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Stinky The Clown
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Wed Feb-18-09 09:57 AM Original message |
Monkey cartoon: Is Sharpton right to get upset about this? |
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Frustratedlady
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Wed Feb-18-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Absolutely! How could you take it any other way? |
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Wickerman
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Wed Feb-18-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm trying, but I can't think of any other message except blatant racism |
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emulatorloo
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Really Questionable -- and what will mentally disturbed people see in it? |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. insane people don't take instruction from newspapers like this |
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TroglodyteScholar
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Wed Feb-18-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
96. Is there some kind of distinction you're trying to draw? |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #96 |
101. it's an insult to lunatics |
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TroglodyteScholar
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. My apologies to the lunatics in the room... |
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Glorfindel
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, of course. The thing is unspeakably vile |
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no_hypocrisy
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:02 AM Original message |
How could he remain silent about this particular cartoon? |
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YOY
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. Is this some take on the 1000 monkeys writing for 1000 years thing? |
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crikkett
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's a 'macaca moment' to be sure. n/t |
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Orsino
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. If the cartoonist had had time to draw 1000+ apes... |
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YOY
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I do concur. |
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Myrina
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. Without a doubt. |
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jobycom
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. I guess the Post meant that Obama's bill seemed to be written by monkeys |
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Cabcere
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That's my thought as well |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. there is only one monkey in the cartoon |
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jobycom
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. So you honestly think someone said "Let's call Obama a monkey and shoot him?" |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. and the chimpanzee would be...? |
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dysfunctional press
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. the chimpanzee that was shot by police after mauling a woman this past week. |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #40 |
51. I am aware of that |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. symbolically, who is the chimpanzee? |
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dysfunctional press
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. symbolically- it probably represents all those responsible for actually writing the stimulus bill. |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. who do the Republicans blame for this bill? |
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jobycom
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
47. I never claimed it was exculpatory. |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. the excuse you say they will use |
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Marrah_G
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Yeah I think someone did say that, maybe not outloud though, and then others looked away |
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jobycom
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
49. But that's exactly what I said. |
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blondeatlast
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I saw it much the same. I thought of the "1000 monkeys" reference but |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. there is only one monkey there |
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dysfunctional press
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. the reference is to the monkey that was shot by police this past week... |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. it's all over CNN, MSNBC etc |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
78. Exactly. He is lying on the curb, not sitting at a typewriter. |
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dysfunctional press
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. the monkey tie-in is also the story about the woman who was mauled by a chimp... |
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jobycom
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
48. I know that. The story has been big news everywhere. |
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wryter2000
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Wed Feb-18-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
89. We've heard about it in CA |
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Gormy Cuss
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Wed Feb-18-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
98. "...they can't be that tone deaf to racist iconography." -- that would be it in a nutshell. |
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whistler162
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Wed Feb-18-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
100. Or Former President Bush? |
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Z_I_Peevey
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. That's sickening! |
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Renew Deal
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
13. What does the monkey have to do with the stimulus? |
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Solomon
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
75. Thank-you. Anybody refusing to see the racism here is doing |
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Ohio Joe
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
14. Obviously racist |
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Zywiec
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
15. The Executive Branch wrote the stimulus bill that Congress voted on? |
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Lost in CT
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes it is racist. |
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RamboLiberal
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
19. I saw the cartoon before I heard Sharpton is outraged |
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SmileyRose
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
20. I wish I could go back in time and beat the shit out of jim crow fuckwits |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody
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Wed Feb-18-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
85. But you got slammed because people refused to see your intent |
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kentuck
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. Could it be any more blatant ?? |
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butterfly77
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yes.. |
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Tarc
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
23. Sharpton's right, but given his past history of backing fradulent cases |
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dysfunctional press
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
24. NOT racist...it's a slam on the convoluted nature of the bill- |
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Lucinda
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. That's my take on it as well. |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Obama is the one Republicans blame |
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Zywiec
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
65. Yes, people here do think Obama wrote the stimulus bill |
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slampoet
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
