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J.A.B.C. posted:' It's literally 'Free Speech is bad, actually' written in bold. Yes? Not everyone believes free speech is inherently positive. Even in America we sort of hand have away the fact we don't either. (Fire in a crowded room, soliciting crimes, etc etc)
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What are those brown things ('Afghanistan' etc.) supposed to be?
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Clubs, I'd guess. Not only does the metaphor suck, it's not even applied consistently. That part at least could be fixed by labelling the donkey's club 'Jan 6th'.
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J.A.B.C. posted:I get that China Daily's whole thing is that the U.S. is the great enemy keeping noble China from benevolently ruling the world, but come on. 'America talks about the importance of a free press because America is puppeting America, to serve evil American Imperialist interests.' It's literally 'Free Speech is bad, actually' written in bold. I mean, I'm no symbologist, but it could be that they consider Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty to be two separate symbols, one representing the US and the other representing something else. "American 'freedom' is a fake idea" is not exactly a complex take. E: Skios posted:Clubs, I'd guess. Not only does the metaphor suck, it's not even applied consistently. That part at least could be fixed by labelling the donkey's club 'Jan 6th'. You're overestimating Goodwyn; he thinks those are good clubs that will be used to pummel hale and hearty horses who deserve it, and is also poo poo at metaphors.
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No no no, really it ought to be a crate full of dead horses instead of clubs, and the crate shouldn't be labelled "118th congress", that should be on a club being held by the elephant. Also the clubs should be floggers, and the cartoon should be in the bin
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Y'know, as much as people dislike the post-apoc cartoons, this one is a perfect representation of the problems with not only the capitalist system, but with the issues with overcoming it. There's a perfectly obvious solution (kill and possibly eat Kromm before dividing his wealth amongst the destitute) but people are too busy trying to curry favor with him rather than just overthrowing him. Rise up and seize the means of pillaging! All raiders are equal!
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:I mean, I'm no symbologist, but it could be that they consider Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty to be two separate symbols, one representing the US and the other representing something else. Which isn't that controversial. We supposedly have a free press with free speech, yet in say the Iraq War they just acted as stenographers for the state department's manufactured casus belli. Even under Trump they held back vital information from the public in order to preserve their official access or save material for a book etc.
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J.A.B.C. posted:I get that China Daily's whole thing is that the U.S. is the great enemy keeping noble China from benevolently ruling the world, but come on. 'America talks about the importance of a free press because America is puppeting America, to serve evil American Imperialist interests.' It's literally 'Free Speech is bad, actually' written in bold. China Daily propaganda routinely pursues the position that democratic elections and free speech are bad and/or futile. This position, which isn't very persuasive except to the most brain-poisoned of the online American audiences, is a necessity for the authors because of a combination of the following: a) they believe it and can't understand how such claims get perceived by their target audiences, b) they will face consequences if they use intermediate or more subtle claims that even pay lip service to the notions of democracy or civil liberties, and, critically, c) they believe they may face consequences for taking such positions. Crucially, all three of these factors apply to the cartoonists, and their supervisors, and everyone else up the chain.
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idonotlikepeas posted:All the chickens come on home to roost But you just can't do Things your e: Personally the only time in my 20 years that an order ever came down on the newsroom was when some trumpheaded little poo poo inherited his daddy's paper and didn't want the then-candidate to receive negative coverage. I quit immediately after. Saint Sputnik fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Jan 5, 2023 |
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Branco is the only political cartoonist stupid enough to support Santos because of course he is. Even other right wing cartoonists are dunking on him, or pretending he doesn't exist.
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Honestly, I considered giving him a Kellies Nomination: Worst Overall just for that.
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 Pope:  Rowe:  Leak, Son of Leak:  NSW woman repatriated from Syria charged with allegedly entering Islamic State territory (Guardian). Note she is charged with entering Syria in 2014 to be with her husband, not for anything after she was repatriated back to Australia.
