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20. There's a fine line between clever and stupid.

Mon Oct 16, 2023, 06:08 PM

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Guardian veteran cartoonist Steve Bell fired over this cartoon..said to be antisemetic [View all] Demovictory9 Oct 2023 OP

Did they publish it? underpants Oct 2023 #1

Reading the article, sounds like it was spiked pre-publication AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2023 #5

Was Shylock cutting his own flesh? nt redqueen Oct 2023 #9

I thought it meant he was hurt himself by what he was doing with Gaza. Sanity Claws Oct 2023 #3

Well deserved. nr LexVegas Oct 2023 #4

It's a reference to an American cartoon of LBJ and Vietnam muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #6

Thank you for the context. nt redqueen Oct 2023 #8

Except, as I said, Shylock demanded someone else's flesh, not his own muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #23

I didn't say it was a good cartoon. yardwork Oct 2023 #24

Context always matter malaise Oct 2023 #26

I can't tell what's happening in that cartoon. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #7

My (admittedly unsophisticated) take: ret5hd Oct 2023 #10

Boxing gloves, not mittens jmowreader Oct 2023 #13

I thought these cartoons are supposed to be provocative anyway. GuppyGal Oct 2023 #14

There's a fine line between clever and stupid. yardwork Oct 2023 #20

Different Strokes DET Oct 2023 #15

Criticizing Israel is wrongthink. Oneironaut Oct 2023 #21

That's nonsense. yardwork Oct 2023 #25

Grade A bovine excrement, cow pattie, horse pucky. duck dung, etc. Pathwalker Oct 2023 #27