SubscribeThe Post has stood by the cartoon, saying that it was meant to mock the contents of the stimulus by comparing the legislation to a now-infamous chimpanzee who attacked a woman in Connecticut.
The Post has stood by the cartoon, saying that it was meant to mock the contents of the stimulus by comparing the legislation to a now-infamous chimpanzee who attacked a woman in Connecticut.The stimulus bill consists of Government spending meant to create jobs, improve infrastructure and give a boost to the economy. Even if you don't think it's a good idea or well executed, you'd agree that that is what it is, right?
Proud we cut over 100 billion out of recov bill.Many Ds don't like it, but needed to be done.The silly stuff Rs keep talking about is OUT.
I have. Just because you run with an uneducated crowd doesn't mean we all do.What? How would knowing what a word means but not using because it might offend someone make them uneducated?
We Irish, famed for our joviality and open doors, appear to be suffering from a nasty bout of national amnesia.Editorial: Racial Intolerance, The Irish Examiner
Not long ago, before our egos and bank balances became grossly swollen by an economic construct called the Celtic Tiger, we were more often known as the Celtic Nigger. The Irish were the niggers of Europe. Ugly word. But that’s what we were - the niggers of Europe.
The Irish, more than any nation in Western civilisation, have bled emigrants all over the world.
From as far back as the famine atrocity, we have left these shores in swathes. Catching the Tiger’s tale has meant, for the first time in generations, that hundreds have been able to swing back home.
We have forgotten our coffin ships and yet, for others, they still exist. Fifty eight men and women died in Dover last week, in sealed containers, in a lorry. Had they made it to England and Ireland they would have been classed as semi criminals.
It shows two police officers standing over the chimp's body: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill," one officer says."So when the cops shot the primate responsible for the stimulus bill, we weren't taking a dig at Obama. Obviously, because the president has nothing to do with the stimulus bill. It's not like the entire mainstream media is refering to it as 'the Obama stimulus package' or anything. Sheesh!"
It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill.
Period.
But it has been taken as something else - as a depiction of President Obama, as a thinly veiled expression of racism.
DELMOI : there is no word for nigger in Spanish, negro and negra are not only acceptable : negrito and negrita are used as terms of endearment between family and/or lovers, regardless of the person's race or skin color. if my memory doesnt fail me, the use can be traced back to 15th century literature in romance poetry. i think La Celestina has the use somewhere in there.I know that, what I mean if the argument is that niggardly can't be offensive because it doesn't share an etymology with nigger is weakened by the fact words that do share the etymology are not all offensive. I'm not offended by the word, but I am annoyed by people who whine constantly about how anyone who is is some kind of retard, hypersensitive, uneducated, etc.
Not long ago, before our egos and bank balances became grossly swollen by an economic construct called the Celtic Tiger, we were more often known as the Celtic Nigger. The Irish were the niggers of Europe. Ugly word. But that’s what we were - the niggers of Europe.Huh, They forgot Poland!
How about, "This bill was authored by a bunch of monkeys?"related to the actual cartoon. Perhaps you'd like to offer your own version.
Or do you think that the whole "million monkeys writing Shakespeare" trope is a racist diatribe?
Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted.You see what he did there? He's sorry people were "insulted", and that they "interpretted" the cartoon incorrectly. If anything, we owe him an apology, right?
Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused. At the same time, I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you - without a doubt - that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such.
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