I will not repost it, but by now the whole nation has seen what was posted from the sitting president’s very own social media account. You cannot defend the indefensible. A sitting president that doesn’t believe in consequences felt the freedom to post such a heinous post. Had any other person sitting in that office done this, we would be demanding for his head! If you still have the ability to support this sitting president after this, there is nothing left to talk about period. If Obama had done this, I would have the exact same energy. That man has NO BUSINESS being the President of the United States of America.
I thought it was extremely stupid…And he deserves whatever backlash he gets.
BUT…It has to be noted that Biden was also portrayed as some type of monkey…AND there were other black dems in the video that were not portrayed as monkeys.
Honestly- does it matter? We have three more years of him in office. It seems like he has been president for longer than a year. Trump does not care what others think. He wants to be talked about and be in the news every day. It does not matter if its because of something stupid he has done or an actual accomplishment. If you voted for him there is nothing to say. You cant defend him anymore. For those on the left who are upset…they need to come up with a real plan of what to do once he is gone. I lost interest in this crap. I said at the time we as a country deserve everything that happens under a trump administration. Dems are as as much to blame…they ran Biden and lied about his mental state till they could no longer cover it up. Then they gave us Kamala who was terrible and forced it down our throats. They had a chance at a reset after biden dropped out but decided to take the opposite approach. Both sides need to own this shit.
No please get interested again!
We all miss your world-class commentary
Both sides need to own this shit.
Can’t argue. Fair take
There was nothing wrong with the parody Trump posted.
Yes!
Bikki, you can’t help yourself. You gotta bait warden in a long thread now.
The film was not racist. All of the cast were dressed as animals. If you think it was racist, I advise not to watch Planet of the Apes. Some people do look like animals. John Bolton looks like a walrus. Mitch McConnell like a turtle. My doctor reminds me of a miniature Schnauzer. One of my friends looks like King Kong. Let’s do an experiment. Below are pictures of three women. Study their faces. Answer truthfully. Which woman do you think looks the most like a chimpanzee? Which the least? If you chose Michelle Obama, would you then be a racist? If you chose the other woman of color, are you a racist? Could you ever admit that of the three Elizabeth Taylor looks the least like a chimp? You don’t like this test, do you? So,in your world a black person could portray any animal in a cartoon so long as it were not an ape. For the record, I aced this test and picked Elizabeth Taylor.
Nah, his racism is lazy. Not much to it. He’s given up confounding posts long ago. Dismantling them now just feels sad.
Made a one time exception to see what the responses were in order to respond in kind:
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While it is noted that other people were included, the entire post was outright wrong. A sitting president has no business allowing this to happen on his behalf. When you allow people to post for you, it’s the same as doing it yourself. While we are in the midst of clarifying things, may I also clarify that there are no apes/gorillas in the Lion King. That lets you know that it was very intentional. Even if he didn’t do it himself, he allowed it to happen by giving access.
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For the person who saw nothing wrong with this, of course you didn’t because you are a racist yourself.
What is truly racist is to hold that persons of color may be portrayed even in satire as any animals other than apes. There was nothing whatsoever wrong with the video.
The fact that you doubled down on defending the indefensible, shows exactly how racist you are. You won’t condemn it, because you are agreeing with it. Now go in peace. I have nothing further to say to you at this point.
The video is pathetic but lets be real Trump has said and done much worse. I think grabbing human beings, shoving them to the ground and unloading ten bulltes into the back is worse.
The reality is there is going to be three more years of Trump. It is going to get much worse because his time is coming to an end. Once out of office no one will care anymore. Most former presidents are forgotten as will Trump. Now he will hate it because Trump can’t go a day without someone mentioning his name. He loves to be in the press no matter whether it is good news or bad news.
