Actual racism

[andrewducker]

Cheers fo Mr Grossberg for pointing out these anti-semitic cartoons.

Despite knowing about this kind of thing in a general sense, seeing examples of it is still rather disturbing.

Comments

Re: heh

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

So the U.S. is now a race? Because like I said, they are not portrayed any better than the Israeli government. Similarly, I wouldn't call either Germans, French, or Mexicans a race.

And although the names for my links might not have made it clear, it was also the governments, not the people, that were lampooned in my support. I could also give examples where specific people are used.

Therefore, I think it is more that some political cartoons try to portray their targets in the worst possible light, than a case of anti-semitism.

Though mocking people (whether race, country, or whatever) based on a caricature of what other people expect them to be is definitely bad, and one of the reasons why I don't tend to enjoy political satire.