Appreciating cartoonists
Sir: Brendan O’Neill’s essay on Bill Leak’s (in)famous cartoon reminded me how much we should appreciate our cartoonists. They have to steer a tight course between the Charybdis of politically correct tyranny and the Scylla of disrespect and denigration. A healthy society has to encourage both dissent and respect for the marginalised.
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