B_Rik_Schitthaus
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Just a joke poster.
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Just a joke poster.
CrushDance
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Kosmo. Forgive me if I'm way off base here. But. A lot of your posts regarding politics at least seem to have this level of...anger? towards Obama. Why is that? I'm just curious.
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something isn't well-designed just because it's iconic.
I wish I was. People can't even say anything about Obama or disagree with his policies in the press without MSNBC. et al running the story and adding "...would they have said this to a white president..."
Case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI-9DOkx3HM
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
It'd be great if more criticism leveled at Obama had rationality and logic behind it, but most boils down to "I hate him, cuz of ....what I heard!"
Dude Abides
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The double reverse finger!
Not surprised that Kosmo and Ripclawe are very upset by this blasphemous iconoclasm.
Not surprised that Kosmo and Ripclawe are very upset by this blasphemous iconoclasm.
kkaabboomm
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B_Rik_Schitthaus
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Sticking fingers up at a painting = Heckling the President of your country as his giving a speech.
KibblesBits
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In relation to a gay rights supporter flipping a former President the bird? How does that even equal to someone being racist?
There are actual instances of people being racist towards the President that make sense in context. That comment was more like a bitter non sequiter.
The Albatross
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That's not really true. Obama's 45% approval rating has a lot more to do with the currently still shitty state of the economy more so than "that's what I heard!" While the economy is only effected by the reigning president by a small degree, it's a valid complaint against that president and carried other recent contestants into office (Clinton > HW Bush; Reagan > Carter).
BotoxAgent
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Republicans have been disgracing the President 24/7 365 days a year. It's become so common I think we've grown numb to it at this point.
I'm not upset - I just find it funny that someone who espouses that we need to be above petty bullshit (e.g. who cares if gays get married, I don't) would get invited to the White House and act like a 3rd grader with the pettiest of actions.
Schattenjäger
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Dude Abides
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Is that what they espouse? Maybe they're actually pro petty bullshit.
Ah yes, this is surely the moment Fox News and all right-wingers have been waiting for to get Romney over the hump.
Don't be dense.
I'd be just as pissed about this no matter the President of the United States that they were doing it in front of, republican or democrat. As others have said, you are given the honor to attend and you should act with respect and class, period. I don't care who you are, that goes for all as far as I'm concerned.
The point is that it's not a big deal, nothing is going to come of this but some rabble.
Epicus Failus
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Indeed. Most will focus solely on this stunt than anything else. Pretty sure they will regret this in the long run.
Dude Abides
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I'm pretty sure everyone will have forgotten by Monday.
bengraven
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The people who want to use this as a weapon against the left won't.
They're grasping at any straws they can find.
That's not what I'm getting at.
I'm saying that people need to stop pretending that Obama doesn't get shit for the simple fact that he's black.
PhoenixDark
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The full pic shows three of them flipping Reagan off
I'd be pissed if I was Obama. But not as myself. The White House is not my house, and its contents don't deserve respect merely because the rulers of the land are granted its use.
bengraven
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Speaking of the "what if it was Obama" thing, conservatives have mocked him in the past. Terry Jones just a few weeks ago made an effigy of him. I don't remember seeing a HuffPo front page headline blaring about it.
Ah, okay.
Ah, okay.
Agreed. I'm not going to throw a fit over this because, in all honesty, it doesn't affect me at all, but that doesn't mean I don't recognize the distinct lack of class here. And at the white house no less.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
No, you're a parent that wants their kid to do farm work.
bengraven
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nVidiot_Whore
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The whole "you must maintain class and dignity in the White House" stuff is a part of the problem.
Hell, the White House, and it's existence, is a part of the problem.
It's all a glorification of people who really should just be considered people with an important job to do.
Instead we do this semi-royalty treatment with our elected leaders, who are NOT royalty, and who actually are making decisions for our country.
The same people who will do everything they can to insult a President they don't like, will then turn around and claim you need to "act classy" inside the White House. As if the words they'll use to describe politicians embody "class" in general.
They are just PEOPLE.. they shouldn't be having their visage's painted and glorified by anyone in the first place.. and our Preisdent shouldn't be living in a gold plated mansion.
Hell, the White House, and it's existence, is a part of the problem.
It's all a glorification of people who really should just be considered people with an important job to do.
Instead we do this semi-royalty treatment with our elected leaders, who are NOT royalty, and who actually are making decisions for our country.
The same people who will do everything they can to insult a President they don't like, will then turn around and claim you need to "act classy" inside the White House. As if the words they'll use to describe politicians embody "class" in general.
They are just PEOPLE.. they shouldn't be having their visage's painted and glorified by anyone in the first place.. and our Preisdent shouldn't be living in a gold plated mansion.
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no i'm pretty sure the white house is ok and people just shouldn't act like assholes in it. but whatever.
nVidiot_Whore
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Right. It's not a part of the glorification of our leaders, the ego stroking they receive, the megalomania that occurs.
It's all just really healthy human behavior, and not indicative of the vast disparity between the "populous" and those "in power" that shouldn't exist.
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nVideot_whore listen i want a socialist utopia as much as anyone but this is america
el retorno
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Arrowgigantic
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Meh, Reagan did a lot worse to them. Maybe kick him out of the White House, too.
mugurumakensei
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No, it isn't. It's busy everywhere and looks schizophrenic.
Escape Goat
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Well, Reagan was such a friend to the gays. Im not sure why she hates him so.
jamesinclair
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Parallax
best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
Those have to be parody.
nVidiot_Whore
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It's not parody at all.
Obama being elected has brought the lowest common denominator in society into our political discourse. People who said little about politics for their entire lives, were suddenly embroiled by Obama being elected.
The "why" is a touchy subject. Any reasonable person knows precisely why. Republicans have a hard time admitting it.
Obama being elected has brought the lowest common denominator in society into our political discourse. People who said little about politics for their entire lives, were suddenly embroiled by Obama being elected.
The "why" is a touchy subject. Any reasonable person knows precisely why. Republicans have a hard time admitting it.
Parallax
best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
So talking completely out there asses(even more so anyway) is a new republican tactic now? Not much can be disputed I guess.
Enosh
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really?
like for real?
you posted in both threads about it and now you claim you didn't see anyone make a fuss about it...
one of those threads linking to the huffpost story about it
Flip him off, nah. Photoshop him into witch doctor garb or something? Yes.
I'd definitely like to flip off Cowboy Ronny, but I'd probably have the decorum to not do so in the White House.
John Rabbit
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proof you can be socially liberal and still be a complete fucking twat.
nVidiot_Whore
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Huge percentages "believing" that the President is lying about his citizenship, what religion he actually is, etc.? Suggesting he's some evil dictator, if not actually the anti-christ, and his goal is to take over the government?
It is new, or an excalation of the old at the very least.
And it's because Obama isn't an old white man.
And because people who reacted to that were pandered too.
It lowered the public discourse to new lows.
Because of the amazing unintentional humor or because you think it's a quality news website?
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