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I don't think whoever made that commercial had ill intentions but it was incredibly poor timing. It's also IGNORANT to claim you don't get it. An entire race has been compared to monkeys in a disrespectful way, even here on this forum. Most recently about Michelle Obama on multiple occasions...
No, it's not. I can assure you that I would never have made that connection. Maybe I'm unusual, but when I look at a monkey, I think about the monkey, not a black person.
The fact that you decided to share such an inflamatory post on here is just as idiotic and bigoted as the so-called rule. Looks like you were just looking for a chance to bash black people and encourage more racists to join you. Sleep well tonight.
What a stupid post. You have it exactly backwards. The fact that you posted it indicates a complete lack of ability to read English.
Read the OP again and maybe you will understand. The OP does NOT bash black people. It bashes the idiots who complained to the TV station about a coincidental event that almost everyone who saw it would be unaffected.
I watched the entire last hour of the broadcast - watched Miss Douglas win the all-around, the medal ceremony, and Mr. Costas's tribute to her accomplishment. I watched the commercial also - but didn't remember the commercial until I clicked on this thread just now. I didn't make any connection at all between the two - probally because I don't equate black people with monkeys. The people complaining about this apparently do - which makes one wonder if the anger shouldn't be directed at themselves.
Millions of people like myself watched a young American woman accomplish an amazing feat, keep the women's all around gold medal in American hands for the third straight Olympics, and were genuinely proud of the young lady who accomplished that. The color of the lady's skin didn't cross my mind until Mr. Costas made a point of it - and actually that irritated me because it was her talent, skill, and hard work that earned the medal - not that she is black. I was going to start a thread about that but figured it was best to just let Miss Douglas's victory alone without bringing politics into it.
This was an honest mistake - let's keep the focus where it should be on Gabby Douglas aka the "Flying Squirrel".
Oops - am I not allowed to call her by the nickname that her coach affectionately gave her? I bet someone will accuse me of racism now - without ever bothering to learn the history behind that moniker.
Seriously people need to chill out and get over skin color. When blood is drawn from any human being on the planet - guess what? The vial will appear red.
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Congratulations Miss Douglas!
Good post. I don't even think it was an honest mistake. It was not a mistake at all. The mistake is in the minds of the idiots who connect the monkey ad with black people. I don't understand why the public cannot just ignore idiots who make everything a race issue.
I don't think whoever made that commercial had ill intentions but it was incredibly poor timing. It's also IGNORANT to claim you don't get it. An entire race has been compared to monkeys in a disrespectful way, even here on this forum. Most recently about Michelle Obama on multiple occasions...
Well it isn't really ignorant to claim they don't get it because they don't.
The History Ignorant are rampant in CD....Blacks have been shown as monkeys in the past...
but dolts don't think anything ever happened before the day they were born....
Commercials are one of the most subtle, manipulative ways to brainwash the masses into accepting the cultural marxism that is taking over our nation.
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