Because many of the people "criticizing" Obama on this level don't actually know enough about his policies and actions to do anything other than racist wink-wink-nudge-nudge jokes.
Boston Herald prints Obama cartoon with 'watermelon' reference
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Because many of the people "criticizing" Obama on this level don't actually know enough about his policies and actions to do anything other than racist wink-wink-nudge-nudge jokes.
stufte
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Any regular person can be forgiven for not knowing every racial stereotype (though, especially in America, it's rather odd for someone to be ignorant of one of the main ones), but if your job is to be a political cartoonist, then you're kind of bad at your job if you genuinely didn't see the negative connection made in that cartoon.
Racist stereotypes never make any sense.
Not even that, SOMEONE should have caught that at the Herald, and the fact that no one did and it still made it in is telling. When NO ONE at your office can see it, your office has some problems.
def i used to use that shit when i was a kid it was great
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PhantomHound
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It was definitely the GOAT when i was a kid.
Put that away, you racist.
That stuff was nasty... I hate artificial watermelon flavor.
I think there was some Gawker article from years ago that claimed Boston was especially racist and that seems to have seeped into the collective unconsciousness. It's so ridiculous. If you think Boston is particularly racist you really need to live in more places in the US.
The Boston Herald on the other hand is the newspaper for mouth-breathing idiots.
ersocaster
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I hate that racism made watermelon taboo in a lot of social instances. One of my first baby pictures was of me stuffing watermelon in my face. It's one of the only fruits I eat and I have to be careful what I say about it for fear of being considered racist.
MrCunningham
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I don't really get the hate for Obama, to be honest. From what I have heard, Obama care has been a pretty good success so far.
That South Park episode was great.
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TheLostBigBoss
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Can you share your experiences with racism in Boston?
Now the joke actually makes sense when looked at like this.
Alcoholikaust
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Doesn't matter what he says or does. Obama can say hello and Republicans will find something wrong with it.
I work for several newspapers and that's simply not true.
However the herald has always been a tabloid with questionable judgement and that goes back to when they owned the newspapers I currently work for.... Long before diminishing print returns.
It's the Boston Herald, it's intentional.
Was about to post the same thing.
PhantomHound
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I agree. Newspapers are still the best place to get a well thought out piece. Other media seems desperate to break the story first and put out a bunch of misleading information
Well except tabloids... tabloids are the worst.
There we go. This makes way more sense than the weird mental gymnastics of "he's trying to show the intruder is racist!" He thoughtlessly put it in there, and no one at the Herald noticed or thought about it.
PhantomHound
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The important question that no one is asking is there a raspberry toothpaste?
stufte
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Well except tabloids... tabloids are the worst.
I think you mean "the best".
The weekly world news is so absurdly funny.
Coincidentally, Bush would hello and it would be all over Comedy Central's "political" shows and the Internet.
PhantomHound
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Its dead and its never comming back. Also it scared me when i was younger. I didn't understand it was a joke.
stufte
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Boston needs to step up their game.
Belgium is miles ahead in the poor taste/racist jokes category.
Great to put things out of context.
Its part of a satire section and above the pictures it says it's Putins weekly contribution to the newspaper. The joke is on Putin, not Obama and it was published shortly after some racist comments Putin made.
Be more careful with accusing people when you don't even know what it says. It just as well could've been part of an article describing what a disgrace the photos are.
PhantomHound
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Oh my god...
I had no idea it still lived. Those nightmarish supermarket visists with mother... Batboy...
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Maybe if he was falling down while saying it. Or you can provide an example, if you wish. The Daily Show website allows you to search their entire back catalog of episodes.
Or maybe everything doesn't have an equivelant and the ways Republicans respond to Obama is significantly different than how Democrats responded to Bush.
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The guy should be fired.
I have to disagree that saying "this is what Putin would say" makes that okay.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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From his statement:
It's not possible for a political cartoonist that has ripped Democrats and Obama for years is ignorant of dog whistle racism. There's only one reason there was a flavor mentioned in that cartoon, and it's not because he likes watermelon. I'm sure there is watermelon toothpaste in his house, that's what gave him the idea to use watermelon toothpaste.
It's not possible for a political cartoonist that has ripped Democrats and Obama for years is ignorant of dog whistle racism. There's only one reason there was a flavor mentioned in that cartoon, and it's not because he likes watermelon. I'm sure there is watermelon toothpaste in his house, that's what gave him the idea to use watermelon toothpaste.
Something being thrown out as satire doesn't shield it from criticism, the joke was in poor taste nonetheless. I'd take the cookie they presented for the president as something more in line of well intentioned if a bit tone deaf, but the supposed satire piece, nah.
Deified Data
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Holy shit it's uncanny.
terrisus
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MWS Natural
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That benefit of the doubt....get it everytime lol.
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aztek is ok
Hanlon's razor
Mammoth Jones
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What the fuck is juice?
terrisus
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The liquid result of squeezing a fruit.
Kacho
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Grape Drink?
PhantomHound
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Is lemonade a juice?
stufte
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It's clearly an Ade.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
Not racist
not that funny but I got it. Nice attempt
that doesnt work
The joke is not JUST that he went so far that he's taking a bath in the White House, but that his casual convo with Obama went too far
not that funny but I got it. Nice attempt
There's a different version floating around. No one is sure which is the original yet:
http://www.gocomics.com/jerryholbert/2014/10/01
that doesnt work
The joke is not JUST that he went so far that he's taking a bath in the White House, but that his casual convo with Obama went too far
Purple drank? That doesn't comes from fruit silly.
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