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About that “honest” discussion on race …
Sister Toldjah —
... legislative victory of President Barack Obama (the first African American president) and has become synonymous with him it is not a reach to wonder are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?”
The NYT helpfully points out that Sharpton’s not the only prominent figure to come out and condemn the cartoon. There are now calls for “boycotts” and “apologies” etc.
Figures.
In a rare moment of disagreement with his side of the aisle, Jon Chait says, ...
Waaaahbulance Time In The Leftosphere Over Cartoon
Pirate's Cove —
... up, nutroots. It’s not always about you. Ever heard the parable about a million monkeys typing on a million typewriters? Or, maybe they just meant the bill was so bad that a monkey wrote it. But, don’t forget to get upset with Pandagon for the vaguely racist header graphic (hint: jungle next to Obama logo)
Sane people writing about this: Sister Toldjah, NewsBusters.org, Pajamas Media. You can see links to the unhinged at Memeorandum. ...
Waaaahbulance Time In The Leftosphere Over Cartoon
Stop The ACLU —
... Halloween. Lighten up, nutroots. It’s not always about you. Ever heard the parable about a million monkeys typing on a million typewriters? Or, maybe they just meant the bill was so bad that a monkey wrote it. But, don’t forget to get upset with Pandagon for the vaguely racist header graphic (hint: jungle next to Obama logo) [image] Sane people writing about this: Sister Toldjah , NewsBusters.org , Pajamas Media . You can see links to the unhinged at Memeorandum .
A Quick Remedial Course In Racist Iconography, Part Two
Comments from Left Field —
In part 1, Kyle wrote about why the Obama Monkey sock puppet that came out last year was juuuuust a bit racist. Thanks to Rupert Murdoch’s pet cartoonist at the New York Post, I have to write part 2. Here’s the Republicans’ idea of good, clean criticism of Obama:
Yup, the solidly Republican NY Post really published this.
I don’t even know where to begin…
If you’re one of those people who will complain about all the Bush/Chimp pictures over the past eight years and ...
Racism imagined; antisemitism ignored
Yourish.com —
... I see an editorial cartoon combining the too real absurdity of two current events:
1. The signing of the “stimulus,” a nearly $800 billion dollar spending bill that Democrats forced through the House and Senate without reading.
2. The tabloidesque horror of a Connecticut chimpanzee that severely mauled a woman before being shot down by police officers it attempted to attack.
However, judging by the activity on memeorandum yesterday, a lot of liberals saw racism. As Owens puts it:
The editorial ...
