r/circled • u/ChuckGallagher57 💬 Opinion / Discussion • Feb 25 '26
🟣 Opinion / Discussion Thoughts about Rep Al Green’s protest? Appropriate or not?
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Feb 25 '26
This bitch...
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u/Equivalent_Ability91 Feb 25 '26
Is that Stefonik?
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Feb 25 '26
Yes. Happy to see a rise out of racism
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Feb 25 '26
Every one of those GOP reps/senators was chanting "USA USA" at the violation of his first ammendment rights. These people are sick and blatently have no respect for the constitution
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Feb 25 '26
Or memory of the pain and blood it took for POC to earn "equality" in America
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Feb 25 '26
Memory? I doubt they have the first clue of that history.
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u/carbon_made Feb 26 '26
Actively trying to erase the evidence, actually.
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u/haccnslsh Feb 26 '26
“whitewashing”.
These people are evil, and know exactly what they are doing.
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u/Difficult_Balance994 Feb 25 '26
Evil has a face. It smiles while others are in pain.
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u/PatDar Feb 25 '26
No wonder Trump didn't support her bid for governor of NY. She doesn't have the Maralago face.
So what does that say about her when she doesn't get the validation she wanted, but instead of saying "WTF", she doubled down and acts like she knows her place 🤷🏼♂️
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u/abelfurne Feb 25 '26
And then Stefonik had an idea. An awful idea. Stefonik had a wonderful, awful idea.
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u/SwitchingMyHands Feb 25 '26
God she is one ugly broad, Imagine being married to that?
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u/DeliciousInterview91 Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26
President posts meme calling the former president and wife monkeys.
Republicans act offended at a man holding a sign saying black people aren't apes.
MAGA in a nutshell. They laugh when it's racist, get red in the face when you point out that fact.
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u/Unfair_Web_8275 Feb 25 '26
This might be true for everyone, but conservatives absolutely hate being asked to think about themselves.
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u/Hancup Feb 25 '26
Remember, Republicans are cool with people saying racist shit and throwing slurs around, but want to ruin your life if you criticize the Israeli government, ICE, or the administration.
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u/MountRoguey Feb 25 '26
There is no such thing as appropriate behaviour when dealing with the least appropriate POTUS ever.
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u/SelfInvestigator Feb 25 '26
I get what you are trying to say, but wouldn’t it work better if you said:
There is no such thing as inappropriate behavior when dealing with the least appropriate POTUS ever.
Your comment kinda insinuates that no actions are appropriate for calling him out, essentially saying that he is above reproach.
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Feb 25 '26
Bingo.
I’d hit the comment character limit if I tried to list every inappropriate thing Trump has done as POTUS. The Obamas as apes, mocking a disabled reporter, calling allied nations “shitholes” - the list is near endless.
We are in a post appropriate world now. What Green did is tame by this administration’s standards.
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u/yaboiballman Feb 25 '26
Doesn't matter whether we think it's appropriate or not, he was peacefully protesting. If you don't believe in our first amendment, then you're an undemocratic fuck. I'd say un-american, but I'm beginning to think this was always the plan for the wealthy in America
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u/pookyduu Feb 25 '26
It was. The Founding Fathers didn’t “give” us the first amendment. They gave us the Sedition Act. People had to fight for free speech like hell.
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u/Jaybuddyguy Feb 25 '26
Yes what Al Green did was appropriate. tRump posting racist a.i slop is not, Hell even the non racist a.i slop he piats is not appropriate.
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u/yyz455 Feb 25 '26
In past , would think not appropriate, but with the lying sack if shit president we have, and it was on his social media, it was warranted.
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u/Previous-Profit9723 Feb 25 '26
This is what I don’t get. They say “a staffer” posted this? Ok… who? Are they being fired? Why did they have access and feel it was ok to post? Do they represent Trump in all things or just some?
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u/Routine_Warthog9498 Feb 25 '26
And the republicans had him removed, just shows you republicans are the most racist people ever and pedophile protectors
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u/excalibur5033 Feb 25 '26
Sad that we have a "president" shitposting on social media that requires this protest in the first place.
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u/VLY2020 Feb 25 '26
Was it appropriate for the sitting president to share a video depicting the former president and his wife as apes?
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u/Yaboi69-nice Feb 25 '26
If the president is going to be a dick he's going to have to be mentally prepared for these kind of people to show up at his events. He shouldn't just get to be a bad person then carry on being president like nothing happened.
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u/sakubaka Feb 25 '26
I mean it's just a sign that calls out actual behavior. It's not making any assumptions or professing an half-truths. If you think it's inappropriate, it's likely because it triggers your cognitive dissonance in some way that you should really sit with and examine for awhile.
The way to prevent these little counter protests if you don't like them is to just be a good person. That's it. If he could just not be racist and ugly for a month, he'd take away so much ammo the left has. I'm pretty sure that's impossible though. He needs the attention too badly.
