I think the racist overtones are the difference between the Michelle case and the Bush case. Because in the United States, racist people used to call Black people monkeys as a racial slur. If (they had used any animal other than a primate) and (they had used any word other than a racial slur), then there wouldn't be any difference between the Michelle case and the Bush case. I'm pretty sure if they had morphed her into a cat or a fish, there wouldn't have been an uproar.
There also wouldn't have been a political statement, unless there is some kind of rhetoric going around that Michelle Obama thinks of us as the blobs that feed her or is incapable of feeling pain.:|
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At the moment it suggests searching for "Michelle Obama monkey" when you search for "Michelle Obama"
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At the moment it suggests searching for "Michelle Obama monkey" when you search for "Michelle Obama"
Personally, I think that's an astonishingly good suggestion. Well done Google!
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The irony is that the joke is boring no matter who it's pointed at.
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They're both racist slurs. One shows ignorance of African Americans and the other shows ignorance of Monkeys.
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Wouldn't the comment about the ignorance of actual monkeys be considered "specist?"