# Freepers make racist attacks on Malia Obama for wearing a peace-sign t-shirt **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011 "2009-07-14T18:13:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/41 "2009-07-14T20:08:00Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Another difference is that if we are referring to the comment by David Letterman, he wasn’t talking trash about Bristol. He **thought** he was; he/the joke writer assumed that was Bristol. (So did I; I’m lucky if I can keep track of my friends’ kids and what they look like, much less those of some other state’s governor.) > [@Mr.Moto](#): > > It’s public housing anyway, so that doesn’t matter. > > I kid, I kid! _applauds_ Well played, sir. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/42 "2009-07-14T20:13:47Z")
> [@BugMeNot2](#): > > Well, I don’t post on Free Republic, but I certainly hate the inane “peace” symbol. > > Hating the symbol and the counterculture that promoted it doesn’t mean I “hate peace” or “hate eleven-year-old girls”. Psst, we won. Neener, neener. ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/43 "2009-07-14T20:15:49Z")
> [@Honesty](#): > > Why is this surprising? Whites have been calling black children, women, and men deragotory names for over 400 years. > > - Honesty Let me fix that for you: > [@Honesty](#): > > Why is this surprising? People have been calling other people derogatory names since the dawn of language. > > - Honesty We wouldn’t want to be racist by only acknowledging one type of racism/sexism/ageism/nationalism/religism/ideologism/etcism. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/44 "2009-07-14T20:27:25Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I’m confused. What was everyone at Free Republic upset over? > > The fact that Malia was wearing a T-shirt? > The fact that the T-shirt had a peace symbol on it? > The fact that the family are wearing casual clothes? I confess that I don’t understand it either; is the idea of peace so abhorrent? If so, how should we vest her to placate the bellicose? “Ayatollah Ass-a-hola” far predates her birth; “Bomb Saddam” is likewise obsolete, and nothing much rhymes with “Ahmadinejad”… maybe “You’re **SCREWED** , Mahmoud!!” (with a fiercely scowling eagle dropping a nuke from his talons, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/45 "2009-07-14T20:30:15Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Yeah, he was. She’s the one who got herself pregnant by being abstinent, right? You need to go back and reread the thread on the subject. He sprayed his hose all over Palin’s younger daughter’s face making a joke that was only barely ok about Palin’s older daughter. The joke essentially came out to sound like he was talking about a 14 year old being raped by A-Rod. Even so, jokes about Bristol Palin even if she is 18 are pretty tasteless. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/46 "2009-07-14T20:31:25Z")
“…how should we vest her to placate the bellicose…” “Well, this just shows that even in Barrack HUSSEIN Obama’s own family, his policies of cowardice and appeasement…” ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/47 "2009-07-14T20:31:31Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Who gives a fuck? > > No, really. > > It’s just some faceless iterwebs assholes who don’t mean shit to me. It’s always amusing when someone posts to tell you that they don’t care. If you really don’t care then why did you post? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/48 "2009-07-14T20:33:41Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > You need to go back and reread the thread on the subject. _Nobody_ deserves to be subjected to that thread again. The racism and the spew are repulsive, but then again, what do you expect? And if you do expect it, why bother reading the site? ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/49 "2009-07-14T20:44:34Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > > [@Honesty](#): > > > > Why is this surprising? Whites have been calling black children, women, and men deragotory names for over 400 years. > > > > - Honesty > > Let me fix that for you: > > > [@Honesty](#): > > > > Why is this surprising? People have been calling other people derogatory names since the dawn of language. > > > > - Honesty > > We wouldn’t want to be racist by only acknowledging one type of racism/sexism/ageism/nationalism/religism/ideologism/etcism. Reminder: > [@](#): > > Quoting: do not alter words within quote tags beyond fair usage standards > > Do not change quotes of other posters or off-board citations beyond fair usage standards. If you delete material, use either ellipses or descriptive tags (e.g., \, [material deleted], etc.) to indicate you’ve done so. To add non-editorial explanatory material, use square brackets, which means things like [sic] or replacing a pronoun to make a partial quote clearer. If you add formatting for emphasis, please indicate you’ve done so, either in square brackets within the quote or immediately after the quote. Quote tags are for actual quotes only - don’t use them to paraphrase another’s argument or make a joke. > **[Revised Forum Rules for the BBQ Pit: read this before posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507985)** > > The BBQ Pit is the forum for rants about the outside world or quarrels between posters - often the first turns into the second. Although the standards of discourse are looser than in the other forums, the Pit is NOT a free-for-all - you don’t have to... No warning issued. \*\* Gfactor\*\* Pit Moderator ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/50 "2009-07-14T20:49:24Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > _Nobody_ deserves to be subjected to that thread again. Fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/51 "2009-07-14T21:54:15Z")
