The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Opinion cartoons serve a purpose on either side
A reader recently found one of Mike Luckovich’s editorial cartoons “obscene” to their mind. They seemingly don’t understand the meaning of the word. The conservative idol is widely suspected of cavorting with Russian prostitutes and also with a porn queen. Now that is obscene! Like so many of your conservative readers, they don’t understand the purpose of political cartoons. Luckovich’s are the sharpedged weapons of the social gadfly. I never liked Michael Ramirez’s cartoons of President Obama, but I recognized his purpose and talent.
OXFORD
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