Monkey Business
The controversial cartoon from the Feb. 18 edition of the New York Post depicts police officers killing a chimp who, apparently, was responsible for the federal stimulus bill. See the full cartoon here.
What?! Really… the editors of the New York Post thought this would work?
As most of my friends and regular readers know, I have reasonably thick skin. When the controversial, satirical New Yorker cover was released last summer that depicted the Obamas in the ridiculous distortions that have dogged them throughout the campaign, I defended it. Recognizing that the cover was not really about the Obamas, I warned against those who would seek to make the Obamas untouchable. A democracy like ours would not abide this. I asserted moreover that as the historically underrepresented find broader audiences in the public square, we too have to be open to respectful forms of critique.