What don’t they get? The bottom one wasn’t posted by a president.
thefw89 on
1.) Bill Maher is a ‘comedian’, not the president.
2.) Many on the left don’t even like or support Bill Maher.
krt941 on
Nobody on the left is gonna defend Bill Maher. Swing and miss.
I_Miss_Lenny on
Pretending to not understand the problem is a bad-faith arguer’s favourite strategy
weardofree on
I thought they were be willfully ignorant but the comments have me second guessing
oogaboogaful on
The meme is wrong.
I’m pretty sure that’s Bill Maher is in fact a racist.
whyyoutwofour on
Does the right think Bill Maher is left wing?
thevaultdweller_13 on
Shitty orange spray tan is not a race.
Lung-Salad on
Let’s see. One continues a bad stereotype from decades and even centuries ago
The other compares an over-tanned white guy, which was his decision, to an ape
goodfreeman on
Is Bill Maher the President of the United Staes now?
Greedy-Swordfish9760 on
White people haven’t historically been compared to primates as a means of dehumanizing them based on their race. I can’t imagine why people aren’t equivocating these things
Less-Blackberry-8108 on
Yeah, but thats a pedo orangutan, so it’s a fair comparison.
New-Contribution-244 on
It’s not even remotely the same thing.An apples to bridges comparison. Try again. Or don’t.
Hikaruhiyoko2 on
Both are very racist.
1. Racist to black people
2. Racist to Orangutans.
Wise-Juggernaut-8285 on
Is it racist? What race is Orange? Lol
Alacritous13 on
I’m also not happy with the bottom image. Orangutans are amazing creatures that don’t deserve this slander.
_SCHULTZY_ on
First, Maher isn’t the President. Second, he didn’t say Trump is an orangutan he only asked Trump to provide his long form birth certificate to prove that he wasn’t the son of an orangutan.
Maher was sued by Trump for it.
Obvious_Ad3810 on
I’d be offended if I was yay oranagatan.
Rustic-Cuss on
One is the President of the United States of America; the other is a TV comedian. Do the math, Asshole.
Stock-Pension1803 on
Don’t engage
MrLagzy on
“very interesting” or just straight out fascist, nazi propaganda floating free but saying “trans” is super scary.
X, the company, the vast majority of users and especially its owner are so super pathetic.
LeavesInsults1291 on
Also, orange dudes don’t have a history of oppression
RDezzie on
Fwiw. I’m mid-left.
1. Bill Maher is a blowhard and an insufferable jackass
2. Donald Trump is a blowhard and an insufferable jackass (keeping the list extremely abbreviated here) but it’s shameful how the office of the president has lost all integrity.
Regardless of who’s in power, there’s a higher standard that should still be the bare minimum. This isn’t it.
Pewpew-OuttaMyWaay on
It’s a complete and utter insult!!! To the orangutan
Bright-Ad8496 on
One instance of name calling a certain race goes back a few hundred years and is considered extremely racist and the other one is directed at an individual
PixelsGoBoom on
Ah the false equivalency game.
They are good at that.
BishlovesSquish on
So many false equivalencies, so little time.
ytown on
False equivalence much? Bye
McCrazyJ on
To the best of my knowledge calling white people orangutans or chimps or whatever is not a common racist moniker.
elzibet on
I mean yes selective? One is a comedian vs. a leader of a country?
SheriffWyattDerp on
“Well I’m white and I’m not offended if someone says I like fried chicken and watermelon.”
– Guy who is *this close* to getting how racism works, but will never bridge that last 5% gap of full cognition.
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What don’t they get? The bottom one wasn’t posted by a president.
1.) Bill Maher is a ‘comedian’, not the president.
2.) Many on the left don’t even like or support Bill Maher.
Nobody on the left is gonna defend Bill Maher. Swing and miss.
Pretending to not understand the problem is a bad-faith arguer’s favourite strategy
I thought they were be willfully ignorant but the comments have me second guessing
The meme is wrong.
I’m pretty sure that’s Bill Maher is in fact a racist.
Does the right think Bill Maher is left wing?
Shitty orange spray tan is not a race.
Let’s see. One continues a bad stereotype from decades and even centuries ago
The other compares an over-tanned white guy, which was his decision, to an ape
Is Bill Maher the President of the United Staes now?
White people haven’t historically been compared to primates as a means of dehumanizing them based on their race. I can’t imagine why people aren’t equivocating these things
Yeah, but thats a pedo orangutan, so it’s a fair comparison.
It’s not even remotely the same thing.An apples to bridges comparison. Try again. Or don’t.
Both are very racist.
1. Racist to black people
2. Racist to Orangutans.
Is it racist? What race is Orange? Lol
I’m also not happy with the bottom image. Orangutans are amazing creatures that don’t deserve this slander.
First, Maher isn’t the President. Second, he didn’t say Trump is an orangutan he only asked Trump to provide his long form birth certificate to prove that he wasn’t the son of an orangutan.
Maher was sued by Trump for it.
I’d be offended if I was yay oranagatan.
One is the President of the United States of America; the other is a TV comedian. Do the math, Asshole.
Don’t engage
“very interesting” or just straight out fascist, nazi propaganda floating free but saying “trans” is super scary.
X, the company, the vast majority of users and especially its owner are so super pathetic.
Also, orange dudes don’t have a history of oppression
Fwiw. I’m mid-left.
1. Bill Maher is a blowhard and an insufferable jackass
2. Donald Trump is a blowhard and an insufferable jackass (keeping the list extremely abbreviated here) but it’s shameful how the office of the president has lost all integrity.
Regardless of who’s in power, there’s a higher standard that should still be the bare minimum. This isn’t it.
It’s a complete and utter insult!!! To the orangutan
One instance of name calling a certain race goes back a few hundred years and is considered extremely racist and the other one is directed at an individual
Ah the false equivalency game.
They are good at that.
So many false equivalencies, so little time.
False equivalence much? Bye
To the best of my knowledge calling white people orangutans or chimps or whatever is not a common racist moniker.
I mean yes selective? One is a comedian vs. a leader of a country?
“Well I’m white and I’m not offended if someone says I like fried chicken and watermelon.”
– Guy who is *this close* to getting how racism works, but will never bridge that last 5% gap of full cognition.