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11. i laughed

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 11:33 AM

Jun 2012

because he was a white man born with white privilege, white wealth, white boats, white mansions, white schools, white this, white that, white shoes, white bread, white, white, white, white, white.

white people were never derogatorily referred to as monkeys in a racially humiliating context.

plus, the motherfucker looks like a goddamn monkey.

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When I hear this talk show host call Obama a 'monkey president' I hold several reactions at once [View all] bigtree Jun 2012 OP

Amen. NOLALady Jun 2012 #1

+1! Also I don't think America has become more racist it just that racist have found forum with GOP uponit7771 Jun 2012 #2

I agree. October Jun 2012 #7

They are making it acceptable to be a crude racist. It will always be shut down within my earshot. The Wielding Truth Jun 2012 #34

I agree too nt ailsagirl Jul 2012 #65

thanks handmade34 Jun 2012 #3

Well said! (k&r) CanSocDem Jun 2012 #4

Take heart, my friend pscot Jun 2012 #5

major kick! Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #6

What was your reaction to Bush being referred to as chimp? n/t monmouth Jun 2012 #8

Your post barely deserves a response but I'll give one. Maraya1969 Jun 2012 #9

Oh I'm thinking double-standard here. I don't think Bush appreciated being referred to monmouth Jun 2012 #10

there is no double standard datasuspect Jun 2012 #12

This^ siligut Jun 2012 #24

What does THIS stand for? wake.up.america Jun 2012 #51

"What you said" or "What this person said". DCKit Jun 2012 #52

Thank you. wake.up.america Jun 2012 #53

Yes, it means "I agree". siligut Jun 2012 #61

Blacks were considered by WHITES JitterbugPerfume Jun 2012 #15

So it's ok to poke fun at an intellectually challenged human? bigwillq Jun 2012 #22

No , it is not ok JitterbugPerfume Jun 2012 #23

I hear ya. bigwillq Jun 2012 #26

When they're a POTUS Stainless Jun 2012 #31

I can get down with your reply bigwillq Jun 2012 #37

i thought bush was called chimp because he iemitsu Jun 2012 #50

That was the whole reason why the Bush-Chimp comparison started. His sheer stupidity helped too nt Selatius Jun 2012 #57

Morally challenged, more to the point. Sans__Culottes Jun 2012 #55

Hello bigwillq Jun 2012 #62

Thanks, bigwillq! Sans__Culottes Jun 2012 #63

Only if said intellectually challenged human had Daddy buy him the Presidency. Tigress DEM Jun 2012 #58

well.. but Bush really LOOKED like a chimp. Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #38

Barking/wrong tree brush Jun 2012 #46

False equivalency. Sans__Culottes Jun 2012 #54

Perhaps you've been fortunate enough to miss the derogatory slurs like "porch monkey" and "macaca." Gormy Cuss Jun 2012 #64

i laughed datasuspect Jun 2012 #11

I didn't connect that comparison to his race bigtree Jun 2012 #13

Dupe. freshwest Jun 2012 #40

This is as I remember it growing up, and those caricatures are still in supremacist websites... freshwest Jun 2012 #41

+100 Taverner Jun 2012 #43

right on, freshwest bigtree Jun 2012 #47

And so was the OP. Thanks for writing that out. People should know. freshwest Jun 2012 #48

The same as our reaction will be when Obama gets called a 'cracker'? LanternWaste Jun 2012 #14

wasn't the cracker the slave owner JitterbugPerfume Jun 2012 #17

I think "cracker" is an insulting term for white Southerners without money or property Mister Ed Jun 2012 #60

Bush as chimp Brainstormy Jun 2012 #16

haha hahahareally Jun 2012 #25

DU rec...nt SidDithers Jun 2012 #18

"We've got to fight this like it was 1963 again" zeemike Jun 2012 #19

'sit-in' bigtree Jun 2012 #21

K & R Scurrilous Jun 2012 #20

Racism is one of the last refuges for idiots siligut Jun 2012 #27

K&R one_voice Jun 2012 #28

Their ugly is showing... onlyadream Jun 2012 #29

Well written---K and R panader0 Jun 2012 #30

I totally agree. Totemo doukan desu. AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #32

^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^ freshwest Jun 2012 #39

It's racist as hell, and I still call the war criminal shrub a "chimp" just1voice Jun 2012 #33

I'm not sure what's more hurtful and dangerous. The racist attacks or those who deny the racism... Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #35

What's worse is the ones that try to claim reverse racism Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #42

+1 K&R azurnoir Jun 2012 #36

Turning a subject a different direction methodman Jun 2012 #44

Consider the source--stupid, idiotic, contemptuous racists. Not a shred of humanity. ailsagirl Jun 2012 #45

Amen DonCoquixote Jun 2012 #49

You're right, but what do you expect from a party that says "reload!" if they can't win honestly? Tigress DEM Jun 2012 #56

White. Christian. Male. To too many Americans, that's all that is needed to become president Suji to Seoul Jun 2012 #59