Thread: Cartoon Said to Link Obama to Dead Chimp

Thoughts?

Im pretty sure that is suppose to mean the stimulous bill was so dumb that a monkey wrote it. That doesnt mean its obama unless he really did write it all which I doubt. Then again even if it was meant to be obama its pretty clear they used a monkey to mean how poorly written it was, not because he is part black. People read way too far in to stuff. Its just a cartoon.

I think the cartoon is highly insensitive for vegans and even vegetarians. Clearly the shooting of an innocent animal is nothing to make fun of. To abuse the animal by bringing it into the realm of politics is just another case of animal cruelty showing the most vile side of humans.

This is outrageous!

Raise your hand if you are offended.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

[Lots of bush/monkey pics]

Raise your hand if you are offended.

The monkey sure as hell has good reason to be. Being compared to such a creature with an IQ equivocal to a tipsy donkey.

Perhaps I'm naive or perhaps it's because of the color blind generation I grew up with, but...I didn't find anything personally offensive about that gunned down monkey picture (or the back story behind it). You know, I think Al Sharpton has done a multitude of great things for all people of color...but sometimes I think he should just sit his ass down somewhere.

Nope, not even slightly racist. Its not as funny, because they shot the monkey, but saying the bill was written be monkey's is however a little funny. Especially since its probably true!

I would have to be familiar with his other cartoons to draw any kind of concrete conclusion.
On face value, though, I think it is in very poor taste.

UM, that was arguably one of the most amazing posts I've ever seen. Well done.

I just can't see how it could mean anything but the most negative of implications. What other connection is there between a violent chimpanzee and the writer of the stimulus bill besides the horribly racist ones? The cartoon is either senseless or racist. I see no other option.