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Jim Boggess, the proprietor Jimbo’s Deli in Flemington, New Jersey, has stirred up a fascinating freedom-of-speech debate.

After he posted a sign suggesting that March should be celebrated as “White History Month,” a neighbor complained to him and then the police. The cops have investigated and decided the sign is not a hate crime. From Rick Epstein’s article in the Hunterdon County Democrat:

A neighbor and former customer, Bhakti Curtis, who is bi-racial, said the sign is “mocking Black History Month,” especially the way the T was crossed in “WHITE.” The cross piece was not right at the top, it was lower down, in a style used by the Ku Klux Klan and other white-power groups, Curtis said. That cross piece of the T has since been broadened to make it a more traditional, if top-heavy, capital T.

… Another critic of the sign is John Puckett, owner of the Main Street Bagel Co. a couple doors away. He said the sign is “an embarrassment” to Flemington “and makes us look like a town full of inbreds.”

Click over to the item to see a photo of Boggess standing next to the handwritten sign. Then, if you have time, read some of the comments left below Epstein’s report.
 
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