Not a hate crime.
Posted on 03/11/2009 12:23:38 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Recently a photo of Barnes & Noble book display board was circulated widely over the Internet. The photo showed various books about President Obama around a central photo of a monkey book. Barnes & Noble claims some prankster did this intentionally. The photo shown in this site was the catalyst of this controversy. The photos shows a book on monkeys “Monkey: A Captivating Look at These Fascinating Animals” with a number of books around it focusing on President Obama and his wife Michelle.
The book chain Barnes & Noble deny someone deliberately placed the monkey book in the display. They call it a “hate crime”
Leonard Riggio, founder and chairman of Barnes & Noble, said in a statement:
This malicious and despicable act is nothing short of a hate crime, which should be punishable under federal statutes.
The book chain claims as soon as this prank was noticed, it removed the book from the display. It says whoever put the books there must have snapped the picture and distributed it over the Internet.
But if you go to any Barnes & Noble book store, the book displays are usually behind the staff desks and are locked from the public.
give me a frigen break...His election was a hate crime....Hate for the USofA
But aren’t monkeys fascinating? OK. How about slugs? Are they fascinating?
So where is the picture that is circulating? We here at Fr have a habit of posting these things first. I was robbed.
Why is calling the President a chimp suddenly a hate crime??
Pray for America, Our Troops and obama’s Failure
Uhhhh....”Smirking Chimp” is, of course, NOT a hate crime.
Bush = Chimp = legitimate commentary
Hussein = monkey = hate crime/prison
Sounds fair to me! When do they install the Viewscreens in our living rooms?
It’s a slander against monkeys everywhere
Hey, monkey see, monkey do...
they’re just calling a spade a spade...
“Barack Obama didn’t call Gov. Palin a “pig.” It’s called an “idiom” or “figure of speech.”
It sure wasn’t a hate crime when Bush was called a Nazi and a monkey. Blatant double-standard there,but you can’t expect anything less from the left.
It was posted and pulled a day or two ago.
Barnes and Noble has a history of being “progressive” friendly...
It delayed the books against Kerry in the 2004 election from being put on the shelves for over three weeks after release.
I would imagine this was a prankster.. but it had the “tact” approval of the floor manager
But this is OK?
http://www.bushorchimp.com/pics.html
They did that four years ago. Haven't you noticed the tiny little transmitter?
The monkey should file complaint for being seated next to a Marxist PIG anti-christ....The monkey has a higher IQ-—Hey Barry what were your college grades? Did you even graduate or did your racist wife take your exams for you ?
So I probably shouldn't have done that?
Hate or not, that’s funny!
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