A billboard in West Virginia that stated “White Self Hatred is Sick” was
removed less than a week after being put up due to pressure from the
governor’s office because a government employee demanded that it was
“racist.” The governor’s office originally told Kevin Oxenrider, the
man leading the campaign for the billboard’s removal, that they could
not do anything due to the First Amendment — but provided him with the
name and phone number of the owner of the billboard. He then urged
hate-filled liberals to flood them with calls, as well as to call
the governor’s office and warn that the sign would "harm the state’s
tourism". “I literally had to pull my vehicle over and get myself
together as I was shaking so badly from how disgusted I was. Absolutely
terrible,” Oxenrider had posted on Facebook along with a photo of the
billboard.
Laura Fitz-Gerald, the proud white woman responsible for the billboard,
told Big League Politics that the owner was pressured to remove the
billboard by the governor’s office who had called them claiming that
it would hurt tourism. Oxenrider works for the state’s Division of
Natural Resources, and though the owner had approved the image prior
to it being printed and had no problem with it initially, they feared
that he would use his position to give them trouble, according to Fitz
-Gerald. “He works for the state at DNR and was doing this all on company
time. Due to his position of power, the billboard owners felt intimidated
that he could cause them issues with their businesses and permits so they
quickly took it down even though we have a six-month contract and are
covered by the First Amendment,” Fitz-Gerald told Big League.
When asked about the claims that the billboard is “racist,” Fitz-Gerald
stated that “only self hating white anti-whites would oppose a billboard
telling white people not to hate themselves.” “If it were about black
self-hatred no one would object, but since it’s about whites not hating
themselves it’s deemed ‘racist,’” Fitz-Gerald said. The billboard comes
during a nationwide campaign by 4chan declaring that “it’s okay to be
white.” The campaign began following Boston College initiating a formal
police investigation over signs that simple stated, “I want you to love
who you are. Don’t apologize for being white.” The message was simple
and positive, yet they were immediately dubbed “racist” by students and
the local media. In response, a 4chan user urged others to print the
simple message on flyers and place them in public areas. “The idea was
simple. If a seemingly innocuous message like the one posted at Boston
College could cause such a reaction, what would happen if a similar
message was far more widely distributed? 4chan decided they wanted to
find out, and Operation White was soon hatched. The plan being to print
out and post all around every major city possible, a simple flyer
featuring only the words “IT’S OKAY TO BE WHITE,” Squawker reported.
The goal, Squawker explains, was “creating the most overblown reaction
from the SJW Left possible. So that this overreaction would then hopefully
be taken negatively by middle of the road political centrists.” Naturally,
an over-the-top reaction is exactly what they received. An investigation
was launched after signs were placed at Montgomery Blair High School in
Silver Spring, Maryland — and photos from security footage were released
online of the person who put them up. “We are taking this seriously and
are investigating this incident. Our research so far has indicated that
this may be part of a concerted national campaign to foment racial and
political tension in our school and community,” Principal Renay Johnson
said in a letter to parents. Flyers and stickers have also been spotted
in New Orleans; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Rocky River, Ohio.
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