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Pachamama

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4. Portraying him as an Orangutan would be a compliment n/t

Reply to HassleCat (Original post)

Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:06 PM

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If they portrayed Obama as a chimpanzee... [View all] 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

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