Why is this OK?

rantgrrl · 2011-06-28T21:53:40+00:00

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2011-06-28T21:00:42+00:00

It's violence... I dunno though, this is the internet, doesn't cyanide and happiness have dead baby jokes all the time.

blazemore · 2011-06-28T21:07:19+00:00

It's OK because it's funny. It's funny because he's acting like a complete dick, and has nothing to do with his gender.

JimKB · 2011-06-28T20:36:56+00:00

I'll answer it here because you asked me to. Most of the time, in my work, anyway, characters don't represent groups. They just exist in a moment. To me, his isn't about MEN and WOMEN and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Character A pissed off character B, and that's it. I've seen interpretations get out of hand quickly: So, is this about white men? About thin women? A criticism of the cosmetology industry? I welcome interpretation, because I truly feel as though I am not the final arbiter of my work, and I love to see the wheels turn. But I've found that occasionally there are things that people see in my work that I didn't put in there. Maybe Freud said it best? Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Demonspawn · 2011-06-28T23:32:02+00:00

It's ok because it's comedy.

What is not ok is that comedy in the other diection is not accepted.

KronktheKronk · 2011-06-28T20:51:11+00:00

I think that comic is a commentary in favor of cutting out the tongues of douchebags who talk like he does.

I'm kinda for it.

weclock · 2011-06-28T20:41:57+00:00

He was being rude and disrespectful. You want respect? treat other people with respect first.

BolshevikMuppet · 2011-07-05T17:13:03+00:00

Not everything that shows an interaction between a man and a woman has implications about the relationship between men and women in society writ large.

memymineown · 2011-06-28T21:30:14+00:00

I don't know but I think it makes far more sense with the genders reversed.

aixelsdi · 2011-06-28T20:54:12+00:00

I think everyone else who posts in this thread will overreact to some harmless comic.

Title	Why is this OK?
Author	Mitcheypoo
Upvotes	2
Comments	16
Date	June 28, 2011 7:49 PM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/iblco/why_is_this_ok/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/why-is-this-ok.1038021 https://theredarchive.com/post/1038021

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