I was done discussing Ted Rall and his racist right wing bullshit, but it seems his defenders aren't and continue to peddle his lies and whining here in an attempt to salvage his reputation.The glass jawed Rall has been on an interview circuit playing the victim and attacking his liberal critics.Sympathizing with Richard Cohen and bragging about support from Glenn Beck.I'm sure I will receive lame accusations that I am obsessed from Rall's pathetic defenders because of this diary.
Just so you know: I am an artist...that's why I focus primarily on the imagery first and then the message second.
A few days ago I did a simple google image search for "Obama Cartoons". I wanted to see how Obama's critics / enemies depicted him.I found an interesting cross-section (right wing and left)of illustrations that depicted the President in various ways but nearly ALL OF THEM accentuated his actual physical traits to create their caricature.
Almost none of them included his family...and the ones that did only showed Michelle.
(Only Rall has been classless / hateful enough to depict Obama's daughter killing a blond white girl...Something I would expect to find on Stormfront.)
Below is a small collection of what I've found.As you'll see all of these are negative Obama cartoons.
http://defeatbarackobamain2012.blogspot.com/...
http://www.bokbluster.com/...
http://cartoonbob.com/...
As you can see they all focus on Obama's defining features.
-Big Ears
-Big toothy smile / mouth
-elongated chin region
None of them are ape-like or contain anything that I (as a black man) would consider racially offensive.They all have an unrefined drawing style that is reminiscent of Rall's lack of skill.
But Rall's monkey man depiction wasn't the only problematic aspect of his cartoons.The context in which he placed his character also invoked RACIST stereotypes.
-Obama as the lazy black man
-Obama lacking intelligence and requiring a teleprompter to speak ( i thought only the right used this one)
-Obama as a thug / murderer
-Obama as a hyper-sexualized black man lusting after white women (i didn't post that cartoon...but if you wanna see it go to Rall's blog)
-Oprah as a black woman only being concerned with Obama's race ( Rall loves to invoke the right wing meme that Democrats are only interested in identity politics)
-Obama benefiting from white guilt and having no accomplishments in life
Rall's racist cartoons weren't limited to Obama either. He also attacked Condi Rice purely on the grounds of her race by having her called Bush's "House Nigga".He also mocked her for straightening her hair.
I'm not sure what makes Rall think he has any grounds to attack a black woman in this way...but it's clear he harbors a lot of hatred for people he considers "fake" black people.
As if all that wasn't enough...Rall also decided it would be fun / cool to exploit the tragic murder of a black teenager to further his political agenda of critiquing the drone program.He even mocked Al Sharpton in the cartoon...who despite his controversial history, was instrumental in calling for justice and bringing awareness to this issue...Both the racial component and the Gun Laws.
Last but not least (to prove I am truly obsessed with Rall...lol)
Here's Rall's tribute to Nelson Mandela.
http://rall.com/...
Heckava Job Nelson (get it... cuz he's a brownie..SMH)
"The lionization of Mandela follows a familiar pattern. Radicals and revolutionaries who betray their former militancy to become accommodationist scoundrels win Nobel Peace Prizes, high office and nice tweets after their die. That’s why former “terrorists” like Mandela, Gerry Adams, Gandhi and Yassir Arafat who stop fighting for their causes and accept establishment sinecures get lionized. Those who hold firm and keep fighting for the people, like Malcolm X, are scorned — compared to the relatively safe/peaceful MLK. The media loves the sellouts, hates the heroes."
I intend to repost this last bit in to it's own diary because I feel it needs to be discussed by people far more knowledgeable than me. (and Rall)
4:53 PM PT: Daily Kos is truly bizarre. People accusing me of being a sockpuppet are REALLY pathetic.I should know. I used to run around calling people sockpuppets for Glenn Greenwald after he got caught using them by a right wing blog. The difference with me was that I did so because those "people" were always pimping his work.
The people on here attacking me are only doing so because i challenge their comfort with racism.Apparently Daily Kos wants to be an exclusive community of a few people who whine about HR's and tips.
Ironically one of the commenters in my other diary told me I had no life.