Shit I'd certainly feel safer in a National Park knowing that anyone I see might be carrying a concealed weapon
what the fucking fuck
― ledge, Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
One of the orginal reasons they banned loaded weapons in Nat'l Parks (unlike Nat's Forests where it's permitted) is that hunting is strictly prohibited and they didn't want any jackasses poaching endangered species.
― a serviceable substitute for wit (Michael White), Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i was thinking of forests!
― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i thought the people in the first frame were meant to be cavemen or something.
― mensrightsguy (internet person), Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
No, they're just the kind of cretins who feel 'naked' when they're not packing heat.
― a serviceable substitute for wit (Michael White), Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean I can see the argument for concealed carry in an urban situation. I don't buy it, but I can see it. In a national park though, those hotbeds of crime and violence, sure, whatever, you batshit rightwing loon.
and yeah the literal depiction of the 'exposed' metaphor in the cartoon is totally confusing and dumb.
― ledge, Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone remember a parody piece written after Virginia Tech, imagining what would happen if all students could 'pack heat'?
― ledge, Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I believe, under the old law, you could bring your weapon into the park but it had to remain broken down or locked or something and the ammo had to be stored separately or something. I mean, an outright ban would be an undue burden of people traveling thousands of miles, who want to get in alittle , legal hunting along the way or whatnot, but concealed weapons in nat'l parks is pretty fucked up.
― a serviceable substitute for wit (Michael White), Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link
can someone please explain why they make such a distinction between weapons and concealed weapons?
― koogs, Friday, 12 December 2008 09:25 (fifteen years ago) link
those lisa benson drawings as well, are you sure they are rightwing batshit cartoons becuase i've been reading them the other way entirely. eg that it's a crying shame that public education doesn't afford people any choices. (ok, the others, i can't really explain those)
― koogs, Friday, 12 December 2008 09:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Probably because hunting is boring but concealed weapons mean that hopefully someday your fantasy of killing a kid who mugs you or breaks into your house can come true.
― a better command of the mummy language (joygoat), Friday, 12 December 2008 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i meant that the punch line was that without guns, people are "exposed". i think they say that exactly too.
― miss precious perfect (musically), Friday, 12 December 2008 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks, george bush! someone still loves ya!
― mensrightsguy (internet person), Friday, 12 December 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
can we start a new thread, this one is hueg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 12 December 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/mallard/2000/MFT20081211.jpg
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/mallard/2000/MFT20081212.jpg
so, i'm assuming this guy backs your standard silver coins/purestrain gold/ron paul-ish distrust of national currencies and/or federally backed bank and treasury notes
― Vault Boy Bobblehead: Drinking (kingfish), Friday, 12 December 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I think his point is "government money" is actually "taxpayer money."
― Kerm, Friday, 12 December 2008 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
new thread:
Chuck Asay died for your sins: batshit rightwing cartoonists 2009
― Vault Boy Bobblehead: Drinking (kingfish), Friday, 12 December 2008 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
how is that a "point"? the money you pay in taxes originally belonged to someone else before you traded your labor for it, and by paying taxes you're trading it for labor and services done by the government. it's no more a fiction than "taxpayer money" or "corporate money" or anything else
― the talented mr shipley (and what), Friday, 12 December 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
As somebody pointed out on that other forum, a lot of these can be distilled down into "THOSE FUCKERS, OUR SHIT" etc
― Vault Boy Bobblehead: Drinking (kingfish), Friday, 12 December 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Have we discussed this yet?
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/ea1cf7fd-7273-4031-a84b-dce41da4f654.h2.jpg
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Friday, 20 February 2009 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link
On the current thread, yeah.
― Mordy, Friday, 20 February 2009 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah, I didn't see there was a new one, sorry.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Friday, 20 February 2009 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
chait's catalog of 'weekly standard' covers is kind of funny
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/86076/weekly-standard-cover-hippies?page=0,0
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 1 April 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvkVimzIMAEbwjx.png
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 21 August 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link
why'd we stop posting rightwing cartoons? did it just get too depressing for everyone?
― Mordy, Thursday, 21 August 2014 14:53 (nine years ago) link
yup
― i was a downy lad, and twee (stevie), Thursday, 21 August 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
am just remembering that i stopped clicking on this thread for that very reason
i think it's because you can't go to the artist's house and punch them in the back of the head
― Spectrum, Thursday, 21 August 2014 14:57 (nine years ago) link
ILX has a weird relationship with comics, period
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 21 August 2014 14:57 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I bailed out of skimming thru these things when it hit my limit of activated comorbidity.
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Thursday, 21 August 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
I almost revived the current-ish thread with Ferguson materials but I got too angry at the batshit ones - though they seemed thin on the ground - surprising number of conservative cartoons focusing, reasonably, on the militarization of Main Street theme, etc.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 22 August 2014 01:05 (nine years ago) link
the batshit right wing got too real
― example (crüt), Friday, 22 August 2014 01:34 (nine years ago) link
"the cartoonist has no idea how net neutrality works"
http://agoodcartoon.tumblr.com/post/112519623990/the-cartoonist-has-no-idea-how-net-neutrality
― davey, Monday, 2 March 2015 23:51 (nine years ago) link
Those rule. lol I guess I'm pretty out of the loop, would never have guessed there's this huge right-wing groundswell against net neutrality.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 02:03 (nine years ago) link
i may be totally off here but i think conservative keyboard warriors really only got on board very recently. it seems like i remember even dudes like glenn beck being FOR it back when it first became a mainstream(ish) concern. of course this all changed as soon as the usual suspects started spoon-feeding the idiot feedback loop
― casual male (will), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 02:45 (nine years ago) link
Not exactly sure what Ben Garrison was going for here. pic.twitter.com/b0rU3XNNoc— Female Orgasm Expert (@JarJarFan69) July 31, 2020
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Saturday, 1 August 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link