“There is a fairly sad history of racists referring to black people as monkeys, apes, etc...”
Within the last 50 years?
FWIW, my Mom always called us kids “monkeys” - and we’re white. Although I am darker in skin color than VJ...
But still, what about Maher?
In 2013: “To determine whether he is in fact the love child of a human woman and an orangatan from the Brooklyn zoo,” Maher said. “Look, I’m not saying your mother was repeatedly ****ing an orangutan back in the 1940’s, I don’t know if that’s true I hope it’s not true. But given your face, your physique and your intelligence level and of course your hair, the American people deserve some real proof that your mother did not spend most nights in 1945 covering her body in banana oil sneaking into the monkey cage and compulsively humping an orange orangutan.”
Why is THAT acceptable, but saying someone looks like a cross between Muslim Brotherhood and the Planet of the Apes is not? Why is one “humor” and the other cause to have all trace of you removed from the planet?
And if she had said the same about Clarence Thomas, would anyone of the Left care?
There hasn't been slavery in this country for more than 150 years, but I still wouldn't ask employees to call me "massa".
But still, what about Maher?
What about him?
In 2013: “To determine whether he is in fact the love child of a human woman and an orangatan from the Brooklyn zoo,” Maher said. “Look, I’m not saying your mother was repeatedly ****ing an orangutan back in the 1940’s, I don’t know if that’s true I hope it’s not true. But given your face, your physique and your intelligence level and of course your hair, the American people deserve some real proof that your mother did not spend most nights in 1945 covering her body in banana oil sneaking into the monkey cage and compulsively humping an orange orangutan.”
So? How does Maher saying something offensive and asinine make it okay for Roseanne to do the same? This isn't something that is close to the line, or something that she should have been able to say and not expect a reaction. It was dumb as hell for her to say what she did, and anyone with half a brain could have predicted the reaction.
And if she had said the same about Clarence Thomas, would anyone of the Left care?
Probably not. Does that mean we shouldn't?
Isn’t it the Left who insist we all come from apes? Roseanne was making fun of her looks Not her race.. The side-by-side photos speak for themselves.. She is not an attractive woman.
Maher on the other hand, took his rant to the highest level of vileness.. The Far Left feel falsely entitled to do that.