{"id":478,"date":"2010-01-09T04:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2010-01-09T04:25:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T12:25:00","slug":"teabaggers-send-death-threats-to-a-cartoonist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/09\/teabaggers-send-death-threats-to-a-cartoonist\/","title":{"rendered":"Teabaggers Send Death Threats to a Cartoonist"},"content":{"rendered":"

They scream \u2018freedom\u2019 as long as it isn\u2019t someone else\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n

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An award-winning California-based political cartoonist says he is receiving death threats over a 90-second animated film he created that teaches viewers "how to speak Tea Bag."<\/font><\/p>\n

Mark Fiore compares his predicament to that of Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose cartoon depicting the prophet Mohamed caused rioting across the Muslim world several years ago, and an<\/font> attempt on his life<\/a> last week.<\/font><\/p>\n

"Muslim extremist, meet Tea Party extremist. Tea Party extremist, meet Muslim extremist," Fiore<\/font> writes on his blog<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Fiore’s video, which appeared on NPR’s Web site, causing outrage from some conservative commentators, offers a tongue-in-cheek 90-second lesson in speaking like a tea bagger\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here is the video that inspired the death threats.<\/p>\n

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I found it both accurate and entertaining.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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