Originally Posted by
deady
to really get why this is such a terrible thing to do you have to understand Americas history with Racism and how sensitive people till are to it.
@chac, I see your point, but also at the same time if that is true the people at the post should have had the foresight to see that this would be taken the wrong way. When you are a part of the media, there is supposed to be a certain amount of dignity and responsibility to the things you do.
imo it was either a direct racist statement, or just a ploy to get attention. Honestly I would probably respect the racism more than the attention whoring.
Good good. Okay, I understand our country's history with racism quite well, and I also understand that people are way to paranoid about it. Every little thing is taken as racist. Monkeys are symbols for more than just black people, they can also just represent stupid people. And it is common practice in political cartoons to use one figure to symbolize a group of people. And also, the American public immediately attacked the bill, hence the shooting.