{"id":1966,"date":"2005-08-05T11:06:45","date_gmt":"2005-08-05T16:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=1966"},"modified":"2005-08-05T13:53:51","modified_gmt":"2005-08-05T18:53:51","slug":"how_it_begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/05\/how_it_begins\/","title":{"rendered":"How it begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P align=left>Editorial cartoonist <A href=\"http:\/\/personal.rockbridge.net\/huffaker\/\">Sandy Huffaker<\/A>&nbsp;published <A href=\"http:\/\/cagle.slate.msn.com\/politicalcartoons\/PCcartoons\/huffaker.asp\">this&nbsp;toon<\/A> today:<\/P>\n<CENTER><IMG alt=\"\" hspace=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/ToiletPaperTurban.jpg\" align=baseline border=0><\/CENTER>\n<CENTER><A href=\"http:\/\/cagle.slate.msn.com\/politicalcartoons\/PCcartoons\/huffaker.asp\"><\/A><\/CENTER>\n<P align=left>Sure, maybe it&#8217;s a stereotype, but 9\/11 changed everything. We really need to sock it to the bastards.<\/P>\n<CENTER><A href=\"http:\/\/mcel.pacificu.edu\/as\/students\/propaganda\/poster1.html\"><IMG alt=\"\" hspace=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/YourEnemyTheJap.gif\" align=baseline border=0><\/A><\/CENTER>\n<P align=left>Well, we&#8217;ll do it sensitively. We&#8217;ve learned from our excesses.<\/P>\n<BLOCKQUOTE style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">\n<P align=left>&#8220;If I see someone (who) comes in that&#8217;s got a diaper on his head and a fan belt wrapped around the diaper on his head, that guy needs to be pulled over,&#8221; [Louisiana Congressman] Cooksey said. [<A href=\"http:\/\/www.sikhnet.com\/sikhnet\/discussion.nsf\/0\/720e0e8f1a1ef1a287256acd005865d0?OpenDocument\">Link<\/A>]<\/BLOCKQUOTE>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p><P align=left>C&#8217;mon, what&#8217;s the big deal about toilet paper? It&#8217;s just a throwaway joke. Nobody in America wears a turban. Seriously, you guys are way too sensitive.<\/P>\n<BLOCKQUOTE style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">\n<P align=left>Jerry: Kramer, he&#8217;s just a dentist.<BR>Kramer: Yeah, and you&#8217;re an anti-dentite.<BR>Jerry: I am not an anti-dentite!<BR>Kramer: You&#8217;re a rabid anti-dentite! Oh, it starts with a few jokes and some slurs. &#8220;Hey, denty!&#8221; Next thing you know you&#8217;re saying they should have their own schools&#8230;<\/P>\n<P align=left>Jerry: That&#8217;s a good one. Dentists.<BR>Beth: Yeah, who needs &#8217;em? [Pause] Not to mention the blacks and the Jews&#8230; [<A href=\"http:\/\/www.seinfeldscripts.com\/TheYadaYada.htm\">Link<\/A>]<\/BLOCKQUOTE>\n<P align=left>Geez, can you say &#8216;overreacting&#8217;?<\/P>\n<BLOCKQUOTE style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">\n<P align=left>&#8230; Frank Roque, 42, of Mesa, began spouting racist remarks to a bartender and co-workers, including that he was going to &#8220;kill some towelheads&#8221; and that all Arabs and their children should be rounded up and murdered&#8230; Roque drove a black Chevy S-10 pickup to a Chevron gas station and opened fire, killing [gas station owner] Balbir Singh Sodhi&#8230; [<A href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/specials\/special32\/articles\/08030622roque-ON.html\">Link<\/A>]<\/P>\n<P>&#8220;I&#8217;m an American,&#8221; the suspect&#8230; said. &#8220;Arrest me and let those terrorists run wild.&#8221; [<A href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/specials\/special44\/articles\/0918Attacks-HateCrimes.html\">Link<\/A>]<\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial cartoonist Sandy Huffaker&nbsp;published this&nbsp;toon today: Sure, maybe it&#8217;s a stereotype, but 9\/11 changed everything. We really need to sock it to the bastards. Well, we&#8217;ll do it sensitively. We&#8217;ve learned from our excesses. &#8220;If I see someone (who) comes &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/05\/how_it_begins\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}