Bummer. My original reactive post to this thread was wiped out in the library crash. So...here is a re-post, although I don't think I will remember word for word what I originally said. (It will be very similar though, my thoughts on the matter have not changed).


Does it matter what the intent of the cartoonist is? If his/her intent was to imply racism, then everyone who reacts in that manner has lent weight to the cartoonist's work. The way we react is what matters.

For myself, the reaction was that an idiot wrote the stimulus package (which I agree with). My thought was of intelligence and common sense, NOT race.

Oh, and btw - Obama wasn't the one who wrote the stimulus package!