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OT: Political Poll - Racist or Not Racist?
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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Rogers" data-source="post: 886329" data-attributes="member: 60724"><p>Caymen made the point that Bill V seems to ignore when he said: </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So, since Bush has eyes that are a little close together, big ears and sometimes makes an expression with his mouth that looks chimp-like then there is nothing bad with drawing him as a chimp because it is simply recognizing common traits between him and a chimp. I'm fine with that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If we agree with that, then how is it fundamentally different in the Obama witch doctor image? In that case an African tribal witch doctor and BHO also share a common trait, their black skin. That common trait allows someone to portray BHO as a witch doctor to make a satirical political point in which a witch doctor serves the purpose of making said point.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The ONLY difference that I see is that of the physical traits in question. The fact that in the BHO case the trait in question is skin color makes many people assume racism.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Racism to me is in the "intent" of an observed racial difference, not in the "observation".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>TJR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Rogers, post: 886329, member: 60724"] Caymen made the point that Bill V seems to ignore when he said: So, since Bush has eyes that are a little close together, big ears and sometimes makes an expression with his mouth that looks chimp-like then there is nothing bad with drawing him as a chimp because it is simply recognizing common traits between him and a chimp. I'm fine with that. If we agree with that, then how is it fundamentally different in the Obama witch doctor image? In that case an African tribal witch doctor and BHO also share a common trait, their black skin. That common trait allows someone to portray BHO as a witch doctor to make a satirical political point in which a witch doctor serves the purpose of making said point. The ONLY difference that I see is that of the physical traits in question. The fact that in the BHO case the trait in question is skin color makes many people assume racism. Racism to me is in the "intent" of an observed racial difference, not in the "observation". TJR [/QUOTE]
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