The Other Cartoon Death Threats

Posted on 01/10/2010 by Juan

Drudge Retort says, “Political cartoonist Mark Fiore wrote on his blog that he’s receiving death threats over a 90-second animated film he created that teaches viewers “how to speak Tea Bag.” Comparing his predicament to that of Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, Fiore writes, “Muslim extremist, meet Tea Party extremist.” See Mark Fiore’s blog.

This is the offending video:

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§ 2 Responses to “The Other Cartoon Death Threats”

  • tom.durkin says:

    Fiore had always been great. & the Teabagger response shows just how close teabaggers are to the Taliban & Al Queda.

  • Alex says:

    C'mon now, do you really think that a couple of internet trolls are truly out to kill that guy?

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