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Cartoonist overwhelmed by response to "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day"
mynorthwest.com ^ | 04-25-2010 | mynorthwest via AP

Posted on 04/25/2010 7:32:40 PM PDT by bronxville

Edited on 04/25/2010 7:48:41 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

After a Seattle artist's cartoon went viral, she says she's not going with it. Molly Norris drew up a sketch declaring May 20th "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" after Comedy Central cut a portion of a South Park episode following a death threat from a radical Muslim group.


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The momentum drawn from Norris' cartoon was more than the artist had anticipated and by Sunday Norris had posted the following message on her website:

"I make cartoons about current, cultural events. I made a cartoon of a 'poster' entitled "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" with a nonexistent group's name -- Citizens Against Citizens Against Humor -- drawn on the cartoon also. I did not intend for my cartoon to go viral. I did not intend to be the focus of any 'group'. I practice the first amendment by drawing what I wish. This particular cartoon of a 'poster' seems to have struck a gigantic nerve, something I was totally unprepared for. I am going back to the drawing table now!"

On her website Norris originally explained the campaign was not meant to disrespect any religion, but rather meant to protect people's right to express themselves. © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy.

1 posted on 04/25/2010 7:32:40 PM PDT by bronxville
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To: bronxville

I like the quote.


2 posted on 04/25/2010 7:35:22 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: bronxville

3 posted on 04/25/2010 7:38:10 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 458 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: OneWingedShark

C’mon Molly, grow some.


4 posted on 04/25/2010 7:38:22 PM PDT by ncphinsfan
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To: bronxville

Radical Muslims can’t take us all out - time to draw for freedom.


5 posted on 04/25/2010 7:39:26 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Everything in this world has a heart; the heart itself has its own heart." - Rebbe Nahman)
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To: bronxville
I don't think it's possible to over-estimate the significance of things like this, or Jon Stewart's 10-minute segment on Islam.

It's a symptom of a huge sea-change, where attitudes toward radical Islam are concerned.

No telling where it's going to lead, but it's a big deal.

6 posted on 04/25/2010 7:39:43 PM PDT by r9etb
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Muzzies must have gotten to her. LOL


7 posted on 04/25/2010 7:40:05 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: bronxville

Hope she carries a sidearm, the brave jihaddis are known to go after tough unarmed targets, like school girls.


8 posted on 04/25/2010 7:40:14 PM PDT by correctthought (Hippies, want to change the world, but all they ever do is smoke pot and smell bad)
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To: bronxville
The group said it wasn't threatening South Park producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone, but it included a gruesome picture of Theo Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker killed by a Muslim extremist in 2004, and said the producers could meet the same fate. The website posted the addresses of Comedy Central's New York office and the California production studio where South Park is made.

If this isn't a threat, the word has no meaning.

9 posted on 04/25/2010 7:45:56 PM PDT by denydenydeny (The welfare state turns us all into zoo animals, mouths open, waiting for the next feeding.)
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AP wrote - “On her website Norris originally explained the campaign was not meant to disrespect any religion, but rather meant to protect people’s right to express themselves.”

I found this ending by the AP to be quite revealing. Why do they feel the need to appease? I wonder how they dealt with the “Piss on Christ” or “Dung on the Bless Mother”?! No need to do a search because I know already.


10 posted on 04/25/2010 7:45:59 PM PDT by bronxville
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To: denydenydeny

I hope when Janet can take time off from investigating the Tea Party “terrorists” she’ll take a look at what’s going on in Virginia. This isn’t the first time we’ve had these jihadi “threatening” us.


11 posted on 04/25/2010 7:49:18 PM PDT by bronxville
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To: bronxville

That is one Liberal I like. At least it is refreshingly Liberal—retro. Actually to champion individualism, independent thought, and of course freedom of speech instead of the social control platform of modern Liberalism.


12 posted on 04/25/2010 7:50:06 PM PDT by RepublicanMeansAmerican
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To: GOPJ
"Radical Muslims can’t take us all out "

They are lunatic enough to try.

13 posted on 04/25/2010 8:03:33 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: r9etb

What did Jon Liebowitz say?


14 posted on 04/25/2010 8:06:01 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: YHAOS

A million cartoons might be a wake up call for radical muslims.


15 posted on 04/25/2010 8:08:52 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Everybody Draw Mohammad" Day - - May 20, 2010 - Draw for freedom - draw for the American Way...)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

You’ll have to watch it.


16 posted on 04/25/2010 8:09:46 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: bronxville

Hmmmm. So it turns out not all publicity is good publicity!


17 posted on 04/25/2010 8:13:59 PM PDT by TigerBait
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To: GOPJ
"A million cartoons might be a wake up call for radical muslims."

I wish that you will be right. Regretfully, I doubt it, Moslems are amazingly tone deaf.

18 posted on 04/25/2010 8:30:09 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: OneWingedShark
I did not intend for my cartoon to go viral.

Maybe one should really think before doing something to incite viralness. What an idiot!

19 posted on 04/25/2010 8:33:30 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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To: YHAOS

like democRATS.


20 posted on 04/25/2010 8:34:20 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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