We have this piece of brilliance from Tongue Tied:
Local talk-radio host Big John is in trouble with a civil-rights group for comparing a black Daytona Beach commissioner to a monkey.
The comment was broadcast Friday, when the former Volusia County Council member told 1380 AM (WELE) listeners why he doesn’t think Commissioner Dwayne Taylor should be elected mayor.
“The higher the monkey climbs, the better you can see its . . ., ” John said. “And we’d really see Dwayne’s butt if he got to be mayor.”
Not only was John’s remark offensive, Taylor said Wednesday, but it was racist.
The remarks reminded some blacks of talk-radio hosts Rush Limbaugh — who was criticized for airing a parody called “Barack, the Magic Negro” — and Don Imus, who called the Rutgers University women’s basketball team “nappy-headed hos.”
John’s following is much smaller. He claims 234 listeners.
“This goes a lot deeper than what Don Imus did,” Taylor said. “If you want to compare something, compare something that’s not insensitive to that person’s race.”
Wait… Monkey’s are insensitive to black people? Come on, seriously. Is that the argument here? Are they realistically arguing that a black man cannot ever be refered to a monkey because that’s insensitive to the black race?
I’m floored.
But I’m not.
But I am.
Of course, had he said he scampered up that tree like ___________________, anything in that ______________________ would be interpreted as racism, so in reality I shouldn’t be surprised.
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