The first one was the comic strip published in the New York Post in February. A dead chimpanzee was portrayed with a two big bullet holes in his chest. Two white policeman stood above him, one with a smoking gun in his hand saying “They’ll have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill”. The reference was obviously to Obama, the racist undertones not subtle at all. A cry of outrage followed and the disturbing news made it all the way across the Atlantic.
The next one was sent to me as an email attachment by a conservative member of my extended family. There were at least 20 further recipient addresses visible in the email. The sender commented the comic strip with, “Do I need to say anything else?”. It was a Wizard of Id comic strip. Obama, being portrayed as the king is giving an election speech to the peasants. Hi announces that he promises, “FREE healthcare, FREE education, FREE housing and jobs for everyone”. After asking whether there are any questions, a peasant asks “What do we need JOBS for.
The last comic strip had an illustration of a condom with friendly face. He jokes that a condom best describes the present administration’s policies:
“A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you're actually being screwed.”
Perhaps it’s just a coincidence. It does seem funny to me, though, that within 60 days of an Obama Administration these comics have been appearing. The radical right certainly works in mysterious ways and I’m certain they’re waiting in the wings to attack and fight any policy changes that might help create a more equal and just society.
“A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you're actually being screwed.”
Perhaps it’s just a coincidence. It does seem funny to me, though, that within 60 days of an Obama Administration these comics have been appearing. The radical right certainly works in mysterious ways and I’m certain they’re waiting in the wings to attack and fight any policy changes that might help create a more equal and just society.
2 comments:
I don't think the monkey comic was meant as racist. It was in the context of the killing of a monkey a few days before and reminds me of when someone says, "this is so stupid a monkey could have written it" or referring to the analogy of any text being possible if you have enough monkeys pounding aimlessly for long enough. It meant to say, "the stimulous bill was really dumb, written by a monkey". Even if the cartoonist or the editorial board is racist, they aren't dumb enough to be so crude. I find it far more likely that they didn't even consider the possibility of it being a racial slur on Obama. That's dumb too, but only in retrospect.
You're too good-hearted, Mark.
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