At this point why does anyone care what he does or says. It is not going to change anything. He has full immunity to do and say whatever he wants. It will be interesting to see what happens once the mid-terms come and go. I do feel that if the republicans lose the house and senate and Trump is trully a lame duck president, you will see those in his party start to turn on him. You can see some are starting to turn on him. I do think the shit that happenened in Minnesota was the first time those in even his party could not support what was going on. You can’t have citizens in this country getting shot and killed. You can’t have pictures of 5 year old boys being taken in by ICE. I think even the most right wing people in this country think there is a right way and wrong way to deport people.
Again 80…Why was Biden also a monkey then?
Why were Jeffries, Whoopi, and Kamala all not monkeys then?
But I agree it is extremely stupid and the fact that the White House is this fucking tone deaf and more importantly finds it of the utmost importance to tweet out a meme with Trump portrayed as the king of the jungle is beyond fucking played out.
There is no need for this dumb shit
Isn’t Kamala Harris a turtle? There are no turtles either right?
Or maybe there is, I can’t remember every detail of the lion king.
I agree with you he can’t deflect the blame, I never said he should. This is Trump’s video. His stupidity never fails to shock me, and I’m also upset (or at least as much as I can be ) that it likely hinders progress he’s made with black people. And again like I just posted, I would love a president that doesn’t find it necessary to post any memes/gifs whatever the fuck they are called, let alone ones that exalt himself as king of the jungle.
It’s stupid and unnecessary. Be a president, not a fucking childish tweeter.
I just saw the screen shot of the Obama’s. Was there actually more to the video? Even if he had Biden or anyone else in the video to have the Obamas at all is stupid at this point. He was the president over 15 years ago at this point. On top of it the two of them seemed to get along when they met.
We agree…Just stupid at this point.
Not even sure what it is. I think Trump does what Trump wants to do. He likes to have others talk about him. He gets involved in everything. Look at his take on Bad Bunny. Was Bad Bunny for me? No. But really, why would anyone get fake outrage over a half time performer at a Super Bowl? He goes after everything - just so he can basically say LOOK AT ME. Why does everything with Trump have to be about him? Just asking.
I ignore him now…I would have never known about the the Monkey shit if someone had not sent it to me. I personally don’t care what he says or does anymore. It does not effect my life. If this of all things offends people then they have must have missed what he has said and done over the past 15 years.
For me @Elite80, it’s not about the past 15 years as much as it is the fact that a “Sitting President”, allowed it and is involved somehow. That’s my concern. A person holding the highest positon of the land allowing this to happen. I could care less about what he does on his own time, but I will hold any person that sits in that chair to a higher standard while that person is in office.
I agree but what can be done about it. I really dont think we will ever see a person like trump back in the white house. The guy basically plays by his own rules and no one seems to care. You really think the dems care. This from a party who lied about the mental and physical health of biden to try and let him run again. All the dems had to do before the 2024 election was have biden step down - he said i will only run for one term and let the rest of the party sort it out. They then ran kamala who was a joke. The dems are as much to blame for trump being back in. He was done…:so what do the dems do run someone actually worse.
Kamala Harris was “worse” than Trump? How do you figure that one?
Trump is not defending the impermissible. It’s only impermissible in your mind, certainly not constitutionally. Trump has saved more black lives than any recent president. The murder rate in DC is down forty percent. Knocking Maduro out of the picture saves a multitude of lives in America. Maduro was heading the greatest crime syndicate in the history of this planet. The Mexican cartels were only minor league players.
If you’re turning over rocks hunting for racism, I suggest you examine Islam and its historic role in human servitude. Check out the origin of the word slavery. Learn of the pan-African slave trade and what happened to the progeny of the slaves.
While I don’t agree with you SCcane on host of matters, I enjoy your football posts, and I like the fact that you’re willing to have and express an opinion rather than be a Milquetoast who tries to adhere to whatever is politically correct. Speaking out is a form of liberty, and you’ll find I have high regard for liberty. BTW, if you stop censoring me, you serendipitously could wind up learning something valuable.