Thursday, February 19, 2009

Freedom of the Press

The usual suspects are aghast this morning. The NY Post has gone and done it. They have published a racist depiction of the Messiah. Outrageous! Disrespectful! Bigotted! How dare they!

Did an adult chimp go on a rampage and nearly kill his owner until a police response was forced to kill him? Yep. Did the President's partners-in-Congressional-crime enact a nearly trillion dollar "stimulus" bill that is nothing more than blatant government handouts to supportive constituencies last week? Could the imagery of shooting the chimp before he "stimulates again" be anything other than Constitutionally protected free speech in a free press? Is there no reasonable element of satire and/or irony in the cartoon?

Take a look here and follow some of the links for views of the cartoon, the outrage and the various editorial reactions:

For Bush It Was Different

What we are seeing here is yet another step in the direction of national censorship. It doesn't take an Uri Geller to have the mental acuity to recall the caricatures that were common to the extent of being default depictions of former President George W. Bush. That was giggle fodder for the left-wing and the mainstream media. No problem with the most insulting graphics.

But, this is different. This is racist. How is depicting this President (if that was the intent of the cartoon--which it wasn't!) any more racist or outrageous than doing precisely the same thing with more direct linkage to the man in the previous administration?

The difference, of course, is that this egotistical blowhard is demanding to be immune from any form of criticism and lampooning. Look downstream just a little ways and you can see federal laws being promulgated to penalize any complaints, intentional or inadvertent insults, or criticism of the administration.

Why, I ask myself, am I continually flashing back on the Third Reich, the Fuerher and the Gestapo? Next thing you know we will be bombing the NY Post and assassinating editorial cartoonists in the street--just like those Sharia loving jihadis do when the Prophet is depicted in drawings.

Do you doubt me? Try this on for size from Oklahoma City, not San Francisco:

We'll Walk Through Your House

Yeah, the Fourth Amendment is on the block too!

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