the smurfs are commies and nazi's

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The Smurfs are 'anti-Semitic and racist'
The Smurfs, the cuddly blue comic strip creatures loved by generations of children, are anti-Semitic and racist, treating blacks like moronic primates, a new book claims.


The claims by Antoine Buéno, 33, a lecturer at Paris' prestigious Sciences Po political sciences school, have been branded a "disgrace" that "soils the legends of our childhood" by an army of Smurf lovers.

Under the guise of a "critical and political analysis of Smurf society", Mr Buéno's 'Little Blue Book' ruthlessly deconstructs the world of Smurfs (Schtroumpfs in French).

His stark conclusions are that the blue men created in 1958 by Belgian artist Peyo, real name Thierry Culliford, represent an "archetype of totalitarian society imbued with Stalinism and Nazism".

The author backs up his claims of racism by citing Peyo's first work – The Black Smurfs in French but translated as The Purple Smurfs in the English version for reasons of political correctness.

In the story, a Smurf gets stung by a black fly that turns his skin jet black, drives him insane and deprives him of speech. Soon the entire village has changed colour.
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Mr Buéno said the story was clearly racist, as when the Smurfs turn black, "they are reduced to the state of primitives who get around by jumping and crying: 'Gnap! Gnap!'"

"They lose all trace of intelligence and become completely moronic," said Mr Buéno, also a speech writer for François Bayrou, the leader of the centrist Modem party.

"It's roughly the way Africans were viewed by white colonisers in the 19th century."

Mr Buéno also contends that The Smurfs' arch-enemy, the wizard Gargamel, comes across as a classic anti-Semitic caricature of a money-grabbing Jew, the book claims. "Gargamel is ugly, dirty, with a hooked nose (who) is fascinated by gold".

Papa Smurf, the village's aged white-bearded leader, meanwhile, is portrayed as a dictatorial gerontocrat wielding absolute power and whose red hat and trousers are a nod to Stalin, while Smurfette, the only blonde female created by Gargamel to wreck havoc among his enemies is a misogynistic take on Aryan woman.

The book has sparked a deluge of fury on the internet from Smurf aficionados.

"What a disgrace to soil the legends of our childhood," wrote Bibouille on the "Schtroumpfmania" website.

Another, called Anastasia wrote: "It's not hard to find anti-Semitism in Shakespeare or Balzac." The author's arguments spring "from his own obsessions ... the hooked nose of a wizard is neither Jewish nor Goy, it's a traditional for wizards," she wrote.

Such has been the outrage, the author said he feared for his physical safety and insisted he meant no harm.

"I love the Smurfs," he wrote on Nouvelobs website. "I just wanted to explain with this book that popular works teach us lot about the society we come from. I am not accusing Peyo of racism himself, otherwise you can well imagine (his heirs) would have attacked me.

"However, I believe his work (like many others) carries and concentrates a certain number of stereotypes particular to a given society and era."

Others before him had come to similar conclusions, he said, citing an American critic who claimed Smurf was short for "Small Men Under Red Forces".

He said his work was serious but tongue-in-cheek, adding that his critics appeared to lack "the slightest ounce of humour ".

Thierry Culliford, son of Peyo and current head of Studio Peyo, said the accusations were "between the grotesque and the not serious".

The row comes at an unfortunate time for Hollywood producers, as the big budget film Smurfs is due for release in the US in August.

The Smurfs are not the only comic strip to come under attack for racism. A Congolese resident of Belgium is seeking to ban the book Tintin in the Congo over claims it is it "racist and xenophobic". His case reaches court in September.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...3/The-Smurfs-are-anti-Semitic-and-racist.html

seriously can anything we grew up with not be pulled apart

 

[SonOfCthulhu]

I just assumed everyone knew Gargamel was Jewish.

 

[Schlosser85]

He does realize Stalinism and Nazism are completely different, right?

 

[Immortalfire]

What the Smurf...I always knew those smurfers were up to no smurfin good

 

[Ultra Lantern]

The Smurfs are secretly terrorists.

 

[Wolfwood]

I just assumed everyone knew Gargamel was Jewish.

Sadly, I thought he was Jewish too haha.

 

[redmarvel]

What bothers me most about this article is that it is in the PRESENT tense. The Smurfs were once upon a time based on those themes... but they've come a long way. Once upon a time White Britains and Americans were racist slave traders, one would hope that they wouldn't be considered that today.

History is PAST, let's move forward.

 

[Gotham Knight]

What the Smurf...I always knew those smurfers were up to no smurfin good

Came to post something similar to this.

