Political Cartoons Thread (International & National)

[mighty tiges]

WTF!

When gay marriage opponents have to resort to Godwin's Law then you know you've got them beaten.

 

[kwikfix]

WTF!

When gay marriage opponents have to resort to Godwin's Law then you know you've got them beaten.

hilarious rof

 

[Fire]

hilarious rof

Is it?
Can you explain the humour for us? What's the with behind such satire?

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Is it?
Can you explain the humour for us? What's the with behind such satire?

Gay Mafia would have at least been amusing, but going straight to Nazi's just Godwin's out any humorous insight.

 

[kwikfix]

Is it?
Can you explain the humour for us? What's the with behind such satire?

Bill responding to these Nazis
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...f/news-story/d45bd0f9e9a774fc3e3d0741f176da13

A ferocious campaign against Christian groups planning to meet on same-sex marriage has forced them to cancel the event at a major hotel next week, amid claims of physical threats from marriage-equality advocates.

The Accor Hotels group confirmed late yesterday that the function had been abandoned after a social media storm triggered phone calls that “rattled” employees and left the company concerned about the safety of staff and guests.

In the first test of the “civil” debate promised for a plebiscite on gay marriage, advocates for the “yes” case were being blamed last night for the kind of “hate speech” that Bill Shorten and others have claimed would come from the “no” case.

A spokeswoman for the Mercure Sydney Airport Hotel said the campaign by marriage-equality advocates had forced the company to close the hotel’s Facebook page, sparked phone calls that disturbed hotel staff and escalated the problem to the company’s headquarters. “We’ve conducted an objective review regarding the safety and security of our hotel guests and staff,” she said. “Following this review the event will no longer take place next week.”

The four Christian groups booked the hotel conference room for Tuesday to prepare for a “no” campaign in the potential plebiscite, even though Labor and the Greens appear certain to block the “people’s vote” legislation in the Senate. About 100 people were expected to attend from the Sydney Anglicans, Sydney Catholics, the Marriage Alliance and the Australian Christian Lobby.

Gay news website SameSame.com.au alerted readers to the event. Activist Pauline Pantsdown urged followers to stop the “dangerous, predatory” ACL. “Are children safe at Mercure and Accor hotels?” one post said. One follower declared it “utterly horrifying” that Accor would host the Christian groups while another accused the hotel of supporting the “hateful, deceitful and extreme” ACL.

The campaign dismayed some marriage-equality supporters. “I’m becoming a little uneasy about this kind of thing,” said one. “Will fundamentalist Christians and others start pressuring venues hosting marriage-equality functions to cancel them?”

Accor confirmed the campaign led to a number of “negative” calls to the hotel but would not confirm claims these calls included death threats. The spokeswoman would not say whether the police had been notified.

The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher, warned that it was beneath Australians to treat supporters of traditional marriage as proponents of bigotry. The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies, warned of the danger to free speech from the threats that shut down the meeting.

A joint statement from the conveners said the hotel staff received “threats of violence” after the details of the private event were published on the internet. “We have chosen to reconsider our arrangements for the event next week due to our concern for the safety of the hotel staff, and our commitment to a reasonable and respectful debate,” ACL managing director Lyle Shelton said.

The Weekend Australian sought comment from Australian Marriage Equality yesterday but the group was not aware of the storm over the event.

Marriage-equality advocates hailed the cancellation of the meeting late yesterday. Pantsdown accused ACL of “playing victim” and justified the campaign against the Christian groups “due to danger they pose” to LGBTI children and families.

The bill to hold the February 11 plebiscite was introduced into parliament this week but appears headed for defeat in the Senate, with the Coalition insisting on a “people’s vote” and Bill Shorten wanting Labor to vote against it.

 

[kwikfix]

 

[Father Jack]

are those cartoons published in a newspaper?

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

are those cartoons published in a newspaper?

No.

They are published in the Australian.

 

[Fire]

Bill responding to these Nazis
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...f/news-story/d45bd0f9e9a774fc3e3d0741f176da13

Fair enough then; thanks for that ^^.

 

[Fire]

Gay Mafia would have at least been amusing, but going straight to Nazi's just Godwin's out any humorous insight.

Kwikfix's explanation was surprisingly robust.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

The countdown is on until Leak claims he's the victim in all of this.

Typical right wing coward.

 

[Jimmy_the_Gent]

 

[kwikfix]

 

[Fire]

Wait is this a genuine delcon cartoon, or are they saterising the delcons?

Talk about poes law.

 

[Pessimistic]

WTF!

When gay marriage opponents have to resort to Godwin's Law then you know you've got them beaten.

No need to put in several references to what the third reich did to minorities they didn't find pure

 

[Sir James Sober]

A controversial cartoon by Bill Leak depicting an Aboriginal man with a beer can who does not remember his son's name is an "accurate reflection" of what police see in the field daily, according to WA's top officer.
..
Commissioner O'Callaghan said the cartoon by Leak, published by The Australian newspaper in August and criticised by some Indigenous leaders as an "attack" on Aboriginal people, was an appropriate portrayal of some communities.

"From my perspective, Bill Leak's cartoon is actually an accurate reflection of what our officers see on a day-to-day basis, when they're dealing particularly with kids from Aboriginal communities or Aboriginal families who are in trouble," he said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-...urate-reflection-karl-ocallaghan-says/7951320

 

[Pessimistic]

WA police LOL. if anyone deserved the nazi tag its them

 

[Sir James Sober]

WA police LOL. if anyone deserved the nazi tag its them

So Commissioner O'Callaghan is making it up? Because he is a Nazi ?!!

 

[Pessimistic]

So Commissioner O'Callaghan is making it up? Because he is a Nazi ?!!

Why would he? police deal with soceity's problems every day. I guess after a while their perspective is narrowed.

The WA police don't have a great reputation, that was my point

 

[FredLeDeux]

So Commissioner O'Callaghan is making it up? Because he is a Nazi ?!!

He has form for lying through his teeth.
But who knows?

 

[Admiral Byng]

Nah. It is that bad in some remote communities in WA.

 

[Fire]

Nah. It is that bad in some remote communities in WA.

I've got no doubt it is. But what is the point of him saying it?

The cops need to work with the people they are overseeing. Confirming geberalisations just re-enforces the idea that the police and aboriginals are opposing forces. If you don't show someone respect, they'll never respect you.

It's counter productive to the job he's meant to be doing, and completley unprofessional.

 

[Father Jack]

I think the issue is that it is an excuse for doing nothing that dates back pretty much to the founding of Sydney

 

[Pessimistic]

Cartoon could be excused if it was aimed at alerting people who could help alleviate the problem

It wasnt

 

[Number37]

Take a low socio economic community of non-indigenous people and plonk them in the middle of nowhere and you would have exactly the same outcome.
The point: the suggestion that their aboriginality is the sole cause of the problem is just plain stupid.