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<p class="byline"><span class="author text-uppercase">Ed Morrissey</span>Posted at 4:01 pm on August 30, 2017</p>
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<div class="salem-content-injection-wrap"><p>Or maybe we <em>don&#8217;t</em> have to discuss the sneering ridicule of Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas, at least not much. <em>Res ipsa loquitur</em> applies here, a fact that was immediately apparent <a href="https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2017/08/30/really-politico-dana-loesch-jesse-kelly-brandon-darby-and-others-respond-to-disgusting-cartoon/">across the political and media spectrum</a>:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you want to know what .<a href="https://twitter.com/politico">@politico</a> thinks about the victims of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a>, here is the cartoon they just tweeted, then deleted. <a href="https://t.co/9cr0Ne2Z06">pic.twitter.com/9cr0Ne2Z06</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/902956683911147522">August 30, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Politico only deleted the tweet, not the Matt Wuerker cartoon <a href="http://www.politico.com/gallery/2017/08/01/matt-wuerker-cartoons-august-2017-002463?slide=0">from their website</a> &#8212; at least as of this writing. Why delete the tweet, though, just to keep the column? After all, it wasn&#8217;t the <em>tweet</em> that caused the offense.</p>
<p>Wuerker, Politico&#8217;s in-house editorial cartoonist, tried to claim that he was only targeting the secessionists:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Respectfully&#8212; it&#39;s making fun of the Secessionist movement. Not at all aimed at all Texans. <a href="https://t.co/aI4RxRNjFm">https://t.co/aI4RxRNjFm</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Matt Wuerker (@wuerker) <a href="https://twitter.com/wuerker/status/902949148005150721">August 30, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Is Harris County, where the bulk of Harvey damage is taking place, a hotbed of secessionists? Not exactly, no. In <a href="http://www.cnn.com/election/results/states/texas#president">the 2016 election</a>, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump 54/42 in Harris, and also in hurricane-ravaged Fort Bend, 52/45.</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s not <em>really</em> Wuerker&#8217;s only target or even the main one. In his usual sledgehammer style, he includes a Gadsden flag to slam conservatives, Confederate imagery to smear Texans as racists, and then also includes a gratuitous slap at people of faith. It&#8217;s a smug, arrogant, and utterly tone-deaf attack on hurricane refugees in the midst of their crisis, exploiting their tragedy to ride his hobby horses all over their pain.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also ultimately ignorant. Wuerker manages to miss the point of an old joke, one very familiar to people of faith. Here it is: A man is told to evacuate ahead of a massive storm but refuses, saying &#8220;God will save me.&#8221; A patrol car arrives, but the man refuses to go, saying, &#8220;God will save me.&#8221; A boat and finally a helicopter come to take him off the roof, but he still refuses, saying &#8220;God will save me.&#8221; When he drowns, he asks God, &#8220;Why didn&#8217;t you save me?&#8221; God says, &#8220;What are you talking about? I sent a patrol car, a boat, and a helicopter!&#8221;</p>
<p>The point of this lesson is that the Lord works through us as well as in other ways, as we are expected to serve one another. And I&#8217;m pretty sure that the Coast Guard and other first responders don&#8217;t mind being considered angels sent by God and have heard that plenty of times before today, without sneering at those who appreciate their efforts. I&#8217;d even bet that <a href="/archives/2017/08/30/guys-saved-life-cnn-reporter-rescues-texas-driver/">Jerry Summerall might think of CNN&#8217;s Drew Griffin that way</a> after today.</p>
<p>Washington Post analyst Aaron Blake <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/30/politicos-tone-deaf-unhelpful-cartoon-about-conservatives-being-rescued-from-harvey-by-the-government/?utm_term=.3e493c937b78">isn&#8217;t buying the &#8220;secessionist&#8221; explanation</a> either:</p>
<blockquote><p>The first problem with the cartoon is it&#8217;s crassness. People are still being saved, and it&#8217;s making fun of those same people.</p>
<p>The second problem is the stereotypes. It&#8217;s almost a caricature of what you&#8217;d expect a liberal cartoonist to draw in response to conservative Texans relying upon the government in their time of crisis. The Confederate flag T-shirt. The Gadsden Flag. The reference to being saved by God (which seems extremely dismissive of Christianity). The Texas secession banner. It&#8217;s all kind of &#8230; predictable? &#8230;</p>
<p>But the cartoon suggests that normal people who believe in small government should essentially forfeit government help in their time of need — or, at least, that they should suddenly recognize that their belief in smaller government is wrongheaded. It&#8217;s all very smug, and it gives extremely short shrift to very complex issues.</p></blockquote>
<p>Quite frankly, that&#8217;s Wuerker&#8217;s entire <em>oeuvre</em> &#8212; smug, predictable, dismissive, and <a href="https://twitter.com/EdMorrissey/status/902961543809249283">as I put it on Twitter</a>, with all of the subtlety, wit, and artistry of a sledgehammer. His work is routinely poor, but it&#8217;s not usually <em>this</em> bad. The question isn&#8217;t just why Politico still has this cartoon on its site, it&#8217;s why they continue to publish Wuerker at all.</p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>: On the point of people inspired by faith and community to serve others &#8230;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is Houston. Wanna know what this line is for? Food? Water? Housing? Nope. These people are waiting in line TO VOLUNTEER. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/UxGnqSNOQN">pic.twitter.com/UxGnqSNOQN</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Michael Berry (@MichaelBerrySho) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelBerrySho/status/902882716802265096">August 30, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Update</strong>: Our colleague John Sexton hits the nail on the head:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The gist of the cartoon is a) Texans are neo-confederate religious hicks and b) they should be thanking the government, not God.</p>
<p>&mdash; John Sexton (@verumserum) <a href="https://twitter.com/verumserum/status/902985762932535296">August 30, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Update</strong>: From the ever-excellent Michael Ramirez, a gem on the same topic:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">HURRICANE HARVEY <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tcot?src=hash">#tcot</a><a href="https://t.co/1Db156e6B2">https://t.co/1Db156e6B2</a><br />Like @ Facebook:<a href="https://t.co/WeX1G9jwDl">https://t.co/WeX1G9jwDl</a><br />BOOK:<a href="https://t.co/eqyzRdz8nS">https://t.co/eqyzRdz8nS</a> <a href="https://t.co/2eSWepIT4v">pic.twitter.com/2eSWepIT4v</a></p>
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