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Halifax cartoonist’s response to Kavanaugh hearing goes viral (Warning: upsetting imagery)
- Thread starter Dalek
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It does (very bluntly) cut out all the noise and highlight the main issue while also making a wider commentary about the Republican party. I think it's a very effective political cartoon. Haven't had one resound with me so much in years. Shame it has to be such a horrible, wrenching situation. I miss the days when lampooning Dan Quayle was what drove political art.
I think it's an upsetting and effective cartoon, but it's incredibly fucking weird to jump down the throats of people who take issue with the way it's presented.
A lot of Americans don't agree that it is bad, so long as the rapist is one of theirs.
Why are they so bad at this?Well let's see what witty insights Republicans have on the issue!
...Never mind.
That cartoon is a parody, right? Nobody would actually make something this terribly stupid, right?Well let's see what witty insights Republicans have on the issue!
...Never mind.
Edit:
Seriously, it reminds me of this:
So someone I'm friends with on Facebook was posting an alternate version of the picture that has blue D's instead of elephant cufflinks and has a caption of "Shut up! Mob justice rules now!"
And was touting it as the original version of it since "who in their right mind would think republicans are a threat to lady justice?"
It's getting to be too much -_-
And was touting it as the original version of it since "who in their right mind would think republicans are a threat to lady justice?"
It's getting to be too much -_-
Yep.
It immediately reminds me of this song (the line "justice is raped" is just incredibly on the nose even if it was written literally 30 years ago):
Halls of justice painted green, money talking
Power wolves beset your door, hear them stalking
Soon you'll please their appetite, they devour
Hammer of justice crushes you, overpower
The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe, I can't believe the price you pay
Nothing can save you
Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is gone
Pulling your strings, justice is done
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real
Apathy their stepping stone, so unfeeling
Hidden deep animosity, so deceiving
Through your eyes their light burns, hoping to find
Inquisition sinking you, with prying minds
The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe, I can't believe the price you pay
Nothing can save you
Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is gone
Pulling your strings, justice is done
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real
Lady justice has been raped, truth assassin
Rolls of red tape seal your lips, now you're done in
Their money tips her scales again, make your deal
Just what is truth? I cannot tell, cannot feel
The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe, I can't believe the price we pay
Nothing can save us
Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is gone
Pulling your strings, justice is done
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real
Power wolves beset your door, hear them stalking
Soon you'll please their appetite, they devour
Hammer of justice crushes you, overpower
The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe, I can't believe the price you pay
Nothing can save you
Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is gone
Pulling your strings, justice is done
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real
Apathy their stepping stone, so unfeeling
Hidden deep animosity, so deceiving
Through your eyes their light burns, hoping to find
Inquisition sinking you, with prying minds
The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe, I can't believe the price you pay
Nothing can save you
Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is gone
Pulling your strings, justice is done
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real
Lady justice has been raped, truth assassin
Rolls of red tape seal your lips, now you're done in
Their money tips her scales again, make your deal
Just what is truth? I cannot tell, cannot feel
The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe, I can't believe the price we pay
Nothing can save us
Justice is lost, justice is raped, justice is gone
Pulling your strings, justice is done
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real
Seeking no truth, winning is all
Find it so grim, so true, so real
Well let's see what witty insights Republicans have on the issue!
...Never mind.
Where is the rebuttal cartoon of this NOT BEING A FUCKING COURT CASE.
I'm not big into them, so I could just think of "Fear of the Dark", which I guess also applies to the vast majority of people in power right now.
So we're pretending like the image isn't directly representing what a REAL WOMAN (Dr. Blasey Ford) described being done to her? Because in the image it's a cartoon woman? Fucking wow.
it's a useful political cartoon precisely because the position of a sizable fraction of the country seems to be, "sexual assault basically never happens and if it did you probably had it coming."
if a bunch of upper-middle class people want to tell themselves that getting anti-consumer, anti-secular court decisions is more important than functional justice or believing likely victims, making them overwhelmingly uncomfortable so that anyone with a shred of empathy starts using it is necessary.
I like how words are just randomly placed wherever they felt likeWell let's see what witty insights Republicans have on the issue!
...Never mind.
So we're pretending like the image isn't directly representing what a REAL WOMAN (Dr. Blasey Ford) described being done to her? Because in the image it's a cartoon woman? Fucking wow.
What Real Women*
The cartoons' themes should not be ignored because of the current timing either. Ford isn't the only one whose sexual assault is blatantly disregarded when considering the adequacy of a political candidate.
Lmao why do conservative political cartoons always have a shit ton of labelsWell let's see what witty insights Republicans have on the issue!
...Never mind.
I never said that. I was responding to this
Which is what Morrigan was agreeing with. Again, I have said before in this thread, but I am speaking as a survivor of sexual assault myself, so it is pretty clear that I understand that this isn't just one case of horrific injustice.
