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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Perd Hapley on August 12, 2013, 01:37:46 PM
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I wasn't there, but I'm glad to accept the blame for this one.
http://www.redstate.com/dloesch/2013/08/11/clown-dresses-as-obama-at-mo-state-fair-democrats-cry-racism/
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Funny how caricatures (mask in the article looks just like any of thousands of op-ed caricatures drawn all over the place) are somehow racist.
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Of course its racist. Criticizing or mocking a Dear Leader is always racist.
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Liberals can go to hell.
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Liberals can go to hell.
I say, now, that there memba of our illustr-us Klan has neglected to don his propa yoonifoam. You all caint be a-hangin the president in such rags!
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Liberals can go to hell.
That of course is proper and righteous free speech...
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Anyone see the outrage over the slap Hillary game?
Well, in 2008, a "slap palin" game came out. And at the bottom of the page, a photoshop of McCain giving it to Palin (in the carnal fashion).
Again, liberals get to define "outrage" and we're left to defend ourselves? I say we should be as outrageous and offensive as we want.
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From what I've read of it, it was racist -- the messin' with his big lips part gave it away.
Putting a Obama mask on a clown was fair game IMHO if they'd just stuck with that, and it STILL would have created an uproar (which is sometimes a good thing.)
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From what I've read of it, it was racist -- the messin' with his big lips part gave it away.
Putting a Obama mask on a clown was fair game IMHO if they'd just stuck with that, and it STILL would have created an uproar (which is sometimes a good thing.)
That and making comments about having Obama trampled by a bull.
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From what I've read of it, it was racist -- the messin' with his big lips part gave it away.
Putting a Obama mask on a clown was fair game IMHO if they'd just stuck with that, and it STILL would have created an uproar (which is sometimes a good thing.)
no one really made a stink about this either.
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Anyone see the outrage over the slap Hillary game?
Well, in 2008, a "slap palin" game came out. And at the bottom of the page, a photoshop of McCain giving it to Palin (in the carnal fashion).
Again, liberals get to define "outrage" and we're left to defend ourselves? I say we should be as outrageous and offensive as we want.
This, plus eleventy.
All these housebroken sort-of conservatives seem hell-bent on letting their enemies define what is beyond the pale.
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This, plus eleventy.
All these housebroken sort-of conservatives seem hell-bent on letting their enemies define what is beyond the pale.
That's racist!
But seriously, with so many reasons to hate Obama, why would you pick his blackness for mockery?
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That and making comments about having Obama trampled by a bull.
No, none of that is out of bounds in a nation conceived by the flickering light of burning effigies.
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Is "gets trampled by bulls" a racist stereotype of blacks now? ???
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Is "gets trampled by bulls" a racist stereotype of blacks now? ???
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/12/19987718-rodeo-clown-who-mocked-obama-at-missouri-state-fair-banned-from-performing?lite
During the bull-riding part of the rodeo, a clown put on a mask of Obama while someone asked an enthusiastic crowd if they wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull,” according to media reports and images posted online.
A fair-goer, Perry Beam, posted his account of the event via social media. Video footage of the stunt aired by KSHB shows the rodeo announcer saying, “We’re gonna smoke Obama, man.”
I think the connotation being drawn is having a black man killed by being trampled, and that raises memories of similar occurrences in the past.
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From what I've read of it, it was racist -- the messin' with his big lips part gave it away.
That's funny. None of the stories I've read said the lips were big. You just kind of assume that, based on the President's race?
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/12/19987718-rodeo-clown-who-mocked-obama-at-missouri-state-fair-banned-from-performing?lite
During the bull-riding part of the rodeo, a clown put on a mask of Obama while someone asked an enthusiastic crowd if they wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull,” according to media reports and images posted online.
A fair-goer, Perry Beam, posted his account of the event via social media. Video footage of the stunt aired by KSHB shows the rodeo announcer saying, “We’re gonna smoke Obama, man.”
I think the connotation being drawn is having a black man killed by being trampled, and that raises memories of similar occurrences in the past.
Yeah, 'cause everyone remembers those black people that were racially trampled. =|
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That's funny. None of the stories I've read said the lips were big. You just kind of assume that, based on the President's race?
