Pat Oliphant Cartoon--->THE PROBLEM IS STUPIDITY, NOT HATRED

Yidwithlid ^ | Barry Rubin

[Shellybenoit]

It is silly to say that the Pat Oliphant Cartoon in the New York Times and many newspapers around the world is antisemitic. But it’s also a bad mistake because the cartoon deserves serious analysis to show just how dangerous and wrong it is, in ways that not only hurt Israel but all Western democracies.

Let’s deconstruct the cartoon to show the basic ideas that underlie it and that make it lie.

1.To begin with, it is not a very good cartoon and bears a striking resemblance to anti-Israel propaganda cartoons in its crudity and one-sidedness. Aesthetic decline has accompanied political crudeness. It doesn’t just say: these people are wrong but these people are 100 percent evil and hateful. The next step is, of course, they deserve to die and their state deserves to be wiped off the map. Is that what Oliphant thinks? Who cares? That’s what he said.

[Professor_Leonide]

Pat Oliphant is a leftist hater, is antisemitism his only trick? No.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Amazing. What a vile cartoon - worthy of the worst Arabist propaganda sheets.

[Unam Sanctam]

Does it have to be either/or? How about both stupidity and hatred?

[COBOL2Java]

[Old Seadog]

I would say, that the cartoon is more anti Israel than anti semitic.

[Vaquero]

The Left IS anti-semetic.

what I don’t get is why so many of our jewish friends vote for the Left??

[ClearCase_guy]

Respectfully disagree. There is nothing there that says "Israel", so it is not explictly anti-Israel. There is, however, a Star of David, which is the classic symbol if Judaism. The poor little people of Gaza are being threatened by the Jooooooooooooos.

Obviously double duty is being done here, but if one had to pick one -- and only one -- antagonist here, one would have to choose between Israel and Judaism and I don't see how Israel considered the definite antagonist in this cartoon. The Jews are being portrayed as the bad guys here. It's anti-semitic.

[Frantzie]

It is the NY Times which is read by a lot of the 78% of American (liberal) Jews who voted for Hussein.

Hussein will be the political Bernie Madoff for Israel and the Jews.

Israelis 3 to 1 favored Juan McCain, who sucks on our borders & border defense, but is far far better about Israel’s protection than the Muslim marxist.

[San Jacinto]

Of course the cartoon is intended as anti-Israel. I doubt that oliphant has any problems with Jews per se as long as they are willing to lie down on the chopping block and have their heads severed by the poor, oppressed palestinians. BUT if a JEW stands up to defend himself/herself, then that JEW is a baaaaad, baaaad person.

[SunkenCiv]

it is not a very good cartoon and bears a striking resemblance to anti-Israel propaganda cartoons in its crudity and one-sidedness. Aesthetic decline has accompanied political crudeness. It doesn't just say: these people are wrong but these people are 100 percent evil and hateful. The next step is, of course, they deserve to die and their state deserves to be wiped off the map. Is that what Oliphant thinks? Who cares? That/s what he said.

The steady downward spiral of US daily newspapers continues to puzzle analysts.