Plantu's drawing on the explosions in Beirut displeases Internet users

“The Lebanon tree is a symbol of eternity and peace, and you're not the first moron to replace it with a symbol of death. It's not a tribute, it's an insult. ". This Tuesday, August 4, around 6 p.m., a large part of the Lebanese capital was devastated by a double explosion in the port of the city, killing at least 100 people and injuring thousands. Following the news, the drawing of Plantu A of the World problem.

The cedar which appears in the center of the Lebanese flag is no more, it has been replaced by a mushroom comparable to that of a "nuclear explosion", estimate the dozens of Internet users on Twitter about the illustration. The tweets deplore a "lack of compassion", "of decency" and regret the "bad taste" of the artist. Others also mocked the aesthetic of the design alluding to "broccoli". A "shame" for a newspaper such as Le Monde adds the public who asks Plantu to "delete" the image.

The Lebanon tree is a symbol of eternity and peace.

And you're not the first jerk to replace it with a symbol of death.

It's not a tribute it's an insult

You're neither original, neither relevant nor benevolent.

Delete

Faced with the controversy, let us dare to criticize the drawing of #Plantu, where the cedar has been replaced by a mushroom reminiscent of the nuclear explosion.
Perhaps the weeping willow, put on top of this tree, would have brought the missing touch of compassion to the bruised people # Beirut pic.twitter.com/BdX7HOqEzz

Wasn't there a way to make a drawing that better expresses the compassion we all feel towards the Lebanese people?

This is not the first time that the designer has been criticized. Already in 2005, a caricature of a woman from behind, seated, with a glass of champagne in her hand and whose face of a woman in a niqab replaced her apparent thong had aroused the indignation of Internet users, according to  Le Point. . Eight years later, a Catholic association had also sued him for the illustration of a pope sodomizing a child. She had incriminated him for "provoking hatred or religious discrimination, also recalls  Le Point .

CULTURE SHOCK. pic.twitter.com/Bv2mDatuM8

Scandalous, Obscene: The drawings of Plantu (Le Monde) insulting the Pope and the Cathos! He is more discreet for Islam pic.twitter.com/RPn0EkMpN3

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