From the comments at that link
#3 Steve Lowtwait
November/19/2009
@ 10:22 am
“This nationally syndicated cartoon should never have run…”
What?!!!
I mean, I understand how some people could find offense in this strip, but to say it shouldn’t run is ridiculous. Free speech aside, there’s nothing wrong with something being offensive once in a while, not to the point of distasteful, rather to stir things up. Mallard, while political, is pretty average in its voice.
If this is the kind of content that editors will more so pull from the papers, then they’ll just water down the comics even more.
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#19
Dan V
November/19/2009
@ 7:28 pm
There are atleast 20 stupid people who some how connected this comic strip to a crime that happened a year ago. Sure the joke is not funny because of some often used pun line that hits most other comics but I find the way the joke points out something ironic to be amusing. That makes it much better than any of the other comics one sees in the newspaper.
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#38
David Andersson
November/25/2009
@ 12:29 pm
“So which one was the liberal? That’s not clear at all.”
Good question! But it is obvious from the Cartoon. Let’s perform a quickie analysis:
T-rex: While hunting, he makes sure to inform his prey that he is only motivated by pure emotions, not illiberal speciesism.
T-rex dinner: Sincerely relieved to hear that he is about to be eaten because of his tender, juicy flesh, and not because of inter-species animus.
In short, they are both liberals in good standing (given that nor hunter nor prey oppose gay marriage, etc. of course).
Which makes sense – especially given the plural in the panel title.
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#39 Clint BRooks
November/25/2009
@ 12:31 pm
Anyone taking offense at the cartoon in question is obviously working too hard at taking offense period. Tinsley’s point, made with the same skill and humor as found in dozens of editorial cartoonists (including a lot of the liberal ones, Philip Taterczynski – Lighten up, Francis) is a basic one: Hate crimes laws don’t reduce crime in any way. The crimes themselves are usually going to be committed in any case. Racism, etc. is often just an excuse.
Frankly, if someone wants to kill or assualt me because of my race or religion, while I certainly object to the racism/anti-religionism, it’s the “kill or assualt” part that is the biggest problem.
Disagreeing with the point is one thing. Not getting that point in Tinsley’s cartoon and taking offense is a clear sign of a certain, perhaps willful obtuseness on the part of some people. It’s an obtuseness that people all to often use these days as a substitute for actual thought and dialogue.
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dailycartoonist.com
Personally I like the cartoon (in fact I think I posted it on SI), here's a reapeat of it.
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