Comments on: Ka Leo editor wins national award for cartoon

By: Will Caron (The Artist)

Will Caron (The Artist) — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 16:53:59 +0000

Well, well, well. It looks like my cartoon was spot on the money all this time after all. Boehner has just been forced out by the radical right-wing, tea-party spawned faction of representatives that he and other mainstream conservatives helped grow and empower. Boehner, McCain and the rest thought the tea party would be a useful, effective weapon–a way to mobilize working class, white Americans to the Republican cause (people like DonH). They were all too right, and now–just like in my cartoon–the monster they created is still causing havoc for the party in a major way. McCain himself said it’s a sign the party is in trouble right now. Looks like this “little brainwashed dolt” (thanks JKS) did do is homework after all. Trolololol!

By: Camille C

Camille C — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:03:14 +0000

Maybe I am wrong but it looks to me like this cartoon is referring to only one part of the republican party. This clearly is just talking about the Tea Party which is a more radical part of the republican party. Therefore I believe that those who are republican should not take it so personally. Even if you are a part of the Tea Party, this is no different than many of the things they say about liberals. Who are you to say that this is wrong when you do it too, everyone does. If you cannot handle someone simply expressing their opinion, than why should you be allowed to espress yours? The newspaper is not biased and over all, this is about this man’s beautiful work and how he was able to incorporate so many ideas into one panel while still allowing it to be so clear regarding its message. Everyone has their beliefs, he just choses to express it through art, that is what artists do after all. Thank you Will for sharing your talent and ideas with us.

By: �鶹��ýNews staff

�鶹��ýNews staff — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:45:58 +0000

In reply to Morgan. Hi Morgan, As you yourself acknowledge, your issue is with the cartoon itself, over which we had no influence or control. Our writer reported this story in a neutral and factual way and we stand by her unbiased reporting.

By: �鶹��ýNews staff

�鶹��ýNews staff — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:28:55 +0000

In reply to KMH. Hi KMH, The content of the cartoon itself is not really the point here, the point is to acknowledge a student who won a national award for his work. We would have covered this story regardless of the political slant of the work in question. The COMMENTS are where we apply influence. Maybe it was confusing because I allowed those initial inflammatory remarks? If so, I apologize. Hope this clarifies things for you. Aloha.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:38:40 +0000

Students at �鶹��ýrecently received an email from the dean about how schools and their academia need to be more open-minded when it comes to political matters. Unfortunately, this kicks his message right out the door. While I appreciate that this young man received an award for a great piece of artwork, I do not appreciate the comments made about the Republican party. I understand free speech, but this is going a little overboard, don’t you think? Thank you, �鶹��ýnews, for your blatant disrespect for students across the islands and for your ill-informed, highly biased opinion about something you obviously know little about.

By: KMH

KMH — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:07:02 +0000

So how is his cartoon not antagonistic/name-calling? I understand free speech, but do you only criticize people who are against the Democrats? If you want to be fair why not make a cartoon on how about Obama saying Republicans want ‘dirty air’ and ‘dirty water’? That’s a lie and falls into the category of ‘fear-mongering’.

By: �鶹��ýNews staff

�鶹��ýNews staff — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:30:48 +0000

In reply to JimiRay. Interesting point. I've added links to a larger version of the cartoon on the artist's blog, in case anyone couldn't quite make that out.

By: JimiRay

JimiRay — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:28:19 +0000

In reply to JimiRay. I just now noticed that the cartoon already has "hysteria" as a label for one of the little test tubes in the corner. Apparently the cartoonist could predict the reactions of folks like JKS and DonH.

By: JimiRay

JimiRay — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:10:55 +0000

In reply to DonH. What facts do you have in mind, DonH? So far all you offer is name-calling and innuendo. Anger and ignorance are depicted in the formula. Should we add "hysteria"?

By: �鶹��ýNews staff

�鶹��ýNews staff — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:09:43 +0000

JKS & DonH – We published your comments here, but they really cross the line from expressing an opinion into antagonistic name-calling.

Further comments with this tone will not be published.

Please keep it civil.