Go, Read: Michael Cavna On Reactions To Danby Vs. LePage

Michael Cavna at the Washington Post has a smartly written survey piece here covering various reactions to Maine Governor Paul LePage making a joke about shooting Bangor Daily News cartoonist George Danby -- a joke made to the cartoonist's son. This includes a Danby cartoon incorporating related imagery and censure from the AAEC.

It all makes sense to me that people should react strongly and negatively to the story; it seems required. The joke is in clear, bad taste generally and in specific bad taste given the violence and disruption that some cartoonists have faced in recent months, up to and including the shooting murders of the Charlie Hebdo staffers. I'm not sure how deep a story it is; it may not point out much more in terms of a broader issue other than the governor being something of a crass goofball. It is definitely a weird and distasteful flourish in the history of relationships between political figures and those that cover them in cartoon form. May it become history sooner rather than later.
 
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