Georgia restaurant sign: "Obama's plan for health-care: N****r rig it."

By GottaLaff

The owner of a restaurant in Georgia says he's merely against what he calls a "sub standard healthcare plan," that he stands by his president, and is simply exercising his First Amendment rights.

I call it something else:

When you walk into the Georgia Peach Oyster Bar in Paulding County, you feel like you've walked into a different era.

Behind the pool tables stands a mannequin in a Klu Klux Klan costume, but it's what's outside of the Patrick Lanzo's restaurant that has some people angry.

Lanzo put up a sign that reads "Obama's plan for health-care: N*&%*r rig it."

See? Not racist at all. It's just opinion, just self-expression, just....

.... despicable.

“Why did you use the N word?” Marsh asked.

“Well, I’ve used it most of my life. There are different ways to put your opinion up, but that's just the words I choose,” Lanzo answered.

Pshyeah! It only stands to reason that if you use racist language long enough, it becomes acceptable. What were we all thinking?

Despite the sign, Lanzo said he's not a racist.

Of course he isn't. Silly us. By the way, both black and white people in the area want the sign down.

“I stand by my president, but I also stand by my First Amendment right to criticize him if I feel he’s wrong,” Lanzo said.

Here's what the West Metro NAACP had to say:

"This latest ploy for attention by Mr. Lanzo is not surprising. What is of concern however, is the total lack of leadership and action from the elected officials of Paulding County, who repeatedly have allowed this type of toxic public display."

This reminds me of unsuitable parents who don't discipline their unruly children, and then everyone wonders over the years how the kids got that way. Unacceptable behavior has to start somewhere, and subsequently be tacitly or overtly encouraged for it to persist.

This guy needs a time out and some extended grounding... badly.

Video here.