This “noose” paranoia thing has gotten out of hand.

Today, The New York Times published a “noose map”, which dissected the nation as to noose sightings (it appears the American Northeast, not the South, is the noose capital of the country). Now, eagle scouts are suspended from school for verbally acknowledging they know how to make a noose, but who also in the same breath refuse to make one, slapping  another point in the column for the stupidity of zero tolerance and those who practice it.

Look, the bigger the deal is made out of the noose, the more morons around the country are going to start planting them for sick kicks. There is no swelling of nationwide racism - though media outlets like The Times have a stake in wanting to make it seem as though there is. Unfortunately for them, the numbers they cite don’t bear out.