Timminz wrote:AAFitz wrote:HapSmo19 wrote:Timminz wrote:That's not a photo of the Obama. Why would you think it was?
I never said that was a photo of obama. Why would you think I did?
You already answered this question. With the exact opposite answer.HapSmo19 wrote:20/20 vision?
Never mind, I figured it out. Here's what he wrote.Frigidus posted this following a photo of the president of the United States of America:
And here's what some of us read.Frigidus posted this following photo of the president of the United States of America:
Simple mistake, compounded by confusion in a previous response.
Nice job figuring that out. Apparently it was just the use of the word N***** he was refering to. The problem with that word is, it is only racist, when used by a white person. When used by an african american, it is usually to mock the White persons use of it, and used to take control of it.
I agree the picture is in bad taste, and may be meant racist, but its also very possible that the green person with horns is meant to be a black person using the phrase for fun.
its also possible its meant to mock a white person using the word, and being a stupid racist chump about it.
The abiguity of the race of the being in question, means that it is a parody, and any racism, is more percieved, or implanted by the reader/viewer.
Family Guy does it a lot. It makes jokes which at first seem truly racist, but almost always are meant to mock anyone who is racist, and are usually a trap.
On this one, its very possible that the picture of green man with horns is meant to make you assume he is really a black man...which makes you a racist bastard, but it means he can use the word N*****
that is the complication of judging pictures. What sometimes appears to be one thing, often is another, or at least can be percieved to be another...and that is the very point of them in the first place.
more often, its just meant as a joke...inappropriately or not.