New York Post's Monkey Stimulus Comic

[Asteroid-Man]

Hmmm... Obama represented by a monkey, shot in the street by two white cops? Racist or not? You tell me.

 

[xisaacx]

racist or night ,its called freedom of speech. Thats why we have rights, same reason the KKK can put flyers up by me in nassau/suffolk county cause they hve the right to. Im black but there is a reason freedom was fought for. You cant start putting a stop on things.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

I didn't ask if it should be there. You're over looking my question. My question is simply this: is there a racist implication in this comic?

 

[Handsome Rob]

Hmmm... Obama represented by a monkey, shot in the street by two white cops? Racist or not? You tell me.

Considering that Congress authors the bill and President signs off on it, how were you able to discern that it was Obama the illustrator was referring to and not the out-of-control-when-it-comes-to-spending Congress (given that this is clearly referring to the out-of-control chimp news story)?

Now, if he had said "sign the stimulus bill" instead of "write the stimulus bill," then you may have had something. Otherwise, calling this racism is grasping at straws.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Considering that Congress authors the bill and President signs off on it, how were you able to discern that it was Obama the illustrator was referring to and not the out-of-control-when-it-comes-to-spending Congress (given that this is clearly referring to the out-of-control chimp news story)?

Now, if he had said "sign the stimulus bill" instead of "write the stimulus bill," then you may have had something. Otherwise, calling this racism is grasping at straws.

That is obviously the original intent of the cartoon. However, Obama has been very upfront in pushing and owning the bill, it's all on him, and I think it's a legitimate complaint that this cartoon can easily be seen as racist.

Either way, it's a terrible, not funny comic, and doesn't make very much sense.

 

[Adam3482009]

I think the comic is pretty funny.

Politicians are often looked like as monkeys. If that was a white man in the office and they had a cartoon of it, people would think it was funny.

Black groups (like the stupid NAACP) are controlling the media and telling us white people how to think. They're free just like we are now. They should shut the **** up. I'm sick of all this bullcrap. The NAACP should get on alot of these black rappers (who negatively play up black stereotypes all the time, behave selfishly, put other people down, and like to flaunt their matieralistic aspirations in a very rude/obnoxious way; just look at Ludacris!/pretty ludacris if you ask me).

 

[chaseter]

Here go...this is in the political thread.

The cartoon is spoofing the out of control monkey that bit the woman's face off and the cops came and shot it. The monkey represents out of control spending which is what many people call the stimulus bill. Obama did not write the stimulus package and is therefore not the creator of it.

 

[chaseter]

dbl post

 

[Captain Planet!]

It's primatist.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

It's not even a particularly funny comic

 

[SuperFerret]

Political cartoons are almost never funny.

 

[Johnny Drama]

I think the comic is pretty funny.

Politicians are often looked like as monkeys. If that was a white man in the office and they had a cartoon of it, people would think it was funny.

Black groups (like the stupid NAACP) are controlling the media and telling us white people how to think. They're free just like we are now. They should shut the **** up. I'm sick of all this bullcrap. The NAACP should get on alot of these black rappers (who negatively play up black stereotypes all the time, behave selfishly, put other people down, and like to flaunt their matieralistic aspirations in a very rude/obnoxious way; just look at Ludacris!/pretty ludacris if you ask me).

your hatred sickens me. And so do your puns.

 

[Joker]

"Those free black people need to shut the hell up, cause me, a white guy, said so! They done got thar freedom, now they should shine my shoes like good little negros!"

Adam-long ass number, you sir, are a racist. So is this cartoon, by the way. Everyone KNOWS the stimulus package is Obamas. It's his damn thing. The joke isn't even very good, even when not looked at racially. "Those monkies on capital hill, amirite guys!?!?!" That's not funny. Even if the original intent wasn't racist, someone in the production of it should have went "uh...guys...you know that monkey is a racial slur, and the man who is the driving force behind this bill is a black man, correct?" Then again, knowing the NY Post, I'm not surprised that it's ran by either a bunch of bigots, a bunch of fools, or both.

 

[Johnny Drama]

"Those free black people need to shut the hell up, cause me, a white guy, said so! They done got thar freedom, now they should shine my shoes like good little negros!"

Adam-long ass number, you sir, are a racist.

That exactly what I took from his comment.

 

[Handsome Rob]

"Those free black people need to shut the hell up, cause me, a white guy, said so! They done got thar freedom, now they should shine my shoes like good little negros!"

Adam-long ass number, you sir, are a racist. So is this cartoon, by the way. Everyone KNOWS the stimulus package is Obamas. It's his damn thing. The joke isn't even very good, even when not looked at racially. "Those monkies on capital hill, amirite guys!?!?!" That's not funny. Even if the original intent wasn't racist, someone in the production of it should have went "uh...guys...you know that monkey is a racial slur, and the man who is the driving force behind this bill is a black man, correct?" Then again, knowing the NY Post, I'm not surprised that it's ran by either a bunch of bigots, a bunch of fools, or both.

