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Tei posted:
Isn't that what basically happened with Sinn Fein as well as the PLO? They were given legitimacy and became political entities instead of car bombers
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You know I've been reading politoons too long because my first thought here was "that doesn't look like Ariana Grande at all!"
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May 26, 2017 19:01
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Delonas is such a turd
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May 26, 2017 19:04
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Sandpuppy posted:
I have no idea what is happening there but I dig it.
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May 26, 2017 19:05
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Sandpuppy posted:
Kids today with the emojeeeeez and the txtspk just cannot speak in indecipherable psychedelia.
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May 26, 2017 19:11
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Kurtofan posted:Delonas is such a turd He's also clearly never been on a subway in his life
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May 26, 2017 19:15
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How many comics has this guy made about the exact same thing now?
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May 26, 2017 19:16
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A more poignant question is: why doesn't he just trace a photo of a steaming turd and write 'the democratic party' on it. He could stop working altogether.
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May 26, 2017 19:19
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I thought we were gonna cut back on the megaposts.
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May 26, 2017 19:23
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Tei posted:
I do love that photo, but isn't it lovely to say he's "posing with the spouses of world leaders" when he himself is also the spouse of a world leader, something that's pointed out in the caption? I can't tell if it's being shittier to him or the women there but it's weird to separate them. Maybe if it just said "other spouses of world leaders," or just sort of subtly pointed it out in the 'from left to right' bit that usually accompanies group shots like this. I don't normally worry this much about this sort of thing.
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May 26, 2017 19:24
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Fister Roboto posted:How many comics has this guy made about the exact same thing now? When the brain implant in your head sends a painful electric shock to your brain stem for just thinking about criticizing Trump, your options are limited.
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May 26, 2017 19:33
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Sandpuppy posted:
I feel like some day we'll look back on comics like this the way we look back on comics like this: 
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May 26, 2017 19:34
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Cpt.Americant posted:I feel like some day we'll look back on comics like this the way we look back on comics like this: this cartoon is so good, always happy to see it show up.
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May 26, 2017 19:44
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Lord Hydronium posted:I mean, the goal of terrorism is to induce terror, usually far beyond the scope of those directly killed or injured; mocking and diminishing them instead of building them up as a terrifying threat can rob them of that power. Good point. I remember when John Kerry said in 2004 that we should handle terrorism in a rational way, and get to the point where they're not considered an existential threat but more of a "nuisance," like organized crime. Naturally, the right went nuts talking about how he just didn't understand the threat. Sandpuppy posted:
I don't even get what's wrong with this. Does she say that's not the reason? Does she say that it's better not to have a job? "She actually said this?" So what? Jurgan fucked around with this message at 20:09 on May 26, 2017 |
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May 26, 2017 19:58
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May 26, 2017 20:06
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Johnny Walker posted:I don't understand why Lester is so mad about this report. He thinks political opponents of the current regime are making up reasons to complain about an improving economy, even though the economy improving is an inarguable good thing Also: irony is dead
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May 26, 2017 20:10
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Johnny Walker posted:I don't understand why Lester is so mad about this report. It could be he's mad that a woman is speaking.
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May 26, 2017 20:10
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Johnny Walker posted:I don't understand why Lester is so mad about this report. Thing is Good, ergo thing is 0% Bad and 100% Good.
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May 26, 2017 20:10
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tbf I really hate those kinds of stupid news reports that are basically "studies show that good thing could have incredibly minor bad side effects" It's pure fluff.
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May 26, 2017 20:18
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Tei posted:I think this thread will love this photo: Who's the woman on the left? She looks like she's ready to break into a run.
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May 26, 2017 20:21
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Fister Roboto posted:tbf I really hate those kinds of stupid news reports that are basically "studies show that good thing could have incredibly minor bad side effects" Yeah, those are the kinds of fun facts you want to find in a Wikipedia article but not in broadcast news. It happens a lot during the Presidential election. It's interesting how long the candidate who has won Ohio has won the presidency, but it makes me roll my eyes when a newscaster will say it as if it's some sort of predictive metric.
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Fister Roboto posted:tbf I really hate those kinds of stupid news reports that are basically "studies show that good thing could have incredibly minor bad side effects" I agree but I also think it's worthwhile to realize and admit that good things can have bad aspects, and learn to accept those. A lot of people go all in on things and plug their ears when you bring up things they don't want to hear and it's at least part of why the politics in the US are so hosed right now. It also leads to the dumber kind of tribalism you see on the internet like people losing their poo poo if you suggest their favorite video game has a flaw of some kind.
