I know racism when I see it, and all those people trying to act like this is just the President as the joker, or missing a larger subliminal message. This is a play on black-face, and I don’t understand why the outrage is on the right, when the outrage should be amongst people with common sense that don’t believe in racism as the future for America. I am angry, and I am tired of the bull crap that has been leveled at this President because of his race. As a Christian, I do not understand the hate coming from Christian conservatives, and I’m starting to wonder about the spirit driving this movement. This is bigger than Jena 6, and no one is outraged. This is not socialism, this is hate, this is racism and I never thought I would see it at this level during my life time. What are we going to do about it?
Where is the genuine outrage?
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Quick
Comment made on 08/05/2009 @ 16:29
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wow, and wow. I dont understand why they won’t leave the Pres. alone. Like he said, he is going to be their president, whether they like it or not.
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Jake Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 09:06
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@Quick, WTF – The dema-tards were doing this to the worthless Bush and now that’s it’s done to Prez BO it’s racism? You’re all fucking nuts. If they would called him a nig, made his lips bigger, put a rope around his neck, or something else I would agree on racism but come on a55holes, this was already done to white presidents.
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Jake Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 09:10
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@Jake, Forgot to add it’s time to get over the blame game for being black, I’m fucking black and my brothers and sisters just need to grow the fuck up, get educated, and get a life. We have more opportunity then ever before and still you want to pull the race card. It actually brings us down and doesn’t lift us up.
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MrsGrapevine 2 Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 09:30
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@Jake,
Not one person on here has blamed anyone for their state in life. So please take your basic talking points to a site more suited for your language and hate.
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MrsGrapevine 2 Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 09:26
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@Jake,
Some people have placed Obama in a noose, as well as painted the white house with watermelon, as well as calling him a jungle monkey, as well as saying his wife is a descendant of apes, plus the go back to Africa jokes..
We don’t need to grow up, we’re not on a message board dropping f-bombs, as if our vocabulary was very limited.
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Jake Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 18:01
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@MrsGrapevine 2, I have heard these jokes being made at me about being a monkey, big lipped baboon and etc… Yes the author does need to grow up. Yes read your own article. Their blaming this on the far right. You know that’s bull crap. It is the far right, far left, in the middle, its everywhere. Further more it was the far right who freed my family from slavery. If your that dumb and don’t know your history then you shouldn’t have a computer to even post. Take your hate somewhere else dumb ass. Learn history and btw your grammar sucks.
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MrsGrapevine 2 Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 18:22
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@MrsGrapevine 2,
You’re using talking points Republican 101. Look at a map and see who freed you, not the Conservatives of the South who are now the far right, but the radical Republicans from the Northeast, and Midwest.
The Northeast is now mostly Democrat, and the South is mostly Republicans. The people in your party today were the Dems (Dixiecrat) of yesterday. During the 1960′s there was a shift sweetheart, and Conservatives crossed over to Republicans, and many blacks and liberals from the Northeast crossed over to the Democrat party.
If this was the 1950′s, I would be a Republican, but a simple map of the parties will show you who shifted where.
Don’t get the terms Conservative and Liberal confused with Democrats and Republican. The Democrats who succeeded from this great nation were very much Conservative, and the Republicans who helped to free you, were very radical.
As far as grammar, I can out write you any day (bet). Before you talk about someone else make sure you have your own stuff together.
Lastly, I don’t want to be apart of your ideology…one that obviously encourages cursing and name calling.
Once you decide to finish your history lesson, then we will have a debate. When you can learn how to debate and not throw tantrums when someone disagrees, then we can continue.
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mateosumeo Reply:
January 29th, 2012 at 09:21
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@Quick,
What a naive statement! Bush was depicted as Joker a few hundred times…to make the jump to racism is simply ignorant of how politics works. The fact that Cain, West, and Rubio are Tea Party favorites proves your assertion is complete BS
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Lonisha
Comment made on 08/05/2009 @ 18:07
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my little brother dressed up as the joker for halloween last year…face makeup and all….there was nothing racist about it
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 08/05/2009 @ 18:35
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@ Lonisha:
Your brother chose to be the Joker, Barack didn’t asked to be the joker, and the person behind this ad had malicious intent. Very different from a Halloween costume.
