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Is this offensive?

167 replies

Archer841 · 28/04/2020 21:26

Got sent this by my boss.
Would you be offended?

Is this offensive?
OP posts:
Leaannb · 28/04/2020 21:59

@MouthBreathingRagr considering he is going gray than not at all

GreytExpectations · 28/04/2020 21:59

Oh god please tell me you aren't offended by that!

Serin · 28/04/2020 22:00

Very offensive to Obama!!
He looks about 80!
Otherwise very accurate.

MagentaRocks · 28/04/2020 22:02

Not offensive

Smellbellina · 28/04/2020 22:03

Yea everything’s offensive nowadays and everyone is duly offended, hadn’t you heard?

MargotB7 · 28/04/2020 22:03

Not offensive

WeddingNameChange · 28/04/2020 22:03

@LockdownMayhem they arent yellow though?

ddl1 · 28/04/2020 22:06

Certainly not. Perhaps a boss should not be sending any sort of political message to their employees; but it's hardly offensive. It's just true: Most presidents were white; Obama is black; Trump is a clown whose fake tan makes him look orange.

pretzele · 28/04/2020 22:07

I wouldn't, no.

IncrediblySadToo · 28/04/2020 22:12

Yes. I'd be offended. He'd be getting a sternly worded letter from
The federation of clowns. That twinkle is not fit to join the ranks of clowns 🤡

tillytoodles1 · 28/04/2020 22:12

No.

Toilenstripes · 28/04/2020 22:16

All true except that Obama looks older than he is.

Thefaceofboe · 28/04/2020 22:20

Unless you are Barack Obama or Donald trump, why would you be offended?

NeutrinoWrangler · 28/04/2020 22:20

I think it's stupid and not very professional, but so much depends on context. It could be offensive if the person sending it intended it to offend.

LockdownMayhem · 28/04/2020 22:21

WeddingNameChange

@LockdownMayhem they arent yellow though?

Yeah, i realised that after I posted and corrected myself. So actually I don't think there's much to be offended by either.

Ilovelblue · 28/04/2020 22:21

I thought it was apt. I was in New York at the end of last year and we saw several T shirts in the souvenir shops that said "Elect a clown, expect a circus".

TooTrueToBeGood · 28/04/2020 22:22

Not offensive but completely inappropriate for a manager to send to his subordinates. I wouldn't even send it to my peers. I keep politics, religion, race and sex completely out of workplace comms. Too much risk of offending someone or breaching company policy.

LITTLEMISSNEWYORK · 28/04/2020 22:37

No! My sister sent me this I think it’s pointing out Obama was the only Different president thus far and the rest were and are similar

RogueV · 28/04/2020 22:38

I’m offended by your post asking if it’s offensive

RogueV · 28/04/2020 22:39

No! My sister sent me this I think it’s pointing out Obama was the only Different president thus far and the rest were and are similar

🤦‍♀️

Willow2017 · 28/04/2020 22:44

No! My sister sent me this I think it’s pointing out Obama was the only Different president thus far and the rest were and are similar

Spectacularly missing the punch line there LITTLEMISSNEWYORK
😄😄

Hadjab · 28/04/2020 22:47

I’m offended by the emoji that represents Obama, for obvious reasons.

He never had a grey moustache.

bd67thSaysReinstateLangCleg · 28/04/2020 22:49

Are you a clown, OP? If I was a clown, I'd be offended at being compared to Trump.

It isn't particularly professional to send political emails to work colleagues. I'd not consider it offensive though.

MrsMozartMkII · 28/04/2020 22:53

That made me laugh.

Can't see why it would be offensive (apart from maybe to clowns...).

RyanBergarasTeeth · 28/04/2020 22:54

Not offensive but inaccurate. Dont forget Nixon was also a clown.