A Canadian cartoonist was fired for this cartoon

[Haggis for Breakfast]

19. The whole purpose behind editorial cartoons

is to make us sit up and think. They put into pictures what editors dare not put into words. The image the cartoonist conveys will be interpreted by the individual, so there are many different ways to view it.

I think this cartoon is perfect. It shows the lack of empathy that trump has for people fleeing murderous tyrants in their homelands, that they are willing to risk anything for a better life. Sadly, this father and his daughter risked and lost. If the US had a reasonable approach to people fleeing terrible situations, the father and his daughter would not have been braving the currents of the Rio Grande, but walking into a well-lit office where they would have sat down and filled out their paperwork and lived.

I am going to share this 'toon with everyone I know.

Shame on you, Canada. You're better than this.