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09-22-2016, 10:41 AM
Cartoonist compares gay rights advocates to Nazis, gets a powerful history lesson
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Australian cartoonist Bill Leak was only recently lambasted for his "racist" illustration of a neglectful Aboriginal father, which appeared in The Australian newspaper.*
But his illustration this week wasn't much better in the eyes of many on social media.
SEE ALSO: Twitter reacts to 'racist' political cartoon in Australian newspaper (http://mashable.com/2016/08/03/racist-cartoon-in-australian-paper/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
It depicts marriage equality advocates as Nazi soldiers. **t at all problematic (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/bill-leak-racist-cartoon-press-council/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). *sigh*
Remember when Nazis rounded up the gays and put them in death camps? Anyway, here’s a respectful Bill Leak cartoonpic.twitter.com/xmEhmwZQma (https://t.co/xmEhmwZQma)
— Alice Clarke (@Alicedkc) September 21, 2016 (https://twitter.com/Alicedkc/status/778428746973847552) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/bill-leak-marriage-equality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Lgbtq (http://mashable.com/category/lgbtq/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), David Pope (http://mashable.com/category/david-pope/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Richard Grune (http://mashable.com/category/richard-grune/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Bill Leak (http://mashable.com/category/bill-leak/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Marriage Equality (http://mashable.com/category/marriage-equality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/slmm4RTo584
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Australian cartoonist Bill Leak was only recently lambasted for his "racist" illustration of a neglectful Aboriginal father, which appeared in The Australian newspaper.*
But his illustration this week wasn't much better in the eyes of many on social media.
SEE ALSO: Twitter reacts to 'racist' political cartoon in Australian newspaper (http://mashable.com/2016/08/03/racist-cartoon-in-australian-paper/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
It depicts marriage equality advocates as Nazi soldiers. **t at all problematic (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/bill-leak-racist-cartoon-press-council/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). *sigh*
Remember when Nazis rounded up the gays and put them in death camps? Anyway, here’s a respectful Bill Leak cartoonpic.twitter.com/xmEhmwZQma (https://t.co/xmEhmwZQma)
— Alice Clarke (@Alicedkc) September 21, 2016 (https://twitter.com/Alicedkc/status/778428746973847552) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/bill-leak-marriage-equality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Lgbtq (http://mashable.com/category/lgbtq/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), David Pope (http://mashable.com/category/david-pope/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Richard Grune (http://mashable.com/category/richard-grune/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Bill Leak (http://mashable.com/category/bill-leak/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Marriage Equality (http://mashable.com/category/marriage-equality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/slmm4RTo584