Are talk radio and cable TV causing our nation to spin, once again, out of control? Have we forever lost all sense of decorum? With such mania do we effectively give the rest of the world the go-ahead to disrespect us ... at the same time they look to us to solve their problems? What is it in our national psyche that causes us to demonize our Presidents shortly after they take office? I, myself, am surely just as guilty as these image makers. And yet I am not too contrite about it. I have been annealed in the oven of "take-no-prisoners" politics. Yet, still I feel a tiny bit guilty for being so partisan.Or are such images legitimate political commentary for which a cure isn't necessary?
Honestly, I don't think either of your examples is offensive. Demonization of the opponent has been the stuff of political graphics/cartoonery ever since Al Gore invented movable type.
ReplyDelete