Politoons 2022: I am the Warax, I speak for the MICs

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Dr. VooDoo: May 4, 2006

I�m not surprised conservatives see a billionaire buying Twitter and making it entirely private with only his voice controlling it as freedom of speech :laffo:

Raised By Birds posted:

Michael Ramirez

Ah yes. Spanish conquistadors. Those wonderful freedom spreaders

Dr. VooDoo fucked around with this message at 14:05 on Apr 28, 2022

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Dr. VooDoo posted:

I’m not surprised conservatives see a billionaire buying Twitter and making it entirely private with only his voice controlling it as freedom of speck

Yeah they're bacon liberties with the definition.

# ? Apr 28, 2022 13:10

Cloud Potato: Jan 9, 2011; "I'm... happy!"

Guardian:

"Martin Rowson on the Mail on Sunday�s sexist Angela Rayner story � Widely condemned �Basic Instinct� accusation seen as sign misogyny is alive and well"

Telegraph:

Rishi Sunak under pressure from Cabinet to cut tax

Matt:

Tory MP under investigation for watching pornography in the Commons

Independent:

Matt Hancock blames Public Health England after damning High Court ruling on Covid in care homes

Times:

Evening Standard:

Stephen Collins:

# ? Apr 28, 2022 17:18

Lawman 0: Aug 17, 2010

Jay Rust posted:

If things continue as they�re going here�s a possible vision of the future. It�s satire

Satire died with 9/11 though.

# ? Apr 28, 2022 19:46

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

Raised By Birds posted:

Tony Branco

I would love to hear Branco try to explain what specific policies Biden has that are Marxist without resorting to "Government controlling everything" or "CRT."

# ? Apr 28, 2022 20:10

duz: Jul 11, 2005; Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost

Vib Rib posted:

Yeah if there's one thing billionaires typically love it's dissenting opinions. Definitely a good idea to let a single man control it. Conservatives love to say "who decides?" when the left talks about hate speech and so on but just like everything else when "the guy who decides" turns out to be on their side, it's totally fine, actually.

Also cmon, we know what speech is actually being veiled here.

https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1050391663552671744

Space Cadet Omoly posted:

It's boring. It's not the underlying message I disagree with, it's that the underlying message is being presented in a way that isn't interesting.

I know doing the same thing over and over again in political cartoons is pretty much the standard, but it still gets dull seeing a message presented a certain way again and again and again even when it's a message you support.

Ok.

# ? Apr 28, 2022 20:17

BonHair: Apr 28, 2007

Twelve by Pies posted:

I would love to hear Branco try to explain what specific policies Biden has that are Marxist without resorting to "Government controlling everything" or "CRT."

High gas price, inflation, Russia invading Ukraine, Mexican gangs killing half of Texas, and so on.

Anything bad happening is a deliberate Marxist policy of the Biden administration. This goes double for things that are not in fact happening.

# ? Apr 28, 2022 20:31

SubG: Aug 19, 2004; It's a hard world for little things.

Raised By Birds posted:

Michael Ramirez

Plucky l'il genocidal, slave-trading imperialists. All they want is ~~gold~~ freedom.

# ? Apr 28, 2022 20:41

Raised By Birds: May 5, 2013

quote:

ZELENSKY HAS TO KEEP HIS NAZIS HAPPY

Ukraine�s President Zelensky claims he needs $7 billion per month in aid and he expects the west to deliver it.

We know that Biden and his government operatives will be willing to pony up American taxpayer dough to keep the war in Ukraine raging. After all, the US Military Industrial Complex and the CIA love war. The latter helps start them. The MIC doesn�t care if Biden left behind billions of dollars worth of high tech military equipment to the enemy in Afghanistan. Maybe it was done intentionally in the hopes the Taliban will use it to start new conflicts and the MIC will make even more money selling weaponry to combat the weaponry left behind.

We had no business pushing NATO onto Ukraine, which is not a Democracy. Rather, it�s a Kleptocracy and now the criminals in that country stand to rake in even more graft. Will Hunter get a cut and kick 10 percent up to �the big guy,� aka his father? Probably. The US pushed Russia into starting a war and now the MIC hopes the conflict will be dragged out bloody year after bloody year. Do they know they�re risking a nuclear war? Apparently profits override such worries.

What�s maddening and tragic is Biden will do nothing to protect our own borders. In fact, he insisted they be kept wide open to expedite the flow of millions of illegal aliens as well as drugs and crime. Let�s face it. Dementia Joe hates America and has done everything possible during his first two years to destroy it. Biden will not spend a dime to protect our own borders, but Ukraine�s borders are so precious that they deserve many billions of dollars per month to defend!

They say the midterms will solve a lot of the insanity tossed at us by the Democrats, but I�m not so sure. They stole the election from Trump�who�s to say they won�t steal the midterms and the next presidential election? Have they tossed the Dominion voting machines overboard like our forefathers did with the crates of tea in Boston? No. Will mail-in ballots and drop boxes be disallowed? I don�t think so.

