I think that Aaron McGruder, the creator of the "comic strip" called "The Boondocks," is an idiot. I've seen him several times on C-SPAN/Book TV and on Maher's show, and he's a flaming conspiro-racist-leftie-wacko. But I heard on FNC "Media Watch" tonight that one of his recent strips was deleted by none other than the WaPo. The strip in question accuses Condoleezza Rice of essentially wanting to destroy the world. Huh? Not funny, not true, and hardly a surprising accusation, coming from McGruder. Why would WaPo - and only WaPo - choose not to run it?
Some quotes from a McGruder interview:
- And they hate our way of life because they hate freedom, and they hate the fact that we have freely elected officials. This is what the president said. Well, he wasn't elected!
- And what happened here is what allowed those (9-11) attacks to take place. The intelligence community failed. Security failed. The military failed. Everybody failed at the same time. I can be really nice to them and say, "You guys really messed up and need to check yourself." Or I could be not nice and say, "You know, I don't think it's really probable that all the systems can fail at the same time, which means something far more insidious took place." People are really afraid to get into that...history does teach us that the government has done things like that before, particularly with Pearl Harbor, where there's an overwhelming amount of evidence that [FDR] was aware of it and lured the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor.- Come on, Bush is a moron. There is no doubt about it.
- We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He's really dumb.
- I tell you what, I visited Canada, and I liked it. I liked it a lot. This idea that there's no better place in the world to live, I don't buy that. The reality is this: Me, I'm comfortable. I make a lot of money. So I can say, America is OK, up until the point that the LAPD pulls me over and knocks out some teeth on some bullshit. That happens enough to black men that it's a legitimate concern for me.
Posted by davidmsc on October 19, 2003Hee - I like the "Boondocks" comic, even if it isn't always funny.
I can relate with one or all of the characters (even the cute little girls), at some point, and I guess that's what clicks for me.
Huey is the radical that keeps us focused - but one track minds become trainwrecks.
Riley is the idiot who's Black because it's kewl to be Black. You'd like to see him under the wheels of your car sometimes - but not in the hatin'-thu-brutha-way *snicker*.
Caeser is the comical voice of reason, who can walk the line while remaining true to himself.
A lot of this goes back to a movie poll I once had - can you separate the artist from his/her work? While I may not agree with McGruder's stance on things, I do enjoy his comic.
Now, if you tell me that you love B.C., I'm coming after you.
Posted by: Penda on October 20, 2003 09:06 AM