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It's sad that we've reached a point where 'government service' is a dirty word... If we're the greatest country on earth, maybe we can have the greatest government.
Lewis Black
NPR's Talk of the Nation had a segment on this (like they do with many a political controversy); they had a media critic on the air making some good remarks about the cartoon, the Post CYA statement, and the public response.
Abuse the second: CJR compiled a list of reactions among the journalism community
----It's sad that we've reached a point where 'government service' is a dirty word... If we're the greatest country on earth, maybe we can have the greatest government.
Lewis Black
Racist . . . Ahh - OK - I did not look at it that way. Obama did not write the bill.
Saw it as comparing the bill writers to having the intelligence of a monkey.
I'm with Misty and SG on this one, I don't see it as racist, but rather as insulting the intelligence of Congress. BUT....
Using a violent and traumatic incident, coupled with the not so subtle message about shooting lawmakers, I find the cartoon to be the height of bad taste. I would have to say that IMO, this cartoonist has a warped mind.
Maybe it's because I am from the south and racism is (unfortunately) still very much alive down here, but I instantly saw the racism in this cartoon...and was instantly repulsed.
"I SO voted for Barack Obama! 10/25/08"
Exactly, it takes effort to see it the other way. That's why most people will see the racist angle first. I know I did.
Shameful...
The fact that anyone can look at it and have a different interpretations most of them negative is the problem. That can only means that there is nothing good that comes out of it....
I will not throw the first punch but I wil certainly throw the last.....President Barack Obama.
You know, I could give them the benefit of the doubt humor-wise if the monkey had gone and done something funny or cute-crazy like broke into a 7-11 and started eating all the Ho-Hos, Snowballs or beef jerky, but what it did was RIPPED A WOMAN'S FACE OFF! The woman is in critical condition right now. That's not all that friggin' funny.
I am generally all about the funny all the time. It's part of what makes life worth living. But the chimpanzee that they are referring to RIPPED A WOMAN'S FACE OFF!
I think some of us do humor better than others. Maybe that cartoonist needs someone to consult with from now on. 'Cause a monkey that RIPS A WOMAN'S FACE OFF is not funny.
(That statement is just so horrific that I can't say it / write it without the hysterical bold face type.)
Holy Moley! I must have been living under a rock the last few days, because I hadn't even heard about this attack.
Off to Google...
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I am offended by the inherent violence in the cartoon, whether it's racist or not. It portrays murder and implies either Obama if you view it as his bill, or congress if you see it as theirs. Either way, killing isn't funny.
I found all the superbowl commercials pretty ugly too, if not outright violent they were at least mean spirited.
THE POWER OF MAKEUP
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It's sad that we've reached a point where 'government service' is a dirty word... If we're the greatest country on earth, maybe we can have the greatest government.
Lewis Black
imo the NYP meant it to be racist but knew they could explain it in a different angle...that's how they work...deadbeats that they are...just looking for a reaction, no care who they offend....just makes me really sad!
Paper apologizes, to some, over Obama cartoon
New York Post says the image was exploited by longtime antagonists.
NEW YORK - The New York Post is apologizing for a cartoon that critics say links President Barack Obama to a raging chimpanzee shot dead by police in Connecticut. But the newspaper also says the image was exploited by its longtime antagonists.
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It's sad that we've reached a point where 'government service' is a dirty word... If we're the greatest country on earth, maybe we can have the greatest government.
Lewis Black
You've got to be kidding me!
NAACP wants NY Post editor and cartoonist fired
This is just PC run amok. I don't think for a minute that the artist meant for his cartoon to be explicitly racist, and if he implicitly knew that it was then it just shows even more need for dialog not punishment.
AG Eric Holder is entirely correct in that we are cowards for not being able to discuss this openly.
I don't think that discussion means that someone should lose his or her livelihood for drawing something controversial. It means that, whether such things are published or not, that we need to understand and take into account how such things might be perceived by people other than middle-aged white males.
"For those who plan with audacity and execute with vigor,
progress is the magnificent by product."
Good.
"For those who plan with audacity and execute with vigor,
progress is the magnificent by product."