If you hadn’t heard by now, there is going to be a proposition on the ballot in San Francisco (and I think Santa Monica as well) attempting to ban circumcision. The backers are claiming they put it on the ballot because they view it as an unneccessary medical procedure performed on infants, but do they have any other motives? Well, according to the LA Times, the measure’s sponsors have published a comic book in which an anti-circumcision superhero -– blond, buff and handsome -– battles evil Jewish characters who recall the stereotypical images of classic anti-Semitism. In the book, the blond superhero takes on “Monster Mohel” -– a bearded, black-hatted man with bloody scissors. When the San Francisco Chronicle asked the author if he considered the comic to be anti-Semitic, he said. “A lot of people have said that, but we’re not trying to be anti-Semitic,” he said. “We’re trying to be pro-human rights.”
Yeah, right.
Decide for yourself. Take a look at the SF Chronicle article, which includes the cover.