It doesn't matter if Obama is 100% for the bill, pushed for it, and considers it his bill. Obama still didn't write it--he's not the author. And who wrote the stimulus bill is key to determining who the illustrator is referring to. Obama signed it. Congress wrote it. So, when the illustrator says "write the next stimulus bill" instead of "sign the next stimulus bill," who do you think he's referring to?

Here . . . this should explain how a bill becomes law:

 

[Joker]

Yes, we all know that congress writes the bill. Do you really think Obama wasn't in there, lobbying for what got in? It's god damn semantics, and you know it. Stop trying to defend these people.

 

[Nivek]

Yeah it's pretty f'ing racist. And unfortunately, the people saying it's not racist trouble me more so because it is so obvious that there is not some hidden depth that explains all this Pelosi/ "Out of control spending" bullcrap people are shilling out. It's frighting that people are making out that the people calling it Racist are overly sensitive to race baiting. Look in the mirror, it's cops shooting down a MONKEY saying "Now we'll have to get someone else to write the Stimulus bill". Come on here...

How did the papers editor respond to this?

 

[Majic Walrus]

I think the comic is pretty funny.

Politicians are often looked like as monkeys. If that was a white man in the office and they had a cartoon of it, people would think it was funny.

Black groups (like the stupid NAACP) are controlling the media and telling us white people how to think. They're free just like we are now. They should shut the **** up. I'm sick of all this bullcrap. The NAACP should get on alot of these black rappers (who negatively play up black stereotypes all the time, behave selfishly, put other people down, and like to flaunt their matieralistic aspirations in a very rude/obnoxious way; just look at Ludacris!/pretty ludacris if you ask me).

Youthful rage... How sweet. You know you're pretty ****ing stupid if you think acting like a dick makes the problems we have any better.

As for the comic just a few years ago we were comparing George W Bush to a chimp in humorous media and it wasn't racist I don't think that this comic is necessarily racist, but it certainly is in poor taste even if it's not a racist comic.

 

[GuardianofOa]

My guess is that it revolves around that whole crazy monkey story that happened the other day.

 

[Majic Walrus]

"Those free black people need to shut the hell up, cause me, a white guy, said so! They done got thar freedom, now they should shine my shoes like good little negros!"

Adam-long ass number, you sir, are a racist. So is this cartoon, by the way. Everyone KNOWS the stimulus package is Obamas. It's his damn thing. The joke isn't even very good, even when not looked at racially. "Those monkies on capital hill, amirite guys!?!?!" That's not funny. Even if the original intent wasn't racist, someone in the production of it should have went "uh...guys...you know that monkey is a racial slur, and the man who is the driving force behind this bill is a black man, correct?" Then again, knowing the NY Post, I'm not surprised that it's ran by either a bunch of bigots, a bunch of fools, or both.

Exactly.

 

[Handsome Rob]

Yes, we all know that congress writes the bill. Do you really think Obama wasn't in there, lobbying for what got in? It's god damn semantics, and you know it. Stop trying to defend these people.

When most people think of the "Hound Dog" song, they think of Elvis Presley. Some people would even say it's "his" song. After all, he's the one who truly made it famous. He's the one that included it in sets in his concerts across the country. Does that mean that he wrote it? He didn't.

So, if someone says that it's the worst written song of all time, would they be criticizing Elvis Presley or the writers of "Hound Dog?"

 

[Immortalfire]

A-Man is racist anyway...see this thread for proof! http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=315945

 

[Asteroid-Man]

IF, don't talk crap. I was jokingly pointing out that the Winter was racist. Ok there big guy? This comic on the other hand clearly shows its intent to portray Obama as a monkey.

 

[Majic Walrus]

When most people think of the "Hound Dog" song, they think of Elvis Presley. Some people would even say it's "his" song. After all, he's the one who truly made it famous. He's the one that included it in sets in his concerts across the country. Does that mean that he wrote it? He didn't.

So, if someone says that it's the worst written song of all time, would they be criticizing Elvis Presley or the writers of "Hound Dog?"

The song was made famous by Elvis so he's getting it. The bill was made famous by Obama so he's getting it.

No one looks at the indiviual aspects of the song the lyrics, the music, the vocals it's just a bad song when they say "The song sucks". People are attacking the writing of the bill they're attacking the idea of the bill which is one made famous by Obama.

I doubt enough people have read the bill to make a statement to any specifics anyway.

 

[November Rain]

In all honesty, it's not racist. It's not funny either.


it's indicating the package is regressive and needs to be stopped and some intelligent thought come back into it.

if blacks would stop allowing similarity between themselves and primates to be drawn and stop being upset everytime there's a picture of a monkey anywhere, then there would be no correlation.

it's almost like people are 'looking' to get offended. Bunch of cry babies...