That`s why all fictional, offensive depictions of US presidents being harmed or killed aren`t created equal. Comedian Kathy Griffin`s disgusting "artwork" of a bloodied, severed Trump head was rightly condemned in every corner, when it was released recently. It was disrespectful to the office of the president and represented a new low in the country`s already polarized environment. But it doesn`t come with the historical baggage that accompanied every horrific representation of Obama
, whether it be his likenesshung from a noose and burned
, as happened in Kentucky during Obama`s run for his first term, or his image being worn as a costume,
with a noose around the neck, at a University of Wisconsin football game, as happened last November, just before Election Day.
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