I tried staying out of the "is Ted Rall a racist" flame wars that have been going on for at least the last week. I had been a fan of his work since the GWB years, but I will say Mr. Rall did himself no favors by defending himself so antagonistically when he received negative feedback for his posts here. I've followed his cartoons for over a decade, and I've seen plenty which I either did not find funny, or found them distasteful. My impression of his work is that he's critical of everything that everyone in Washington does, and for that reason I can understand why he would not have been included on the comics page of a site which holds Democrats to such high esteem such as Daily Kos. I've disagreed with quite a number of his cartoons, likewise I've found plenty more to be spot on in their observations. But I would also never presume to tell someone who took offense that their offense was misplaced. Therefore, if someone cannot get past the message Ted Rall is trying to convey in his cartoons because they are offended at the depictions of the characters, it is not my place to tell them they should get over it, or that their feelings are not valid. That is not the purpose of this diary...
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