The Washington Post removed a cartoon criticizing Hamas for using civilians as human shields, after liberal readers complained it was racist against Palestinians.
The Washington Post bowed to liberal criticism on Wednesday, deleting an editorial cartoon that criticized the terror group, Hamas, after readers complained it was racist and dehumanized Palestinians. The cartoon, by Michael P. Ramirez, was featured online and in the Nov. 8 print edition.
Owen Jones, a self-described 'socialist, antifascist' columnist for The Guardian, wrote, 'This racist dehumanisation is always a precondition for mass murder of the sort currently taking place in Gaza.' One reader from Washington complained the cartoon depicted a 'gross mischaracterization of the situation' and 'amounted to an attempt at excusing Israeli war crimes.' Another reader from San Jose, Calif.
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