Kresta in the Afternoon – November 17, 2023 – Hour 1
Daniel Mahoney discusses the idol of humanitarianism, and cartoonist Michael Ramirez shares his experience of being cancelled by the Washington Post.
I was canceled for a Cartoon about Hamas
Last week political cartoonist Michael Ramirez published a cartoon mocking Hamas for using human shields while it accuses Israel of targeting civilians. Like his other work, it was featured in the Washington Post – but after some readers complained the cartoon was racist, it was pulled off the Post’s website. Michael shares his story with us.
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‘Grow Up’: Cartoonist Speaks Out after Washington Post Censors Hamas Drawing
I Was Canceled for a Cartoon About Hamas’ Human Shields. I Stand by My Cartoon—and Its Critics
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How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity
The false notion that man is the measure of all things has permeated the culture and even influenced Christian thought. It reduces the faith to an inordinate concern for “social justice,” radical political change, and an increasingly fanatical egalitarianism, stripping it of its transcendental reference points. Humanitarians, secular or religious, confuse peace with pacifism, equitable social arrangements with socialism, and moral judgment with utopianism and sentimentality. Daniel Mahoney joins a counter to this type of thought.
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