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kstewart33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:25 PM
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Take a look at the cartoon that the Washington Post has censored
The Post announced that it will not run the Boondocks comic strip this week. The strip will return on October 19. Here's the first day of this week's strip. See:

http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2003/10/14/
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:27 PM
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1. WP propping up it's PNAC whores
Must use excuse that this is sexist rant. Yeah, that's it. It's sexist.

It's not cause we're trying to help SmirkCo and the M.E. conquest. It's sexist. That's the ticket.

Everyone will buy that one!
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skypilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:28 PM
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2. Screw the Washington Post
Here in Philly the Philadelphia Inquirer ran it.
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DrBB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:29 PM
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3. So, um, why....?
Is there a comment somewhere that explains what's so offensively unpublishable about that comic? Condi is above criticism? No jokes about senior administration officials' love-lives (or lack thereof)? What?

Seems pretty well within the normal range of political cartooning to me.
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 03:19 PM
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14. I like your tagline image - (heh)


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denverbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:33 PM
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4. It's surely no worse than Mallard Fillmore.
I can't believe the Post would ban it.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:33 PM
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5. This may be the wrong strip
The online strip runs about a week behind the print edition. At least it seemed to me the "masturbation" online strip showed up a week after the print controversy.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:33 PM
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6. I can't wait for tomorrow's strip
Looking good, Aaron!
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:34 PM
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7. Yeah, I don't get it. Why censor this?
Nothing wrong with it.

The weirdness continues .......
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IkeWarnedUs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:48 PM
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8. Maybe the problem is . . .
Condi doesn't want a boyfriend - she wants a girlfriend.

Maybe . . .
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Jack The Tab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:55 PM
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10. That's been my theory since day one....
"Not that there's anything wrong with that!" - Seinfeld

It's just that the hypocrisy is so irksome, you want to make fun of her! If she is a lesbian, and I truly believe she is, then by all means have at it. But don't live a fucking lie just to kiss up to these RW scumbags who'd see homosexuals thrown into gulags before they give them anything remotely close to marriage (which I don't even understand why any homosexuals want any part of that institution anyway).
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NuckinFutz Donating Member (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 03:08 PM
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13. maybe...
Dubya's her boyfriend. They're made for each other, when you really think about it.
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Jack The Tab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 03:30 PM
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16. Dub and Condi playing the black and white cookie...OMG...
That one actually made me laugh!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 02:54 PM
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9. I saw that this morning ...MoonAndSun posted it...didn't know
the washpost censored it, though, ha!
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 03:00 PM
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11. I think it IS sexist
I doubt Aaron would imply any guy needed a girlfriend/wife to prevent him from trashing the world. However, is this the reason the WP is censoring it? HELL F***ING NO.
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 03:33 PM
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17. that's probably it
they probably have a policy against perpetuating stupid sexist ideas in their comics pages.
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reachout Donating Member (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 03:03 PM
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12. LOL
McGruder representing!

I even like this one better:


http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2003/10/04/
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 03:28 PM
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15. How about this comic panel?
http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cslvb

gulp
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