 

[ObakeTora]

How can you not interpret anything with this going on. I remember when this panel became popular at my school...........

Boy did I get it...


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[JAK®]

In the cartoon they were purple, not black.

 

[Duke]

Some people have too much time on their hands or crazy imaginations.

 

[Ponyboy]

I collect Smurfs. Does that mean I'm racist?

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Really?

This is the best use of time you have Antoine Buéno [a lecturer at Paris' prestigious Sciences Po political sciences school] not more important social issues in dozens of countries that require your attention?

 

[jaganar]

i dunno Pony , but I miss the days when AMERICA was more concerned about the welfare of her citizens than POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. oh wait that is happening now. these PC loonies have caused good old fashioned violence to be non-existant in cartoons , unless your name is Nick Jr then you can push the envelope (ex : FoP and timmy having a stalker,a babysitter who puts him in a french maid outfit, neglectful parents and wonton 80's styled violence)

also this reminds me of the lunatic christian writer found everything wrong in our toybox : "turmoil in the toybox" or the one who had nothing but time and ripped off Xena's toy panties and Angela's bra from spawn.

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@Duke : either that or a emotional shut in who hates to laugh at the little things in life ( no pun intended) like a republican or a southern baptist.

[ these are said as JOKES if you cant laugh at this u got issues ]

since gargamel wanted to eat them , does that mean he was a nazi JOO because he wanted to make a Smurf cake ??
*rimshot*


*goes home and puts on Mel Gibsons' the Passion of the Jew (south park edition)*


incase no one else saw the episode of billy and mandy with the smurfs :

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vDm6maGwxg

 

[jaganar]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...3/The-Smurfs-are-anti-Semitic-and-racist.html

"The Smurfs are 'anti-Semitic and racist'
The Smurfs, the cuddly blue comic strip creatures loved by generations of children, are anti-Semitic and racist, treating blacks like moronic primates, a new book claims"

(OP)
seriously can anything we grew up with not be pulled apart

NOTE :
i want to apologize to anyone who is miffed about a slight history lesson here my bad ... i just cant stand idiots like the writer of the article , i bet he was mad when he found out the internet was dominated by porn sites instead of meaningful material .

that being said :

um i wonder if the author has a brain in his head ? being anti semitic means you HATE everyone of Semitic Decent ( ie the people of the Middle east not just jews) atleast logically since In Genesis 10:21-31, Shem is described as the father of Aram, Asshur, and Arpachshad: the Biblical ancestors of the Arabs, Aramaeans, Assyrians, Babylonians, Chaldeans, Sabaeans, and Hebrews, etc., all of whose languages are closely related; the language family containing them was therefore named Semitic by linguists.


ok i feel like a fool wiki just corrected me on anti semite :

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The term "anti-Semitic" (or "anti-Semite") overwhelmingly refers to Jews only. It was coined in 1879 by German journalist Wilhelm Marr in a pamphlet called, "The Victory of Germandom over Jewry". Using ideas of race and nationalism, Marr argued that Jews had become the first major power in the West. He accused them of being liberals, a people without roots who had Judaized Germans beyond salvation. In 1879 Marr founded the "League for Anti-Semitism".[2]

 

[Ponyboy]

i dunno Pony , but I miss the days when AMERICA was more concerned about the welfare of her citizens than POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.

Oh well I see the guy who wrote the Smurf article is from France. That explains it.

 

[Franklin Richards]

I heard they were anti-dentites.

 

[Ponyboy]

You're a rabid anti-Dentite!!

here's my Smurfs. Let's pick out which ones are definitely racist. There's a policeman in there, so you know he's on the list.

 

[Franklin Richards]

I think I see Grand Dragon Smurf.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Looks like the cast of The Smurf of a Nation to me.

 

[Victarion]

I'm racist, so this doesn't bother me at all.

 

[Ponyboy]

I think I see Grand Dragon Smurf.

Reminds me of that Dave Chappelle skit... "America's at war with Al Qaeda... but we're still losin' the war against AL SHARPTON!"

 

[Spidey-Bat]

"red hat and trousers are a nod to Stalin"

So is Mario a nod to Stalin, too?

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

You're a rabid anti-Dentite!!

here's my Smurfs. Let's pick out which ones are definitely racist. There's a policeman in there, so you know he's on the list.

Where's that smurf broad at? Can't find her.

 

[Ponyboy]

Actually I had one Smurfette, but my buddy Jay's daughter really wanted her so I gave her away.