Kathleen Parker: Happy Father's Day, jerk

Submitted by anthony on Sat, 2007-06-16 16:51

Column here. Excerpt:

"A week before Father's Day, cartoonist Berkeley Breathed did a very cartoonist thing and caused a controversy to be stirred over a comic strip that seemed to slight fathers while celebrating lesbian moms.
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But here's the biggest truth of all: Men and fathers have been on the receiving end of a male-bashing trend for the past 20 years or so, and they've had enough. Breathed's comic strip might have faded into the ethers if it didn't cut so close to the bone, if it weren't one more insult added to a history that long ago ceased to amuse."

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Ed. note: The cartoonist's contact information is here. The cartoon in question can be viewed here.

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Great cartoonist, generally, very funny, also very creative. Too bad he had to go down the bash-dad path. Sad, actually. Oh well, his other stuff is good. But 'tis an example of how fast the tide can turn for someone in this life.

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Submitted by mcc99 on Mon, 2007-06-18 00:44