We're tired of the
Obama-monkey-Post-cartoon story, too, but can't abandon it without calling your attention to
James Taranto's brain-hurting take in the
Wall Street Journal. Taranto starts by quoting Attorney General Eric Holder's
recent speech about Americans being "cowards" about race. Taranto thinks there's "a grain of truth" to that -- after all, think of all the white people who are victims of the "culture of intimidation promoted by people like Al Sharpton in the name of racial sensitivity," and how the
Post cartoon is a great example of that. What if, Taranto suggests, cartoonist Delonas is "so innocent of racial prejudice that he has never even thought to make a connection between black people and lower primates?" That seems far-fetched, as on the evidence of his
previous work Delonas seems an expert at prejudices of all sorts. Taranto concludes: "Delonas and his editors are under attack for seeing 'chimp' and
failing to think 'black guy.'" And so it is
he who is due an apology -- from
all you awful people who intimidated him with your culture. Good day to you, sirs! We say, good day!
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