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View Poll Results: Is the cartoon racist?
Yes 7 8.64%
No 67 82.72%
It's borderline 7 8.64%
Voters: 81. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-09-2014, 11:25 PM
 
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George Bush and Monkey Look-Alikes - Bush Monkey Photos
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Old 01-10-2014, 12:01 AM
 
Location: Ohio
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I don't think so, I think it's a bad depiction, I mean exaggerating his features is the norm not making him look like Homer Simpson.

And there is a legacy of depicting black people as monkeys to degrade them so people can do well to tread more carefully because of that.

I do like how the cartoonist characterized Obama as right wing, which he is, it's refreshing to find people who know what they're talking about.
Right wing compared to who? lol
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Old 01-10-2014, 12:49 AM
 
Location: El Sereno, Los Angeles, CA
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Right wing compared to who? lol
Just right wing I guess, not far right of course he ain't a fascist but he tends to veer towards authoritarianism if you ask me.
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Old 01-10-2014, 01:28 AM
 
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It doesn't look much like Obama to me - but not really an ape. it looks more like Homer Simpson.
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Old 01-10-2014, 01:28 AM
 
Location: Columbia, SC
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People are characterizing this cartoon of Obama as "racist":

Daily Kos Cartoonist: Obama Racism Charges are 'Squishy Liberals' Being Politically Correct - TheWrap

They say it makes him look like an ape. I'm not so sure I agree. I have seen hundreds of political cartoons with facial and other features greatly exaggerated as a caricature. Bush looked more like an ape in just about every cartoon I saw of him.
I always thought W looked more like Alfred E. Neuman...
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Old 01-10-2014, 01:36 AM
 
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I always thought W looked more like Alfred E. Neuman...
I could see a lot of old Alf in Obama too. Around the ears and eyes...
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Old 01-10-2014, 02:07 AM
 
Location: texas
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He looks like a cross between LBJ and Homer Simpson. Maybe the cartoonist was hired more for his narrative than his drawing skills.
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Old 01-10-2014, 04:32 AM
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Location: Suburban Dallas
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People are characterizing this cartoon of Obama as "racist":

Daily Kos Cartoonist: Obama Racism Charges are 'Squishy Liberals' Being Politically Correct - TheWrap

They say it makes him look like an ape. I'm not so sure I agree. I have seen hundreds of political cartoons with facial and other features greatly exaggerated as a caricature. Bush looked more like an ape in just about every cartoon I saw of him.
I don't have a problem with it. Barry kind of looks like an ape, anyway.

And acts like a gorilla.....
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Old 01-10-2014, 05:55 AM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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looks more like a skinny al roker with a really bad overbite.
his artistic skills suck. he gets hired because of his far leftwing political angle.
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Old 01-10-2014, 06:02 AM
 
Location: Just over the horizon
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People are characterizing this cartoon of Obama as "racist":

Daily Kos Cartoonist: Obama Racism Charges are 'Squishy Liberals' Being Politically Correct - TheWrap

They say it makes him look like an ape. I'm not so sure I agree. I have seen hundreds of political cartoons with facial and other features greatly exaggerated as a caricature. Bush looked more like an ape in just about every cartoon I saw of him.
See the great thing about shouting accusations of racism from the rooftops is that you get to deflect the issue at hand without having to prove the accusation of racism.

Because anything that a Liberal says is racist IS therefore racist.

Pretty cool huh?
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