Imagine having a job which involves deliberately causing offence. Imagine going to work to ridicule, belittle, savage and generally humiliate others."
I recommend Alan Rusbridger on #SteveBell, sacked by the Guardian for his cartoon on #Netanyahu
prospectmagazine.co.uk/politic…
Can political cartoons survive in an age of sensitivity?
The career-ending depiction of Netanyahu by my old cartoonist Steve Bell raises many questions: was it antisemitic? Was it simply satirical? And has t...www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
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in reply to stefania maurizi • • •The issue here is punching up or down.
Maybe it is more an issue of established power structures being challenged and failing (flailing), rather than a new generations sensibilities, a generation who as yet have no real power.
Possibly a thinly concealed 'these kids are out of control' narrative.