Comments on: The Racist New York Post Dead-Monkey Cartoon (Guest Voice) http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 20:15:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: JerseyCommuter http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-174124 JerseyCommuter Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:32:39 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/#comment-174124 I generally check the Post cartoon online every day. While I do sometimes cringe when Sean Delonas goes TOO far over the bad-taste line, it's his consistent over-the-top drawings that makes him the funniest political cartoonist in New York. This is not intellectual commentary folks, nor should it be in a tabloid.<br><br>There’s no doubt he did NOT intend this particular cartoon to be about Obama. It looks nothing like the president and I don't believe he'd shy away from drawing it that way if that was what he meant. No, the chimp is just the chimp. The gag is that the stimulus package is so bad and fiscally insane, the wild chimp shot by police the day before must be the author.<br><br>I know he offends a lot of people, but it's not like he's nice to anybody. If you think his cartoons of George W. Bush and Rush Limbaugh were flattering, you better get your eyes checked.<br><br>It would be a damned shame to lose this gem of a curmudgeon over political correctness. Besides, it’s not his job to think about how people will react. His job is to come up with idea after idea after idea. The editor makes the selection and edits for publication. That’s who should apologize and he has. Time to get over it. I generally check the Post cartoon online every day. While I do sometimes cringe when Sean Delonas goes TOO far over the bad-taste line, it's his consistent over-the-top drawings that makes him the funniest political cartoonist in New York. This is not intellectual commentary folks, nor should it be in a tabloid.

There’s no doubt he did NOT intend this particular cartoon to be about Obama. It looks nothing like the president and I don't believe he'd shy away from drawing it that way if that was what he meant. No, the chimp is just the chimp. The gag is that the stimulus package is so bad and fiscally insane, the wild chimp shot by police the day before must be the author.

I know he offends a lot of people, but it's not like he's nice to anybody. If you think his cartoons of George W. Bush and Rush Limbaugh were flattering, you better get your eyes checked.

It would be a damned shame to lose this gem of a curmudgeon over political correctness. Besides, it’s not his job to think about how people will react. His job is to come up with idea after idea after idea. The editor makes the selection and edits for publication. That’s who should apologize and he has. Time to get over it.

]]> By: pacatrue http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-174105 pacatrue Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:55:40 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/#comment-174105 Yes, those lefties. Aware of the history of racial characterization and reacting to those facts. What a bunch of schmucks. Yes, those lefties. Aware of the history of racial characterization and reacting to those facts. What a bunch of schmucks.

]]> By: casualobserver http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-174087 casualobserver Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:35:38 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/#comment-174087 Seems to me that it is actually the lefties that automatically equate a monkey with a human race. Seems to me that it is actually the lefties that automatically equate a monkey with a human race.

]]> By: DaGoat http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-174085 DaGoat Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:27:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/#comment-174085 The implication was that the stimulus bill had been written by a crazed monkey. The police do not require labels in this fictional construct, neither does the monkey, because he is obviously a monkey.<br><br>I've looked at Delonas' other cartoons and think they make it even less likely he was trying to be racist. The guy isn't exactly subtle drawing gays mincing around, why would he adopt a stealth approach with the monkey cartoon? The implication was that the stimulus bill had been written by a crazed monkey. The police do not require labels in this fictional construct, neither does the monkey, because he is obviously a monkey.

I've looked at Delonas' other cartoons and think they make it even less likely he was trying to be racist. The guy isn't exactly subtle drawing gays mincing around, why would he adopt a stealth approach with the monkey cartoon?

]]> By: Buck Naked Politics http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-174079 Buck Naked Politics Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:03:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/#comment-174079 <strong>Rupert Murdoch -- Yes, Rupert Murdoch -- Apologizes for Accidentally Racist Cartoon at The New York Post</strong> by Damozel | Truthfully? I don't believe for a second that the cartoon was inspired by any racist animus or that the dead chimp portrayed as the author of the stimulus package was meant to be Barack Obama. I think it was unfunny and even slightly ewww... Rupert Murdoch — Yes, Rupert Murdoch — Apologizes for Accidentally Racist Cartoon at The New York Post

by Damozel | Truthfully? I don’t believe for a second that the cartoon was inspired by any racist animus or that the dead chimp portrayed as the author of the stimulus package was meant to be Barack Obama. I think it was unfunny and even slightly ewww…

]]> By: HemmD http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-174063 HemmD Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:09:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/#comment-174063 Nice try, but your sophisticated explanation belies the basis of political cartoons. To demonstrate, merely attempt to label the elements of this cartoon in the way many political cartoons tag who is who. <br><br>Should we label the policemen as the GOP? That would work if the monkey was labeled "The Stimulus"" and the GOP had defeated the bill.<br>Should the monkey be labeled "Pelosi" as many have said this is her package? <br>What has been killed that can be associated with the with the Stimulus?<br><br>Racism is an only an option for some to see due to the fact the none of the elements of the cartoon can be seen as pertinent elements of the stimulus. It's a badly constructed cartoon.<br><br>Label the monkey "America's future" and the gun as "Stimulus," and conservatives get a message they can endorse, no one draws the racist inference.<br><br>As it is right now, however, the cartoon depicts nebulous symbols that all too easily can be perceived as one more example of racism dressed in clownish garb. Nice try, but your sophisticated explanation belies the basis of political cartoons. To demonstrate, merely attempt to label the elements of this cartoon in the way many political cartoons tag who is who.

Should we label the policemen as the GOP? That would work if the monkey was labeled “The Stimulus”" and the GOP had defeated the bill.
Should the monkey be labeled “Pelosi” as many have said this is her package?
What has been killed that can be associated with the with the Stimulus?

Racism is an only an option for some to see due to the fact the none of the elements of the cartoon can be seen as pertinent elements of the stimulus. It's a badly constructed cartoon.

Label the monkey “America's future” and the gun as “Stimulus,” and conservatives get a message they can endorse, no one draws the racist inference.

As it is right now, however, the cartoon depicts nebulous symbols that all too easily can be perceived as one more example of racism dressed in clownish garb.

]]> By: janinedm http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-174055 janinedm Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:48:20 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/26698/the-racist-new-york-post-dead-monkey-cartoon-guest-voice/#comment-174055 I don't know about all of the pundits outside of NYC, but I'll tell you that Sean Delonas has a track record here that I think is largely responsible for the backlash. <a href="http://gawker.com/5155855/ten-cartoons-from-sean-delonas" rel="nofollow">http://gawker.com/5155855/ten-cartoons-from-sea...</a>. You just assume the worst from this guy. I don't know about all of the pundits outside of NYC, but I'll tell you that Sean Delonas has a track record here that I think is largely responsible for the backlash. http://gawker.com/5155855/ten-cartoons-from-sea…. You just assume the worst from this guy.

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