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Is it OK to portray this guy as an orangutan? You know, the orange hair. I'm thinking it's not OK. We don't want to be like them, even if we feel justified. Your thoughts? How far can we go?
Warpy
(110,900 posts)Some zookeepers use them to test enclosure security--if there is a way to escape, an orangutan will find it.
They don't deserve the comparison to an obese narcissist with no filters.
panader0
(25,816 posts)I dimly remember a documentary I saw years ago. I came away thinking how
cool Orangs were. So, no, we cannot compare Trump to an orang.
There really is no comparison as anything compared to Trump is immediately
demeaned. The word "Trump" will someday become synonymous with
something so low it is beyond description.
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)That wouldn't be fair to Orangutans.
madinmaryland
(64,920 posts)Pachamama
(16,873 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)On a regular basis, here.
PufPuf23
(8,687 posts)names given to the "opposition".
Asshole or assholes works for me.
However, the phrase fascist loofah-faced shitgibbon fits Trump.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)PufPuf23
(8,687 posts)Loofa-faced shitgibbon makes me smile and giggle.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)My brother is a big fan of an animated character called Annoying Orange.
TexasProgresive
(12,148 posts)We portrayed dumbya as a chimp.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)jack69
(163 posts)boston bean
(36,186 posts)Calling Obama a chimp is racist. Calling trump or bush an orangatang or chimp is not racist.
jmowreader
(50,447 posts)burrowowl
(17,605 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Orangutans are my favorite ape, so no you can't compare them to Don Small Crowds. Now if you want to substitute an orangutan for him, then go right ahead.
Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)And then some! Any whining from them gets a hearty FUCK YOU. .. they deserve it
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Guess it can be amusing.
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)(although I admit to tossing a few dipshit and dumbasses around in frustration since inauguratino day.)
That said, referring to African Americas as sub-human is racist - because of the history in this country of whites owning African Americans, raping them, beating them, splitting families apart by sale etc., and generally treating them as less than human beings.
Trump is a white male. Not the same. Rude, yes. But not racist.
Initech
(99,909 posts)Calling Trump an orangutan isn't going far enough!
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)Hekate
(90,189 posts)Presidents (and other public figures) are always caricatured to one degree or another. In the modern era all you have to be careful of is falling into centuries-old racist and/or anti-Semitic memes, which are tainted by centuries of blood.
Rex
(65,616 posts)That term does seem to fit; since he loves to fling his poo at everyone that comes close.