.