Obama Death Threats, Available in a Variety of Shapes, Sizes, and Colors on Zazzle.com
Let’s say that you’re a run-of-the-mill teabagger looking to set yourself apart from the mob. Nazi/Hitler signs tend to go over well, but that’s so not original. You could strap an assault rifle to your back – like this guy did outside an Obama speech – but that’s so not subtle.
Do not fret. Thanks to Zazzle.com, you can find just the right product to push you over the edge from workaday winger to racist extremist.
Want to encourage, or joke about, President Obama’s death? Check out this line of "Bullet holes anti Obama Bumper Stickers:"
Don’t forget to pick up a t-shirt for that special woman in your life:
Maybe you’re a little paranoid about the Secret Service and would rather joke about killing the president’s supporters rather than Obama himself, no problem:
Or maybe you’d prefer to have your dog joke about killing the president instead. What’s the Secret Service gonna do, arrest Fido?
If you’d prefer to be a little more oblique about threatening Obama, while no less offensive, these are for you:
The above designs are all the handiwork of a single user of Zazzle named NOBAMAMAN (thanks go to the Active Art blog for discovering them). Bad taste isn’t against the law, but many of these designs are clearly beyond the pale – especially in an environment of heightened threats against the president.
Last month Zazzle banned a line of products which called on people to pray for Obama’s death. The company said the so-called Psalm 109 products “may be interpreted in such a way as to suggest physical harm to the President of the United States.” In light of this, we should be sure to call Zazzle’s attention to some of the above products. You can email Zazzle here, post in their forum, comment on their blog, or use Twitter.
UPDATE: Zazzle appears to have taken down the offerings.
[X-posted from Right Wing Watch]
Rwingers keeping it Klassy!
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
You gotta love it when a post is successful before it's even posted.
Nice. :)
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Obama is not a small pen raised flightless bird so he may stand a chance.
who's been a friend of The Dick's for decades. Again, another point in his favour.
me-oww!
..should be arrested for "treasonous behavior" & "giving aid and comfort to the enemy"..the right-wing lunatics who are the real terrorists..
I actually have more respect for Zazzle than Hannity, Coulter, Beck, and the like.
At least the dude is upfront about it.
I just got my Christmas cards from Zazzle
It reads, "Look Who's Found the Mistletoe."
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ESC4bygtp2M/R-cGJ8r...
(I designed it myself).
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
sheesh, so unhinged and proud of it. clearly this guy is racist and unbalanced (or maybe he wishes to 'appear' unbalanced). by any measure a clearly disturbed person, and not very imaginative. those are poor designs and slogans. but i guess it goes with the territory of the way he votes.
Did you shake it too hard?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Of course it has to be personal. None of these clowns know enough about any policies to have issues with policy. Other than "Obama is taking our freedoms", yet can never actually tell you what those freedoms are if you ask.
I saw one that I thought appropriate on Common Dreams:
Chump Change.
http://commondreams.org/
Bottom of page, left side.
Well obviously if you have to market hate you need look no further than your neighborhood Republican voter. The black hand of evil always feeds itself first.
...and how many people does it take to make these things? One or two?
I think what would be telling is how many people order them. I sure dont want to think that the majority of rightwingers would delight in something bad happening to Obama. I dont think but a small fringe truly wish him any harm but that fringe is still more than a handful of people I know. Thats why threats have gone up something like 400%
Radix Omnium Malorum Avaritia
I'm sure that hard-core Republicans can find lots of their own kind. And these shirts would not exist if people did not buy them. So clearly enough people are to make it worth something to the producers.
If you read the Zazzle blog concerning the removal of the Psalm 109 products, you'll find the response overwhelmingly supportive of the decision. Realizing that the comment section might be inflated by people like myself who are only there because of the controversy, it's still nice to see that, for the most part, people are offended by death threats to the POTUS.
Gosh, those radical wingers are such cards, they just crack me up. I surely do hope that the Secret Service has a good sense of humor.
gave me a chuckle. I thought I would browse and see what ppl are putting up there. I found one of the morans. ;)
http://www.cafepress.com/+anti_obama_bumperst...
The moron can't even spell. And CafePress will print it this way too. Idiots. Very amusing.
