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HappySqurriel on 01 November 2009
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Rath said:
HappySqurriel said:
The_vagabond7 said:

Not to start a conversation with Halogamer, sense he is actually being sensible here but this is just a pet peeve of mine.


JOKER WAS A FUCKING ANARCHIST. THAT IS THE FUCKING OPPOSITE OF A SOCIALIST. Why the fuck is Obama painted like an ANARCHIST with "SOCIALIST" written under it? That makes no god damned sense. I mean if the right is going to make metaphorical comparisons at least pick ones that make some fucking sense.

That is all. Let's continue.

The reason the image of the joker has been used for both Obama and Bush have very little to do with the (portrayed) politics of the Joker, and is primarily dealing with the joker as being a (somewhat) intimidating character who is "insane" ...

 

Now, back to the original topic ... I hate to be blunt but the more disturbing thing about these kinds of stories is it seems the people who are most "Offended" about how far respect for the office of the president have fallen are the same people who were making similar statements about George W. Bush a couple of years ago.

How many people were calling for Bush to be assasinated? If so, I would also expect them to be prosecuted. If somebody was calling for the murder of a neo-nazi I would still expect them to be prosecuted. (not a comparison of Bush to a neo-nazi by the way, simply saying that it isn't acceptable to call for the murder of anyone).

I called George Bush a moron, it's okay if you call Obama a moron. I never called for George Bush to be killed, it's not okay if somebody calls for Obama to be killed.

Inciting violence is (at least in NZ) against the law for good reason.

Maybe you should check google, there are only 2 Million + hits for "Assinate George Bush",  and 27+ Million for "Assinate Bush" ...

Very rarely did anyone show "outrage" over these comments, primarily because supporters of the Republican party are used to irrational anger manifesting itself in outrageous comments from the extreme elements of the political left. You can see the difference in how the media portrays these events, where when Bush is made to look like the Joker or Hitler the media presents it as someone's depiction of Bush whereas when Obama is presented as the Joker or Hitler the media will say things like "do you know how offensive that is?"

 

Even the talk about George Bush being guilty of "War Crimes" is 100% partisan; because the Democrat controlled congress didn't have a problem with the war, could have prevented it if they choose to, and are as responsible for the war in Iraq as George W Bush was.