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Skios posted:A.F. Branco Really though, even for this idiot it's weird to see him go to bat for Santos when the Republican Party has clearly made the correct move of either turning on him or shutting the gently caress up about it entirely. Edit: Twelve by Pies posted:Branco is the only political cartoonist stupid enough to support Santos because of course he is. Even other right wing cartoonists are dunking on him, or pretending he doesn't exist. The Islamic Shock fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Jan 5, 2023 |
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Sometimes Branco makes something so gloriously stupid I just have to sit and bask in it for a bit. He's one of my favorite
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Ah yes, "Afghanistan". There's an issue where the GOP can freely dunk on Dems, seeing as the GOP has totally clean hands there, yep. If only the Dems, and Dems alone, hadn't dragged the country into a pointless war on Afghanistan!
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I think the lesson of Santos is that if you want to have a political career you better stick to lying about unimportant poo poo no one cares about like weapons of mass destruction in oil-rich countries, illegal domestic surveillance programs, whether an aid worker you slagged along with his kids is a terrorist, etc and always tell the truth about the real consequential stuff like where you went to school
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Mr. Belpit posted:Ah yes, "Afghanistan". There's an issue where the GOP can freely dunk on Dems, seeing as the GOP has totally clean hands there, yep. If only the Dems, and Dems alone, hadn't dragged the country into a pointless war on Afghanistan! Biden's crime was in withdrawing from Afghanistan, not in going there. Obviously 'covid origin' is another issue that GOP will be able to use against Biden.
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Nenonen posted:Biden's crime was in withdrawing from Afghanistan, not in going there. Biden left because of a settlement negotiated by Trump and Pompeo that released thousands of Taliban fighters for 'we promise not to shoot you, for realsies' that they broke as soon as it was convenient for them. And the whole 'COVID Origin' thing is going back to demonizing Fauci for the gall to tell people to take basic health safety precautions. Because he was the one supporting Gain of Function research at the Chinese Biolab where it was made, after all. Every one of the 'issues' the GOP wants to use on the dems are fake and inflated, ultimately harmless.
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Stiglich (whose previous cartoons have revealed him to be a disgusting pro-KKK piece of poo poo) is advocating that pro-Trumpers and never-Trumpers join up, when they are diametrically opposed to each other by definition. Maybe he thinks they can find common ground in hating minorities, or something.
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So, Democrats hold hearings on actual issues while the GOP wastes time. A truthful cartoon.
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Also it's inadvertently suggesting Democrats have a lot of issues they talk about while Republicans focus solely on the laptop.
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Democrats hold hearings on important issues while Republicans hold hearings in irrelevant witch hunts. AGC. Also, since he repeated the exact same pose 7 times...Kellies Nomination: Laziest Non-Gorell
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Rall: Work Remotely As a Cop Ted Rall posted:Police departments are having trouble recruiting new members. Many unemployed people prefer to work from home. Now there’s a solution: work as a cop, from home!
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I shall forget you presently, my dear, So make the most of this, your little day, Your little month, your little half a year Ere I forget, or die, or move away, And we are done forever; by and by I shall forget you, as I said, but now, If you entreat me with your loveliest lie I will protest you with my favorite vow. I would indeed that love were longer-lived, And vows were not so brittle as they are, But so it is, and nature has contrived To struggle on without a break thus far,— Whether or not we find what we are seeking Is idle, biologically speaking. Clay Bennett  Marty Two Bulls  Lisa Benson  Steve Kelley  John Deering  Matt Davies  KAL 
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My gaze lingered on the pic, thinking about how far SKelly and Payne can push their beak creatures before the reader has no idea these are meant to be human faces... when I noticed the feet on the couch. What the gently caress is up with that.
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Xander77 posted:My gaze lingered on the pic, thinking about how far SKelly and Payne can push their beak creatures before the reader has no idea these are meant to be human faces... when I noticed the feet on the couch. What the gently caress is up with that. I think the man is supposed to be laying down on the couch, but SKelley obviously cannot do perspective.
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I wonder if SKelley's creative process involves watching the news all day, shouting humorous remarks at the TV, and then recreating the moment in cartoon form and adding a wife.
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That Jorp cartoon is rich, especially after listening to this week's behind the bastards on his dumbass tv show.
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Dr Jorp, this is the board of psycologists: please stop tweeting. Jorp: This is 1983!
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Wait, that comic was being in favor of J. Sweaty Peterson? I thought it was him being petulant child in face of criticism.
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Mordaedil posted:Wait, that comic was being in favor of J. Sweaty Peterson? I thought it was him being petulant child in face of criticism. Yes. The board is speaking 'psycobabble' (reeducation camp is the key one)
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