Expect the midterm elections to be stolen. The globalist bankers and WEF men made sure their man, the hated Macron, was reelected. Le Pen votes were tossed out by the score because it was claimed the ballots were �damaged.� It�s who counts the votes that matter and the WEF may as well be doing the counting. We know they don�t care if we get angry or not. The angry populace cannot coalesce and carry out real action. The FBI and other security agencies quickly infiltrate and arrest such groups and label them �insurrectionists.�

One thing we can count on�the US government and Biden will continue to fund Ukraine over America. After all, they�re traitors.

� Ben Garrison

UPDATE: Resident Biden just asked for the magic illuminati number of �33� billion dollars to pour down the Ukraine rat hole. Meanwhile Americans suffer with open borders and massive inflation.

Democrats hate you.

And we know they're Nazis from all those copies of The Sims.

# ? Apr 28, 2022 21:05

Somfin: Oct 25, 2010; In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.; Nap Ghost

Jay Rust posted:

No one is saying "so why bother"

If the left's message isn't "so why bother" then why do so many posters in the politoons thread keep saying that it is

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

# ? Apr 28, 2022 21:36

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

BonHair posted:

inflation

Well okay Marx did imagine his ideal society as not having money so inflating money to the point where it would become worthless could kind of be considered Marxist, I guess, in a way?

quote:

the magic illuminati number of �33� billion dollars

Every time Ben posts a rant I learn some insane new poo poo I had no idea existed. Now the number 33 is an evil Illuminati number? Sure, why not!

# ? Apr 28, 2022 21:49

DalaranJ: Apr 15, 2008; Yosuke will now die for you.

Raised By Birds posted:

Bob Gorrell

Gorrell refuses to apologize.

# ? Apr 28, 2022 21:50

Kammat: Feb 9, 2008; Odd Person

Is this the first time Ben's openly insinuated Biden is a pedophile?

# ? Apr 28, 2022 21:54

Despera: Jun 6, 2011

Wonder if ben freaks out every time hes at denver international

# ? Apr 28, 2022 22:10

bunnyofdoom: Mar 29, 2008; I've been here the whole time, and you're not my real Dad!

Kammat posted:

Is this the first time Ben's openly insinuated Biden is a pedophile?

Ha ha no

# ? Apr 28, 2022 23:41

Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Pope:

The housing crisis in Australia is a big issue with demand far exceeding supply as rents skyrocket and the government focusing more on home ownership.

Rowe:

A whole bunch of election stuff in one cartoon.

Lethbridge:

The Australian one dollar coin.

Wilcox:

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese. While the government is an absolute bin fire of awfulness it's important to note that the alternative running against them is also quite poo poo.

Leak, Son of Leak:

Monique Ryan is an independent running in the seat of Kooyong in Melbourne against treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Kooyong is regarded a blue ribbon seat, the seat of Robert Menzies and always been held by Liberals or their predecessors, but support has been slipping with Frydenberg and this time there appears to be real pressure for him to keep hold of it. Frydenberg especially is in trouble because he spent the entire pandemic slagging off Victoria despite his electorate living there.

Warren Brown:

Another Australian election classic. It does not matter how cruel Labor's refugee policy is, the conservatives are always going to run on this.

# ? Apr 28, 2022 23:42

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Despera posted:

Wonder if ben freaks out every time hes at denver international

Ben is getting Dees� worldview but none of his talent.

# ? Apr 29, 2022 02:22

Angepain: Jul 13, 2012; what keeps happening to my clothes

Cloud Potato posted:

Times:

Are we sure they weren't just looking at british political cartoons

# ? Apr 29, 2022 02:22

Raised By Birds: May 5, 2013

Lalo Alcaraz

Nick Anderson

Robert Ariail

Chip Bok

Steve Breen

John Deering

Clay Jones

KAL

Steve Kelley

Mike Lester

Mike Lukovich

Gary Markstein

Marty Two Bulls

Jack Ohman

Michael Ramirez

Drew Sheneman

Jeff Stahler

Dana Summers

Matt Wuerker

Tony Branco

quote:

Old Yeller: Biden ending tile 42 is sending a loud and clear message that the border is wide open to all.

# ? Apr 29, 2022 03:50

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Dr. VooDoo posted:

Ah yes. Spanish conquistadors. Those wonderful freedom spreaders

The puritans didn't have much use for freedom of speech as well, unless they mean freedom to burn women at the stake for the crime of speaking in church.

# ? Apr 29, 2022 05:22

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

logger posted:

The puritans didn't have much use for freedom of speech as well, unless they mean freedom to burn women at the stake for the crime of speaking in church.

No they didn't. Nobody was burnt by Puritans for speaking in church or witchcraft.