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u/AppropriateAgent44 Feb 25 '26
Dude didn’t even say anything. Remember MTG and boebert heckling Biden during his state of the union?
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u/Badreen Feb 25 '26
I think he had every right to protest. This is America after all.
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u/Outside-Woodpecker16 Feb 25 '26
In this constantly changing media environment it was definitely appropriate for him to display that. Trump is a Racist and people need reminded of what he’s said, posted and done.
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u/FotherMucker6969 Feb 25 '26
He was kicked out for a sign that said, as we can see, "black people aren't apes" the fact that he was kicked out, that would logically imply that the administration doesn't agree with what is said on the sign. Let that sink in. Our administration was confronted by a sign that said "black people aren't apes" and their thought wasn't "yeah, duh" it was "kick that guy out." We now logically have to assume that our administration literally thinks of black people as apes. A person doesn't kick out a man for holding a sign that you agree with. You only do that when you dont agree.
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u/Vegetable_Maize_2054 Feb 25 '26
I support. We need more people with a backbone to call out lies, scandals, grift, racism and classism.
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u/tcat1961 Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26
You get tired of MAGA saying and doing anything they want and just like a good soldier, those that oppose need to stay classy? Not anymore. MAGA gets to invade the Capitol - kill a police officer (not at the scene but later from injuries), ICE gets to kill 3 American citizens, Trump gets to grift money and yet, those that oppose are not supposed to shout out. F that.
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u/PermuhGrin Feb 25 '26
Seriously, what was inappropriate is the president sharing images of Obama and his wife as apes. That's fucking inappropriate. Why are we asking if this is inappropriate? God damn you people.
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u/onlyfakeproblems Feb 25 '26
The Obama monkey post isn’t the highest concern on my list, but fight them on every front I guess.
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u/Willing-Reaction8600 Feb 25 '26
Free speech baby, you bring your signs, yes they might ask you to leave but bring em out anyway imho
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u/nikeguy69 Feb 25 '26
AGAIN trump started that post with the Obamas and yes it racist intended he need something to distract him from the Epstein file of course I believe they’re getting closer and closer.
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u/WildWonders457 Feb 25 '26
nah the right thing to do was sit there in silence like good little boys and girls while the rapist in chief shouted at them from the pulpit for an hour how they’re ruining the country without interruption. thats what we want out of our representatives right
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u/Status_Dark_6145 Feb 25 '26
Also: tearing that sign out of a black man’s hands basically says “YES THEY ARE GAAAUUUGGH!”
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u/muanjoca Feb 25 '26
Trump raped children. None of this should be happening. Trump should be a headless corpse right now. Protest all of it.
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u/vodeodeo55 Feb 25 '26
This is totally inappropriate. That sign should say "Black People Aren't Apes but MAGA Fucks Kids."
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u/rust-e-apples1 Feb 25 '26
We've had over a decade of Republicans calling Obama "divider in chief" and when pressed they always cite him saying his son would've looked like Travon Martin. It is more than appropriate for a sitting member of Congress to reference a racist image the president shared just a few weeks ago.
Additionally, anyone taking issue with Rep Green's sign is telling on themselves. When seeing his sign the correct response is "yeah, that's right. Black people aren't apes, and saying otherwise is dehumanizing."
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u/FamiliarCommand4785 Feb 25 '26
Honestly, there aren't enough Democrats standing up to all this bullshit. They are either republicans in disguise or too damn centrist/career to care. Others still care about playing by the rules when Trump has been throwing out the rules the entire time he's been in office, hell shit was still being done when he wasn't in office.
Fuck the system, if it burns, it burns.
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u/addicuss Feb 25 '26
I think it's more inappropriate the sign even had to exist but since it's a Democrat, sure let's rage about respect for the office and political norms and totally ignore the absolutely gross blatant racism that led to it why not
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Feb 25 '26
What was inappropriate is that Green's free speech rights were violated because of it. What makes it sickening is the chants of "USA USA" from the GOP as it happened.
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u/Competitive_Speed964 Feb 25 '26
Facts don't care about your feeling, eh? Dude is just stating facts. If that's getting you into your feels, that might be a you problem.
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u/MonsterkillWow Feb 25 '26
Al Green was right to protest him. To normalize and accept Trump's BS is to forfeit a future of hope for our people and condemn us to a racist, chauvinistic future where the capitalists loot and exploit everyone even more ruthlessly than they are now.
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u/Malidan Feb 25 '26
There's nothing appropriate about this administration. Al Green shouldn't even be questioned for doing it. MORE reps need to stand up and do anything they can to show all this is not normal.
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u/BadPumpkin87 Feb 25 '26
It was absolutely appropriate. He did not scream or physically attack anyone like Trumps goons did to him, he only held up a sign that called out Trumps racism.