Yeah the Metallica song was literally the first thing that came to mind. It actually says "Lady Justice has been raped" in the lyrics...seems even more on the nose.
Cartoon women can't be raped, because cartoons aren't real. Therefore, rape is... not... real? CheckMATE, libtards!
The cartoon is great, really. But I'm afraid more people will be offended-- or "offended"-- by it, than will take it for its true purpose: To illustrate that THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND NO ONE IS STOPPING IT.
Well let's see what witty insights Republicans have on the issue!
...Never mind.
The dumbest thing about this picture is that they want to pivot this into giving Beer a fair shake but they won't commit to investigation.
If they did the investigation ultimately would be inconclusive because it occurred so long ago and according to Ford she never mentioned this to the other people at the party who weren't in the room. They could push him through but they want to double down on assuming the accuser is guilty and shaming them for bringing up their trauma and it only makes the Halifax drawing all the more poignant and salient.
I think the cartoon can show both Justice being raped by the Republican party as well as the actual assault that got us to this discussion in the first place.
I don't like the implications about Morrigan in this thread. As though because she is a mod she can't have an opinion that is different than certain posters.
I don't like the implications about Morrigan in this thread. As though because she is a mod she can't have an opinion that is different than certain posters.
This is strawmanning. Just because someone had a strong reaction doesn't mean they had some epiphany that sexual assualt is bad or that they didn't sympathize with victims of it. You're assuming views for them solely to make your point.
If you look deeper you may find "Republicans raped justice" is only one interpretation. What I see is the powerlessness and voicelessness of a country at the hands of powerful men. Not power through violence, but fear and vulnerability to be a victim of violence. You may have others.
Art is interpretive and often has multiple layers and meanings. You could look deeper into it and get more out of it than that.
What's amazing about this is how fucking lazy it is. Without the descriptive text the cartoon makes absolutely zero statement.Well let's see what witty insights Republicans have on the issue!
...Never mind.
Because they wouldn't make sense without the labels, because they aren't proper representations of what they are trying to say... So instead they draw something random, then label it to make it seem like there is real meaning to their cartoons.
Because the people that like this shit are idiots that need everything spelled out to them. And the end result is an image that literally says nothing without those labels.
Seriously, replace it with "Obamacare" and "benefits to Big Pharma" or "Gun Control Activism" and "blaming responsible gun owners for shootings" and the image would be exactly the same.
The ability to recognise abstract concepts isn't a conservative trait.
Why would the pigs be unhappy about the dems joining them? Is the sign pointing out that the Kavanaugh confirmation is literally shit? This is a bad comicWell let's see what witty insights Republicans have on the issue!
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It's like someone had to label this shit after the fact with descriptions the artist wrote on the side, and they had to figure it out themselves.Well let's see what witty insights Republicans have on the issue!
...Never mind.
No one is saying that. Art can have more that one individual meaning. The poster I was agreeing with said it's not just about one woman being raped, but also heavy in symbolism of what the GOP is essentially doing to justice and/or multiple women in America.
So we're pretending like the image isn't directly representing what a REAL WOMAN (Dr. Blasey Ford) described being done to her? Because in the image it's a cartoon woman? Fucking wow.
The image represents both Dr. Ford, and the symbolism of what is being done to justice.
I feel like you have to deliberately ignore the scales and the blindfold and the GOP cuff links on his sleeves to not get what this image is doing.
So we're pretending like the image isn't directly representing what a REAL WOMAN (Dr. Blasey Ford) described being done to her? Because in the image it's a cartoon woman? Fucking wow.
The cartoon is as much about how the GOP has subverted justice by blocking Obama's pick to stack the court with their own people. It has multiple meanings.
My friend had a theory that Conservatives don't become artists, which is why their attempts at any kind of artist expression end up being so lame. lol
I think they excel at different forms of art. Mel Gibson is a fantastic film maker, for example. Drawing and painting, on the flip side, seems like an area where leftists dominate, at least with regards to political cartoons and imagery.
This should be put on billboards and walls all over the country. Let everybody see what the GOP to the US
I really like her work so I'd really like to hear why she feels this way. Most likely she's preparing a more thoughtful response.
Very painful and scary image, but it's one that a lot of people need to see. I think even some democrats aren't realizing how tragic this is.
Because conservatives are so fucking stupid.
Because conservatives are so fucking stupid.
Well let's see what witty insights Republicans have on the issue!
...Never mind.
A HILL is "character assassination"? MUD is "no presumption of innocence"?
These shitass lazy metaphors lmao
Political cartoons are bad in general, both from comedic, literary and artistry viewpoints (for many reasons, but not least because political cartoons are almost always forced by a deadline); but when you combine all of that with the "punching-down" issue the GOP suffers from, then it just truly becomes a mess.