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39. ^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Reply #32)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 03:42 PM

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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