Danny Hafley of Casey County, Ky. said this week that people are reading the mannequin in his front yard depicting President Barack Obama eating a watermelon completely wrong.
"The way I look at it, it's freedom of speech," Hafley told Lex 18 in a recent interview, going on to state that he had included the watermelon not in attempt to play to any racist stereotypes, but because the statue "might get hungry standing out here."
According to Hafley, the display is "popular" and a frequent draw for people passing by to stop and take pictures.
(Video above via Lex 18 reporter Adam Yosim)
Watermelon imagery has been utilized by anti-Obama efforts in the past, usually by those claiming there is no racist sentiment behind the choice.
But don't you dare call it racism, right. I do get tired of saying that about all the racism around here, but there you are. Freedom of speech is great and all, but it doesn't mean you're not a racist moron for exercising it in such a poor way. Time to add Casey to the growing list of counties I won't visit here.
Boy I remember all those Bush mannequins eating watermelon, don't you?
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