duncan-_-idaho:

I see your point; some Obama supporters do seem insufficiently jaded.  But in the discussions I had among Dems, I didn’t see a difference between the Obamaniacs and the people who voted for someone else in the primary.  Most people found it to be somewhere between misguided satire and overt racism.

In particular many people felt that whatever the satirical intent, it would backfire by reinforcing falsehoods.  Some of the less obvious visual messages are highlighted here, I think rather convincingly.

I am not impressed with this comparison.  There is a difference between being upset or even enraged by an image (rightly or wrongly), and advocating and carrying out violence because of it.

If deaths, death threats, arson, and/or violent protests occur because people are upset over the Obama cartoon, then the comparison will be valid.  Otherwise, it’s just a cheap shot.