Here comes the woke mob again. Just because you take a single comic frame out of context doesn't mean he was doing a Nazi salute. He was making an impassioned gesture due to the rudeness of Churchill
I'm gonna ummmm both-sides this, because Churchill was also definitely a genocidal fascist of a different type, and they'd both already be recurring guests on The Joseph Rogan Radio Programme... 🫢 but an excellent point well made, nonetheless.
I actually sent this to someone I was chatting to this week in response to him wanging on about people being judged for sharing platforms with the far right, and he accused this cartoon of advocating for censorship. So, er, 🤷
This is exactly what I see every time I watch the mainstream mediathese days. Platforming fascists and conspiracy theorists in the deluded belief that it gives balance to an argument. Also, they ARE Nazis. Even the guy who came up with Godwin's Law says so:
Churchill was an absolute shit who only had one answer to most questions - "let's do violence!" - and was lucky enough to live in one of the few parts of history where that was the right answer.
But I think it's pretty likely that the cartoon works better with him as everyone knows who he was!
That's a bold claim; enlighten me. Am I supposed to think Hitler would have calmed down at some point? That fighting the Nazis was bad - or unnecessary? There's a huge difference between "the allies did some bad shit" and "doing violence to Nazis wasn't the right thing to do".
And while we're at it: was Churchill's hawkish stance at least partly a self-promoting career move to wrest control from the cautious, unfairly-lambasted and less-rowdy Chamberlain? Sure. But doing violence to Nazis was still the correct course of action.
Yep. But when the question is 'Is the bastard fighting Nazis?' The correct answer is 'If he is, he's doing the right thing'. Nazis don't get to be equal.
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(Subtitles -> Auto Translate if you want a language other than German.)
https://youtu.be/zvgZtdmyKlI?si=ToRgjB_V7iDLtfap
(this is sarcasm if that wasn't clear)
But I think it's pretty likely that the cartoon works better with him as everyone knows who he was!
https://youtu.be/IKICKcMU3MU?si=gP4b6ifU4D8ATiDM
(also your linktree has twitter but not bluesky)
Well I guess at least you've learnt where it leads, a bit too late for everyone, but you've learnt
Good cartoon though