Google and Michelle Obama “Offensive” photo

6 Responses to Google and Michelle Obama “Offensive” photo

1. Dan

   July 19, 2012 at 4:56 pm

   I have seen no instances of censorship. The pictures are abundant and freely shared on the internet. Because some people find them racist and say so, is simply an example of those people sharing their opinions. Or shouldn’t they have the same rights of free speech?

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2. Dan

   July 19, 2012 at 4:54 pm

   I have seen no instances of censorship. The pictures are abundant and freely shared on the internet. Because some people find them racist is simply their opinions. Or don’t shouldn’t people share the same rights of free speech?

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3. David London

   December 9, 2009 at 4:28 pm

   Just stumbled on this website while looking for the disputed Michelle Obama pic. Found it (with difficulty). Shame that there is incipient censorship on the NET. Yes, the picture is insulting, but there is a very long tradition of insulting one's political enemies. If you're in politics, you just have to take it.
   Calling people racists is the easiest (and sadly) most effective way of silencing them. Strangely, it is the inheritors of the Free-Speech Movement who are the most zealous censors.

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   • Webmaster

     December 9, 2009 at 8:02 pm

     Wow. Well said. You are so right. Its the very people who in the 60's were hell bent on having their collective voice heard. and now these are the very same people that ACT offended to silence opposition. Perhaps I will write about it. JD

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4. WIlliam F

   November 25, 2009 at 8:28 pm

   Great point. I am a black man and I don't think I look like a monkey, but black people acting outraged over the image, and I saw the image, are basically saying that they think they look like monkeys. Furthermore, in black film and in my own family, I hear black people calling each other monkeys. My father used to tell me and my bothers and sisters to "Sit your monkey asses down" all the time. We used to laugh and act like monkeys. Not to mention that modern science is constantly telling us that we all are distant relatives of apes. I don't know what all the fuss is about.

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5. Webmaster

   November 25, 2009 at 8:36 pm

   Thank you William. I too hear the black folks at my workplace calling each other derogatory names. It all well and good when they say these things to each other, but if anyone else says it, they get fired. Great story about your father too. My family is Italian, and my dad used to call us names like that too. JD

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