These Obama Joker posters that have been turning up in LA, have some liberals crying racism and inappropriateness. Like it is somehow wrong to lampoon the president. But is it?



Oh, and just for just for reference



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8/5/2009 4:50:20 PM

Not racist or inappropriate, but it needs a better caption.

Maybe

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"Why so cialism?"

8/5/2009 4:56:37 PM

good one

8/5/2009 4:58:17 PM

What liberals? The ones in your head?

^Is it really trying to make "soclialism" = "why so serious"? Thats a tenuous pun at best.

8/5/2009 5:00:03 PM

I don't get it.

8/5/2009 5:19:58 PM

It's not racist in any what whatsoever, it's just stupid since the Joker represents everything anarcho-capatilistic, the complete opposite of socialism. A far more appropriate comparison could be drawn to Robin Hood, but people won't go after that since everybody loves Robin Hood.

8/5/2009 5:25:32 PM

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"What liberals? The ones in your head?"

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2009/08/state-rep-decries-obama-joker-image.html
and
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1204213/Spoof-poster-Obamas-face-painted-The-Joker-branded-dangerous-mean-spirited.html
and
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Obama-Joker-Poster-Controversy-Over-Image-Showing-US-President-As-Batman-Criminal/Article/200908115354621?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15354621_Obama_Joker_Poster%3A_Controversy_Over_Image_Showing_US_President_As_Batman_Criminal
and
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2022326/is_the_obama_joker_picture_racist.html?cat=9

8/5/2009 5:28:32 PM

i'm not going to read all that bullshit. can you just post all the quotes of the liberals crying racism?

thanks in advance.

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8/5/2009 5:31:24 PM

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""Why so cialism?""

nice

8/5/2009 5:54:52 PM

still curious about the race card quotes

8/6/2009 5:47:35 PM

what the hell does batman and the joker have to do with race


that is in no way racist

8/6/2009 6:18:39 PM

I'm impressed with the creativity of the posters (as creative as ripping someone else's imagery off can be), and I don't think they are racist. I'm also confident in saying that most blacks/minorities would not find it racist, and most "liberals" would also not find it racist.

8/6/2009 6:23:01 PM

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"What liberals? The ones in your head?"

you guys aren't even bothering to turn your heads on in the morning are you

8/6/2009 7:13:54 PM

8/6/2009 7:44:29 PM

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"what the hell does batman and the joker have to do with race"

Quote :

"what the hell does batman and the joker have to do with socialism"

8/6/2009 8:24:06 PM

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"it's just stupid since the Joker represents everything anarcho-capatilistic, the complete opposite of socialism"

Thank you for articulating the thought that I've been having every time I've seen that image this week.

8/6/2009 9:35:54 PM

still waiting for quotes from the liberals crying racism

8/7/2009 12:40:35 AM

wow you're lazy as shit aren't you...he gave you like 5 links...here's a sample of the very first one

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"Rouson said showing the first African-American president in greasepaint is hurtful and inflammatory, and noted that the incident comes on the heels of another prominent Republican activist, David McKalip, sending an e-mail image of Obama as a witch doctor. "If there had never been a period of time in this country when African-Americans in order to be funny played Stepin Fetchit type roles in greasepaint, and members of the majority population had not used such caricatures to make a people feel inferior or as buffoons, then maybe some folks could look at it for some pure artistic humor," Rouson said. "But for many of us, it conjures up feelings of denigration.""

the sad thing is that some of you are surprised that there are some liberals / obama supporters who are pulling the race card

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8/7/2009 12:54:53 PM

You're confusing surprise with disbelief.

8/7/2009 1:10:07 PM

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"wow you're lazy as shit aren't you"

yes, as i already admitted directly after he posted the links

8/7/2009 1:10:45 PM

I'm not a "he" by the way. Not that it really matters for this thread.

8/7/2009 1:46:37 PM

my apologies

8/7/2009 1:53:21 PM

Big fucking deal

8/7/2009 4:17:51 PM

just because some one does something to a black person doesn't make it racist. for fuck sake i'm black and i'm sick of hearing people complain about everything being "bc i'm black" ... no maybe it's bc you were being an asshole. Maybe if we didn't cry wolf so often we'd have a leg to stand on when it actually came down to racist shit.



/ rant sorry for the words

8/8/2009 6:43:13 PM

why you gotta be black?

8/8/2009 9:05:58 PM

dont hate me because im white

8/9/2009 12:49:24 AM

8/9/2009 1:46:41 PM

Well-conceived propaganda? Yes.

Racist? No. Even though he is in white face.

8/9/2009 1:59:53 PM

Well conceived in the sense that it's instantly inflammatory, or well conceived in that it's a logical comparison?

It has to be the first one right, because the second one doesn't work.

Is this how easy it is to make effective propaganda? Simply take the image of a movie villain, slap it on top of the face of a politician and BAM, you've got effective propaganda?

--

Well, a GIS for "Rush Jabba" proved that yes, yes it is that easy. Sadly looking up "Bush Mojo Jojo" didn't turn up anything

8/10/2009 9:19:39 AM

^^ Gamecat, ooooo politically ambiguous statements make me so mad because I have no idea whether to hate you for disagreeing me.

8/10/2009 10:22:52 AM

LOVE THAT JOKER

8/10/2009 12:18:59 PM

8/10/2009 12:34:31 PM

8/11/2009 7:25:23 AM

not sure if thats funny or not

8/11/2009 7:41:17 AM

Putting a black man in whiteface is as racist as putting a white man in blackface.

How dare they. I am disgusted.

8/11/2009 7:52:23 AM

So you're saying somebody can't play The Joker in Batman if they're black? THAT'S racist.

8/11/2009 3:17:32 PM

I heard Puff Daddy was gonna be the next James Bond. Talk about blasphemy.

8/12/2009 9:21:50 AM

you ever danced with the white devil in the pale moon light?

8/12/2009 8:27:04 PM

I dont know why no one as put this new poster with the line from the new batman.

"good evening ladies and gentlemen, tonight your all going to be apart of a social experiment"

8/12/2009 11:22:38 PM

8/19/2009 6:13:43 PM

It is......if you want it to be.

8/19/2009 6:19:12 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,542901,00.html

8/26/2009 10:30:39 AM

I only like the white plastic grocery store bags--not the brown ones. Is this racist?

8/26/2009 10:40:23 AM