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Your apparent willingness to disregard the petty racism at the heart of this story in favor of scoring base political points is indeed a good lesson as to where your own principles lie.

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Knocking a politician for his/her platform is fair game. Using obvious slurs against that person is another.

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If you think people--particularly blacks--are hypersensitive in their reaction to this Obama shirt, and its reference to the senator as an ape, then I invite you to go up to the next African-American you see and call him or her such.

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Am not overlooking any racism if it is there but to help clear it up, which race are you refering to? Obama is always touting how he is bi-racial?

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So you defend Bush when he is being slurred?

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What you suggesting? That people who are half-black, half-white are insulated from racist treatment?

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ORIGINAL: TomTurn

This is a good lesson to all. Should Obama become President, and new messiah for the mislead, there will be no disagreeing with him, no charactures drawn, nothing, without the cry of racism.

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Actually, yes. When Bush was accused a couple of years ago by Kanye West of being racist, and I thought it was repugnant.

I may not like Bush politically

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Point #2 - Disagreeing, caricatures (I presume that's what you meant) that reflect his policies and viewpoints or his thinness or his even his ears, can happen without the cry of racism.

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You defend him from attacks over the way he talks? Or is that a big joke among you and your friends?

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I'll defend Bush against people unfairly calling him a racist,

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but what modern president hasn't become the butt of jokes based on their speech and mannerisms?

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But none of this treatment holds a candle to someone comparing Obama to a monkey considering the historically racist context of the characterization.

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ORIGINAL: cow451

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George Bush was shown as curious george long before this. Was that racist?

YES. Curios George was greatly offended by the comparison to a lower species.[&o]

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Slur has nothing to do with race alone.

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So have you or have you not made slurs against Bush outside of his politics?

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What if he is the spitting image of Curious George? What if his white side gives him the features that make him look like Curious George?

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Could it be seen as racist by you because you cannot let the past go and focus too much on Obamas race?

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You do not support Obama? You are a racist

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You are going to point out the truths of his Church and mentor? You are a racist

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You are going to point out the huge chip him and his wife have on their shoulders? You are a racists

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The only thing that brings me down more is there are people who have actually supported one of the 3 since day one and I have to live in the same country with them.

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Generally, the word "slur" implies a racist connotation. Thus, the term "racist slur."

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So you're comparing Obama to an ape?

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I'd be just as disgusted if someone was peddling a t-shirt depicting Joe Lieberman in an anti-Semitic image, or Bobby Jindal as a cartoonish Hindu swami.

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As for letting go of the past, are you suggesting that Americans should dismiss the racist elements of its history?

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My goodness, what a hardship that must be for you - having to live in a nation where not everyone shares the same opinions as your own.

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of course it is racist. Putting Obama 08 on it

Like I said BO will be president, Racism will propel him into office.

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ORIGINAL: cow451
I would give you a history/sociology lesson, but it would obviously be pointless.

You know far too many folks are way to sensitive and wear their feelings on their shirtsleeves. This victim mentality that many have is just down right overboard.

When George Bush was running for President there were many t-shirts with the Mad Magazine character Alfred E. Newman on them with President Bush's name. You did not see the Bush family getting all defensive and hollering poor ole me about it. Jeeeezzzzzzz.

Obama seems to be just what the liberal demokrats want; an over-sensitive, self-loathing, arrogant, eletist, pro gay marriage supporting, abortion promoting, USA hater.

Thanks
RC

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What you suggesting? That people who are half-black, half-white are insulated from racist treatment?

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I agree. I can envision 4 (or [shudder] 8) years in which any criticism against (the now) Sen. Obama will be attacked as racially motivated. There's a member on this board that I've long respected, admired, and liked that seems to now consider me a raging bigot because I dared to use the word "token" (as in a token visit to WVA) in a post. Then, when I tried to apologize and insist there was no racial intent, I was blown off. I fear for any progess made in this country during the last 40-50 years if this man is elected, a man who is at least as left as or more so than Ted Kennedy - and Kennedy is a man I would never vote for and for the same reasons, none of them racial.

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As I said far too many folks are way to sensitive and ought to get a life.

If you think people--particularly blacks--are hypersensitive in their reaction to this Obama shirt, and its reference to the senator as an ape, then I invite you to go up to the next African-American you see and call him or her such.

Then watch what happens.

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Anyone interested in the Teddy Bear and its "racist" connection with an American President?

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ORIGINAL: rcjames

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As I said far too many folks are way to sensitive and ought to get a life.

If you think people--particularly blacks--are hypersensitive in their reaction to this Obama shirt, and its reference to the senator as an ape, then I invite you to go up to the next African-American you see and call him or her such.

Then watch what happens.

Call them what, the shirt does not call Obama anything other than to point out the physical and action simularities between him and Curious George.

You just make my point of PC gone wild.

THanks
RC