Editorial cartoonist Bill Leak has drawn yet another controversial cartoon today, published in The Australian.
The cartoon depicts a group of men, dressed in rainbow attire, marching like an army with violent batons in tow.
The image has created a stir on Twitter, where it was shared by the account Bill Leak explained, alongside the caption: ‘The Gay Agenda has become Stasi-esque.’
People are understandably outraged, with the term ‘Bill Leak’ trending on Twitter, and tweets criticising the cartoonist and the image continuing to grow.
While we’re yet to hear whether there is some as-yet unacknowledged context for his cartoon, it’s not the first time Lean has taken aim at same-sex marriage advocates in his work.
Leak also found himself the centre of criticism recently with a cartoon perceived as an "attack" on Indigenous Australians was published. It showed one Indigenous man saying to another, "You'll have to sit down and talk to your son about personal responsibility," while the other said, "Yeah righto what's his name then?"
The cartoonist nonetheless defended his work, describing those who criticised him as "sanctimonious Tweety Birds having a tantrum".
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Ironic. The Nazis were racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-communist, nationalistic, hated minorities and won power in several referendums. Everything that conservatives love. Just look who shows up to reclaim rallys.
Haha I had to laugh at the one about high school kids critiquing the cartoons, I just finished a Masters paper about Bill Leaks and his misinformed opinions.
How many words does it take to say Bill Leak is a wanker
I hate other people's free speech... 6 then.