Lions and Tigers and Monkeys, Oh My
So a cartoon at the New York Post depicts two cops who shot a monkey in the street and that caption reads ‘they’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.’ And in no time at all it is reported that the cartoon created an ‘uproar’. Before everyone gets all worked up or more worked up consider this. Some people just might have viewed the cartoon and not read anything extra into it. You know, taking it at face value rather than looking for something sinister.
This blog’s author accepted it as a way of expressing dissatisfaction with the stimulus bill and in addition suggesting it was so ridiculous it was written by a monkey. Some others have decided it is racist. I suppose the cartoonist could have used a sandwich indicating the author of something so stupid has the IQ of same. Or the cartoonist could have used a box of rocks or a dull knife to use as a metaphor for the intelligence suggested by the bill’s author but instead he used a monkey. Primates are often described as a close relative of humans and displaying some of the same characteristics. And they are frequently characterized as not quite as intelligent as humans. That of course is subject to debate. As is the suggestion this cartoon is racist.
For those who object to the cartoon on the basis of racism…..get over yourselves.
Stanford Matthews
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The Cartoon…..
The AP video on the story…..
If you agree that the cartoon is racist then kindly accept the following as the same.
Another take on the Obama ‘clinging to guns or religion’ statement…..
February 19th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
UPDATE:
I thank Rush Limbaugh for reminding me what I left out of this post. Obama did not write the PORKULUS bill….. he delegated it. While Limbaugh made reference to Pelosi and Reid as sources of the bill, I point to Obey and many, many, many others who have had a hand in it including some recipients.