New York Post: Blame your critics even if you're wrong

I don't repost the cartoon here, not out of any fear (there is only one group today than can threaten, intimidate and riot over cartoons, and the New York Post ain't them), but because of its incredible tackiness.

They say sorry for the chip shooting cartoon, sort of, then follow it with this:

"However, there are some in the media and in public life who have had differences with The Post in the past -- and they see the incident as an opportunity for payback," the statement says. "To them, no apology is due. Sometimes a cartoon is just a cartoon -- even as the opportunists seek to make it something else."

I've never read the NYP in my life, but I didn't need any revenge to see that cartoon as more than just "a cartoon".

If you go and look at the "cartoonist's" other work, he has a mean streak a mile wide.

It further adds weight to the idea that some right wingers are nasty pieces of work.

Sometimes a racist bigot is just a racist bigot.

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