Never occurred to me that Ned Flanders would have sheltered Anne Frank, but it tracks.
Meanwhile, in Springfield Ohio
Submitted 5 weeks ago by UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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deegeese@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
boonhet@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Flanders is a devout Christian, but one that actually follows the teachings so he takes the love thy neighbour part seriously.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This is what I hate about religion. In concept it sounds great. A bunch of rules for how to live as a good person. Sounds great right?
Well the first rule of christianity is “Thou shalt not kill”.
And then you realize that the leading cause of murder on earth throughout all of history is…religious wars.
And it’s all downhill from there from a hyprcritical standpoint. Religion is used more as a tool to justify ones shitty behavior, rather than a guide to prevent it.
The only good christian I know of, is Ned Flanders, and he’s not a real person!
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
The centre image is sheer magnificent genius.
cogman@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Agreed, very well done.
youRFate@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Using 45 as a swastika is well done.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 weeks ago
Shes countering our truth-like lies with fake-souneing truth! Get her!
Lmao
I could see that line actually being in the Simpsons.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Kind of dark but idk why, the last column with Ned did it for me.
Cause at the end of the day, those people would still exist even in an insane world.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Well, not “kind” of dark, but really dark. I mean, the cartoon couldn’t be more direct in comparing the “haitian Simpsons” to the jews and other racial minorities in Nazi Germany, with the last panel being a page from the life of Anne Frank.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Me seeing the swastika in the preview image:
“Welp…guess I gotta wait for nobody to be around me before I look at THAT!!!”
Me after seeing it:
“Glad I waited until I was alone.”
BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s not even a swastika it’s a 45. It just really feels like it’s a swastika when you see the fanta fascist.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
…wow. If you hadn’t pointed that out, I would have never even noticed that detail. My brain just saw that as a swastica.
EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Not sure how this is a shitpost.
This is dead on. Tomthedancingbug, awesome again (as almost always).
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I never realized until now why they use the “45” so much. Just move one of the black bars and it’s a fucking swastika… And Haitians are really a stand-in for black people.
The real problem is that we allowed the plutocrats to control both the news and social media and the government. Basically the US doesn’t have a free press any more but a quasi-government controlled oligarch media. As long as these neoliberal policies continue the degradation of institutions and politics continues.
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Is this even satire? It’s just using the Simpsons to illustrate current events.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s almost too real
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Nice touch that Trump has to keep notes of the complicated words.
Rolando@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Ok fine but WHERE IS THEIR CAT?!?
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
They’re currently between Snowball II and Snowball V.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Haven’t watched the simpsons in a while…did they do this?
checks notes
Oh. Well then. This may be a rare case where the simpsons DIDN’T do it. Real life did it first.
x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
- Does anybody think this kind of normalization and absolute insanity currently going around in the USA is from psyops?
- Is every civilization destined to fall?
- Has democracy shown that it does not work on such a big scale?
- Is the internet the reason for all the disconnect we are experiencing?
I’m starting to have these thoughts more and more.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Even the ancient Greeks has visions how democracy collapses in to a fascist Oligarchy when money and politics are intertwined.
It’s a bit sad that we are globally making that happen word for word.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
- Yep, but not the gov, from right-wing extremist groups funded by billionaires
- Yes
- It does work, but it shows how fragile it is to a few rotten apples
- The internet? No. Circa 2000 it was a wonderful place for nerds to exchange discussion. Social media gameified opinion, where the aim is to win an argument by votes and not just from the freeform exchange of discussion.
brey1013@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
America: famously the only democratic nation on earth.
EleventhHour@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yikes
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Don’t have a cow, man.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Have a dog instead
_____@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Put it all in don’t have a cow
MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 5 weeks ago
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I mean the points are all correct but fuck this comic sucks.
EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
How does it suck? Is pretty much spot on throughout. Sucks that this is what we’re living in, but the comic makes it easier to relate to the hell we’re sharing.
rain_worl@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
A BIG STRONG GUY WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES ASKED FOR A BUCKET OF BLOOD!
explanation
description of this comic
Lowered_lifted@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Haitians put the Spring in Springfield tbh
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Good at heart but easily twisted.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Thanks for that. Love that man.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This is gold. I might have to steal it slightly.
djsoren19@yiffit.net 5 weeks ago
Feels like a classic Simpson’s quip, author really nailed their comedy style.
naught101@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Rueben Bolling’s comics are nearly always just as on-point as this. Well worth following.