Yeah, 'cause everyone remembers those black people that were racially trampled. =|
Or dragged behind pickup trucks until they died.
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So you're saying that Obama being virtually, hypothetically gored by a bull (at a rodeo, where there are angry bulls running around) reminds people, or is calculated to remind people, that another, totally different man under totally different circumstances, died in a totally different way? I guess all black people die alike to you. :P
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I can't find it now, but I believe I read that the clown who wore the Obama mask has been banned from the fair.
Not just told not to wear the mask again, but BANNED.
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http://nation.time.com/2013/08/12/rodeo-chiefs-lawyer-anti-obama-clown-went-rogue/
^^^Yes, according to the TIME magazine article, the performer has been banned.
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So you're saying that Obama being virtually, hypothetically gored by a bull (at a rodeo, where there are angry bulls running around) reminds people, or is calculated to remind people, that another, totally different man under totally different circumstances, died in a totally different way? I guess all black people die alike to you. :P
So do you feel the rodeo clown's actions were appropriate and a good representation of the people of Missouri?
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So do you feel the rodeo clown's actions were appropriate and a good representation of the people of Missouri?
Do you feel that the Bushitler protestors hanging Dubya in effigy were appropriate and a good representation of WA?
Also, "not appropriate or a good representation" isn't the same thing as racist now is it?
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So do you feel the rodeo clown's actions were appropriate and a good representation of the people of Missouri?
The only qualm would be with the Fair being tax-payer-funded, which would seem to make political commentary out-of-bounds. In normal times, anyway.
Beyond that, yes, they were perfectly appropriate. As for "a good representation," I don't know. It was certainly good, clean fun. Mocking politicians, as we Americans always do. I'd prefer something more cerebral, but I'm a snob.
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No, none of that is out of bounds in a nation conceived by the flickering light of burning effigies.
QFT.
Sam Adams and his ilk were downright hooligans.
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If Obama had a son, he would have been gored and trampled by a white bull. =D
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Do you feel that the Bushitler protestors hanging Dubya in effigy were appropriate and a good representation of WA?
Also, "not appropriate or a good representation" isn't the same thing as racist now is it?
I think that all parties of whatever political persuasion should pay proper respect to the office of the POTUS. Not necessarily the person, but the office. As I am sure all the veterans here were taught, you salute the position, not the person. And I am equally as dismayed by people hanging President Bush in effigy. And such people certainly don't represent me.
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As I am sure all the veterans here were taught, you salute the position, not the person.
That's because military personnel are pretty much required to respect the office, the President being the CinC and all. The rest of us are under no such restrictions.
It is right and good that the President, no matter who it is, be mocked, taunted, and insulted. It reminds him of his place as a public servant, and not a King. Lese majeste has no place in a free society.
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I think that all parties of whatever political persuasion should pay proper respect to the office of the POTUS. Not necessarily the person, but the office. As I am sure all the veterans here were taught, you salute the position, not the person. And I am equally as dismayed by people hanging President Bush in effigy. And such people certainly don't represent me.
Politics has been crass and dirty and in the gutter since the founding of this country. Any illusion you have to the contrary is just an illusion, sort of like the old days of of an honorable media. I think you should be careful trying to use your standard of behavior to justify these kinds of BS racial standards. People make fun of white people in a racial or physical context all the time and no one bats an eye.
Messing with the lips? I didn't see it, but I'll bet it wasn't what people are claiming.
Trampled by a bull? That is only racist in AlSharpton's fantasy land. Bringing up the past murder in Texas where 2 of the 3 murderers were executed is just foolish. There were no cattle involved in that incident. I expect stuff like that from people who see racism everywhere, not from normal people.
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Lese majeste has no place in a free society.
Well, it has an exalted place, rather than being outlawed or frowned upon.
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That's funny. None of the stories I've read said the lips were big. You just kind of assume that, based on the President's race?
I've seen pictures of the clown in the mask. The lips were not grotesquely large, but it's widely reported that one of the other clowns was messing with the lips and acting like they were big and floppy, and IIRC that's one of the things Lt Gov Kinder (a Republican) mentioned specifically when he denounced it.
