Posted on 06/11/2007 4:28:27 PM PDT by PercivalWalks
Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed (aka "Berkeley Breathed"), creator of the popular, nationally-syndicated cartoon OPUS, gives fathers a nice kick in the teeth Father's Day week with his latest comic "Davie Dinkle has two moms" (pictured).
In the comic, which appeared in many of America's largest newspapers yesterday (6/10/07), two elementary school boys have the following discussion:
Boy with Black Hair: Hey, ya hear about Davie Dinkle in third grade?
Boy with Blond Hair: No.
Black: He's got two moms.
Blond: Two?
Black: Multiple mommies.
Blond: Cool.
Penguin: No dad?
Black: No dads.
Blond: A dearth of dads for Davie Dinkle.
Black: Makes you wonder.
Blond: Makes you wonder what?
Black: Makes you wonder how he'll do without a male role model in the house.
Dad: (Drunk, as he angrily throws the TV out the window) Now THAT was a pitch you @$%* moron!
In "Davie Dinkle has two moms" Breathed's message is clear--dads are useless as role models (when they're not outright destructive), and kids have little need or use for them.
To write a Letter to the Editor of the paper(s) which published this anti-father cartoon, see below. If your letter is printed, please let us know and we will link to it. To see the cartoon in a larger, clearer format, go here: glennsacks.com/blog/?p=816#more-816.
Write a Letter to the Editor Regarding Berkeley Breathed's anti-father OPUS cartoon "Davie Dinkle has two moms"
New York Times -- letters@nytimes.com Los Angeles Times -- use web form here: www.latimes.com/services/site/la-comment-oped-cf,0,86410.customform?coll=la-promo-opinion. Philadelphia Inquirer -- inquirer.letters@phillynews.com Minneapolis Star Tribune -- opinion@startribune.com Boston Globe -- letter@globe.com Miami Herald -- HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com Kansas City Star -- letters@kcstar.com The Sacramento Bee -- opinion@sacbee.com Fort Worth Star Telegram -- letters@star-telegram.com The Charlotte Observer -- opinion@charlotteobserver.com Atlanta Journal Constitution -- use web form here: www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/letters/sendletter.html. Salon.com -- use web form here:http://letters.salon.com/about/index.html.
Berkeley Breathed can be reached at opus@washpost.com.
Numerous other papers published the OPUS cartoon. Some of them include: Austin American Statesman; Raleigh News & Observer; Fresno Bee; Akron Beacon Journal; Dayton Daily News; The State (Columbia, SC); Wichita Eagle; Lexington Herald-Leader; The Tacoma News Tribune, and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
This anti-father, "two moms are better than a mom and a dad" assertion is not unique to Breathed. Prominent feminist authors Peggy Drexler and Rosanna Hertz received positive media attention after putting forth similar notions in their recent, highly-publicized books Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms Are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men (Drexler) and Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women Are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage and Creating the New American Family (Hertz).
I criticized Drexler in my column "Raising Boys Without Men: Lesbian Parents Good, Dads Bad" (World Net Daily, 9/10/05) and "Are Boys Really Better off Without Fathers?" (San Francisco Chronicle & others, 8/31/05). I criticized both Drexler and Hertz in my co-authored column "Are Single Mothers the 'New American Family?'" (World Net Daily, 9/28/06).
(Note: My commentary above should NOT be construed as a criticism of lesbians, lesbian moms or gays. As I've made clear on many occasions, I fully support the rights of gays and lesbians to live their lives as they choose. What I oppose is the idea--pushed by Breathed, Drexler, Hertz and others--that kids don't need fathers, that moms are better than dads, and that having two moms is better than having a mom and a dad.)
in other news, the Vice President of the United States agrees!
Okay, I got to crosspost this thing. It’s “egg and sperm” not “egg and egg”, it’s impossible to have two biological parents of the same sex no matter how much the culture of death pretends otherwise.
Not necessarily. He simply loves his daughter.
Just continuing to fight stupid battles.
Bashing fathers has been in vogue for decades.
As Bill the Cat would say “Ack”
All children have a mother and a father.
It is just that the homosexual women choose to exclude a father so they can have orgasms.
I can’t remember when men were portrayed as positive role models in the pop culture. Advertisements, sit-coms, etc., all play men as bumbling fools or destructive influences.
Folks, the gloves have been off in the fight against America and solid values for a long time....it’s just so in your face today.
The ‘Loveable Bigot’...Archie Bunker...seems to be the point in time that Fathers have come under attack.
It’s hard to believe it’s come this far and has gotten this blatant, but the powers that oppose traditional America must feel that they are near the finish to be so brazen.
In the early 50’s, my mother disliked “The Life of Riley” because the father was shown disrespect. That’s ahead of Archie by a couple decades.
I've taken just a bit of liberty retitling the book.
If you don't understand how normalizing homosexual relationships can destroy a civilization, ask me. 
I think it went back further than that, and it’s all males, not just fathers. Sitcoms like “Bewitched” and “I dream of Genie” to name a couple both had bumblers for the male lead character.
One reason for the 'dad as role model' is that there are darn few female characters in Opus...and nobody, certainly not the central (bowling pin) figure is close to perfect.
Quite often it is best just to laugh with the rest of the audience - I find that a lot easier than trying to figure out what is funny in 'Cathy', 'Family Circus', or 'Dennis the Menace'
PS: Sherman's Lagoon, and Dilbert paint less than ideal views of man/fatherhood and they are pretty funny as well. I'd also suggest Rose is Rose and Non-Sequiter.
PPS: Want to complain - stick with Doonesbury.
He isn’t.
Glenn Sacks had it right until the stupid PC apology at the end.
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