"Natchez Democrat Shamelessly Stirs Racial Animosity With Disgraceful Anti-Trump Cartoon"

[ck4829]

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Hold on, you're going to love this. Read the date in bold first.

November 24th, 2016 at 10:33 pm

First published in 1865, the Natchez Democrat is one of the oldest newspapers in the Magnolia State. Adams County residents say the political leanings of the newspaper’s staff have been revealed through it’s reporting over the years. But they say what happened this past week went way too far and threatens to be a cause of disharmony at a time when county and city leaders and community volunteers are becoming more open and trusting of one another.

The Monday, November 21 Edition of the Natchez Democrat contained a political cartoon by syndicated cartoonist Monte Wolverton. The cartoon depicts a group of white Trump supporters through a variety of representative racist stereotypes all singing together, “All We Are Saying Is Give Trump A Chance.”

Some of the characters depicted are in full KKK regalia, others are wearing Nazi uniforms, a few carry military style firearms, while others are wearing or displaying the Confederate Battle Flag.

Adams County resident Paul Brown tells Misissippi PEP that the newspaper’s actions are a slap in the face to all residents of Natchez and Adams County who have worked together to displace perceptions of racism and to meet challenges.

http://mississippipep.com/2016/11/24/natchez-democrat-shamelessly-stirs-racial-animosity-with-disgraceful-anti-trump-cartoon/

The cartoon in question:


Are we sure this cartoon wasn't a future photograph of the events in Charlottesville that took place earlier?

[lindysalsagal]

1. Forgot to include one of these....

[pangaia]

2. One of those guys looks like Krauthammer...

[jpak]

3. Ha ha ha...creeps can't take a joke

losers

[Hortensis]

17. +1000. Which is why we need to POKE FUN AT THEM.

NY Times:

How to Make Fun of Nazis

"Most important perhaps, violence is just not as effective as nonviolence. In their 2011 book, “Why Civil Resistance Works,” Dr. Stephan and Erica Chenoweth ... found that in over 320 conflicts between 1900 and 2006, nonviolent resistance was more than twice as effective as violent resistance in achieving change.

And nonviolent struggles were resolved much sooner than violent ones. The main reason, Dr. Stephan explained to me, was that nonviolent struggles attracted more allies more quickly. Violent struggles, on the other hand, often repelled people and dragged on for years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/how-to-make-fun-of-nazis.html?ref=opinion

Laughing and waving a "THESE are the master race???" sign at them will make them mad, not glad.

Oh, and one town turned a Nazi march into a fundraiser -- with every marker they passed, they "earned" more money to be used to get rid of them. Genius!

[gratuitous]

20. So, you're the master race, are you?

Did that happen yesterday, or longer ago than that?

"We've been the master race since time immemorial! Ordained by God from the beginning."

And this is as far as you've progressed in all that time?

[Hortensis]

22. Lol. A little long for a placard, but yes.

Reminds me that many racists believe in American exceptionalism. Something could be done with THAT word.

Exceptions to American exceptionalism. SAD!!" Meh, could be improved. Duds?

Oh -- how about on the flip side "Confederacy of Duds"?

[oasis]

4. Who knew?

Trump has been revealing his true nature for decades.

[El Mimbreno]

5. This is tame compared to some toons

Think maybe some of the haters recognized themselves in the cartoon and took it personally?

[Downtown Hound]

6. "Adams County resident Paul Brown tells Misissippi PEP that the newspapers actions are a slap in

to all residents of Natchez and Adams County who have worked together to displace perceptions of racism and to meet challenges." Let me explain something to you Mr. Brown. If you support Trump in any way, you have not done jack shit to improve race relations anywhere.

[grantcart]

8. The cartoon and letter was from 2016

[Downtown Hound]

9. And Trump was a racist back then.

And it was very obvious even back then. My statement still stands.

[grantcart]

12. Thats not the point, the point is the letter would have a different context

back then.

While Trump telegraphed his racism since the birther nonsense he is no longer using signals but expressing it openly.

The cartoonist captured that moment brilliantly prior to the unveiling of the hood.

[Downtown Hound]

13. I'm not criticizing the cartoon, I love it.

I'm criticizing the idiots that had their widdle feewings hurt by it.

[grantcart]

15. I understand, simply pointing out that your original post

read as if you thought it was originally published after Charlottesville rather than prior to the election, which elevates the cartoon even more IMO.

[Downtown Hound]

16. Fair enough. n/t

[PatSeg]

18. Yes

The timing of this cartoon is really prophetic. It wasn't even an exaggeration, as we can see now.

[Pantagruel]

7. Deplorables

never look in a mirror.

[LakeArenal]

10. John Lennon must be sick to his stomach.....

Not by the cartoon......

[radical noodle]

11. Is that Bannon in the front...

picking his nose? Great cartoon and very true.

[irisblue]

14. There are too many women in the cartoon to be from C-Ville.

The tiki torch parade and the march were sausage fests. Those Fascist Nazi marches are usually 97% male.

[barbtries]

19. pointing out their racism

makes a backlash that you're causing racism. how many racists actually buy that bullshit? i have a bad feeling that it's a lot.

[lark]

21. Alt-right snowflakes might get offended.

Oh, they are so bold when they are together, wearing their Nazi/Confederate symbols, shouting Heil Trump, Jews will not replace us, and that old Nazi chant from WW2, "Blood and Soil". Let their picture get outted and they get named, oh, it's such a different story. "I'm not a racist, it was just for fun, I didn't mean any of the things I said, she was in the road, not my fault I hit her, etc. etc. They 100% so far quickly disavow everything they say they stand for because in reality they are total chickenshits when they aren't in a group of like-minded haters.

[workinclasszero]

23. Somebody knew what was going on at that paper huh?

[keithbvadu2]

24. America fought a war against the Nazis and supposedly won. Yet here they are marching to "take back

America fought a war against the Nazis and supposedly won.

Yet here they are marching to "take back America".

[Nitram]

25. "Are we sure this cartoon isn't a future photograph of the events in Charlottesville?"

Not if we in Charlottesville have anything to say about it. Looks like we routed the nazis once, and we can do it again.

[ck4829]

26. Edited, the people of Charlottesville bravely stood up to the Nazis

Follow Heather.

[Nitram]

27. Believe it or not, that meme (give Trump a chance) was ercently posted by a Trump

supporter on FB. We piled on that post, let me tell you.

[WinkyDink]

28. Where else have we read of "cartoons that stir...animosity"?

[procon]

29. "Birds of a feather", if they voted for Trump then they need to accept what he is --

a hateful, racist bigot. He hasn't changed one iota from what he said throughout his campaign, he's exactly what he showed us he is. If Trump voters saw him as anything else, if they chose to ignore their own lying eyes, or pretended that he was just joking or would magically change his spots in office, there's no rolling back their poor decision at this point.

Trump is what he is, just as that political cartoon depicts him, and those whining, candyass voters knew that, but they put him in the White House anyway.

[lark]

30. RWers are the true snowflakes.

They think it's fine to yell and post hate everywhere, but don't call them racists and haters, since that's how they portray themselves,
because gasp, thats was just for fun, just a joke, I didn't mean any of it. What pansies those Charlottesville marchers and it seems all conservatives are too.

[krispos42]

31. Kick and rec