Irish and Italian communities come together to stop Thomas Nast Hall of Fame honor

Nast was/is/will be just about THE MOST IMPORTANT cartoonist ever. To not 'allow' him get into the NJ H of F is insulting to one and all as well as diimishing the goal aspects of that honor. Yeah, he did say (via his drawings) things that are now 'politically incorrect' but at that time it was OK. Afterall, Boss Tweed did use his Gaelic ethnic cohorts for corruption in the City. That is a fact! Thus, Nast was only reporting reality. Also, though not the same NJ group, I am a 1990 inductee into the NJ L&G H of F. Thus, my longtime work to end discrimination has been recognized as well. So, we (the Irish) need to get into the 21st century and recognize that Nast was of the 19th century and his art is excellent. Lastly, as one who grew up in the legacy of JC's Mayor Hague, I personally am aware of Irish corruption and believe that had Nast been there then, he would have done a fine service dealing with corruption in Hudson County as well with his cartoons!!!!

This despicable imitation of a human being was a bigot of the worst sort. I only wish I could travel back in time to personally teach him a hard lesson to head off all the racial and sectarian hate damage he did to the Catholic, Irish and Italian communities during the height of his brutally bigoted, racist caricaturing dynasty. Better his legacy be exposed truthfully for the hateful evil creep he was or at the very least eradicated instead of honored.

Good on the Italians.

The bigger problem are these politcans or whoever was ready to vote this guy in .. I guess they didn't read any of his stuff? .. they can all pound sand ..

Who can blame them? The Irish were Nast's personal pinata. This is a good way to get even. No bigots need apply.

Gaeilge agus gairleog. It's sounds better in Irish, Rebelforce.

The Asbury Park Press likes Nast. More transparency needed here. Asbury Park was home to the 1020s New Jersey Catholic hating KKK. It's named for an anti-Catholic Methodist bishop whose relative wrote the anti-Irish "Gangs of New York." Lots of bodies buried in New Jersey.

Recently there have been a rash of well publicized anti-semitic attacks in NJ. But what can we expect after the state "hall of fame" offers up notorious bigot and hate-monger Thomas Nast as an "honoree" and "role model of excellence"? I'm glad to see the Italian-American community has raised it's voice against putting a bigot in the "hall of fame", but where's the Jewish-American community in this fight against honoring a bigot?

Gaelic and Garlic ... :)