Love this site. I would like this comic much more if it weren’t so damn true, though. Irony is lost on those who believe everything that comes out of their own mouths. Ugh.
Mitt Romney is a handsome man, I don’t think anyone can deny that. Rick Santorum, I don’t know, I could see him as a stuffed animal. He has an almost cartoonish quality (and I’m just talking physical appearance and dress here). If he weren’t so flipping nuts he’d be kind of adorable.
It’s not just Republicans forcing religion, though. Atheists also force non-religion on others. Like taking “under God” out of the Pledge of Allegiance. You don’t like it, don’t say it. If we could quit smashing each others theological pies in each others’ faces, we might actually make this country a better place.
I’m actually old enough to remember when they put “under God” INTO the Pledge. It happened the year I started first grade but wasn’t implemented until the following year in the school I attended. Many religious people objected on that grounds that making school kids take an oath on God’s name was wrong. That’s besides the religious ones that thought pledging allegiance to a flag was idolatry.
I’ve always thought making kids recite the pledge at all, no matter the wording, was wrong, seeing as how they don’t (generally) understand what they’re saying. Kind of goes into that whole ‘education is brainwashing’ theory.
And Straub, not all atheists force the non-religious thing. Some of us just want to be left alone.
And while I’m up on my little soapbox, let me just say how addictive this comic is. I usually don’t go in for comics like this but I just can’t stop reading.
Since someone else already responded to this years later, I feel less weird about doing so as well:
1. That’s not “forcing non-religion,” it’s criticizing the pledge as effectively endorsing religion to a captive audience.
2. If it were taken out, the exact same reasoning would hold true, you could simply choose to say it anyway. It’s just that, for some reason, it’s always seen as the atheist’s responsibility to “opt out,” but an undue burden for religious people to have to “opt in.” Of course, this also ignores that…
3. Few people inform students that “they can just opt out,” in fact they’re generally led to believe that they’re required to say the pledge verbatim–which is exactly what I thought until like high school–& there have been plenty of cases where students who chose to have been ostracized or ridiculed, or even disciplined by schools that know it’s generally too much of a hassle for people to keep suing them for blatantly breaking the law.
Imagine if religious children were led to believe they had to keep saying, “I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America, & by the way God doesn’t exist,” & that would be a pretty good analogy. Only they would have the benefit of outraged churches & parents explaining to them the implications of just parroting whatever you’re told. So as with Mike, I’m not really in favor of the pledge at all.
As far as the comic goes, archive binging, still not caught up, think Little Sappho may be my favorite character, the lovable little lesbian lunatic.
I must say… Really good likenesses. I’m impressed.
Thanks, Jose. I relied HEAVILY on reference photos.
Love this site. I would like this comic much more if it weren’t so damn true, though. Irony is lost on those who believe everything that comes out of their own mouths. Ugh.
I’m glad to hear you like it. Sorry about the truth thing, though. If I could do something about that, believe me I would!
Ridiculous regulations like that actually do have something to do with “small government.”
Wait, is that Romney? DIE!!!! (go Obama!)
I was going to say this earlier, but all of the characters you draw are attractive…
Even your Romney and Santorum are cute and lovable
Mitt Romney is a handsome man, I don’t think anyone can deny that. Rick Santorum, I don’t know, I could see him as a stuffed animal. He has an almost cartoonish quality (and I’m just talking physical appearance and dress here). If he weren’t so flipping nuts he’d be kind of adorable.
Fanatics tend to be cartoonish because of their starkness.
It’s not just Republicans forcing religion, though. Atheists also force non-religion on others. Like taking “under God” out of the Pledge of Allegiance. You don’t like it, don’t say it. If we could quit smashing each others theological pies in each others’ faces, we might actually make this country a better place.
I’m actually old enough to remember when they put “under God” INTO the Pledge. It happened the year I started first grade but wasn’t implemented until the following year in the school I attended. Many religious people objected on that grounds that making school kids take an oath on God’s name was wrong. That’s besides the religious ones that thought pledging allegiance to a flag was idolatry.
I’ve always thought making kids recite the pledge at all, no matter the wording, was wrong, seeing as how they don’t (generally) understand what they’re saying. Kind of goes into that whole ‘education is brainwashing’ theory.
And Straub, not all atheists force the non-religious thing. Some of us just want to be left alone.
And while I’m up on my little soapbox, let me just say how addictive this comic is. I usually don’t go in for comics like this but I just can’t stop reading.
Since someone else already responded to this years later, I feel less weird about doing so as well:
1. That’s not “forcing non-religion,” it’s criticizing the pledge as effectively endorsing religion to a captive audience.
2. If it were taken out, the exact same reasoning would hold true, you could simply choose to say it anyway. It’s just that, for some reason, it’s always seen as the atheist’s responsibility to “opt out,” but an undue burden for religious people to have to “opt in.” Of course, this also ignores that…
3. Few people inform students that “they can just opt out,” in fact they’re generally led to believe that they’re required to say the pledge verbatim–which is exactly what I thought until like high school–& there have been plenty of cases where students who chose to have been ostracized or ridiculed, or even disciplined by schools that know it’s generally too much of a hassle for people to keep suing them for blatantly breaking the law.
Imagine if religious children were led to believe they had to keep saying, “I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America, & by the way God doesn’t exist,” & that would be a pretty good analogy. Only they would have the benefit of outraged churches & parents explaining to them the implications of just parroting whatever you’re told. So as with Mike, I’m not really in favor of the pledge at all.
As far as the comic goes, archive binging, still not caught up, think Little Sappho may be my favorite character, the lovable little lesbian lunatic.