What the hell? Those aren’t even racist comments. Does the author of the linked article think that only black people are street whores? Or that only black people live in ghettos? Or that black people are the only Chicago thugs? How is “America-hating Marxist pig” racist? If they want to use the term “racist slurs”, they should have quoted something race-related. Now, maybe there _were_ racist comments on there, but I’m not seeing any in the article. Mean? Yes. Racist? No. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/52 "2009-07-14T21:59:18Z")
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/53 "2009-07-14T22:01:33Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Ya know, I was gonna ask about that. Is the username a reflection of your deep and abiding admiration for a bloodthirsty, warmongering asshole, or just an attempt to bait DFH like myself? > [@mswas](#): > > Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. He made a fairly nuanced and reasoned post in Great Debates and I couldn’t wrap my mind around the cognitive dissonance. It’s interesting that he took the name of one of the most detestable cold-warriors around. The human race is lucky that we had people like Albert Wohlstetter to save us from monsters like Curtis LeMay. Neither, I just took a random name from a historical figure. Had my mind thought slightly differently my user name could be George Patton or William Pitt the Elder or George Dewey. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/54 "2009-07-14T22:22:39Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > It’s always amusing when someone posts to tell you that they don’t care. > > If you really don’t care then why did you post? Because I could. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/55 "2009-07-14T22:33:15Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > What the hell? Those aren’t even racist comments. Does the author of the linked article think that only black people are street whores? Or that only black people live in ghettos? Or that black people are the only Chicago thugs? How is “America-hating Marxist pig” racist? > > If they want to use the term “racist slurs”, they should have quoted something race-related. Now, maybe there _were_ racist comments on there, but I’m not seeing any in the article. Mean? Yes. Racist? No. Just in case this person here isn’t pulling our legs, and is indeed the dense idiot he appears to be, [a few choice lines from this article about the whole shebang](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/10/752031/-*UPDATE-II*-Free-Republic-Pulls-*then-Restores*-Thread-Bashing-Malia-Obama;-FR-Responds) should be enough to dissuade: > [@](#): > > In addition, the thread includes a picture of Michelle Obama speaking to her daughter with the caption, “To Entertain Her Daughter, Michelle Obama Likes to Make Monkey Sounds.” Of course, this will probably not be enough to ensure that our “friend” **Chessic Sense** will be persuaded here. There’s a certain class of folks around here who will defend all and sundry racist speech and defend it with “everybody does it.” ---
**Author:** ![BugMeNot2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@BugMeNot2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BugMeNot2)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/56 "2009-07-14T22:40:30Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Who gives a fuck? > > No, really. > > It’s just some faceless iterwebs assholes who don’t mean shit to me. I like this post. Got a chuckle out of it. It’s profound, in its own self-aware way. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/57 "2009-07-14T23:47:38Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > … Anyone who deviates from that gets banned. I lasted one post! (Some moran said “the PotUS isn’t allowed to enter a US state without the permission of the state’s Governor”, I asked for a cite. :eek: :smack: :rolleyes:) CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/58 "2009-07-14T23:55:46Z")
Boy, this is a shock. I may have to seriously reconsider my extant policy of uncritical support for all comments made by anyone on the Free Republic site. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/59 "2009-07-15T00:07:24Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Boy, this is a shock. I may have to seriously reconsider my extant policy of uncritical support for all comments made by anyone on the Free Republic site. What? Treasonous bastard! ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011/60 "2009-07-15T00:18:04Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > What the hell? Those aren’t even racist comments. Does the author of the linked article think that only black people are street whores? Or that only black people live in ghettos? Or that black people are the only Chicago thugs? How is “America-hating Marxist pig” racist? > > If they want to use the term “racist slurs”, they should have quoted something race-related. Now, maybe there _were_ racist comments on there, but I’m not seeing any in the article. Mean? Yes. Racist? No. First, “ghetto” is code for “nigger.” Second: [QUOTE=Some Freeper] They make me sick… The whole family… mammy, pappy, the free loadin’ mammy-in-law, the misguided chillin’, and especially ‘lil cuz… This is not the America I want representin’ my peeps. [/QUOTE] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freepers-make-racist-attacks-on-malia-obama-for-wearing-a-peace-sign-t-shirt/503011.md?page=4)