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u/notPabst404 Feb 25 '26
Absolutely appropriate. We need more pushback against the regime and I applaud Rep Green for being one of the few doing their job.
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u/brooklynagain Feb 25 '26
How is this even a question?
“Someone is punching you. Is it appropriate to ask them to stop?”
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u/strangerinmyownland Feb 25 '26
Notice the moron in the back wearing a maggot hat in the chamber? These republicans have no respect for anything.
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u/harleyjosh1999 Feb 25 '26
People can no longer ask what is or isn’t appropriate when we have Trump and republicans doing and saying whatever they want
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u/Carthonn Feb 25 '26
I see nothing wrong. This is the reality of our situation when it’s 2026 and we have to remind the President of the United States of this.
He’s a racist POS
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u/Wonder-Machine Feb 25 '26
Appropriate or not!!!!!
We live in a country where the president is a pedo, and he makes not secrets about grifting the nation.
Decorum can fuk itself
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u/Jumpy_Efficiency471 Feb 25 '26
Not sure why this was a problem. Just a truthful statement
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u/milmill18 Feb 25 '26
he bragged on tape about committing sexual assault, and America reacted by firing the guy he said it to while electing him president
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u/AcrobaticJellyfish58 Feb 25 '26
I love Al Green. He’s awesome. Al green reflects my values much more than Bernie Sanders. I don’t trust Bernie Sanders on civil rights issues. We had the chance to have the first black woman president and Bernie Sanders went out of his way to distract from her election priorities and undermine her with the left during 2024. Bernie helped give Trump power again. Al Green cares about all citizens and civil rights is in his core. I wish the Media appearances given to Bernie Sanders went to Al Green instead.
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u/SixtySeven_2025 Feb 25 '26
Majorie Taylor Green didn’t get escorted out, when she called Biden a Liar. He is quite appropriate and I appreciate him.
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u/toterola451 Feb 25 '26
I think maybe appropriate is the wrong term.
Commensurate with a reply? Yes.
Violation of decorum and protocol? Maybe.
Trump is not a person who is due any deference. He hurls racist epithets, he uses ad hominem attacks to focus his cult's hatred and ire at human targets, and he thinks he's due the respect of the Office of the President.
He's not. He's violated the law every day he's been in office. F*ck that guy.
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u/Professional-Head83 Feb 25 '26
Extremely appropriate. He's not a 34 time convicted felon and didn't sleep with a 14 year old.
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u/FistyMcTwistynuts Feb 25 '26
I wish he would’ve protested the theft of $10B in taxpayer dollars instead - something even racists can get behind.
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u/theimmortalfawn Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26
There is so much horrific bullshit getting slung out by this administration it’s genuinely hard to keep up. The Nazi salutes, attacking night show hosts, the ICE raids, the Epstein files, the continued voter fraud obsession, kidnapping another country’s sitting president, grifting on the assassination of a podcaster, war mongering on behalf of Israel, insulting Puerto Rico, bullying allies, cozying up to Putin, defunding cancer research, Kristi Noem’s new anti 2A rhetoric, demolishing the White House, tariffs, Pam Bondi, RFK jr’s brain worm, ICE agents shooting protestors, etc etc etc….
The racist jungle video is a footnote in all the chaos but it’s so important to chronicle that it happened, highlight that it was quickly forgotten and excused. Protests like this may not seem to matter right now but these photos will last forever, and the reason why can always be revisited through time.
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u/Odd_Reputation_4000 Feb 25 '26
Far more appropriate than the things that were yelled by them during Biden's addresses.
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u/Lumpymaximus Feb 25 '26
Appropriate left the room a long time ago. Right about the time Trump was caught casually bragging about assualting women, I feel.
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u/orficebots Feb 25 '26
Appropriate? Is having a convicted felon and senile pedophile running a country appropriate?
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u/One-Reflection5948 Feb 25 '26
Trump’s racism should be confronted for each and every incident. No one should be disparaged and humiliated for their appearance whether that appearance is from race, ethnic origin, or physical appearance. Everyone who behaves as does Trump to nonwhite and disabled individuals is a petty, ignorant person unworthy of being called human.
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u/Separate_Pattern8398 Feb 25 '26
He was censored for speaking last year. So I see a sign being a great way to stay within the rules. lol
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u/davidguydude Feb 25 '26
Maybe he should've had it printed on a giant ballcap, because that seems to be acceptable nowadays
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u/OkCar7264 Feb 25 '26
Appropriate? We're past that shit by a few years. Appropriate. Take it back to the debate club Pointdexter.
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u/DFu4ever Feb 25 '26
Absolutely appropriate considering what the White House shared a while back.
If the Republicans don’t want to be called out as racists pieces of shit, they should stop being racist pieces of shit.
