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Pearls Before Swine
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Reminds me how much I dislike Pastis.
No need to pour gasoline on a raging fire. Nineteen cyclists dead in NYC already this year...
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well said
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can't wait for Trump to re-tweet that cartoon
we're next.
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There is enough hate going around. I certainly don't want to see it in the funny pages.
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It's Out There, The Toon And The People It Mocks
Art imitates life. Comedy exposes an inconvenient truth and finds humor in it.
There was even a guy on this board that was a fan of following drivers to their homes and arguing with them. His last escalation involved following a woman drive home and arguing with her husband in their driveway. |
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The cyclist is shown to be in cycling gear, even not on a bike, thus suggesting that he's some sort of an "other". That he suggests an outrageous (and unlawful) response takes the issue away from accidental swerving and into the territory of "look at how unreasonable these misfits are". The original offense is trivialized, and the cartoonist goes out of his way to set up a strawman. Just lazy, cynical, and misanthropic. |
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Ha!
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Jeff is a caricature for all cyclists. Any nuances about mocking a small minority of the group is lost, as the presumption is that this is how all of the group behaves |
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We can indeed joke about Cowboys fans and still know that they "all" aren't whiners I think the internet has given small voices a bigger audience than they deserve and the ability for like minded individuals to congregate has had some bad consequences. Mature people can differentiate a person from a cartoon caricature and the context for which it's applied. For anyone thinking or doing harm to a cyclist because of a cartoon, it isn't the fault of the cartoon, that person has issues. You'll have more impact on the image of a cyclist where you are by how you interact with people way more than a cartoon. |
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But those folks with 'issues' are more likely to go ahead and act out if their view of certain people is reinforced and encouraged by those with similar interests on internet sites, or popular cartoon strips, or media commentators... ... or even leaders of nations.
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The cartoon is so far off the mark! Jeff The Cyclist would NEVER carry a lock on his bike because its weight might cost him a win in the town line sprint.
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O.m.g!
Something is wrong with both of us because I actually thought the same thing, Ha!
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