...if thats the case ... it creates some interesting possibilities ... maybe have a little mispelt fun at the expense of some of those Moranians ...?
I'm Boycotting NewsCorp! Heres what not to buy: http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php?c=news...
This isn't surprising, I had a wingnut actually tell me that the reason black people dont support Republicans more is because we dont understand freedom! Seriously.
He figures that black people are too undereducated to really appreciate freedom in a Democracy world wide (he included Africa).
When angry, count four, when very angry, swear.
-Mark Twain-
I had a store on Zazzle until about 20 minutes ago. I offered t-shirts and such with my artwork on it. I pulled them all, requested my account be deleted and that I be withdrawn from the associates program. And I told them why.
I cannot be associated with a website that allows such hatred.
Mark H
http://paperravenbks.blogspot.com
....and keep up the good work!
I'm Boycotting NewsCorp! Heres what not to buy: http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php?c=news...
Here is the response I got from Zazzle when I asked them to remove my account. I told them
Hello Mark,
Thank you for contacting our support team. Per your request, your account will be deleted as soon as we process the next batch of account removals. In the meantime, we have disabled your gallery and any public products you may have posted.
We appreciate your participation with the Zazzle online community and hope to see you again at Zazzle.com!
For frequently asked questions, or to email us, please visit www.zazzle.com/support?CMPN=cs.
Best Regards,
Erik
Support Team
Zazzle.com
Of course, the issue was not addressed or even alluded to.
Thanks!
There's nothing worse than when you see political messages that make no sense, but you can just tell whoever came up with it wrote it down and thought they were a genius.
Cannibals are starving in Africa? But wouldn't they eat each other then? What?
..
I'm Boycotting NewsCorp! Heres what not to buy: http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php?c=news...
than these.
http://www.zazzle.com/visualizedebushificatio...
http://www.zazzle.com/shovel_plant_a_bush_bac...
http://www.zazzle.com/why_is_bush_not_burning...
http://www.zazzle.com/wanted_bush_tshirt-2352...
Which totally makes it right?
I really never understood the selective morality of the libertarian types as "Jimmy did it too" stopped working for me by the age of five or so.
It's also called Tu Quoques.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
I guess the 4th link was an insulting and threatening reference too boosh's tendency to have a blank expression.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
look at the back of the shirt in the 4th link ;) You know the side of the shirt that shows a wanted posted of Bush with the phrase Wanted Dead or Alive.
And no just because the other side did it doesn't make it right, it just amuses me when people go OMG look how terrible that is, when it's against what they stand for, but you never hear them say diddly squat when their side does it, except maybe it's a joke.
Personally I have no problem with any of them, I consider them political free speech and not a threat towards the President.
Considering the murders during the civil rights movement, it is a particularly ghoulish and sociopathic bumper sticker.
So much racism and hate in this country that has coming boiling to the surface after we elected a black democratic president.
It feels to me it is not really about any specific policy issue. It feels more like these people just feel threatened by the modern world, a black man, a young man, a etc. etc. etc.
A simple question to ask all these haters is? How has Obama changed your life and made it worse?
Doubt you will get a trueful answer, but the reality is that Obama has not changed anyone's life in 11 months.
I wish that once, just once, one of the so-called reporters would counter a "they're taking my rights away" comment with a real line of inquiry, along the lines of, "Will you please tell me which rights you've lost in the last year?" Won't happen, but it would be interesting to find out.
"Trust no one, Mr. Mulder." - Well-Manicured Man
Did they have cool stuff like this when G.W. was prez? Then I might have bought some of it. I haven't reached that level of malevolence for Obama...yet. I'm still hoping he hasn't completely disappointed my vote.
Government + the Federal Reserve = organized crime
If they had the same "humorous" memorabilia when Chimpy stole the presidency, then I think this would be valid.
However, I don't think they had a bumper sticker that said "I wish Barb would have drank that second fifth of scotch". I also don't think they had a T-shirt that said, "Cheney only offered him the pretzel, it's not his fault the moron doesn't know how to chew". I also doubt they had buttons that read, "If it wasn't for Daddy's money George would have been skull F'ed by the VC".
All of those would have been very "humorous" ways of celebrating our love for our 43rd pezidnt.
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