Whiny Donny has a point: HBO never fired Bill Maher for claiming that an

[question everything]

orangutan sired him.

https://www.cnn.com/2013/02/06/showbiz/trump-bill-maher-suit/index.html

The billionaire real estate mogul is suing millionaire comedian Bill Maher for $5 million.

Why?

Because Maher said -- in jest, as comedians are wont to do -- that he would donate $5 million to a charity if Trump could prove he wasn't the "the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan."

[MontanaMama]

1. To be clear...

Pointing out that the Dotard is a sickly shade of orange isn’t racist. It’s making fun of his spray tan habit that makes him look like a friggin’ idiot. Completely different IMO.

[Hugin]

4. Also, to be clear... He didn't say Trump was a Muslim ape.

I've been seeing a concerted effort in the MSM to water down Barr's foul screed by implying it was merely racist. When in fact, it was also a taint against Islamic people.

[MontanaMama]

9. Excellent point.

That’s getting lost in the conversation. 👍🏽

[Heartstrings]

2. And that was his challenge to the Donald

for his incessant birther claims about Pres. Obama...if Obama needed to prove he was a US citizen, he had to prove his father wasn’t an orangutan...

[RockRaven]

3. I'm not sure if the challenge is to prove Fred Trump wasn't cucked by an orangutan

or to prove that Fred Trump wasn't himself an orangutan. If you're gonna sue, details matter.

Either way, there is no allusion to a common, dehumanizing, historically-well-documented trope/slur regarding Bavarians in that joke.

[meadowlander]

5. Donny's ancestors haven't put up with 500 years worth of people justifying their enslavement

on the basis that they are subhuman and more closely related to orangutans than white people.

And Bill Maher wasn't generalising about orange people. He made a very Trump specific comment.

[MountCleaners]

8. Absolutely!

People called GHWB "chimpy" for years...didn't offend me and it's not offensive when directed at white people. It's not the same. He's ignoring the history here. Just more proof that this is the white people's president - any other group is not his constituency.

[Johonny]

10. Exactly

[PSPS]

6. Thanks for your "concern."

[Squinch]

7. "Whiny Donny." That needs to be a thing. It will infuriate him.

That's my new name for him, if it's ok with you.

[question everything]

15. Be my guest. I've been using it from the beginning

I never use the combination of Trump and, you know, the P title. If I copy and paste, it will be Mr. Trump.

[Initech]

11. White men using copious amounts of bronzer does not constitute a race.

And if people think that does, they need to be educated on the subject!

[kcr]

12. No, he doesn't have a point

Because the two things aren't even remotely equivalent. And I say this as someone who isn't a Bill Maher fan and would have no problem with HBO firing him. But that shouldn't be the reason.

[standingtall]

13. Animal rights groups should be furious with Bill Maher

for insulting orangutan's in such a fashion.

[yallerdawg]

14. That would be specist, wouldn't it?

Apparently, the orangutan boycott (or threat) had no impact on HBO.