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HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 09:59 PM Feb 2017

If they portrayed Obama as a chimpanzee...

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?

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If they portrayed Obama as a chimpanzee... (Original Post) HassleCat Feb 2017 OP
Orangs are intelligent apes Warpy Feb 2017 #1
Yes they are panader0 Feb 2017 #15
"Is it OK to portray this guy as an orangutan?" yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2017 #2
Bush was portrayed as a chimp... madinmaryland Feb 2017 #3
Portraying him as an Orangutan would be a compliment n/t Pachamama Feb 2017 #4
Bush was portrayed as a chimpanzee oberliner Feb 2017 #5
Usually I am mildly to highly irritated by cute or offensive PufPuf23 Feb 2017 #6
Loofa-faced cracks me up, I have to admit. HassleCat Feb 2017 #7
OK I was going to post but edited before hitting send PufPuf23 Feb 2017 #10
There is another possibility. HassleCat Feb 2017 #8
It's gotten to be a tradition TexasProgresive Feb 2017 #9
It's because he actually looks like one. roamer65 Feb 2017 #13
Would be an insult to orangutans. jack69 Feb 2017 #11
Why would one think in any way it is comparable. boston bean Feb 2017 #12
Depict him as this jmowreader Feb 2017 #14
YES! burrowowl Feb 2017 #17
No, no on the orangutan ProudLib72 Feb 2017 #16
As nasty as they were Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #18
Worked great during WW2 to dehumanize the enemy. Never much for such propaganda since. jmg257 Feb 2017 #19
I'm not particularly fond of name calling Ms. Toad Feb 2017 #20
They called Michelle Obama an ape in high heels! Initech Feb 2017 #21
Candy colored clown C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #22
Dubya was often portrayed as a chimp, & often called The Chimperor at DU Hekate Feb 2017 #23
I've seen shitgibbon thrown around. Rex Feb 2017 #24

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
1. Orangs are intelligent apes
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:03 PM
Feb 2017

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)
15. Yes they are
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:47 PM
Feb 2017

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.

PufPuf23

(8,687 posts)
6. Usually I am mildly to highly irritated by cute or offensive
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:08 PM
Feb 2017

names given to the "opposition".

Asshole or assholes works for me.

However, the phrase fascist loofah-faced shitgibbon fits Trump.

PufPuf23

(8,687 posts)
10. OK I was going to post but edited before hitting send
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:37 PM
Feb 2017

Loofa-faced shitgibbon makes me smile and giggle.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
8. There is another possibility.
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:22 PM
Feb 2017

My brother is a big fan of an animated character called Annoying Orange.

boston bean

(36,186 posts)
12. Why would one think in any way it is comparable.
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:41 PM
Feb 2017

Calling Obama a chimp is racist. Calling trump or bush an orangatang or chimp is not racist.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
16. No, no on the orangutan
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:51 PM
Feb 2017

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.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
19. Worked great during WW2 to dehumanize the enemy. Never much for such propaganda since.
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 11:13 PM
Feb 2017

Guess it can be amusing.

Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
20. I'm not particularly fond of name calling
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 11:17 PM
Feb 2017

(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.

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
23. Dubya was often portrayed as a chimp, & often called The Chimperor at DU
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:35 AM
Feb 2017

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)
24. I've seen shitgibbon thrown around.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:41 AM
Feb 2017

That term does seem to fit; since he loves to fling his poo at everyone that comes close.

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