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Monday, July 14, 2003 |
Unwanted
[Via Dan Gillmor]: A refreshing comment in the Sacramento Bee, responding to complaints about their comics page."My basic philosophy," Rodriguez said, "is to let most comics run, even though some might make me, as well as some readers, cringe.
"I think we are no longer in an age where edgy comics only belong on editorial pages. When you think about comedy today, much of it has political overtones or is about an issue in the news. 'The Boondocks' sometimes pushes to the limit, but it has a strong following."
The offending cartoons were a series about Strom Thurmond, in Boondocks, offering such to the point observations as"... there's a powerful message for all of us to learn in the long life of Strom Thurmond ... that you can really, really, really, really, really hate black people ... and it's basically OK with everyone."
God bless our liberal media.
