Reply #99: Whoever suggested that they "directed" that the billboard be removed?

[grimpeur]

I note that they didn't deny the actual statements of fact in the original article:

- They (the city) received 90 complaints
- They informed the billboard company about same
- They ASKED if they could remove it (did not "direct" them to)

What the city (apparently) did wrong was to not respond to those 90 complaints with the same sort of responsibility-dodging brush-off like the above response to complaints about their own actions. On the contrary, according to the article, they acted as mouthpiece for the unruly mob, which they should never do, when the cause for the mob's wrath is constitutionally protected behavior of a minority.

No one accused them of ordering the billboard removed or otherwise directly controlling content, so denying that they did so is entirely off-point.