Oh dear
Seems any ability for irony or proportion Americans may have had before has now gone out of the window.
It was badly judged, but obviously unintentional. Can everyone please stop being so jumpy?!
*le sigh*
Guess our bretheren from across the pond just ain't too bright. At least it's all good fodder for Family Guy/South Park/Simpsons.
It was badly judged, but obviously unintentional. Can everyone please stop being so jumpy?!
*le sigh*
Guess our bretheren from across the pond just ain't too bright. At least it's all good fodder for Family Guy/South Park/Simpsons.
It would be reasonable and understandable for a black person to take offence at being called a monkey because of the racist association that is very well established. Even now there are cases of black footballers having bananas thrown at them. To call a black person a monkey, but claim it is for an unrelated reason isn't going to make it acceptable in the world we live in. If you're aware of that offence and still make the remarks, then you can't deny knowing the consequence of what you are saying is offence.
If considered acceptable, it also creates the breathing room for a genuine racist to use exactly the same language and get away with it. Nick Griffon will start calling Obama a monkey and reel out your arguments to defend himself. I don't think you would ever want your position hijacked by the BNP, but they could.
As to this particular case, I've already stated below that I think it is unclear what the Post were up to. The cartoon is sufficiently ambiguous that they can claim it was an unintentional association.
I took issue with your position that even if they were calling him a monkey, it would still be OK (note that the Post have never suggested this themselves). I think that position is deliberately simplistic so as to avoid taking account of the obvious offence caused. I expect you think my position is political correctness taken too far. As such, I doubt we're going to agree on this.
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