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WaPo posts cartoon depicting Ted Cruz' daughters as monkeys

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The cartoon was precisely trying to criticize how vile Cruz is by using his daughters as props to advance his political agenda. You guys blasting the WaPo are insane.
 
ElectricBlanketFire said:
Sheesh thanks for fixing my typo in the quote before posting that. That was courteous.

I agree, but that doesn't make them fair game for the rest of us.
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I get it, but i kinda feel like that's what the little monkeys are for.
It's a caricature of the kids without actually drawing them outright.
 
SummitAve said:
IMO They're depicted as props, not monkeys. You could change them to any variety of steet performing prop and the message remains the same. I don't see how this is involving kids, or at the very least it's involving them as much as using them in political ads.
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That's how I see it. It doesn't have stupid arrows pointed at the monkeys saying "Cruz's daughters" or whatever.

I really feel like people are coming into this thread after reading the thread title and getting more outraged than makes reasonable sense. The image on it's own doesn't really bring his daughters into it... They did it RIGHT.

People saying "don't involve the kids" aren't really paying attention. That's just the curcus framing a pretty boring image.
 
When you are stooping to Cruz's level of involving his kids in his politics you know you goofed. Obvious setup to try to bait someone into it. Now we get hear more self righteous prattle from him.
 
Syph Medwes said:
Trump's attacks and attacks on Trump notwithstanding, I've found it interesting how crossing lines when attacking members of the GOP has become fair game this cycle. What do you guys think?
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There's nothing new here. Kids of politicians are supposed to be off-limits, but it happened with Palin's kids, it happened with Sasha and Malia, it even happened with Chelsea Clinton back in the day. I'm sure it's been happening since before I was born.

I think the vitriol is more out in the open this cycle, possibly because of Donald Trump opening the bigot spigot. I'm not convinced it's more prevalent than before, though.
 
Going after someone's kids is pure chickenshit.

From the same newspaper that brought us some of the finest investigative journalism in history in the form of the Watergate story. Journalism's fallen so far.
 
Cyan said:
There's nothing new here. Kids of politicians are supposed to be off-limits, but it happened with Palin's kids, it happened with Sasha and Malia, it even happened with Chelsea Clinton back in the day. I'm sure it's been happening since before I was born.

I think the vitriol is more out in the open this cycle, possibly because of Donald Trump opening the bigot spigot. I'm not convinced it's more prevalent than before, though.
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I remember folks went after Chelsea and they got roasted by both sides.

Politics has changed.
 
BobTheFork said:
If Cruz is forcing them to be involved, it's not fair. I'm not for making fun of kids, but If they are choosing to be a part of it, then I think it's fair game. When I saw the cartoon without context earlier, I really thought it was a comment on his opinions on evolution.
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It was a typo. I meant to say they aren't choosing to be a part of it.
 
FStop7 said:
Going after someone's kids is pure chickenshit.
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They didn't "go after" his daughters. They drew him and didn't draw his daughters.
Are we not allowed to critisize him for ising his daughters as props without someone shrilly screaming that we're "going after his daughters"?

How do you draw this cartoon and make the critique in a better way?
 
The kids didn't do anything to deserve the sack of shit they call a father so I don't think they deserve to be included in ridicule directed toward his politics.
 
wildfire said:
Example?
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Hmm you got me, I guess I can't think of one off the top of my head. I guess it would more tasteful to zoom out and go after the entire facade he presents instead of exclusively about being his kids. Dunno, there are probably holes in that too like it losing focus.

Staccat0 said:
To be fair, they drew two monkeys and not characatures of Ted Cruz's daughters. I saw them as placeholders in an effort to NOT depict his daughters.

If someone drew this about me and my daughter I would feel more embarrassed than victimized personally. I might feel different if they drew my daughter.

Cruz is doing a pretty good job at framing it in a way that people see it in the light he wishes IMO
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Oh it could be worse for sure, I still think it's distasteful. By addressing in that way it's just feeding into the cycle but simply ignoring it lets him go unchallenged. Maybe it isn't something for a political cartoon.
 
notworksafe said:
I'll never vote for Ted Cruz cause he looks too much like Grandpa Munster

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Wouldn't that be a legit reason to do the opposite?
 
FStop7 said:
By involving them at all and by depicting them as fucking monkeys. Is it that hard to understand or is this the usual bullshit "Anything favoring the Democrats = good and must be excused" brand of tribalism?
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No, when you suggest going after them, you suggest something malicious towards his children, when this is specifically about Cruz using his two very young daughters to essentially be his puppets in his lame ads.
 
Yeah, there's no need to stoop down to the level of Cruz and the GOP field. Gotta keep it classy and let them and their spigot of bigotry drown themselves.

I understand the point being made by the imagery, but the average person probably will not and especially not without the context of his kids being forced to participate in his manufactured PR.
 
I don't see anything wrong with that. When I first heard about it, I thought the comic actually attacked his children; that would have been a different story. Now that I've actually seen it...people need to get a grip. This is clearly aimed at Cruz using his children as props.

An attack on kids is what that GOP staffer? rep? did in regards to the Obama girls. This is nothing in comparison.
 
Staccat0 said:
They didn't "go after" his daughters. They drew him and didn't draw his daughters.
Are we not allowed to critisize him for ising his daughters as props without someone shrilly screaming that we're "going after his daughters"?

How do you draw this cartoon and make the critique in a better way?
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The answer is that you don't draw this particular cartoon and instead think up something more creative that doesn't involve using monkeys as stand-ins for his kids.
 
KarmaCow said:
Oh it could be worse for sure, I still think it's distasteful. By addressing in that way it's just feeding into the cycle but simply ignoring it lets him go unchallenged. Maybe it isn't something for a political cartoon.
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for me, it just feels like an impossible thing to critisize if we aren't allowed to even REFERENCE his daughter indirectly.
It's kinda like saying someone is politicizing a tragic event when they try to fix it.

To be clear: I am not a person who blindly supports attacks on these people even if I disagree with them.
 
Staccat0 said:
for me, it just feels like an impossible thing to critisize if we aren't allowed to even REFERENCE his daughter indirectly.
It's kinda like saying someone is politicizing a tragic event when they try to fix it.

To be clear: I am not a person who blindly supports attacks on these people even if I disagree with them.
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Maybe this is a sign that trying to sum up politics into pithy one panel cartoons is really stupid and the effort is better spent on actually verbalizing a position.

One of the funniest things Penny Arcade ever did was light up the entire concept of political cartoons.

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Simply Sarah said:
The answer is that you don't draw this particular cartoon and instead think up something more creative that doesn't involve using monkeys as stand-ins for his kids.
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Eh, that's kind of a non response. That's like saying you shouldn't critisize NRA loving politicians too close to a school shooting. They didn't attack his daughters. We're just listening to ankther bulky point at a drawing if hin that excludes his daighters and cry.

I mean if it wasn't for cruz many would probably think they are Trump and Carson - circus freaks who are often characterized ad dancing Cruz into nomination. It's not like everyone saw Cruz's weird YouTube videos.

He successfully sold a story to the public by giving an image context it didn't have. He'll be a great president I guess.
 
There's plenty of ammo to use against Cruz, there's no need to involve his children when making fun of him.
 
I thought the ad in general was lame, but the ending got a good chuckle outta me.

If you aren't completely satisfied with this collection of Cruz Christmas Classics, you probably hate Christmas...and America.
 
I overheard some dude on Fox News calling the cartoon "child abuse". Couldn't roll my eyes any harder. It might be in poor taste, but it's not fucking child abuse.
 
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