NY POST cartoon offends....

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Piss on Al Sharpton. :shakehead:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - African Americans criticized a New York Post cartoon as racist Wednesday, saying it likened President Barack Obama to an ape -- a potent image in the history of racism toward blacks.

The cartoon, which the newspaper defended as a parody of Washington politics, depicts a police shooting of an ape, playing off the real shooting of a pet chimpanzeee in Connecticut this week. One of the police officers says, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."

Because Obama promoted the $787 billion economic stimulus that he signed into law Tuesday, critics of the cartoon interpreted the dead chimp as a reference to Obama, who became the first black U.S. president on January 20.

"The cartoon in today's New York Post is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African Americans as being synonymous with monkeys," civil rights activist Al Sharpton said.

Calling the cartoon "offensive and divisive," he promised to stage a demonstration outside the Post offices Thursday.
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SOURCE: Reuters
 
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A case of some people being far too sensitive. Not to mention not bright enough to get the joke.
 
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For the life of me I couldn't figure out the racial angle until I read the specific complaint.
 
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volinbham said:
For the life of me I couldn't figure out the racial angle until I read the specific complaint.
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Well, you see, the ape was brown in appearance. Had it been an albino ape, we wouldn't have this issue. White apes commit crimes, too, you racist bastard.
 
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I can't believe the story actually made the ABC News broadcast tonight.

When they totally ignore Sharpton. He will go away.
 
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It was on CNN this afternoon for way too long....I just can't see how this can be made into a legitimate issue.
 
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how many passes will obama get because people will be afraid of being called a racist? scary. . .
 
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Why would anyone start a thread on this subject? Why would anyone give a as to what this guy thinks? This, in itself, gives Sharpton relevance. We've heard less and less of Jackson and him in recent months. They are both useless opportunists who hopefully, will eventually disappear in the near future.
 
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truefan said:
Why would anyone start a thread on this subject? Why would anyone give a sh*t as to what this guy thinks? This, in itself, gives Sharpton relevance. We've heard less and less of Jackson and him in recent months. They are both useless opportunists who hopefully, will eventually disappear in the near future.
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This is why I care:

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truefan said:
This makes you care????LOL

Typical......Obama hasn't made Sharpton any more relevant than he was before the election, but you give credence to a photo. Again, typical
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ridiculous response. Pretending that Sharpton doesn't have an enormously sympathetic ear to his whining doesn't mean said ear is less sympathetic.
 
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droski said:
He has obama's ear and that scares the crap out of a lot of us.
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There is no proof he has Obama's "ear" as you think he does.

The portion in bold is what I call typical. Reactionary behavior from the right over NOTHING. Typical
 
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BigPapaVol said:
ridiculous response. Pretending that Sharpton doesn't have an enormously sympathetic ear to his whining doesn't mean said ear is less sympathetic.
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No it's not. It is a perfectly appropriate response. Reacting to something that won't add up to a hill of beans is the type of behavior common for republicans. Just because you don't like it doesn't make it ridiculous
 
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truefan said:
No it's not. It is a perfectly appropriate response. Reacting to something that won't add up to a hill of beans is the type of behavior common for republicans. Just because you don't like it doesn't make it ridiculous
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