Barnes & Noble: Obama-Monkey Display a ‘Hate Crime’

digitaljournal.com ^ | March 11, 2009 | Chris V. Thangham

[Free ThinkerNY]

Recently a photo of Barnes & Noble book display board was circulated widely over the Internet. The photo showed various books about President Obama around a central photo of a monkey book. Barnes & Noble claims some prankster did this intentionally. The photo shown in this site was the catalyst of this controversy. The photos shows a book on monkeys “Monkey: A Captivating Look at These Fascinating Animals” with a number of books around it focusing on President Obama and his wife Michelle.

The book chain Barnes & Noble deny someone deliberately placed the monkey book in the display. They call it a “hate crime”

Leonard Riggio, founder and chairman of Barnes & Noble, said in a statement:

This malicious and despicable act is nothing short of a hate crime, which should be punishable under federal statutes.

The book chain claims as soon as this prank was noticed, it removed the book from the display. It says whoever put the books there must have snapped the picture and distributed it over the Internet.

But if you go to any Barnes & Noble book store, the book displays are usually behind the staff desks and are locked from the public.

[t1b8zs]

give me a frigen break...His election was a hate crime....Hate for the USofA

[RexBeach]

But aren’t monkeys fascinating? OK. How about slugs? Are they fascinating?

[boxerblues]

So where is the picture that is circulating? We here at Fr have a habit of posting these things first. I was robbed.

[bray]

Why is calling the President a chimp suddenly a hate crime??

Pray for America, Our Troops and obama’s Failure

[Chaguito]

Uhhhh....”Smirking Chimp” is, of course, NOT a hate crime.

[Oldpuppymax]

Bush = Chimp = legitimate commentary

Hussein = monkey = hate crime/prison

Sounds fair to me! When do they install the Viewscreens in our living rooms?

[pissant]

It’s a slander against monkeys everywhere

[MrB]

Hey, monkey see, monkey do...
they’re just calling a spade a spade...

“Barack Obama didn’t call Gov. Palin a “pig.” It’s called an “idiom” or “figure of speech.”

[gimme1ibertee]

It sure wasn’t a hate crime when Bush was called a Nazi and a monkey. Blatant double-standard there,but you can’t expect anything less from the left.

[kanawa]

It was posted and pulled a day or two ago.

[MeanWestTexan]

Not a hate crime.

[Kitanis]

Barnes and Noble has a history of being “progressive” friendly...

It delayed the books against Kerry in the 2004 election from being put on the shelves for over three weeks after release.

I would imagine this was a prankster.. but it had the “tact” approval of the floor manager

[t1b8zs]

But this is OK?
http://www.bushorchimp.com/pics.html

[from occupied ga]

When do they install the Viewscreens in our living rooms

They did that four years ago. Haven't you noticed the tiny little transmitter?

[libscum]

The monkey should file complaint for being seated next to a Marxist PIG anti-christ....The monkey has a higher IQ-—Hey Barry what were your college grades? Did you even graduate or did your racist wife take your exams for you ?

[Richard Kimball]

I think it was posted here. Anyway, here's a link to a site with the photo. FWIW, at my college, the entire black history month display was an 0bama for President collection. Additionally, I've seen several of 0bama's books in the religion sections of book stores.

[voteNRA]

It was posted and pulled a day or two ago.

So I probably shouldn't have done that?

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Hate or not, that’s funny!

[MeanWestTexan]

Proper display of Obama books in Barnes & Nobles.

[boxerblues]

probably gonna get pulled again.

[MrB]

And if it’s a “crime”,

that directly means, without question,

that the government is empowered to punish the action

with confiscation of property or loss of liberty, or life.

Is this what the left wants? Of course they do.

[Marathoner]

You know, I quit frequenting our local Barnes & Noble, after going in there and almost getting blown over with all the Obama crap.

[Califreak]

I don’t like Obama.

I don’t like monkeys.

I don’t like Obama monkeys.

There.

I said it.

[Richard Kimball]

Is this racist? I don't want to be racist, just accurate about his capabilities:

[MeanWestTexan]

Probably not.

Losers like O’Reily will isolate your post, take it out of context, and use it to say Freepers are racists.

[voteNRA]

I just reported myself, sorry didn’t know

[Constitution Day]

Thoughtcrime is doubleplusungood.

[proud American in Canada]

But if you go to any Barnes & Noble book store, the book displays are usually behind the staff desks and are locked from the public.

Apparently the store was located in Coral Gables, Florida. If the above is true, that employee will likely get in a lot of trouble.

[Mac from Cleveland]

MSNBC’s Erin Burnett-who twice referred to President Bush as “the monkey in the middle” on nationwide TV, had no comment.....

[Allegra]

Cool - now I have something to do next time I go into a Barnes and Noble.

[kanawa]

Monkey Book in Display in an Obama-Themed B&H display

[Cheetahcat]

“Leonard Riggio, founder and chairman of Barnes & Noble, said in a statement:

This malicious and despicable act is nothing short of a hate crime, which should be punishable under federal statutes.”

Really ?? I think I will NOT be going back to the BN A very stupid move by them, how many Hussein voters can even read!

[Constitution Day]

"Doomed from birth."

Oh, PLEASE.

[exist]

Barnes & Noble: Obama-Monkey Display a ‘Hate Crime’

Hmmm still waiting for CNBC's Erin Burnett to be charged with a hate crime (bottom of the page).

[JimRed]

And I’m going to do it again when no one’s looking...

[boxerblues]

I wouldnt sweat it.

BTW nice pics on your page!

[Sig Sauer P220]

I thought the libs said GWB was the chimp.

[kanawa]

Yep.

[MrB]

So, the left wants to deprive someone of life, liberty, or property,

for placing a monkey book among books about an elected official.

Can they really deny that they are

FASCISTS?

[voteNRA]

Thanks!

My very first "Removed by Moderator"

[DogBarkTree]

I dont know, I think there is plenty of room to make a monkey out of Obama.

[Sig Sauer P220]

I'm confused. I remember the Kramer and Barry the monkey episode.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Notice how the words “hate crime” don’t mean what they meant a few years ago.
They used to mean a real crime, such as assault, beating, cutting, shooting a real person, with the ADDED element of racial bias.
Now “hate crime” means any action that someone considers as bias, provided that the perpetrator is a member of a privileged class and the complainant is a member of a protected victim class.

[keepitreal]

Wow. A “hate crime”. As bad as a lynching or what was done to Matthew Shepard?

You would think that people who love words would be judicious in their use.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Thanks!

My very first "Removed by Moderator"

Your first time. I envy you.

[griswold3]

Homey the clown
He don’t mess around
Even when the man
tries to keep him down!

[bgill]

Actually, it’s the monkey that’s being hated upon.

Good grief, just because some customer thought it’d be funny to put a monkey book in the display and post a picture of it on the web Barnes and Nobles is getting dumped on. Of course “they” are going after the innocent book company because it has $$$$ rather than the doofus who did the deed.