If you were in a history class or English class you would be asked to explore the theories behind the picture. It doesn’t have to be racist, but with all the other e-mails, name calling, and the birthers movement, I know it’s a play on black-face, and not a picture that Barack Obama took at a Halloween party.
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QUEENMENDI
Comment made on 08/05/2009 @ 19:27
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Thanks MrsGrapevine for clearing things up w/h Lonisha. One way we can help as a black community is by educating ourselves on what’s “really” going on in the world we live in.
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Tamara
Comment made on 08/05/2009 @ 23:24
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This kind of stuff renders me speechless at times but until we start recognizing what’s really going on we’ll never progress.
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Donni Doree
Comment made on 08/05/2009 @ 23:33
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MrsGrapevine, again, thanks for clearing that up with Lonisha’s.. Anyway, this is getting old.. I am so tired of these damn clears not respecting the President because he’s black. They need to really GET OVER IT ALREADY! I’m in the military, and I love the fact that my commander in chief is a black man… as a matter of fact, his election is the only reason I decided to reenlist.. anyway, this is racism to the 10th degree! BTW.. love your site!
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News Revolver
Comment made on 08/05/2009 @ 23:37
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This shows a clear sign of what’s a very prevalent disease called racism and you are absolutely right in that President O didn’t asked to be represented this way. Why more are not offended will be the million dollar question. I’m really surprised that Jesse and/or Al aren’t all over this.
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CCGroovy
Comment made on 08/06/2009 @ 11:48
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Mrs. G;
AWESOME Post!!!
THIS is RACISM at it’s best; RACISM that folk don’t understand it to be EXACTLY what it is.
President Obama is being INVOLUTARILY Depicted as a CLOWN, and to top it off; with the manner of black eye make-up around the eyes; he is shown as an EVIL CLOWN; and if U recall, The JOKER was a VILLAIN!!!
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CCGroovy
Comment made on 08/06/2009 @ 11:50
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Sorry for the xtra comment. Now using this e-mail.
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nordette aka verite
Comment made on 08/06/2009 @ 13:30
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I’ve always been suspicious of the spirit behind “Christian” conservatives. Sometimes we forget that these people’s parents are the same folks who fought integration and became the Dixiecrats in the south, the same people who used the Bible to say the verse “cursed be Ham” meant all black people were cursed by God. While today’s conservative white Christians appear to denounce these teachings, you’ve got to wonder how much of this stuff swirls in their subconscious sense a lot of the were raised with it.
You’re right to be outraged, MrsG.
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Be Real
Comment made on 08/07/2009 @ 15:36
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Mrs. Grapevine I see your point… definitely racist and one side of me agrees we should be outraged. Then again, if these Racists are willing to do THAT in public think of what they must be doing in PRIVATE. I’m saving my outrage for when the stuff really hits the fan. Silly stuff like this is just to tire us out for the big battle.
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bryant
Comment made on 08/08/2009 @ 15:16
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…There is nothing racist about that, and people who always wrongfully throw up the racism card are just a big contributor to the racial disparities between groups in the United States as the actual bigots themselves. What it is, is an artistic expression of one’s aversion to the policies that Obama has set forth. Do I agree with it? No. But most often than not, most people’s first association is not going to be black face but rather the multimillion dollar franchise/movie that is the Dark Knight. You are reaching.
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 08/08/2009 @ 16:36
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@ bryant or dee or u-chain.org
Just because it’s not on the surface doesn’t mean it’s not meant to have multiple meanings. At least you admitted you only considered the surface, it never hurts to dig a little deeper, and explore all possibilities. I’m not a surface person, I think in layers.
If their wasn’t history here, I could almost believe your argument, but I know there is more to this pictures, and so does the creator behind this.
