{"id":27605,"date":"2014-10-06T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T19:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=27605"},"modified":"2014-10-06T15:55:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T19:55:17","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-thursday-october-2nd-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=27605","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Thursday, October 2nd, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Thursday, October 2nd, 2014…but before we begin, one quick cartoon which, while almost making us wetting our pants…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…required an rewrite prior to distribution to nationwide outlets. \u00a0Cartoonist Jerry Holbert saw a tube of children’s watermelon toothpaste, and the flavor stuck with him.\u00a0<\/strong>Reed Jackson, associate editor at Holbert’s syndicator, saw the potentially<\/strong>\u00a0racial subtext the line unintentionally introduced and suggested Holbert<\/strong>\u00a0replace the flavor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The veteran cartoonist\u2019s email reply made one thing evident to the editor: No racist slur had been intended.\u201cYes, he made it very clear via [email] that the racial element hadn\u2019t occurred to him,\u201d Jackson tells Comic Riffs…He was happy to change it.”<\/p>\n

Thus “watermelon” become “raspberry”. \u00a0But not before the specially-filtered glasses of the racial grievance industry saw red.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, by the way…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ebola Panic: Parents Pull Children From School<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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