06 August 2009

Joker Picture of Obama Racist?

It seems that every time someone speaks out against President Barack Obama, they are labeled a racist. This is no different in the case of a new poster appearing in Los Angeles depicting Obama as The Joker from The Dark Knight movie. This depiction is "racist" and "mean spirited" but when it's pointed out that Bush was first depicted as the Joker, the racist accusation is not dropped. "Lynchings" of Obama in effigy are called racist, but there was no outrage when Sarah Palin was "lynched" in effigy some time ago. There is a moral double standard on the left when it comes to treatment of the President.

I have put up a few comparisons for you to decide what you think.

Effigies:




The Joker:







Now please explain to me, preferably with coherent, rational thoughts, how the defamation of Obama is racist while the mean spirited attacks against Palin and Bush (and I won't even go into the Cheney pictures) are "just jokes" and "free speech".