The right-wing outrage machine gears up, and a cartoonist gets death threats
Here are some possible reasonable responses to seeing an editorial cartoon you don’t agree with:
— Write an email to the journalist who created it, expressing your opposing view.
— Point it out to your friends or family and explain why you think it’s wrong. See what they have to say.
— Post your reaction on social media, making a logical counter-argument to the substance of the commentary.
That’s very much not what happened over the past few days after Adam Zyglis, staff editorial cartoonist at the Buffalo News, published his commentary about the need for strong government help when disaster strikes — specifically the Texas flood that has tragically taken so many lives.
https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-right-wing-outrage-machine-strikes
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Judge for yourself whether this deserves a death-threat ...
I think it's rather clever ... and accurate!
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