Posted on 09/01/2017 5:42:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
The nation's eyes are fixated on dramatic flooding in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, where the death toll (so far) is thankfully small compared to flooding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The government response on all levels seems to be fairly effective, and unlike with Katrina, the press coverage hasn't been dominated by accusations of racism or inhumanity in the rescue effort.
There's one obvious exception: cartoonists for the left. Politico tweeted an image by radical artist Matt Wuerker in which he mocks Christian wackos wearing Confederate flag shirts. A man being rescued from his rooftop declares: "Angels! Sent by God!" A Coast Guard pilot is shown correcting him. "Er, actually Coast Guard ... sent by the government," he says.
After mocking the victims still suffering from a hurricane as stupid religious folks, Wuerker tried to dig himself out of a hole on Twitter. He lamented: "Just trying to point out times like this we're lucky to have rescue services. Don't see how this takes away from private individuals heroism." Then he added: "Respectfully -- it's making fun of the Secessionist movement. Not at all aimed at all Texans." Politico soon deleted its promotional tweet, but not the cartoon.
A poll taken in 2016 (by Democrat pollsters) showed that 59 percent of Texans opposed secession, and only 26 percent expressed support. Wuerker claimed that his job is to prod people into considering "the ironies and subtleties of the world we live in," but cartoons like this aren't ironic or subtle. They're ham-fisted and ignorant.
Wuerker also felt it was safe to mock conservatives. "Times like this it's ironic to say that the government is the enemy," he said. It's not conservatives who have protested the front-line heroes of local government but leftist street agitators who have endlessly denigrated the police as racist child killers.
Then there's the scabrous French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, whose latest cover shows a bunch of Nazi flags mostly underwater and a few white hands sticking out of the water in the "Heil Hitler" salute. The cover text in French translates to "God Exists! He Drowned All Neo-Nazis of Texas!" The cartoon was drawn by Laurent Sourisseau, alias "Riss," who was wounded in the 2015 Islamic terror attack on the magazine's Paris offices in which a dozen were killed.
This is just another reason why decent, God-fearing Americans should have resisted the free speech slogan/hashtag "Je suis Charlie," or "I am Charlie." These atheists have a right to their satire, but it overflows with vicious hatred and stereotyping. In 2012, it slammed Catholic protests of gay marriage with a cover that showed God the Father being sodomized by Jesus (complete with a crown of thorns) and a triangle with an eye representing the Holy Spirit "bringing up the rear" of Christ.
These cartoonists somehow assume that Texas is 100 percent Republican and/or neo-Nazi. Harris County, in which Houston serves as county seat, voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, 54 percent to 41 percent. Houston has a fairly large Jewish population (more than 45,000). A 2010 racial breakdown from the U.S. Census Bureau shows only 50.5 percent are white, 43.8 percent are Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 23.7 percent are black. The Houston area is represented in the House of Representatives by six Republicans and three Democrats (two of them black).
But to liberal elites, all Texans are somehow bigoted white Christian males. Even a hurricane can't restrain their rage about their satirical targets having any power in America. Cartoons like these strongly underline why so many Americans find that the secular-progressive media are either tone-deaf or blatantly hostile toward what (and Who) they hold dear.
I’m sure they won’t be slurring Muslims at Charlie Hebdo anytime soon!
These stupid leftists don’t realize people from all walks of life got hammered in Houston. I suspect there is a fair amount of people that lost everything in New Orleans, came to Houston to rebuild their lives and lost everything again.
The Trump Administration’s handling of the situation has been effective on all levels.
This is what is driving the Left bat-poop crazy.
And they don’t realize that in Houston whites are a minority, only around 25% of the population.
Dear lefties, EFF YOU ALL!!!
https://www.facebook.com/noeline.hartel/videos/1788307357876599/
Heroes and angels don’t care what you think.
In the minds of the left what happened in Houston they did not care if there were any folks who survived Katrina. They just don’t.
Houston is one of the areas in Texas that supported The Beast, Hillary Clinton.
The cartoonist wouldn’t know irony if it smacked him in his smug little face.
Psalm 36:2 - In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.
Proverbs 13:5 - The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 10:18 - He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Matthew 10:22 - And all nations will hate you because you are my followers.
A 2010 racial breakdown from the U.S. Census Bureau shows only 50.5 percent are white, 43.8 percent are Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 23.7 percent are black.
118%
Go over to Newsbusters.org site, there are plenty examples posted how the drive-by media trashes President Trump
Some examples
NBC Blackout: Ignores Trump’s $1 Million Pledge to Harvey Relief
ABC, CBS Omit Trump Ordering Russian Compounds Closed in U.S.
All Three Networks Ignore 3% Economic Growth Announcement
MSNBC Brings on Obama Hack to Blame Trump for Chemical Plant Explosion
NYT Piles on, Laments Houston’s ‘Untrammeled Growth,’ ‘Laissez-Faire’
Why would the Author Brent Bozell make a point to use the word “atheist” when referring to Hebdo?
There is no idiot as quick to assume and blanket condemn as a leftist. They eschew all judgment upon themselves and their choices but no one judges as quickly nor as superficially.
The last week, week and a half, I had gotten educated in geographical issues in regards to Houston. I had always thought that Houston was much more inland, not close to any water. Boy was I was wrong.
AND the private sector AND local government doing well by the victims:
- the "Cajun Navy"
- the hated Chik-Fil-A
- those guys that baked two tons of bread when they were stuck in their shop
- various magnates (including DJT) each donating a million bucks or more
- any number of both religious and secular organizations showing up immediately from elsewhere, and the local ones opening their doors
- the power company doing its job
- National Guard from multiple states
- Houston PD doing good work
- thousands of people rescued promptly
- dogs and cats being taken care of
- FEMA looks like they're on the ball
that's just off the top of my head.
The left loves to project themselves unto others.
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