Cartoon in question.
Cartoon in question.
Bet he's going to Philly, though.
And not just for a cheessteak, the old bigot.
An example of hypersensitivity. Any depictions of the KKK will cause howls no matter what the context even if, as in this case, they are being shown to be supporters of murder.
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/opinion/13298709.htm
Letters | SIGNE CARTOON CONTROVERSY STIRS A DEBATE
GREAT JOB, Ms. Wilkinson!
I am a 26-year-old African-American male and would like to commend Signe for her great "Ku Klux Klan Travel" cartoon (Nov. 29). While it may have rubbed some overly sensitive people the wrong way, it is undoubtedly true.
If you're searching for a spot to witness young African-American males "offing themselves in record numbers," the City of Brotherly Love is the place for you. If you want to see a reality show about young black males committing self-genocide, then come on down to Philadelphia.
Perhaps if Police Commissioner Johnson spent more time trying to make the city a safer place and less time criticizing the media, the city would be a safer place. Perhaps if Mayor Street didn't throw the city's money away on baloney programs like Safe Streets, Philadelphia wouldn't be the hellhole that it is, and has been for decades.
Ms. Wilkinson is not the problem, Commish, we African-Americans are. As a wise man (Frank Rizzo) once said, "The streets are safe in Philadelphia, it's only the people that make them unsafe."
Greg Johnson, Philadelphia
Signe's cartoon portraying a KKK travel agent displaying views of young black men killing each other adds great insult to the grave injury of so many young black male deaths in recent weeks. Using the Klan as a tool of intended satire is beyond tasteless, it's offensive.
Ms. Wilkinson would better use her considerable talent to depict why the Pennsylvania legislature insists on keeping gun laws that make murder easy - whether for a black teen in Philadelphia or a white teen in Lancaster County.
Debra Weiner, Quakertown
So Commissioner Johnson is angry about the cartoon depicting a KKK travel agent touting Philadelphia to see black men killing each other. Well, I'm a black man just a angry as Johnson. But my anger is not with the cartoon - I'm angry that it takes a cartoon to point out the stupidity of these idiots who think nothing of taking a life to prove how macho they are.
I'm glad the commissioner is angry. I wish everyone who saw the cartoon was. I applaud Signe for having the guts to create the cartoon, and Editor Michael Days for having the backbone to back her up on this issue.
Ben St. Cyr, Philadelphia
Re the KKK editorial cartoon:
I'll keep this short - very poor taste. Very poor indeed. What kind of heartless people are running this tabloid? You lost a reader. You guys are too below my reading level anyway!
Lisa M. Andrews, Philadelphia
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...To compare the Ku Klux Klan with the young black men being killed in the city of Philadelphia is irresponsible."...
It certainly is. The KKK has absolutely nothing to do with young black men killing each other in Philadelphia.
Someone owes the Klan an apology.
Toon Ping
I can see it now, its all whitey's and the Republican's fault that murder rates are so high in Philadelphia this year. Memphis, Tennessee, is on an all time high also.
I suspect the true offense taken is not to the notion that a hypothetical racist would be happy to see blacks killed. That is ordinary dogma.
What really offends the leftists is the implication that these killings are the fault of black men.
So we can clearly see part of Philly's problem: their police commissioner is a moronic boob who can't comprehend simple English. (Hint to Mr. Sylvester: did the cartoon actually compare black youths to KKK members? In your own words, what was the cartoon really saying?)
Does not. It shows a Klu Klux Klan travel agent...;-)
This place is in denial. Camden, NJ across the creek was once again named the “Most Dangerous City in America” last month. They were outraged! Had the local PR machine working overtime. But at the end of the day, they were still the most dangerous city in America. Philly and Camden combined is a war zone. Street and Johnson just don’t want to talk about it. As Mayor Street recently stated “The brothers and sisters are now running this city”. They can have it. White flight is at an all time high.
Good! It should be offensive! Your blind A** needs to wake up!
Ms. Wilkinson would better use her considerable talent to depict why the Pennsylvania legislature insists on keeping gun laws that make murder easy
How many of those men legally had a gun? What would this fool do about the ones who get their guns illegally? I know he wants confiscation, so let's not even pretend. But so what? This fool thinks the thugs are just gonna turn them over? He thinks the future thugs are going to NOT get guns anyway? I no longer tolerate Black fools or the garbage they say anymore.
If one can hold their knee still long enough to understand the toon, you'll realize it's criticizing the people that are murdering each other. Remember when murderers and gangs were just bad people right off the bat?
Quick, everyone accuse the cartoonist of racism and maybe no one will notice the crime problem!
More Americans have died from black on black murders than in Iraq
What a clueless git. The point of the cartoon, obviously, is to not that the hooligan subculture in black communities is effectively on the same side as the Klan.
The truth to sensitive, easily offended types usually causes outrage.
The cartoon is spot on. Racist vermin like David Duke LOVE stories of black Americans murdering each other. The commenters at Duke's website were ecstatic about the reports of black-on-black violence in New Orleans and everyday b-on-b murders are a regular subject of conversation.
Their greatest joy, however, came when black communist Randall Robinson put his foot in his mouth by claiming that black folks in NOLA were so hungry and desperate they had resorted to eating the dead----after just four days. "Black cannibalism already in New Orleans, reported by a black!" they screamed.