Monday, March 18, 2024

Michigan Man’s ‘Make the Township White Again’ Sign Angers Neighbors

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*A Michigan man who placed a sign reading “Make The Township White Again” at a busy intersection has drawn the ire of the community, and may have violated local laws in the process, according to MLive.

The homeowner, who would not give his name due to death threats, said he put the sign up as a joke last week after several of his pro-Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” signs were stolen from around his property.

However, his neighbors in Flushing Township, Michigan (which is 96 percent white) did not find it funny at all.

“That is not a joke. That’s not something that you joke about. You joke about what do you like Coke or Pepsi. You can do all that you want, but when you say something like that, that’s not a joke. That hits the hearts of people,” said neighbor Randy McLeod, who called the cops.

Another neighbor took matters into his own hands and cut the sign with a circular saw, then posted video of his act on social media.

Watch below:

According to MLive, local authorities have taken an interest in the sign because it may violate township codes — not because of what it says, but because its size, location relative to the road, and other minutiae. However, the township doesn’t have a code-enforcement officer, and the duty of making sure the sign is up to code would fall to the police. So far, it’s unclear if township police are willing to treat the sign as a criminal matter.

On Monday, the homeowner told MLive he didn’t go to work because of all the death threats he had received.

“A joke turned into a big old nightmare. I can’t go to work today because I’ve got to watch my house. I don’t have a bigoted bone in my body,” he said.

The homeowner also believes he’s being unfairly singled out, since other people have been putting out signs with messages he views as racist.

He said: “Black lives matter, they can put only black lives matter signs out and stuff and then you’ve got Hillary (Clinton) out there saying do all lives matter or black lives matter, and she went black lives matter. That’s not considered to be racist or bigoted and Obama says we have racism in our DNA. That just flat out pisses me off. They can say whatever the hell they want. I just did that as an experiment. I said well, let’s see if I can say whatever the hell I want and obviously the answer is no.”

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