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False Equivalency (cartoon) (Original Post)
marmar
May 2012
OP
I followed the build up to Bush's War pretty carefully. I blame Media as much as
patrice
May 2012
#8
xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. du rec. nt
surrealAmerican
(11,368 posts)2. good one.
k & r
closeupready
(29,503 posts)3. LOL. Pretty much.
K&R
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)4. The media..
and Cory Booker.
patrice
(47,992 posts)5. MEDIA is STUPID and EVIL-FUCKING-WAR-MONGERS
Lex
(34,108 posts)6. For instance, GE owns both NBC *and* manufactures weapons.
Enough said.
patrice
(47,992 posts)8. I followed the build up to Bush's War pretty carefully. I blame Media as much as
religious End-Timers for pushing our weak ass Congress into the AUMF.
Though, of course, MOST of the responsibility belongs to PNAC/BushCo/Cheney who used EVERYONE else.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)13. Yep, that must never be forgotten!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)7. K & R
obxhead
(8,434 posts)9. What's false about it?
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)10. The toon isn't false
The notion that both sides are to blame is false
obxhead
(8,434 posts)11. I totally feel both sides are to blame.
Other than a tiny handful of D's we simply wait for R demands and accept them.
Rolling over and accepting the fate the R's deliver is just as bad as what the R's do.
The toon is 100% spot on.
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)12. to me, it's all theater
jp11
(2,104 posts)14. The next panel should be
Uncle Sam is wounded, the elephant and donkey are on trial and a witness comes forth to say "Both of them are equally responsible."