Cartoon double standard alive and well
February 24, 2009 4 Comments
Murdoch Apologizes for Chimp Cartoon
Rupert Murdoch, the Chairman of News Corp, which owns the New York Post, personally apologized Tuesday for an editorial cartoon published last week that showed a police officer telling his colleague who just shot a chimpanzee, “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.”
The hoop-la over the chimpanzee cartoon is just one more instance that there is a double standard in America. I have seen countless cartoons of other political figures that have been, in my humble opinion, mean, heartless, very unflattering to name a few descriptions of the ‘cartoons’. Bottom line- it must be okay to cartoon slam a Republican or a Democrat woman (Mrs. Clinton) but heaven forbid someone does a cartoon that people take to be Obama.
When I saw the cartoon I thought of the people who wrote the spending/porkulus bill- and Obama did not come to mind.
Ah, well- just one more wake up call as to where America is and where we are going. What’s good for the goose is not good for the gander or however you chose to describe what is happening in our society today. One more double standard alive and well.
People are tripping all over themselves to apologize to the Liberals/Progressives but don’t think a thing about trampling on Conservatives and the Constitution.
I’m glad you have been awakened to the racist imagery used in this cartoon. We used to call this process “consciousness-raising.” It’s good for your world view.
Racist imagery? Try a google search of Bush and chimp or monkey. MILLIONS of search results come up and it is all because of how Bush looks……how he was born. Those that live in glass houses should not throw stones. But I forgot, it’s okay to make fun of white people or white people who happen to be a Republican.
Jerry- it is obvious that you have not paid attention to the cartoons for many years. I hope this is the case, because if not- then you are okay with the wicked cartoons of females and President Bush. You then have a double standard of what is appropriate and or in good taste.
Your post makes me think you have a bias against women. A bias is a bias is a bias. I do not see the difference between being a racist vs biased against anyone of any gender or political leanings.