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GOING ROGUE - 2009 / 2010 , RIGHT WING EXTREMISM
American Cartoonist Receives Death Threats from Teaparty Followers
Echoes of Denmark ? Extremism in the US is no different than anywhere else.
An award-winning California-based political cartoonist says he is receiving death threats over a 90-second animated film he created that teaches viewers "how to speak Tea Bag."
Mark Fiore compares his predicament to that of Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose cartoon depicting the prophet Mohamed caused rioting across the Muslim world several years ago, and an attempt on his life last week.
"Muslim extremist, meet Tea Party extremist. Tea Party extremist, meet Muslim extremist," Fiore writes on his blog.
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