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Flickr Yanks Image of Obama As Joker
An anonymous reader writes "An interesting article yesterday about the unmasking of the recent creator of the controversial and iconic Obama/Joker image that has been popping up around Los Angeles with the word Socialism under it. The Los Angeles Times has identified the images' creator as Firas Alkhateeb. Even more interesting though is the fact that after getting over 20,000 hits on the image at Flickr, Flickr removed the image from Alkateeb's photostream, citing 'copyright' concerns. The image in question is clearly both an independent derivative work and unquestionably a parody of the President and Time Magazine which would be covered under fair use. It has appeared on many other sites without issue on the Internet." According to the same reader, "Flickr also recently nuked a user's entire photostream over negative comments on President Obama's official photostream."
I know if it had happened to Bush, the neocons would have had pitchforks in hand.
Hey, fuckface. Take Obama's cock out of your mouth for three seconds and try to remember, through your pot-addled brainwashed "mind", that Bush had this done to him REPEATEDLY. In fact, it made the front cover of Vanity Fair:
Here It Is, You Piece Of Shit Tinpot Tyrant
Let's also not forget the incessant comparisons between Bush and Hitler, who, if the government censors didn't already erase from your history textbooks, was a REAL person who massacred millions of innocent people. Comparisons to a fictional asshole who caused a little mischief in Gotham City don't look so offensive now, do they?
[Note: Bush was also a statist/fascist/socialist, whom I am not trying to defend. The claim under question here is the parent's ridiculous notion of neocons with pitchforks.]
Now go back to wallowing in your smug ignorance, and telling yourself that you have the right to gang up with your other little thug friends and dictate the terms on which free men like myself live our own lives.
As soon as he pushes nationalized health care through, his death toll will make Bush's look like Mother Teresa.
>It's because their ideas can't win in open debate.
Yes, by open debate you mean bringing a gun to a town hall meeting and screaming "Jesus" and/or "Hitler" every so often, then yes, there's no winning against that kind of "debate."
Not really. Fox, even though you are retarded in making that accusation, doesn't host official government websites nor does it have contracts with the government. Flickr on the other hand does have those and it appears that their actions are to preserve the administration/party in power by removing content that criticizes them.
If flickr were to remove itself from hosting government services and negate their contracts with the government, I would support your assertion that they can support the party of their choice. But as long as they have the contracts, it is the government controlling the information for all intents and purposes just the same as the any government office banning all political paraphernalia by it's employees except only allowing one that express the "party in power"'s views..
It's not a parallel case at all.
Tell it to somebody who cares. My only purpose in posting was to find the Time Magazine reference to which the original grandparent was referring. By including the disclaimer "I don't know whether it's a good parallel case", I was hoping to avoid a response like this. I certainly wasn't implying that I need you to tell me - I can decide on my own just fine thanks.
Stalin and Mao never practiced communism. In other news, the Nazi's weren't Socialists and East Germany was not a Democracy. Sheesh. Cuba is just another dictatorship, with some socialist trappings. Why not look at real and successful socialist countries, like, oh, I don't know, most of our allies in Europe.
Face facts: Obama is a centrist. He is on record stating that Reagan was his favorite president. If you think Obama is left wing, you're probably a fascist ultra right wing nutbag. Thankfully, your type is a dying breed.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Yeah, it's so bad being treated unfairly, innit? Boo hoo.
You know what? I don't care anymore if it's corporate censorship or heavy-handed or unfair or whatnot. Fuck fair, and fuck Firas Alkhateeb. Go Flickr.