Critics Hammer Daily Mail Refugees-As-Rats Cartoon



The above cartoon that appeared Monday in the Daily Mail by the cartoonist Mac (Stan McMurtry), who has been in that publication for decades and must be at least over 75 years old, has since been criticized for the severity and implications of its basic comparison.

This article notes that using the rat as the symbol for refugees has unpleasant connotations going back to at least the Second World War. I would imagine some of the cartoon's defenders will note that the rats are depicted as being part of a wider effort as opposed to being made to stand in for the entire, current refugee population, and that some of its detractors will like note that this is the kind of sweeping generalization that may be in alignment with the political aims of the violence. However you slice it, it is severely uncomfortable.
 
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