66. Then WHERE IS THE TYPEWRITER?????? |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. oh thank God |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. maybe you could take on post #44 |
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dysfunctional press
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Wed Feb-18-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #66 |
88. perhaps the 1,000 monkeys at 1,000 typewriters putting out war&peace isn't the intended metaphor ? |
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slampoet
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Wed Feb-18-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. Monkeys don't do convoluted things in real life........ |
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dysfunctional press
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Thu Feb-19-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #95 |
103. ... |
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Dreamer Tatum
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
71. Agreed nt |
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slackmaster
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
26. I must confess, I don't see any sign of humor in that cartoon |
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Marrah_G
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. WHOA..................... I do not see how anyone could NOT realize how racist that is. |
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rurallib
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. What a truly strange cartoon |
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spanone
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Wed Feb-18-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
30. how fucking disrepectful of President Obama can you be? |
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TroglodyteScholar
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Wed Feb-18-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
99. Uh, you know Obama didn't write the bill, right? |
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dysfunctional press
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
38. nobody who ever referred to george bush as a chimp has any right to be upset by this... |
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spanone
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. who is it supposed to represent then? nancy pelosi? |
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BlooInBloo
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. It's all good, so long as you pretend two things.... |
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dysfunctional press
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. my guess is that it represents the chimp that was shot by police this past week... |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. you keep answering the wrong end of the question |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. See #69. -nt |
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spanone
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
68. and what did that chimp have to do with the stimulus package, did he write it? |
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dysfunctional press
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Wed Feb-18-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #68 |
86. some people feel that it's so convoluted that a monkey must have written it... |
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
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pacalo
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
44. Yes, it's a slur. But what I don't get is, the police benefits from the stimulus bill! |
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slampoet
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Wed Feb-18-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
82. Uh, you do know that a cop didn't draw this cartoon right? |
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pacalo
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Wed Feb-18-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #82 |
93. We need to ask the cartoonist the meaning behind this, don't we? |
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Starry Messenger
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
45. It looks like something Stormfront would put out. |
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jmg257
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
46. Nope. It is comparing the intelligence of whoever wrote the stimulus bill with that of a monkey. |
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
50. Nope. Just a comment on the stupidity of the stimulus (bailout) bill. |
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RamboLiberal
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
53. 'New York Post' Cartoonist's Monkey Image Not His First Offense |
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
55. I would say so n/t |
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demokatgurrl
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
59. He's being too nice, IMHO. |
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Baikonour
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
60. I don't see how anyone is questioning the validity or motive of this cartoon. |
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seabeyond
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
62. looks ot me like racist black/monkey and killing the pres thru law enforcement |
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Bluerthanblue
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
63. hell yes- |
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Baikonour
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
64. And TMZ isn't helping by putting a non-flattering photo of Sharpton right near the monkey. |
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Cerridwen
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Wed Feb-18-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
67. Yes, yes he is. As am I. And the others here who also see |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
69. Experience with DU trolls has taught me to recognize hate speech coated with plausible deniability |
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immoderate
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Good point. I mean really good. |
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EstimatedProphet
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. I thought it was at first. But I agree with what you're saying now. |
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DeepBlueC
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. About the "cartoonist"...yes |
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Fountain79
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
79. Obvious reference to the chimpanzee attack.... |
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LostinVA
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
80. It's also EXTREMELY insensitive about the poor woman mauled almost to death yesterday |
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lukasahero
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Wed Feb-18-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
81. Holy fuck yes! |
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LibertyLover
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Wed Feb-18-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
83. How can you not see racist overtones - |
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Mari333
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Wed Feb-18-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
84. i guess its all in ones perspective..first thought I had was that PETA was pissed |
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wryter2000
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Wed Feb-18-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
87. That's sick |
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backscatter712
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Wed Feb-18-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
90. Of course, he should. It's dog-whistling, and a veiled call to assassinate the President. |
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NavyDavy
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Wed Feb-18-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
91. absolutely racist.... |
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4lbs
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Wed Feb-18-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
92. If they had wanted to insinuate all Democrats in politics, instead of just President Obama, |
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J-Lo Biafra
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Wed Feb-18-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
94. Racist? I don't know. |
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roody
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Wed Feb-18-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
97. I agree with Al. |
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