By Professor Marc Murphy of the Brandeis School of Law

  • glimse@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    It’s a political cartoon. The cartoon part is supposed to add something that words couldn’t.

    You’re implying this cartoon is good enough to publish which tells me you either haven’t seen many political cartoons or you’re letting your opinion on the message define if it’s good or not.

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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      36 minutes ago

      You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of how political cartoons work. It’s a format for making a statement, there is no requirement for it to “add something that words couldn’t”. But even in this case, it does. It adds a direct and visceral comparison between what Trump and his Republican cronies are doing to America and what was felt on 9/11.