So Ted Nugent said this:
What do you think of Barack Obama?
"I think that Barack Hussein Obama should be put in jail. It is clear that Barack Hussein Obama is a communist. Mao Tse Tung lives and his name is Barack Hussein Obama. This country should be ashamed. I wanna throw up."
And it was accompanied by this picture:
Royal Flush Magazine doesn't seem particularly conservative, and they probably drew this just for shock value, but it really bothers me that the editors would:
- Give voice to such extreme right wing opinion.
- Post such a disgusting reference to jailing people by virtue of them being black.
Its disturbing that this picture of southern white domination over black people would be published without consideration of how offensive it appears to its readership.
Keep in mind that this magazine is also published in print as well as online. Imagine if Time magazine for instance had posted this picture just for the purposes of a random interview?
Are we going to start fleshing out Rush Limbaugh's horrible wet dreams in cartoons just to increase readership for all to see? Is that what we're doing now?
Ted Nugent has a history of saying horrible things:
I'm a fun guy, not a sexist or a racist�. I use the word nigger a lot because I hang around with a lot of niggers �
Yup! Time to draw Ted hanging out with a lot of "niggers" because its really great press for the magazine!
On Hillary Clinton:
A Toxic cunt� This bitch is nothing but a two-bit whore for Fidel Castro."
Great, lets draw Hillary Clinton having sex with Fidel Castro! Awesome, new, and edgy!
Obama, he’s a piece of shit. I told him to suck on my machine gun. Hey Hillary.
Ugh.
So I think this is disgusting. If you agree, send an email with me to josh@numberfoundation.com letting them know this is not the right way to get press, and please continue to advocate for a media that won't encourage these types of radical right wing fantasies about violence towards and imprisonment of progressives.