What I don't understand is why *you* are being so sensitive about it. ??? Or are you just channeling CSD or DeSelby for the sake of a good argument? (if so, well, you got me. Good show.)
I think that all parties of whatever political persuasion should pay proper respect to the office of the POTUS. Not necessarily the person, but the office. As I am sure all the veterans here were taught, you salute the position, not the person. And I am equally as dismayed by people hanging President Bush in effigy. And such people certainly don't represent me.
It is particularly appropriate to mock Obama because he has no respect for the office he holds. But hanging anyone if effigy is crossing the line.
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Sensitive? In what way am I being sensitive? If I don't jump to the conclusion that it must have been racist, because someone mocked Obama, is that sensitivity?
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Well, it has an exalted place, rather than being outlawed or frowned upon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou0lU8WMgo
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Drudge link: http://news.yahoo.com/mo-state-fair-bans-rodeo-clown-mocked-obama-183933790.html
The office of the President of the U.S. has always been subject to lampooning. When JFK was President, someone put out an LP record mocking JFK and his entire imperial presidency. Johnson was mocked. Nixon was mocked. How many of you are old enough to remember that Chevy Chase rose to quasi-stardom initially on the basis of his weekly skits on Saturday Night Live lampooning Gerry Ford and his (alleged) lack of physical coordination?
So a rodeo clown made fun of this president. I don't see how the mere act of poking fun at a president who is at a nadir in popularity automatically equates to RACISM ... unless, of course, one is himself or herself a racist/race baiter and looks for evidence of racism behind every bush (lower case) and under every rock.
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So I am watching the network news on this story, and how the Missouri Rodeo Clown Association disavows any prior knowledge or approval of this incident. And this got me to wondering: is being a rodeo clown a paid gig? Or is it people volunteering their time?
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Anyone else read the part where they once had a GWB dummy out there that got trampled by a bull?
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Anyone else read the part where they once had a GWB dummy out there that got trampled by a bull?
Yeah, I could have linked to a lot of news stories on this. I chose Dana's piece, because it had that, as well a link to a film about the assassination of GWB.
Guess I shouldn't have bothered to link to any info, at all.
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Remember class, this is racism.
http://crooksandliars.com/2008/05/14/racist-obama-t-shirts-for-sale-curious-george (http://crooksandliars.com/2008/05/14/racist-obama-t-shirts-for-sale-curious-george)
This is politcal satire
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http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5agx7KPcaEg/TbG37rNMt4I/AAAAAAAABDs/S0xqFub_xiM/s320/chimpbush.jpg&imgrefurl=http://justnotsaid.blogspot.com/2011/04/racism.html&h=450&w=303&sz=35&tbnid=_oyLTm950BLLqM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=61&zoom=1&usg=__eiGH28MVd5Z-jjXAEqHCOJt2SOI=&docid=VePpCOqvQ7oU_M&sa=X&ei=SDIKUramMaaF2gWM9oGYCg&ved=0CDUQ9QEwAg&dur=167 (http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5agx7KPcaEg/TbG37rNMt4I/AAAAAAAABDs/S0xqFub_xiM/s320/chimpbush.jpg&imgrefurl=http://justnotsaid.blogspot.com/2011/04/racism.html&h=450&w=303&sz=35&tbnid=_oyLTm950BLLqM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=61&zoom=1&usg=__eiGH28MVd5Z-jjXAEqHCOJt2SOI=&docid=VePpCOqvQ7oU_M&sa=X&ei=SDIKUramMaaF2gWM9oGYCg&ved=0CDUQ9QEwAg&dur=167)
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How about this one: Racist or just funny?
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I think Michelle is gonna beat him to it.
=D
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All the hyper-sensitive fools who see Bull Connors under every bed can eat my shorts. Same goes for those who see racism in a rodeo clown clowning around in a caricature mask of a politician.
"When they got home at night, their fat and
Psychopathic wives race-hustlers would thrash them
Within inches of their lives."
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How about this one: Racist or just funny?
