Steve Sack has been the staff editorial cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune since 1981. He has won assorted local and national cartooning awards, and has once been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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Jase99 said, almost 4 years ago
Why is it those who preach the most vile hatred (Robertson, Falwell, Phelps, et cetera) are those who feel they are the purest of Christian? What part of “judge not” and “do on to others” do people not understand? Jesus would be appalled by what people say and do in his name.
Fairportfan said, almost 4 years ago
Jesus called - he wants his religion back.
Corosive Frog
said, almost 4 years ago
I read some short story, La Bibliotheque de Babel ( Babel’s Library) it’s about a huge library filled with books without any sense (well, books who seems without any sense) and in one part, the author mentions people who worship some of those books, they don’t understant a symbol of it, but they worship and kiss them.
Sometimes, I think Holy Books (the Vedas, the Sutras, the Coran, Bible and Torah) should only be read by smart people. But then again, what is a smart person? Usually, nobody is dumber than someone who thinks he’s smart.
dtroutma
said, almost 4 years ago
Hmmm, Sack also has a left handed shooter. Mixed message?
There is also a difference between intelligent and smart. As in telling soldiers to “snap to smartly” and follow the line, or “dressing smartly”, which in this country any more seems more important and valuable, than the display of intelligence.
All those “good books”, that are interpreted to preach, hate. Babel indeed.
motivemagus said, almost 4 years ago
dtroutma, nah, I think it was an artistic decision, so we followed the line from “media” to “hater,” which meant he had to aim it left (there’s a message), which meant the shooter had to be a left-hander in order to make his face visible.
TrickyPickle said, almost 4 years ago
Thou shalt not kill. I think that’s pretty straightforward. If you think these rules are o.k. to break, then you’re not a Christian, what your are is ‘nuts’. Plus, these extremists do nothing to promote their cause, but give their opposition more support.
Jase99 said, almost 4 years ago
You forget the flexible nature of the human mind. Even the most intelligent person can twist around logic to convince him/herself what he/she believes and/or does is right. A would be killer can convince him/herself that it isn’t just OK to kill an abortion performing doctor, but that it’s the Christian thing to do.
It reminds me of an ethical question one of my teachers posed to the class years ago: If you were in WWII Germany and had the chance to kill Adolf Hitler without giving him a fair trial, would you?
Someone who would consider killing an abortion performing doctor would likely liken the doctor to Hitler and abortion as his ongoing genocide. Once you reach that point, it’s not difficult to convince yourself the rest.
deadheadzan
said, almost 4 years ago
People can rationalize anything. Especially when he hears media pundits egging him on with inflammatory remarks. Like Bill O’Reilly villifying Dr. Tiller day in and day out and Rush Limbaugh saying that Obama is going to destroy the United States before Al Quaida does.
nomad2112 said, almost 4 years ago
Stalin, Mao Tse-Tung, Edi Amine, Pol Pot, Kim Jong-il, The Uni-Bomber, and Steve Sack’s worried about “Extremist Right-Wing Media” What a clown.
nomad2112 said, almost 4 years ago
No, I’m just pointing out that Leftist thugs were the scourge of the 20th century and have done more damage and mass murder than any “Extremist Right-Wing Media” could ever inspire.
Copperdomebodhi said, almost 4 years ago
Nomad: Everyone on your list is dead or in jail. Bill O’Reilly fans and Dittoheads are killing people today. Are we supposed to ignore them until the body count gets as high as Stalin’s?
cdward said, almost 4 years ago
Copperdome, Kim Jong Il’s still out there. But your point is taken. These are 1) not Americans and 2) not unique. Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussolini come quickly to mind.
But nomad, do not make the mistake of equating dictators with socialists. They are very different. The American left would be more closely equated with the German middle – or Denmark (well the Danes are too left for most Democrats), or – gasp! – Canada.
dtroutma
said, almost 4 years ago
Explaining the difference between historical Marxist governments (dictatorships/totalitarian), and socialism, as in Scandinavian countries, and around the world, to folks that think Hitler was a “lefty”, is no longer possible. When “media leaders” mask their hatreds only enough to avoid suits or arrest, and push the envelope every day, their followers do not even tug at the leash any more, but follow.
motivemagus said, almost 4 years ago
DrCanuck is right. I work for a firm that works exclusively with executives – meaning we are, on average, extremely well-paid and working for and with people who are even better paid. I find the average person in our company (which is heavily outside the US, mostly Europe) would qualify as “Massachusetts Democrat” or even farther left, and I assure you they do not think of themselves as leftists!
We have nothing comparable to the Green Party or the European Socialists that has any real power. Even the Reform Party was more right-wing libertarian than anything truly “left.”
dtroutma, you are correct, of course, in that it might be rather difficult to educate people who confuse “Socialism” with “National Socialism” just because they share a word, but we keep trying…
Jase99 said, almost 4 years ago
Nomad, your list is full of people who cared only about power. Politics were only a means to an end. They also used many of the same propaganda tactics that right wing media and the Republican leadership uses.