Comments on: Am I a racist if I make a sign picturing Obama as a monkey in your opinion?

By: jimmiv

jimmiv — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:39:59 +0000

Do not think it is racist but think such depictions of Bush or Obama or anyone are just rude. Not funny. Satire has its boundaries too. I do not view Obama has being black but just a darker shade of pale.

Actually when he panders to his Black audience he speaks that way but when he panders to the Whites he presents himself as an intellectual. I prefer sincerity and speaking from ones heart
and not ones skin tone.
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By: KC

KC — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:53:59 +0000

No, but it is species discrimination from the monkey’s point of view. And incidentally, we all look like monkeys. There’s only 3% difference there. I resemble a snow monkey.

Instead of getting offended, people should go with it.
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By: ChiGirl

ChiGirl — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:21:59 +0000

Racist, no; childish, perhaps.

IMO, I wonder why one would use a monkey for Obama when there are so many other choices, i.e., a Hitler-nazi mustache, a kremlin hat, a Che Guevera bandanna, a hammer and sickle tee shirt, bowing toward Mecca, etc……….?

It’s all subjective.

I thought the GWB monkey caricatures were childish. Obama is half white but he plays it down by choice.
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By: Robert T

Robert T — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:35:59 +0000

No, just a visual patriot.
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By: Gadfly

Gadfly — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:18:59 +0000

No, not if your intent was to portray him as monkeying around with the Constitution or figuratively as out of control "a monkey at the wheel" and not literally comparing him to a monkey. Regardless of your intentions, others would perceive you as a racist. You would then be guilty of using emotion rather than reason in a counterproductive effort to express your disagreement with his destructive policys like so many on the left are apt to do. The left uses charges of racism as a political club, not out moral indignation as they would have you believe. Like violence, this bleating of "Racism!" is the last refuge of the incompetent. Note how they quietly embrace a court case like Plessy v. Ferguson as it allows them to use this contemptible practice in many more situations than would otherwise be the case. The false charge of racism is hate speech disguised as moral superiority, used by those with a delusion of moral high ground.
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By: Paul Grass™

Paul Grass™ — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:05:59 +0000

No , the same thing was done in regards to Bush calling him a chimp, it could also be argued you were supporting the evolutionary theory!LOL!
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By: jasonsluck13

jasonsluck13 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:38:59 +0000

I get your point, and there is some shred of validity to it. We live in a day and age where political correctness is both biased and out of control…

But, there is a line to be crossed and i think you’re crossing it… Racism can be described as the belief that a certain race portrays undesirable characteristics, in particular the way they look. I don’t know anyone that thinks looking like a monkey is desirable so yes, it is racist. No matter if it’s Obama or Bush..

As far as portraying Obama as a Commie, as far as i’m concerned that is not racist. Political affiliation has nothing to do with race…
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By: Sheesh

Sheesh — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:12:59 +0000

the only people who think a picture of Obama as a monkey is racist, are racists themselves.

people who AREN’T racists are equal opportunity offenders.

yeah, that seems backwards, but think about it. it’s true. it’s only when you DON’T care what color someone is that you feel free to insult them.
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By: R

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:42:59 +0000

Yes, there is a historic representation of race in this nation that has negative depictions of people of color and monkeys. We also had a historic precedent with the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson that if you are 1/7th black in this nation we see you as black rather than any other race. So, this sounds to me like a petulant child rather than one who is willing to fully examine the history of race in the US.
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By: OJ's Wife - No Peers on Jury

OJ's Wife - No Peers on Jury — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:30:59 +0000

no
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