Racist email

[sunspotbaby]

This "joke" didn't even bring a smirk to my lips. It's a lame attempt, at best, at a joke.

 

[idlewind]

Disgusting more than funny

 

[Sparky]

Saw the joke this morning when I logged on. Didn't laugh. Didn't like it. It's a self described racist email so I ignored it. Thought it would have been removed. Logged on just now and I'm surprised to see it still on the site. Let's all just ignore this post and talk about something pleasant.

 

[enfuego]

I don't post nearly as much as some of the "pros" on here and I enjoy MOST of the info, banter, humor and debates. I was shocked to see this first thing this a.m.

If this is acceptable, I will be seriously reassessing my affiliation with this board.

Is it offensive? - to some YES
Does it embody what SOWAL is about? - IMHO no

Signed:
Discouraged

 

[Winnie]

Well, let's deconstruct the joke. The entire purpose of the joke, if not its traditional punch line, is to compare a photo of Michelle Obama with that of a monkey. (Adding an attractive picture of Palin is just a bonus.)

The part about evolution vs. creationism, while it comes at the end, is not the purpose of the joke but the part that wraps around the true punch line.

Do you often hear jokes about evolution vs. creationism? I don't. It appears to be a very heated topic. However, the joke comparing black people with monkeys is older than any person alive today.

I'll revise my earlier comment. I was wrong. When I first saw the post I wasn't logged on. I didn't see any photos, just link addresses for them. Without the images, it is just a creationist vs evolutionist joke.

But, WITH the images my interpretation of the intent changes. It is tasteless - should never have been posted in the first place, and should be deleted.

 

[TooFarTampa]

I'll revise my earlier comment. I was wrong. When I first saw the post I wasn't logged on. I didn't see any photos, just link addresses for them. Without the images, it is just a creationist vs evolutionist joke.

But, WITH the images my interpretation of the intent changes. It is tasteless - should never have been posted in the first place, and should be deleted.

I'd thank you and others here but my thanks button seems to be missing. I appreciate the clarification and what you said makes sense as it so often does.

I initially thought, and still do, that the point Bob was trying to make is that stuff like this is getting circulated much more than people may think. But I regret participating in the thread, in hindsight. To make the point without including the "joke" or even just summarizing it would be one thing, re-posting the joke in its entirety is another.

 

[30A Skunkape]

Might I point out that it is just as likely that this email was composed by a leftist trying to make Palinistas look like racists? Who is the real sicko?

 

[TooFarTampa]

Might I point out that it is just as likely that this email was composed by a leftist trying to make Palinistas look like racists? Who is the real sicko?

The person who hits the "forward" button?

 

[javajunkie]

Now why would this entire post be necessary on a SoWal Site? I thought this community was above that........
And why the heck did I feel the need to even read and reply?

 

[Bob]

for whom is this racist, the president or the monkey. I don't get where monkeys are racist, no matter whose picture is compared. :roll:

do you have any idea of the word "context"?