The Debate Of Political Satire Cartoons

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If you have been on Facebook in the last two weeks, you might have seen many of your friends and family complaining about the recent unrest of the Anti-Trump protesters. Comments such as “These protesters are just whining because they didn 't get their way” and “Those protestors are so immature, there wasn 't this kind of upset when Obama became president”.

Despite popular belief, every year when a new president is elected there is a protest. One example of being in 2008, during one of Obama’s rallies in Coral Gables, Florida, Obama was interrupted several times by protesters chanting that he was supported by the KKK. (cnn.com)
Other that physical protests, another aspect of the unrest following a presidential election are the art that 's created, specifically political satire cartoons. One of the oldest examples of political satire were the playwrights of Aristophanes. Created in 420BCE, Aristophanes created this play to point fun at Athenian leaders and their conduct of the Peloponnesian War. (Halliwell) As time went on and leaders rose and fell, the desire for political satire remained. Political satire is a device used by people across the spectrum to expose foolishness and corruption through humor, exaggeration, or irony. The artist will use either fictional characters or accurate renditions to represent the subject they are criticizing. One type of political satire that is especially popular in America is presidential satire. Every four years, the American citizens elect a new leader for the country. Every citizen over the age of 18 is expected to participate each November, and based on the electoral votes in each state determines who becomes the next president of the United States. (USA) Regardless of the outcome of...

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...es), as well as his blanket ban on Muslims (cnn), he was still elected president.

In this illustration, the artist John Cole insinuates that underneath his bottle blonde toupee, there is but a hole where his brain should be. That Donald Trump is but an empty shell of a being, mindlessly ruling mindless followers.

Throughout history, through every rise and fall in power, artists have always been the on the forefront of the protest due to political unrest. From Barack Obama to Andrew Jackson, there is always something to say about how the ones in charge run the country. What has been going on due to the recent election is nothing new. The ones out protesting, physical and through art, are not just throwing a fit because they didn 't get their way, they are actively participating in what generations before us have been for centuries. They are voicing

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