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Comic is ragebaiting. The artist isn't looking for discussion and the people supporting it as some "truth" aren't either.
Call a spade a spade and don't bother engaging. The people that peddle this slop arent feminists... They are certified sexists that just want to retaliate against everyone and think they are somehow beyond reproach. Its shit behavior and it needs to stop being tolerated.
Social commentary in comics? Can you imagine THE HORROR if Scott Adams criticized people who are bosses?
I'm all deep offend.
Golly-gee... Those old warner / disney cartoons drawing those other silly cultures we were at war with were only social commentary! Whys everyone upset!
I'd like to think that people have the slightest ability to discern the obvious parallel here. But let's feign ignorance and say its okay to generalize an entire sex because its only a comic / cartoon / opinion bro!
... Go on. Tell me it's different.
WTF are you on about? The only rage-baiter in here is you! If fact, you are a master of rage baiting. A real masteragebaiter, so to speak.
The artist doesn't have to conform to any of your standards. Just turn it off if you don't like it. The rest of your whine fest is pathetic work the refs nonsense, like your opinion matters when there's no score kept and the speech is free.
I admire the effort it took to really wedge that in. Not many would attempt that.
I was pretty clear there. If you want to discuss it maybe turn your faux-offense down a notch eh?
You are literally making my point for me. Its almost comical. I drew a parallel to offensive media in the past disparaging multiple demographics... And that's precisely the argument those people made. Just dont watch it. Get thicker skin. Etc.
I'd hope you see why this statement has ... Em ... Issues. If not let me pose a simple question. If somone made a comic where the sexes were reversed here... I don't even need to imagine the moral outrage in the comments. So in effect you are implicitly saying it's okay in only one direction? Am I getting that right? But yes. Wtf am I on about... Indeed.
Idk man, I had a very reasonable discussion with the commentor you're responding to yet I support the comic. If you look through the comments here, they're absolutely chock full of people patiently explaining their perspective, and then comments like yours which are openly dismissing those people before ever engaging with them. You're being unfair, in a way very similar to what you criticize the comic for doing.
The comic in a vaccum could just be a commentary on the aritists own experience.. Sure. I've seen some of their other work - and on other subjects it's perfectly fine. They "appear" to have had a pretty unfortunate experience with men and dating. That sucks, but presenting that opinion in the last panel is where it goes awry. It can be pretty easily interpreted as a blanket statement... And a quick glance around this post seems to confirm (some-not-all) are using it to push that blanket (bad faith) statement as if it were absolute.
Not all people are reasonable. Perhaps the author didn't intend for it to be interpreted as such: But it's very easy to see how it could be - and based on comments here... is.
Edit: coffee.
Yes. Two different perspectives - yet one is being maligned. By and large, there are reasonable commenters here. Lemmy does have more sane than most people present... But not everyone is. And that is what I was making an observation on.
Considering the reaponses I've made this far - I'd suggest I seem to be engaging quite a bit. I am dismissive of a number of logical falicies for what should be apparent reasons, though.
In what way?
So when you do it it's perfectly justified, but if you were to write that exact sentiment down in a comic....?