Oh, the irony. The New York Times is rightfully condemned for publishing a cartoon employing anti-Semitic tropes. What was the main aspect of condemnation? The use of a demeaning caricature of Benjamin Neetanyahu as a dog. “The Nazis also depicted us as animals,” Jerusalem Post writer Seth Frantzman wrote. "Antisemites have compared us to dogs, pigs and monkeys before. Alan Dershowitz noted that “One of the weapons of hate against Jews deployed by Nazi Germany were cartoons and caricatures that depicted Jews as subhuman animals, often as dogs or spiders.”
Who else has a track record of trafficking in imagery like this? Mike Lester does. He repeatedly depicts people of color as “subhuman animals.” Last August 6 he drew New York Times writer Sarah Jeong as a dog. Not a month later, on September 5, he drew Colin Kaepernick as a barking seal. Lester’s racism isn’t exactly breaking news. In 2014, for example, Salon described Lester’s portrayal of Barack Obama as a pimp as “disgustingly racist.” Now Lester is a self-acknowledged racist.
In July 2016, Donald Trump published a cartoon using the Star of David as a badge of corruption, lifted from a Nazi-sympathizing, white supremacist website. Mike Lester said not one word and drew not one line criticizing Trump for using even more overtly anti-Semitic imagery. It looks like, in Mike Lester’s mind, the only good anti-Semite is a pro-Trump anti-Semite.
I find it hilarious that Trump and his chud army keep attacking CNN and the NYT, considering how much fluffing they’ve done for him, from airing his klan rallies in full to penning articles that ask us to consider the feelings of the white supremacist.
locoboilerguy almost 5 years ago
Der Sturmer
VadimUzdensky1 almost 5 years ago
There are many newspapers and news organizations in Germany. That doesn’t make them all nazis.
NeoconMan almost 5 years ago
Ha! They’re bilingual. Obviously non-American and the enemy of the people. Real Americans don’t speak no jibber-jabber.
Judge Magney almost 5 years ago
Oh, the irony. The New York Times is rightfully condemned for publishing a cartoon employing anti-Semitic tropes. What was the main aspect of condemnation? The use of a demeaning caricature of Benjamin Neetanyahu as a dog. “The Nazis also depicted us as animals,” Jerusalem Post writer Seth Frantzman wrote. "Antisemites have compared us to dogs, pigs and monkeys before. Alan Dershowitz noted that “One of the weapons of hate against Jews deployed by Nazi Germany were cartoons and caricatures that depicted Jews as subhuman animals, often as dogs or spiders.”
Who else has a track record of trafficking in imagery like this? Mike Lester does. He repeatedly depicts people of color as “subhuman animals.” Last August 6 he drew New York Times writer Sarah Jeong as a dog. Not a month later, on September 5, he drew Colin Kaepernick as a barking seal. Lester’s racism isn’t exactly breaking news. In 2014, for example, Salon described Lester’s portrayal of Barack Obama as a pimp as “disgustingly racist.” Now Lester is a self-acknowledged racist.
In July 2016, Donald Trump published a cartoon using the Star of David as a badge of corruption, lifted from a Nazi-sympathizing, white supremacist website. Mike Lester said not one word and drew not one line criticizing Trump for using even more overtly anti-Semitic imagery. It looks like, in Mike Lester’s mind, the only good anti-Semite is a pro-Trump anti-Semite.
Ontman almost 5 years ago
A day without Lester is like a day___fill in the blank.
Atticus almost 5 years ago
Alle Lügen die zum Drucken passen!
DrPawl almost 5 years ago
Deine Zauber bindet wieder,
Was die Mode streng geteilt,
Alle Menschen werden Brüder,
Wo dein sanfter Flügel weillt!
-Schiller
Barry Onyx almost 5 years ago
I find it hilarious that Trump and his chud army keep attacking CNN and the NYT, considering how much fluffing they’ve done for him, from airing his klan rallies in full to penning articles that ask us to consider the feelings of the white supremacist.
DrDon1 almost 5 years ago
Well, today, Lester certainly did his part to advance comity and tolerance!
robnvon Premium Member almost 5 years ago
They are busy working on the bank records.
ccomebacktour almost 5 years ago
Berlin Wall down, we could get on the cheap to place on Southwest border !
randolini Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Yep, all the news that’s fit to print, with none of the truth we need.