Will my new sig offend anyone?

[Thepricebreaker]

I found the original graphic and messed around with it a bit...

Of course im an Obama supporter, but i don't want to offend any ladies out there. this is just a friendly poke ;)

I want to get a feel of the board before I post anywhere else

[datasuspect]

1. self-righteous indignation flamefest in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1

[Thepricebreaker]

3. Well before i make it perm i wanna get a feel for it.

[datasuspect]

5. it's humorous

in a sense, but the allusion to beating women is kinda scary. i can see where it could be taken in a comical light. if it was anytime before 1988, it would probably pass muster.

bear in mind, there are some exceedingly sensitive people here who seemingly have never been exposed to anything except sunshine and kitty cats. i'm sure most people here will disapprove of it in some way.

you could probably even take the bruises off hillary and it still wouldn't please many people.

bottom line, WHATEVER you do is guaranteed to offend someone in some way. you will receive allegations of racism, sexism, misogyny, and any other -ism out there.

[Droopy]

2. Probably

[Anarcho-Socialist]

4. I think it brings up many connotations about sexism and race

however unintended it is.

[LaurenG]

6. I don't think it'll "fly"

maybe if you have a more even fight with a bandage on Obamas nose but then again probably not.

[Jamastiene]

19. The bandage is a good idea.

That would make it pretty even and, well, more like the truth.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. I suppose you think prison rape is hiliarious, too.

:popcorn:


(speaking personally, I think the graphic is perfectly fine. A nice way to symbolize the electoral pounding that Clinton is taking from Obama. - But yeah, you're gonna get a shitload of knee-jerkers who can't see beyond their "issues" who will tell you that the graphic is sexist and/or other awful things)

[DS1]

8. of course it will

duh


this is DU. A bag of chips would offend 'someone'

besides, it's violence against women. I'm not offended, but I'm smart enough to know you're just asking for a beatdown with that graphic.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. "Bag of 'chips'"? Could you be any more racist and sexist?

Why do you have to bring black women's prostitution and drug usage into this?

Wait wait - don't tell me - you're a white guy. Right?





Yeah, I thought so.

:eyes:

[DS1]

10. goddamn right I'm white

I like my motherfuckin chips cooked in some motherfuckin white canola oil.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. To eat with your Wonder Bread and white grape jam?

I can't believe used that term, "bag", on a progressive website.

[DS1]

12. how would you like a nice bag of tea

:nuke:

[Deja Q]

13. Doesn't bother me, but how kinky will the make-up sex be?

:yoiks:

[lightningandsnow]

14. I'm kind of bothered by it, personally.

I'm not going to go all "OMGEEZ DIS IS LIKE TEH WORST THING EVAH!!!111!!!", but honestly, it does make me a little uncomfortable.

Did you make it? It's pretty good, graphically. Did you use photoshop?

[Thepricebreaker]

16. Yes... Photoshop..

The graphic itself I didnt make.. I just spun her (to make her look like she is falling) and gave her the blemishes...

[TZ]

15. I'm not offended personally

But no, do NOT go into GDP with that sigline..hell someone claimed Obama was being sexist when he referred to HRC as being periodically down...They are a itty bit sensitive over there.:scared:

[Deja Q]

18. Sensitive? Sheesh; being rubbed with poison oak is orgasmic by comparison...

:hurts:

[TZ]

21. Yeah I was understating the matter just a bit

When I say sensitive I mean say boo and :nuke:

[leeroysphitz]

20. I'll give Thepricebreaker 5 bucks to go into GDP and start talking smack

with that sig line. It'd be like watching an episode of Springer back in the old days...

[BarenakedLady]

17. I'm not easily offended

But I can see where that would be upsetting to some.

[RetroLounge]

22. Not offended.

But large sig pics can get annoying...

RL

[Deja Q]

23. The rules claim 200px vertical size, but I've seen sig pix more than twice that size and they

somehow manage to get away with it...

[RetroLounge]

24. Not going by rules. Just by visual appeal...

RL

[Deja Q]

25. I'm going to go cry...

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :D :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:


Okay, I'm a tad bi-polar...

[Mz Pip]

26. Over the top

IMHO and I'm for Obama.

But I don't dislike Hillary all that much, either.

I don't like the GOBAMA Kool Aid graphic that someone here has either.

"Anyone but McCain!"

Mz Pip
:dem:

[philosophie_en_rose]

27. Yes

It suggests Obama physically assaults people and that Clinton deserves it. But if you think that Obama beats people for their political views and that Clinton deserves to be beaten, then you have the right sig line for you.

[lligrd]

28. I'm An Obama Supporter

and I hate it.

[DS1]

29. I take back what I said earlier.

[laconicsax]

30. I'd say it will offend plenty

In simplest terms, it shows a man beating a woman. You may (I'm assuming you did) mean for it to symbolize Obama's string of wins, but it doesn't look like that right off the bat, and it won't look like that to many in GD-P.

If you take the bruises away and added something like a delegate count scoreboard, it would probably convey your meaning in a much less offensive way.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. I wouldn't if I were you.

Offense will be taken and you'll find yourself the target of a flame war. Some other symbolism would probably be just as effective without provoking anything.

[Thepricebreaker]

32. I DELETED IT.

I take it... it offended too many - so its no longer there... good I ran it by the lounge before making it started replying to posts and such.

[lligrd]

33. Good Decision

Always trust the lounge.