Vincent Van Goatse fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Apr 29, 2022

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# ? Apr 29, 2022 06:09

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Vincent Van Goatse posted:

No they didn't. Nobody was burnt by Puritans for speaking in church or witchcraft.

Burnt, no, but Samuel Parris (the Puritan minister in Salem) led to 19 hangings and one guy getting pressed to death for Witchcraft.

Burning women for being witches has been done by religious zealots of all stripes, including Catholics, Protestants and Puritans up until the 1600s, but fell out of favor for hanging.

J.A.B.C. fucked around with this message at 06:25 on Apr 29, 2022

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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

5

And what exactly does he feel

# ? Apr 29, 2022 06:22

Murdstone: Jun 14, 2005; I'm feeling Jimmy

Raised By Birds posted:

Mike Lester

And how many people fall into that category, Mikey? Please, enlighten is about the many thousands of Americans in this day and age getting out of college debt-free thanks to savings and sacrifice and, I assume, good old American gumption.

# ? Apr 29, 2022 07:16

axolotl farmer: May 17, 2007; Now I'm going to sing the Perry Mason theme

I don't get why anyone would take out student loans when you can just pay for tuition, textbooks and living expenses by working at a gas station a few nights a week? :confused:

# ? Apr 29, 2022 08:22

Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Rall: The Secret Sauce of American Exceptionalism

Ted Rall posted:

Nothing that Russia is doing in Ukraine is something that the United States has done many times elsewhere over the years. But there�s a big difference in the way that these events get covered. When the US does something horrible, it is dismissed as an incongruous departure from standard American values or simply not covered at all.

First Dog on the Moon: The anti-government and the anti-Labor scare campaigns: aren�t we already horrified?

Trapezium Dave fucked around with this message at 09:01 on Apr 29, 2022

# ? Apr 29, 2022 08:53

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Twelve by Pies posted:

I would love to hear Branco try to explain what specific policies Biden has that are Marxist without resorting to "Government controlling everything" or "CRT."

I keep track of Russian diaspora opinions, for my sins, and people who actually lived in the Soviet Union as adults have the exact same takes - the former slave-owning Democrats are Marxist because they support identity politics and the government controlling stuff.

Edit:

Somfin posted:

If the left's message isn't "so why bother" then why do so many posters in the politoons thread keep saying that it is

quote:

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST):
Using SA posts as evidence for the nature of broad political movements.

Yeaaah, that's definitely what that post was about.

Xander77 fucked around with this message at 09:35 on Apr 29, 2022

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Xander77 posted:

Yeaaah, that's definitely what that post was about.

It was a fun one to see show up in my rap sheet, for sure

# ? Apr 29, 2022 11:00

the_steve: Nov 9, 2005; We're always hiring!

All of these "Elon buying Twitter" cartoons just keep making me think of "The cartoonist has no idea how X works" from when Net Neutrality was still a hot issue.

# ? Apr 29, 2022 13:06

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

the_steve posted:

All of these "Elon buying Twitter" cartoons just keep making me think of "The cartoonist has no idea how X works" from when Net Neutrality was still a hot issue.

Part of their function is misinformation, whether they�re aware of it or not. It seemed like it was a big discovery when everyone noticed that trump could just lie about doing something and all his fans would believe him, at least to me. All these cartoonists are part of a project to create their own reality.

# ? Apr 29, 2022 13:18

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

I mean it�s really more an extension of how Rush Limbaugh lied in the 80s and got away with it. They want the ability to push their bullshit narratives to as many people as possible.

# ? Apr 29, 2022 13:39

Antigravitas: Dec 8, 2019; Die Rettung fuer die Landwirte:

Shitpost-worthy Spiegel cover that I'm going to call a political cartoon.

The Olive Greens

# ? Apr 29, 2022 15:47

Dr. VooDoo: May 4, 2006

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

5

Okay, Lesser McCoy. What did he say?

# ? Apr 29, 2022 17:47

fibblins: Dec 21, 2007; party swan

Xander77 posted:

I keep track of Russian diaspora opinions, for my sins, and people who actually lived in the Soviet Union as adults have the exact same takes - the former slave-owning Democrats are Marxist because they support identity politics and the government controlling stuff.

shocking that soviets weren't all expert marxists

# ? Apr 29, 2022 17:50

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

fibblins posted:

shocking that soviets weren't all expert marxists

I suppose it's basically the equivalent of going "we're a republic, not a democracy" (pretend I bothered doing the Spongebob font there) despite presumably going through Civics 101.

Or a demonstration of the power of propaganda.

# ? Apr 29, 2022 18:18

Terrible Opinions: Oct 18, 2013

Marx is bad man source of all evil. There isn't anything more complicated than that for the right wing saying someone they don't like is Marxist. Same way Evangelicals blame the Devil.

# ? Apr 29, 2022 18:22