The thing I hate about political cartoons is that, even on the occasions when they’re spot on, they still do shit like write ‘Iraq’ on the hornet’s nest. Yeah, I fucking get it.
It’s called satire. Go look it up, and the 100 years of cartoons preceding this one where everything analogous to a conflict is actually written on the metaphorical object in question.
You can have satire without the obvious “THIS HORNETS NEST IS IRAQ” written on it. That’s why Jonathan Swift didn’t write a disclaimer on “A Modest Proposal”â€â€and Berkeley Breathed didn’t write “I, Bill the Cat, represent all coked-out boozing pussy-hound politicians” when he was satirizing…everyone…during the Reagan years.
The thing I hate about political cartoons is that, even on the occasions when they’re spot on, they still do shit like write ‘Iraq’ on the hornet’s nest. Yeah, I fucking get it.
It’s called satire. Go look it up, and the 100 years of cartoons preceding this one where everything analogous to a conflict is actually written on the metaphorical object in question.
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How truthful.
You can have satire without the obvious “THIS HORNETS NEST IS IRAQ” written on it. That’s why Jonathan Swift didn’t write a disclaimer on “A Modest Proposal”â€â€and Berkeley Breathed didn’t write “I, Bill the Cat, represent all coked-out boozing pussy-hound politicians” when he was satirizing…everyone…during the Reagan years.
Ouch… just, ouch… funny as hell too.
Aw, rattybad, is it hitting a little too close to home for you?