• mozz@mbin.grits.dev
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    3 months ago

    This is grossly offensive. Calvin is great, and Calvin’s dad is also great. The only Republican anywhere in a Calvin and Hobbes analogy should be Moe.

    Calvin’s dad is honestly right about things a lot of the time, but he has a ton of trouble getting support from Calvin because what he says isn’t what Calvin wants to hear, and also because he’s undeniably kind of lame. I’ll leave it as an exercise for the reader what political party that makes him.

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      3 months ago

      Idk man. I definitely think it’s a reference to how Calvin views his dad. ‘ go do something you hate being miserable build character’ , and all that.

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        3 months ago

        But it winds up having to misrepresent both the Republicans and Calvin’s dad in order to bring the two together which means it’s just wrong.

        Like if that whole bottom panel wasn’t there, and it was just the Democrats talking with the actual left wing people, it would already be complete and I think it would be pretty accurate.