Brother Entropy posted:

i'm not sure 'language evolves' is a uniquely leftist, modern leftist, or even a political phenomenon

Improbable Lobster posted:

Sounds like Stroop is mad that he can't call people "moon crickets" or something

BarbarianElephant posted:

I used the wrong word for trans people or something a while back and people yelled at me and I corrected my post and everyone was nice. No big deal. People who go nuts whenever they are corrected about the smallest thing should learn humility.

Improbable Lobster posted:

Sounds like Stroop is mad that he can't call people "moon crickets" or something

Stroop There It Is posted:

You guys are missing the point. Saying this is a problem on the left doesn't mean it isn't also a problem on the right. Of course it is, but I don't give a poo poo about making the right a more effective and inclusive movement, I care about what we do. It's also not about whether accepted terminology changes--of course it does, and those changes are even more rapid now because of the internet. What it is about is in-group vs. out-group dynamics, and how willing we are to attack people and label them in extreme ways based on very little evidence, and without giving them any opportunity to redeem themselves for a) doing actual bad poo poo or b) perceived slights. The fact that the internet basically preserves everything you've ever said contributes to this, because when you look at a post from 10 years ago, it is presented in exactly the same way a post you made today does, so people treat it like you said it yesterday.

I'm glad that went well for you, and I have hope that plenty of the community isn't like this. But I've seen plenty of instances where someone is branded as transphobic forever because they used "transgendered" or "transsexual" (which used to be much more common, and accepted, terms) or said something unintentionally somewhat offensive, and even if they apologize and demonstrate with their words and actions that they are not transphobic, they're constantly shouted down. I don't think this problem is universal across the left, but a particularly loud minority of people do behave this way.

Well, poo poo, you caught me.

Jay Rust posted:

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AGC. Fun exercise: Imagine how McCoy would draw him if Milo Y were a liberal.

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"Heilboy"

Stroop There It Is posted:

I am fine with "performative bullshit" and "slacktivism" as alternate terms, but they refer to the exact same phenomenon as "virtue signalling". I'm not down with suggesting that everyone who uses that term instead of the others is a Nazi shithead because there is nothing inherently lovely about that phrase, even if it's the phrase of choice for alt-right assholes who expand its meaning. It's fine if y'all prefer other terms, but while someone using terms preferred by shitheads makes me a bit cautious, I'm not going to dismiss someone entirely just because of that if there's nothing objectionable in the phrase itself.

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Edible Hat posted:

I like how even the right-leaning editorial cartoonists in the United Kingdom have decided to depict Theresa May as a ghoul. (It's probably because they're misogynists, right?)

Wheany posted:

Bill Day of all people drawing recognizable caricatures and not using a single label

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Cloud Potato posted:

Extra bonus toon!

https://twitter.com/mrbiffo/status/827598777099882496

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Pants Donkey posted:

It's funny because it's no different than a Mallard cartoon.

Strawman in a white void. He's done this countless times in his regular comic.

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AGC.

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After The War posted:

If you want a picture of the future, imagine posting YouveGotSomeGrowingUpToDoHitler.jpg over and over, page after page, forever.

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Garrison posted:

Students at Berkeley protested in the 1960s to help bring about freedom of political speech and activities at their university. They forced the administration to acknowledge that such speech should not end on campus.

 Nowadays, students at Berkeley want to end free speech. They chased Milo Yiannopoulos off campus and then physically attacked those with whom they disagree. The students turned classical liberalism into the very fascism that they claim to despise.

 

Chairman Mao once brought about a ‘Cultural Revolution’ that was designed to drive out so called ‘revisionists’ and generally instill fear into the populace. Why? Because he could and he enjoyed power. He encouraged China’s young people to harass professors and officials. Many older people suffered beatings, public humiliation and harassment by Mao’s young fanatics. This helped suppress any dissent—which was always something Mao enjoyed nipping in the bud. We’re now seeing a variation of this on many of today’s college campuses. Students are indoctrinated into a mindset that places feelings above logic and reason. They attack their enemies through violence—not debate. You cannot reason with a fist in the face. The ‘antifa’ students are funded by the billionaire sadist George Soros, who loves power and tyranny just as much as Mao did. Like Mao, he also wants to live forever.

 

Today, if you are conservative in many of America’s big cities, you had better keep your mouth shut. Wearing a pro-Trump hat invites a violent response from leftist thugs. Politicians on the left such as Tim Kaine are egging it on. The legacy media are also complicit.

 

The global elite could not install Hillary, so they are dancing a tantrum. As a result, Trump is threatened with assassination and his supporters are being physically assaulted. We have also seen Richard Spencer get sucker punched. Whether or not you agree with him is beside the point. Spencer does not advocate violence and his free speech should be protected like anyone else’s.

 

It’s time to stop the violence and start listening to each other. Instead of telling the police to ‘stand down’ in the face of reckless hate and violence from the left, the rule of law should be enforced. The First Amendment should be defended.

 

—Ben Garrison

Selachian posted:

Get bent, Payne. Betsy DeVos has bought all the Republicans on the Education Committee -- how else do you think she got through to the full Senate after her horrendous performance? She's not even shy about the fact that she buys influence.

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Politicians on the left such as Tim Kaine