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Mike, let me ask you something.. If you showed the Bush photo to his daughters what would be their reaction and what impression would they get off it? Would their race enter into their heads?
if you took the Obama photo and showed it to his daughters.. what would their impression be? would you actually look at Obama's daughters and defend this photo as being acceptable and not racist in any way because it was done to GWB also?
wait, no.... could you even show it to them.. you would be a little embarrassed to show it to Bush's kids I'm sure, but you could do it... would you still just be a 'little embarrassed' to show it to Obama's kids though? or would you more likely be utterly horrified at the thought at being the one to show them?
would it be acceptable to teach your own children how to take a class-photo and photo shop all the black kids as apes and then take it to school for show and tell?
I mean, it's not racist right? so you'd be ok with that... right?
I'm not arguing that the picture isn't racist, although I do enjoy the contrast of Presidential monkey pictures. I guess that's a thing now huh?
And of course I enjoy the left's defense of Bush monkey pictures by saying, "well they're not racist." No, they were insulting. Just as the monkey picture of Obama is insulting. It's not as if they are equally insulting, but I doubt the difference in offense is so great as you imagine it. I don't defend any monkey pictures, but you will defend some of them.
But once again, you regard this email from some lowly official, not an elected official like Howey claimed, as a major news story, when it's really not. You think it's significant because you think one email indicts the entire Republican party/the tea party, and roughly half the country because as I've come to realize, you really can't imagine a reason to oppose Obama without it being racist.
So of course it would be terrible to show Obama monkey pictures to his daughters. Is that even a serious question? Just as it would have been terrible to show Bush monkey pictures to his daughters at the age that Obama's daughters are now.
Don't you think both sets of daughters would be hurt by that?
