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Prokhor Zakharov posted:Seriously? Seriously. Look at how much support Putin has among self-professed anti-imperialists for example.
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:Seriously? Yes. The Eastern Europe thread used to be full of posters defending Yanukovich and Putin because their enemies were aligned with "THE WEST", and the West is of course the enemy of the left.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Terry Wise has actually been pretty explicit in how he thinks beating kids is a good idea. I never said he wasn't. I said he never said "Abuse." (Fun fact: I might be wrong and he MAY have said the A word?) We both know that in his rose-tinted Normal Rockwell mind, beating the living hell out of a child for any infraction isn't "Abuse", it's good old fashioned discipline, and there's nothing wrong with disciplining an unruly child. I was trying to draw a parallel between his "beating kids isn't abuse" and the racist mindset of "Just because I hate people of certain ethnic descent and think they should be summarily executed doesn't make me racist." 
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You know that when Wise's kids were young he couldn't wait for them to fail to meet his expectations so he could let out some aggression on them.
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colonel_korn posted:Merry Christmas everyone! Don't forget to beat your kids -- Terry Wise Maybe your kids would respect you more if they didn't think you were an abusive rear end in a top hat.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Terry Wise has actually been pretty explicit in how he thinks beating kids is a good idea.
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Kugyou no Tenshi posted:In re: Those #@%^#@* Chicken Wings Isn't it basically just an inversion of "I'll have what she's having?"
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Jurgan posted:Isn't it basically just an inversion of "I'll have what she's having?" Short form of the version I first heard: Two kids decide they're old enough to start cussing. They decide they'll each choose a swear and say it the next morning. One kid chooses "poo poo", the other "hell". Next morning, Mom asks for breakfast orders. First kid says "poo poo, mom, make me some pancakes". Mom knocks child into next Tuesday, looks at second child, asks "And for you?", kid replies "I dunno, but it sure as hell won't be pancakes!"
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Fojar38 posted:Seriously. Look at how much support Putin has among self-professed anti-imperialists for example. steinrokkan posted:Yes. The Eastern Europe thread used to be full of posters defending Yanukovich and Putin because their enemies were aligned with "THE WEST", and the West is of course the enemy of the left. Good to see some folks are still fighting the good fight against the Scourge Of The Straw Men
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As far as I know Latuff hates Putin and the PRC about as much if not more than the US. The closest I remember to him being positive about them is a couple of cartoons where they smugly score a victory over the US, but that isn't supposed to be taken as support.
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Bors I must protest your defamation of Robespierre. He was against the lovely Middle-Ages monarchies depicted in that cartoon and most likely would not be a fan of Bush/Rumsfeld/Cheney/etc.. 
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 I really don't get these Cuba ones. Are they just old cold warriors that can't let go? Have any of them actually come up with a good reason not to normalize relations?
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Well sure, the right always has that knee-jerk reaction, but they also tend to come up with *reasons* at the same time so it isn't transparent to people that aren't paying much attention beyond headlines. The best they could do with Cuba was whining about human rights violations a week after being all pro-torture. edit Oh and Branco needs a big ol' one of these after those last two NYPD cartoons. 
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Kugyou no Tenshi posted:Short form of the version I first heard: So by beating her kid instead of telling them why what they did was wrong she failed to actually teach them anything: One kid swears and she hits him, and then the other kid also swears because he doesn't understand what caused the punishment since that was never explained to him. This joke and the Terry Wise comic that ripped it off are pretty good examples of one of the many, MANY reasons why physically assaulting your child is pointlessly cruel.
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Gen. Ripper posted:Bors I must protest your defamation of Robespierre. He was against the lovely Middle-Ages monarchies depicted in that cartoon and most likely would not be a fan of Bush/Rumsfeld/Cheney/etc.. The other problem is that the guillotine was intended as a humane and painless method of execution when invented, when compared to contemporary techniques. Torture is the exact opposite. Stop giving the noble guillotine a bad name, Matt!
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Seeing those "Cartoons By Henry" got me thinking about GA categories, and got the idea of an "I Looooooooove Death!" category for most open, uncoded bloodlust. His "disproportionate force" one and Muir going on about shooting immigrants for sport are the first that come to mind. Most of Kirschen's require the reader to make the leap of "if all Islams bad, what solution could be applied to finalize this problem?" but I'd "love" if anyone found something more direct. That Muir still gets me, though. I forget what came along and distracted us from that, but it should be brought up more often. Any others?
