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Re: Ok in the Past

Posted by **Winston OBoogie** on Aug 16, 2013 at 12:24:17 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Ok in the Past posted by **fishamaphone** on Aug 15, 2013 at 7:27:13 PM:

****not so much today
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***Historical context matters.
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***A picture of, I dunno let's go with Jack Kemp being sent to a gas chamber will never be in great taste, and will likely get a mild negative reaction. Same image with Joseph Lieberman, however? Artist would be lucky to have only what's described in that image. And I think you know why that is.
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** If the rodeo clown had said "Would you like to see Obama get lynched?", I could certainly see your point..
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**But if all the Presidents get their turn at being mocked in that setting, , why should Obama get an exemption?
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**Surely you must know all this furor is way over the top...
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*I honestly don't know if you're aware that you're inserting your opinion as the premise before it's been established. Just in case, I'm pointing that out.
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*Lynching isn't the only thing that happened to blacks in the US. There was whipping, torture, inhumane treatment, and deliberate mutilation as well. Hell, as recently as the mid-20th century, black boxers were routinely heckled and beaten by their own audiences, to no consequence. It's a part of our history we would like to forget, and fortunately for us all it's getting more distant with every passing day, but it's still there. It's an image that is far more hurtful than I think you understand, and while the whole thing might just be a dumb decision on a particular rodeo clown's part and nothing more (I don't know and I don't care: this is a story I'm willfully ignoring), dumb decisions still have consequences.





In case you haven't heard, Obama's approval rating is at a new all time low (42%). And people want to make a big issue out of this incident? If it were GWB or anyone else you would be laughing your ass off instead of trying to resurrect all the historical crimes against blacks as a defense against those who thought of it as no big deal? Seriously?

This country has always had a tradition to make fun of it's leaders at times and Obama isn't the exception. Race has nothing to do with this. There are always those who want to turn it into a racial issue or call it a "hate crime" (like the head of the Missouri NAACP just did). It's a crock of shit!

It's pathetic that's there is a double standard at play when it comes to things like this. Because Obama happens to be black, some feel the necessity to bring up the race card.. it's pathetic. It's all about Obama's policy failures not about his color. Sheesh!







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