Ferguson clerk fired over racist emails also accused of fixing traffic tickets

Here is my view on this topic, which is mixed, I'll admit.

I remember people (I may even have been one) that passed around a meme about GWB looking like a chimp. It turns out a lot of his facial expressions were exaggerated in a way that he looked like a chimp. See: This

Now, this is probably done politically as a statement about Bush's policies, and, while possibly humorous, was distasteful and rude, and not befitting the office of the President, like a lot of people (I may have even been one) felt about GWB.

I am almost certain no die-hard Republican thought these were funny, or, at least, shared them. No one thought it was racist.

As a cheap political shot, I can totally accept someone using their private account to do the same to Pres. Obama. Although, I think he looks more like this than a chimp.

However, there are two caveats that make me think her using the work email for the chimp/Obama email.

  1. There is a huge historical movement among racists and slavers to compare black people with lower apes (lower than humans on the ape I'm-better-than-you scale). This was done both "as humor" and "as science." It is still used to insult blacks, and they take it as a very huge offense, even when it is unintentional. (Try calling an NFL team "a bunch of big gorillas" in a mixed crowd... The white people will hear "NFL players are big and dumb." The black people will hear "Those black NFL players are big and dumb.")

  2. She is a government employee using a government work email. Have some fucking decorum and pretend, for a moment, that you are professional. Also, you should be fired just for insulting your CEO.

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