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:
Her friend... is Maleficent? The witch?  Aside from that I can't make sense of it either. There doesn't seem to be anyone noteworthy named Jen Townsend, nor any connection between that name and Maleficent.
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When Charles Dickens was writing "A Christmas Carol" he originally named the main character Tinsley after our good friend, Bruce, here. However, realizing that in the end the main character would be redeemed and come to know the true Spirit of Christmas he opted for a different name, lest his story not be taken seriously due to the association.
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Goddamn misuse of Pied Piper metaphors make me mad. THE PIPER ONLY TOOK THE KIDS BECAUSE THE TOWNSPEOPLE REFUSED TO PAY HIM. HE WAS NOT THE BAD GUY OF THE STORY. On top of that, the story of the Pied Piper has several parts and you need to at least imply all of them for the metaphor to work: 1) the Piper, 2) the problem the Piper addresses, 3) the cost of paying the Piper, and 4) the cost paid by refusing to pay the Piper. If you're missing an answer for any of those, DON'T USE A PIED PIPER METAPHOR. Of course Ramirez doesn't even make sense on a "missing the point" level, he's just saying "haha Obama babby what a baby" and "Al Sharpton clairvoyant mystic SCARY AL." Then again, these are the people who missed the moral of Green Eggs and Ham. I don't even know. Abyssal Squid fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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The Pied Piper was a total dick. Your exterminator isn't going to get away with kidnapping because you stiffed him on the bill.
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I'm surprised he didn't go for "more like PAID piper"  Edit: I know that's missing the point ,but then politoons.
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The pied piper was just a strong libertarian figure demanding fair compensation for his labor, Rorus.
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:
Looks like Muir went and tried to do that 'drawing' thing again with the faces in panel 3. And just like every other time, it's goddamn nightmare fuel  .
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Isizzlehorn posted:Looks like Muir went and tried to do that 'drawing' thing again with the faces in panel 3. 
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:
I believe it means he was able to scrape up enough this week for a trip to RedBox.
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Good luck to Muiry Sue in his courageous battle against ptosis 
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Abyssal Squid posted:Goddamn misuse of Pied Piper metaphors make me mad. THE PIPER ONLY TOOK THE KIDS BECAUSE THE TOWNSPEOPLE REFUSED TO PAY HIM. HE WAS NOT THE BAD GUY OF THE STORY. On top of that, the story of the Pied Piper has several parts and you need to at least imply all of them for the metaphor to work: 1) the Piper, 2) the problem the Piper addresses, 3) the cost of paying the Piper, and 4) the cost paid by refusing to pay the Piper. If you're missing an answer for any of those, DON'T USE A PIED PIPER METAPHOR. Of course Ramirez doesn't even make sense on a "missing the point" level, he's just saying "haha Obama babby what a baby" and "Al Sharpton clairvoyant mystic SCARY AL." So what you're saying is that Ramirez is basically the Pied Piper of politcal cartoonists right
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:
I think it just means that Sam has a kind of weird/cool photographer friend who enjoys wearing strange costumes during video chats. The joke is that she's asking for advice on taking Christmas photos, but the friend is dressed in an outfit that's more Halloween themed. As far as I can tell it's one of those rare DbD strips that contains lighthearted character based humor instead of terrible, soul-crushing political talking points. Space Cadet Omoly fucked around with this message at 08:22 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Shadeoses posted:That really should be Black Santa. SANTA IS WHITE!  
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It's hilarious how just about every single one of these can just be distilled to "shut up black people"
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The GOP thrives on aping an outmoded, kitschy subculture and ends up looking like sort of a douche in the process. A Rockabilly Cartoon.
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The only way to have an honest discussion about racism is to shut up and allow the people who feel they are affected by it to speak. That's how discussion works. It always amazes me how Lester can take the most banal truism of a platitude and make it be a bad thing.
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If the point of the cartoon is that Sharpton, Obama, and de Blasio are race-hustling dividers, then why do they have a multicultural group of children calmly following them? Doesn't look like the kids got the message that they're all supposed to hate and mistrust each other. They look pretty peaceful and united to me. Sad thing is, I know the answer is "Ramirez is a hack" because that's always the answer.
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So when I say "Hey, Lester, maybe it would be better if you didn't draw Al Sharpton in the style of A Wyatt Mann when you want to criticise him for calling out racists", what will the interpreter say I said? Answers on a postcard, please.
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