"Obama is worse than Chaplin" ??? A sign at the Rally - I don't understand what

[gateley]

is meant by it -- do you? :shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. A spin off the "worse than Hitler" bagger signs, maybe?

[gateley]

4. Could be -- I thought it might mean because people feel he's so silent on some

issues, but that didn't seem like the type of sign I've been seeing at the rally. I like your explanation better! :hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. But your explanation makes a lot of sense too! LOL

[emulatorloo]

13. Google Chaplin's movie "The Great Dictator" n/t

[gateley]

18. So was it a "real" anti-Obama sign, or is the subtlety lost on me?

(going to look up the Great Dictator later -- thanks!)

[backscatter712]

33. That's what I'm thinking.

Chaplain also had a toothbrush moustache, before Hitler made them unpopular.

[Codeine]

2. Chaplin played a Hitler-type character.

[redirish28]

3. My wife absolutely loves that movie espeically the speech Chaplin gives at the end.

It would be a fitting speech for this rally if they could have gotten permission.

[gateley]

7. I didn't know that! Thanks! nt

[Bozita]

5. RWers have been calling Chaplin a commie since the election for Gov of CA in 1934(?)

The Upton Sinclair campaign.

[Gabi Hayes]

9. and, like communist/nazi that is Obama, Chaplin was not allowed to return

to the US when he left, just as Obama should not be allowed to return the next time he steals AF1 to journey abroad, probably to Red China, where he belongs

[Bozita]

12. More info about the campaign and demonization of Chaplin here... - video too

http://gregmitchellwriter.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-classic-book-just-published-in-new.html

[gateley]

21. Thanks -- I always get an education from you guys! nt

[gateley]

19. Ahhh. Hmmmm. nt

[librechik]

8. probably that like Chaplin, Obama is silent

[emulatorloo]

15. ??????

Google Chaplin's movie "The Great Dictator" - He played a Hitler type in that one.

[librechik]

20. Yes, of course, jr, but he's most famous for his silent movies

that would explain the sign in the OP

[emulatorloo]

31. Maybe you are seeing what you want to see, rather than the simplest explanation.

Which is that the sign is parody of "Obama is Worst Than Hitler" teabag signs.

It is pretty obtuse though. Maybe they should have put up pictures.

Have a great night! :patriot:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

10. Folks, it just weirdness......

....don't think too much about it.....just go with it.

[Whoa_Nelly]

11. It's a brilliant take on

the Hitler Teabagger crap!

And that comparing anyone to Obama to smear him shows someone just as sick & fed up as so many of us when it comes to the BS of politicking when what we need more of is transparency in our government. Isn't that the base concept and experiment in Democracy upon which our governed nation was born?

Am in awe of and made more hopeful again that there are so many at the Sanity Rally. Surely most of them vote.

[gateley]

23. I was posting in another thread that seeing these people, with good hearts

and celebrating life, gives me hope, too! :pals:

[devilgrrl]

14. The mustaches are similar

[NYCGirl]

26. There's a brilliant documentary from TCM called "The Tramp

and the Dictator" which is posted in its entirety on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQiKnzuAs_Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyAKt_hRC9M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HShWG4HkjKI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ql__9LYjkw

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. A British comedian is trying to reclaim the toothbrush moustache for comedy

Of the many shows comedian Richard Herring has produced over the past two decades, Hitler Moustache has to be one of the most fascinating. He delivers a set that wonders how the ‘toothbrush moustache’ has come to symbolise Nazi infamy (when worn by Hitler), when it used to be a symbol of comedy (when worn by Charlie Chaplin).


What results is a show that deliberately follows in the spirit of Chaplin’s controversial talkie, The Great Dictator, by reclaiming the moustache for comedy and using it to satirise prejudice on a broader scale. Jokes about race, religion and fascism are inevitably present, and there’s a galvanising call to arms to the people of Cardiff (this was filmed at the city’s Chapter Arts Centre earlier this year) against the kind of voter apathy that led to the BNP’s success at the 2009 European elections.

http://www.metro.co.uk/film/reviews/845082-richard-herrings-hitler-moustache-is-fascinating

Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-A6-Y55Hno

[louis-t]

16. I think they meant Chamberlain!

Idiots! :rofl:

[Gabi Hayes]

17. I didn't realize Obama hit 20 thousand chicks.... thought that was Clinton.

Chaplin was also very very sex-crazed

like all comsymp nazis

[jillan]

22. Maybe they meant Charlie Chaplin??

[gateley]

24. They did -- there was a photo of O wearing that Chaplin Derby (like in your pic) and

moustache on the sign. I'm just not "getting" what they mean by it.

:hi: :pals:

[phleshdef]

25. Hehe, they are making fun Obama = Hitler BS.

[socialist_n_TN]

27. Yeah that's what I think too............

They're referring to all those Obama=Hitler signs by implying that the Hitler pix were NOT Hitler, but Charlie Chaplin. Ergo, Obama is equal to/worse than Chaplin.

[me b zola]

28. I agree with the posters who believe it is a riff on "worse than Hitler"

However, I have always thought that Stewert resembles Chaplin quite a bit.

[gateley]

29. Boy! Especially that first shot! Not sure if I've ever seen pics of Chaplin out of

character until his later years. Good eye, me b zola!

[readmoreoften]

32. It's a smart, sarcastic comment.

And also incredibly useless.

[kennythomas]

34. hey internet inclined democrats!

that was my sign at the rally! and i can assure you that i am a steadfast obama supporter, just trying to parody the use of the hitler mustache on tea-bagger rally signs. i don't think that many people really got it, as i was called an idiot and a racist :(, but the people that did get it seemed very entertained :D

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

35. Welcome to DU!!!!

Great sign......how does someone there not get the satire?

[kennythomas]

36. hell if i know.

i think a lot of people came to a comedy rally with some overly serious expectations.

[Aristus]

37. Welcome, welcome, welcome, kennythomas!

Steadfast Obama supporters are always welcome here at DU.

Too many "Obama didn't tuck me in last night. I'm staying home on Election Day"-types here...

:hi::patriot: