I guess you never heard the lovely phrase ‘porch monkey’ used to describe black Americans. There are very real historical reasons for the use of a monkey to portray a black person is rightfully considered racist.
I’ve heard all sorts of racist comments. When I was young, there were a lot of adults who were still not trained to be racially sensitive.
But the average person today who decides to say Obama is a monkey is not saying so because he is black. Most of the attacks on Obama are because of what he is doing; his being black is all that allows the racist liberals to say the attacks are racist.
I understand that if you don’t want to be called a racist, you must take into account the race of the person you are attacking, and there are attacks you cannot use if the person is of a particular race.
I also understand that saying that I have to be race-conscious in my attacks or else I am racist is both absurd and contradictory, like so much of the liberal racist philosophy.
So sure, I wouldn’t use a monkey. Well, I’d go to use a monkey, but then say “wait, Obama is black, and I can’t use a monkey in association with a black”. Then I’d realise that any attack on Obama will be considered racist. If I say he is incompetent, the liberal racists will say that I obviously am saying that because he is black (that’s because the liberal racists believe blacks are incompetent).