But ever thought for a second why the joker was chosen, and it’s not because they take Obama as a joke or his policies, or else they wouldn’t be so outraged.
There are so many villains they could have chosen.
And no it’s not a stretch, it’s well within logic, and it’s academically on point. You have the right to your opinion, but that doesn’t make mind wrong or a stretch. If you can’t see that it is an exact reversal of black face, then you just can’t.
He’s already been depicted as “spook” who enjoys watermelon on the lawn of the white house, who is also married to a woman that is the descended of apes who escaped from the zoo (“LOL! at that coon”), and you think this is a stretch. hmmmm….
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kennyj
Comment made on 10/09/2009 @ 08:43
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MrsGrapevine thanks for your comments and for being unafraid to share the truth.
It is ignorant to ignore the historical aspect of this picture. History continues to repeat itself. Remember, you can’t unscramble eggs, much like we can’t ignore our history. This picture is incredible insulting. I find it incredibly insulting that those on the right are not offended that so many of our people are offended. That’s when the word racism comes into place. Again, if you can blindly offend the majority of my people and our
one common link is race – THEN YOUR RACIST. and this add is racist
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Charlres
Comment made on 11/03/2009 @ 03:43
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There is no way your a Christian and support Obama. If you support Obama then you support murder and gay rights. Maybe you should look at Romans chapter 1 and read it.
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Charlres
Comment made on 11/03/2009 @ 03:45
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Another Mr. Obama is ruining our country wake up people this has nothing to do with race at all but it has to do with hows the president is taking God out of our country
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 11/03/2009 @ 08:02
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@ Charles:
Maybe you should look at Romans Chapter 1 and read it, and tell me if the only sin listed is homosexuality. The answer is No, if you’re going to pick on the gays, then you need to pick on everyone who creates any of the sins listed in Romans Chapter 1, which would be everyone in the states because every sin is listed.
Do not take the bible out of context to self-serve your purpose.
“wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness” (not just the gays but all ungodlessness including premarital sex and fornicators and adulterers and worshipers of money and greed.) So do we need to make laws to ban their civil union as well. Only married people should have rights, is that your argument, including those that divorce and commit infidelity?
You don’t get to pick on one sin, and then turn a blind eye to others. That’s called hypocrisy.
“Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools” (If you misinterpret the bible for politics, you are a fool. There is no God in politics, no matter the party. Conservatives don’t have God’s agenda, because it wouldn’t include unnecessary violence, greed, or idolatry and liberals don’t have God’s agenda because it wouldn’t include abortions and debt.)
“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.” (Politics is a created thing, and if you try to bring God’s plan into fruition through politics you will lose every time. The system of politics and party is designed on lies and manipulations. Instead, you should follow Jesus’ examples and reach the kingdom of God by going out into the world and reflecting God’s love for everyone. In fact Jesus commands it of us. Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, nor Glenn Beck are doing any of these things, they are simply serving their self interest, and yes, so is Obama.
(You’re not the judge, you’re the messenger, and the message isn’t sin is evil, the message is that God can change you and Christ is the way.)
So those that like to preach fire and brimstone can keep it moving, I know the bible and know the examples Jesus left for us to follow, and the hate you’re spewing and the assumptions you’re making against people because of their political party is pure ignorance, and a sin of lies.
So anyone who claims they are righteous because they are a conservative is a fool, false doctrine. You’re righteous because you’re a believer and living out God’s word for the glory of God. Hot button topics doesn’t disqualify you from being a Christian.
So keep it moving….
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 11/03/2009 @ 08:22
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@ Charles:
“They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. ”
Look around it’s not just liberals or liberals children, it’s this nation, look at our politicians. They are committing adultery, tap dancing in gay bathroom stalls, and having children out of wedlock. They are making up lies and slandering Obama calling him the anit-Christ and anti-American and they know nothing about him except what was published by others.
Wake up and stop trying to put an evil label on liberals, and see evil for what it really is…
“There is no way a Christian would have voted for Obama”…wrong, there is no way a “Christian” would make such an ignorant and foolish statement.
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