Posts Tagged ‘controversy

20
Feb
09

a picture is worth a thousand disputable words

A clever cartoon could make this the perfect protest sign. That, and some proper grammar.

Dr. Seuss, the beloved children’s book writer, once said, “be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”

These are words that Sean Delonas might need to hear these days.

On February 18, the New York Post ran a cartoon by Delonas which has since caused much uproar all over the Interwebs and, indeed, the country.  In the single-cell cartoon, Delonas depicts two officers standing before a bullet-ridden monkey lying in a pool of blood.  One of the officers, his pistol still smoking, listens on as the other officer remarks, “they’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.”

Perhaps a little background information is needed.

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