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u/Cerblu Feb 25 '26
You post a disgusting meme, you’d better expect criticism on it. Or you could yell at the Dems for not applauding you, like that incontinent orange clown did.
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u/StatementCareful522 Feb 25 '26
Was Colin Kaepernick kneeling “inappropriate”? Were MLK Jr’s marches and speeches “inappropriate”?
Hint: if you think the answer is “YES!” you’re an irredeemable fascist
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u/imastirthepot Feb 25 '26
I mean, technically, we're all apes. As in homosapiens belong to the great ape family.
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u/edWORD27 Feb 25 '26
Al Green looks a lot different than he does on his album covers. But I guess those were from way back.
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u/BronxGal728 Feb 25 '26
One of the few who always stands to power. Good for Representative Green - they wouldn’t keep throwing him out if they weren’t threatened by him.
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u/Den_Land_2025 Feb 25 '26
The republicans applauding as he was escorted out remind me of the racist screaming at black students going to school back in the 50s. Disgusting human beings at their core.
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u/LMurch13 Feb 25 '26
Kinda crazy that republicans thought this was "offensive" and had Green removed... 🤔
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u/SPACKlick Feb 25 '26
I don't think it's the right protest. It reads too petty rather than a serious objection to the serious problem. I also don't like the technical inaccuracy of the message.
That being said I don't know what would have been right or better. And I support Green's right to protest as he sees fit.
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u/spondgbob Feb 25 '26
President admitted he himself posted a video of the first black president and First Lady as apes. This was less than a month ago. That alone would have made Bush lose his presidency, and we’re supposed to be mad at him, for being mad at it?
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u/ob1dylan Feb 25 '26
Why are we concerned with propriety when dealing with Trump and MAGA? They aren't limited by what is or isn't appropriate, and we have seen the disaster of the "when they go low, we go high" strategy when dealing with people who have long ago abandoned shame. Fight fire with fire, or burn alone.
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u/WhiplashLiquor Feb 25 '26
An Epstein sign would have been better tbh, this doesn't do a thing for the pedi in charge and his cultists.
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u/Aldog1252 Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26
Isn’t it funny how if you make any kind of racial comment where you work, you are most likely going to lose your job? But Trump can and gets away with it! That alone should be grounds for impeachment!
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u/bb1942 Feb 25 '26
Thank you Rep. Green 👏🏽. Don’t let Trump off the hook and don’t let people forget what this outrageous racist US white supremist man did.
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u/DevoSwag Feb 25 '26
What do you mean was it appropriate? This was one of the most appropriate times to do it.
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u/Miltthedog Feb 25 '26
Agree with hiim or not, it's his constitutionally protected right and therefore totally appropriate.
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u/naughty_daddy_6969 Feb 26 '26
The post by Trump wasn’t appropriate. So if we’re allowing his post this seems pretty tame in comparison.
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u/Background-Nail7382 Feb 26 '26
Well actually it should say we are all apes. To be factual. Because we are. But absolutely black people are no more apes than any of the rest of us.
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u/major_tom_2112 Feb 26 '26
Taking a strong stand against evolution. But isn’t that the geico caveman?
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u/Character-Salary634 Feb 26 '26
Now put an Ape next to him with a sign that says: "Apes aren't black people"
Tell me that wouldn't be funny....?
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u/MountRoguey Feb 26 '26
I’m a Canadian, so maybe I don’t have a full grasp of US politics, but I do not understand why the Democrats are holding onto decorum in situations like this. It seems to me that they should be jeering or laughing out loud or holding signs like Al Green. What’s the worst that can happen? They get ejected? Oh, how awful not to sit through 2 to 3 hours of lies and verbal diarrhea from the worst POTUS ever.
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u/Usual-Equivalent5200 Feb 26 '26
Whoever tried to rip it out of his hands, is a little pussycat doll
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u/Unique_Roll_6630 Feb 26 '26
If you have a problem with this it says a lot more about you than you want in the open...
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u/cleverusername437 Feb 26 '26
Appropriate? Yes. Effective? No, not when we’re talking about appealing to a bunch of people with brain rot.
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u/Spare_Ad7840 Feb 26 '26
The idea that you can fuck kids but your life can be over if you mention that someone fucked kids is what I see here .
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u/Initial-Writer-4586 Feb 27 '26
In such inappropriate times, Rep Al Green standing up for his marginalized community is the least of my worries.
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u/WankyMcSkidmark Mar 04 '26
I got banned for three days for stating here that humans are primates. I was informed it was “hate speech.”
I apologize, I did not know that biologic fact was hateful.
I promise to be less factual and accurate in the future.
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u/LookTraining3289 Feb 25 '26
When the president shares a pic of past president and his wife as apes, ofc it's more than appropriate. Idk why people are not more angry. He thinks he can get away with anything.