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If nothing else, that statistic should serve to remind people that cars are an extremely stupid, very unsafe, environmentally unfriendly, ancient technology that we can't seem to divest ourselves from because we've built our entire infrastructure around them, and that somebody really should have invented better transportation at this point.
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Jedit posted:Who's the woman on the left? She looks like she's ready to break into a run. Brigitte Trogneux, I think?
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Bicyclops posted:we've built our entire infrastructure around them, and that somebody really should have invented better transportation at this point. The human cannon has been around for ages 
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Jedit posted:Who's the woman on the left? She looks like she's ready to break into a run. the french first lady.
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Johnny Walker posted:I don't understand why Lester is so mad about this report. The american centrist bowed his head solemnly and spoke. "People working is really good, people dying is only a little bad. You imbecile. You loving moron." Bicyclops posted:Yeah, those are the kinds of fun facts you want to find in a Wikipedia article but not in broadcast news. It happens a lot during the Presidential election. It's interesting how long the candidate who has won Ohio has won the presidency, but it makes me roll my eyes when a newscaster will say it as if it's some sort of predictive metric. Broadcast news necessarily must fill its airtime/column-inches, or at least must grasp the consumer's attention on a regular basis. If nothing important is happening, they have to make the things happening seem important.
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Cpt.Americant posted:I feel like some day we'll look back on comics like this the way we look back on comics like this: I just need to confirm: is this real? Or have I been pranked? Because if it is real it's almost too perfect, it's basically the exact opposite of what ended up happening.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:I just need to confirm: is this real? Or have I been pranked? Because if it is real it's almost too perfect, it's basically the exact opposite of what ended up happening. That happens a lot with political cartoons. Usually those ones end up in history books with the caption "look how wrong they were".
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:I just need to confirm: is this real? Or have I been pranked? Because if it is real it's almost too perfect, it's basically the exact opposite of what ended up happening. Yes. Weirdly enough, the only pre-Trump Campaign source I can easily find for it is this undergraduate English paper from 2014. If you wanna confirm it, you could buy a subscription to the New Orleans Times-Picayne to get access to their archives to see it but I don't wanna do that.
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Sandpuppy posted:
You know they COULD have reported on all the people who had insurance rates that weren't going to go up  Christ, even in Lester's world these people are dying before they even get to work, I'll give the choice of "live or have a job" to a group of people and see how many choose the latter.
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Is he implying that Greg Gianforte is going to murder his family and then hang himself?
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:I just need to confirm: is this real? Or have I been pranked? Because if it is real it's almost too perfect, it's basically the exact opposite of what ended up happening. It's what happened every time people thought Conservative politicians would be able to protect people.
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Lurdiak posted:I seriously don't understand why the kneejerk for all the warhawk cartoonists is to call terrorists pussies. Like do you think you're going to hurt their feelings? They're not doing this poo poo to prove how macho they are or impress you. terrorists operate not just in physical space, but in the world of ideas. by using acts of outrageous violence, they hope to gain the public spotlight as a means of recruiting adherents and influencing public policy. if a government cannot be cowed into acceding to the terrorists' demands, then it can be deprived of legitimacy (through its failure to stop attacks) or alienated from its populace (through overreach and overreaction). by painting terrorists as cowards and losers, you deprive them of that platform. they cease to be an unknowable evil in the eyes of the public. they cease to be a "classic sci-fi underdog battling a seemingly all powerful Evil Empire America against impossible odds" in the eyes of potential sympathizers. they are exactly "doing this poo poo" to "prove how macho they are [and] impress you" because that's how terrorism works. if you want to delegitimize an organization, then making fun of them is not a bad approach to take.
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QuoProQuid posted:they are exactly "doing this poo poo" to "prove how macho they are [and] impress you" because that's how terrorism works. if you want to delegitimize an organization, then making fun of them is not a bad approach to take. Any form of public acknowledgement is a boon to their cause.
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QuoProQuid posted:they are exactly "doing this poo poo" to "prove how macho they are [and] impress you" because that's how terrorism works. if you want to delegitimize an organization, then making fun of them is not a bad approach to take. Pointing out that the noble warriors of Jihad just valiantly killed a whole lot of innocent young girls is a good way to make some people who slightly sympathize them think differently. The true believers don't care of course.
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