Something’s changing on the internet… there’s always been some redneck racist out to find some “fun,” but recently, the humor is getting edgier, meaner, nastier. And others are responding in kind, frankly, because we’re tired of it. I don’t think this is a bad thing, because I’m a very-long-term hope-audacitor: in a hundred years we’re going to be really fucking cool or dead.

So back the the mean-ness: New Yorker started out making fun of those who hate Obama, and as they’ve wanted to be wry about it, they posted the standard anti-liberal fascism cover and probably have an important, practical article to support their cover. Personally, I didn’t find it offensive, but I thought it would be easy to misconstrue. My reaction told me two things: some people wont get it and I need more exposure to similarly offensive content to understand the nuances better - in short, I seek to desensitize myself from these images.

And a few days later, someone posts this image on Flickr. And I thought it funny. Very very irreverently funny. Yes, I snorted my drink into my nose.

And then I read this article where the “Obama is my slave” slogan takes an even funnier turn. Some of us may be thinking, “Oh, the horrors of these small minded people!”

I’m all for it - let’s bait them, let’s pull them out of their small 19th century minds. The only thing we have to lose is a lot of racism and a few teeth. Let these ignorant people get taken to the cleaners. Since they may never learn through simple, rational discussion, we may just have to beat that racism out of them.

Also, can I order a “M. Obama is my Love Slave”? Coz she’s fucking hot!

PS: I lost the flickr link - if someone finds it, please send it to me.