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Apparently funny since I sprayed my tablet with Diet Mt. Dew just as soon as the picture came into view. :rofl:
I'm a patriot. I love my country including the fact that we're not subjects of people who pretend to be our betters simply by birth. I spent ten years in the navy defending our right to mock the president. As gun owners, we're painfully aware that rights not exercised are soon lost. I don't want my years to have been for nothing so get out there and mock some presidents, damnit!
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I don't want my years to have been for nothing so get out there and mock some presidents, damnit!
http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/08/13/hey-everyone-welcome-to-mock-obama-day
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http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/08/13/hey-everyone-welcome-to-mock-obama-day
I like it!
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So I am watching the network news on this story, and how the Missouri Rodeo Clown Association disavows any prior knowledge or approval of this incident. And this got me to wondering: is being a rodeo clown a paid gig? Or is it people volunteering their time?
I don't know if it is paid, but the one article on Drudge indicated they were going after one of the guy's day job with a school district.
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That's racist!
But seriously, with so many reasons to hate Obama, why would you pick his blackness for mockery?
I wouldn't have done that myself - kind of tacky - but there are several reasons.
1. His blackness got him >95% of the black vote.
2. His blackness got him >95% of the mass media's support.
3. His blackness got him the Democratic nomination with no actual history of political experience
4. His blackness is the reason the mass media steadfastly REFUSES to "vet" him.
Even Clinton ("America's first black President") noted that Obama played the race card in the campaign.
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I don't know if it is paid, but the one article on Drudge indicated they were going after one of the guy's day job with a school district.
Of course they are. Liberals want to DESTROY their opponents. There is nothing that isn't personal to them.
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Oh, do read. Most hilarious.
http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/08/13/an-apology-letter-to-mr-obama/comment-page-1/
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Oh, do read. Most hilarious.
http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/08/13/an-apology-letter-to-mr-obama/comment-page-1/
=D
The trouble is that Dear Leader will probably think that he's serious :facepalm:
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Hmmmm, I wonder what happened to that whole 1st Amendment thing.... Dead as the rest of them I fear.
Having actually gone to Youtube and watched the 3Minute video, the other clown appears to play with his ears, not his lips. I will admit there are gaps where the camera is focused on the the chute and not the clowns so I may have missed that part.
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Hmmmm, I wonder what happened to that whole 1st Amendment thing.... Dead as the rest of them I fear.
Having actually gone to Youtube and watched the 3Minute video, the other clown appears to play with his ears, not his lips. I will admit there are gaps where the camera is focused on the the chute and not the clowns so I may have missed that part.
I have not seen the video yet, but playing with his ears is okay IMHO. (not sure how I ended up the arbiter on this... maybe *because* I haven't seen it)
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I have not seen the video yet, but playing with his ears is okay IMHO. (not sure how I ended up the arbiter on this... maybe *because* I haven't seen it)
Playing with the lips of a mask is not a racially-charged act. To treat it as such truly beggars the imagination.
I haven't seen video of anyone messing with the mask. Link?
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I just heard a black man on the radio say that if a person was rude to him in public, that he was justified in assuming it was because that person was racist. I'd wager this guy has never seen real racism. He just imagines it as an explanation for all the bad things in his life.
This case is the same IMO. It shows in bold type that you can't lampoon a black President without being called a racist. I am disappointed that the rodeo association up there rolled on command.
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I heard Rush today . . . he said from the reaction (Fire the clown, fire the announcer, get the clown fired from his day job, and on and on) you'd think it was the Taliban reacting to someone drawing a cartoon of The Prophet . . . almost as if someone's religion was under attack.
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I heard Rush today . . . he said from the reaction (Fire the clown, fire the announcer, get the clown fired from his day job, and on and on) you'd think it was the Taliban reacting to someone drawing a cartoon of The Prophet . . . almost as if someone's religion was under attack.
Hey, now. This is a REAL scandal. Not one of those fake Benghazi, Fast & Furious, IRS things you people like to waste time talking about.
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Playing with the lips of a mask is not a racially-charged act. To treat it as such truly beggars the imagination.
I haven't seen video of anyone messing with the mask. Link?
Maybe they were mocking Mick Jagger.
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Being ass clowns Democrats fear competition from rodeo clowns.
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Old SNL sketch:
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/halloween-party/n12185/
Things get ironical at about 4 minutes in.