# The Political Cartoons Thread: Still Somehow Blaming Obama! **URL:** \ **Category:** Off Topic\ **Tags:** cartoons, political\ **Created:** [February 8, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398 "2017-02-08T21:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![klendool](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/klendool/32/661_2.png) [@klendool](https://www.lp.zone/u/klendool)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/221 "2017-03-10T03:39:35Z")
What a complete wanker ---
**Author:** ![Chowder](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/chowder/32/85309_2.png) [@Chowder](https://www.lp.zone/u/Chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/222 "2017-03-10T04:09:24Z")
Yes, but also, remember: there are a lot of faux-intellectual MRA types on the right and they pride themselves deeply on being creatures of pure rational thought. The left gets angry about things because they’re childish, irrational, and petty; the right gets angry about things because it’s logical and justified to be angry about it. One of the core problems with conservatism is that to a certain degree, conservatives never fully internalized that thing people supposedly figure out around age two that other people are independent beings with thoughts and experiences distinct from their own. The more you disagree with them, the more they think of you as some kind of weird talking animal or fleshy automaton with a hard-wired directive to be contrary and wrong. I’m trying to put into words a hypothesis about how this ties into their tendency to think they’re under some kind of directed attack all the time but I’m having trouble with it. I think the rough version is, they don’t look at politeness as something you do because people deserve to be treated decently regardless of creed, it’s a survival tactic, because if you’re not careful around dumb animals they’ll interpret any innocuous thing as provocation and attack. ---
**Author:** ![HostileV](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/hostilev/32/1241_2.png) [@HostileV](https://www.lp.zone/u/HostileV)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/223 "2017-03-10T04:09:29Z")
Thank Christ Bill Leak is dead. I’m not joking when I say I thought it would’ve been another aneurysm that did him in. Anyway. “Mar-A-Loco”: [http://i.onionstatic.com/onion/5638/3/original/1200.jpg](http://i.onionstatic.com/onion/5638/3/original/1200.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GoldenGoat](https://www.lp.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/278dde/32.png) [@GoldenGoat](https://www.lp.zone/u/GoldenGoat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/224 "2017-03-10T09:37:22Z")
_zooms into the lower lines_ I can’t believe noted defender of pedophilia Milo Yiannopoulis would be rejected. So much for the tolerant left ---
**Author:** ![Jenner](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/jenner/32/85067_2.png) [@Jenner](https://www.lp.zone/u/Jenner)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/225 "2017-03-10T09:46:11Z")
Jenner fact: I thought his name was pronounced Mee-lo not My-lo because I have gone out of my way to avoid ever hearing his name. ---
**Author:** ![UnwelcomeStorm](https://www.lp.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@UnwelcomeStorm](https://www.lp.zone/u/UnwelcomeStorm)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/226 "2017-03-10T14:45:35Z")
There was a thread on SA’s Debate and Discussion forum about this. It was a thinktank/discussion and analysis of the psychological patterns of communities and how they’ve shaped modern politics. think the title was “Decoding Authoritarians,” by Prester Jane (then Fred). I thought it was really interesting and pretty sensible. Prester Jane is currently doing a rewrite and editing to get her theories up on a blog and/or book deal, she’s been talking with published authors in the fields already. ---
**Author:** ![LaZodiac](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/lazodiac/32/84963_2.png) [@LaZodiac](https://www.lp.zone/u/LaZodiac)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/227 "2017-03-10T15:43:44Z")
> [@Jenner](#): > > Jenner fact: I thought his name was pronounced Mee-lo not My-lo because I have gone out of my way to avoid ever hearing his name. This is good. I highly encourage you to avoid hearing him speak as well, because he sounds exactly as douchy as you’d think. He’s the exact gay stereotype that you absolutely dread he is, with the most punchable ideas and voice imaginable. I had to apologize to Matpat after hearing him speak because I had been proven wrong about who has the most annoying voice on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![Chowder](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/chowder/32/85309_2.png) [@Chowder](https://www.lp.zone/u/Chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/228 "2017-03-11T05:41:26Z")
I’d be interested to read that, any word on when I can expect something? I was speaking anecdotally and I’m curious to hear what someone who like, knows about psychology professionally has to say about it. ---
**Author:** ![UnwelcomeStorm](https://www.lp.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@UnwelcomeStorm](https://www.lp.zone/u/UnwelcomeStorm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/229 "2017-03-12T14:51:34Z")
Asked around, and one poster was kind enough to assemble a summary for me. This is still a work in progress, and as they suggest, if you’re really curious it might be worthwhile to simply filter the thread by the OP’s posts and slog on through. I’ll check back in once and a while to wait for the new blog, as well. [Here’s a summary](https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3708238&perpage=40&pagenumber=103#post470230653) ---
**Author:** ![FreezardB](https://www.lp.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@FreezardB](https://www.lp.zone/u/FreezardB)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/230 "2017-03-12T17:24:43Z")
Oh when did that thread get reopened? I knew PJ closed it right after the election, and I kinda sorta toxxed myself for the election and haven’t been back since so I haven’t been paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![UnwelcomeStorm](https://www.lp.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@UnwelcomeStorm](https://www.lp.zone/u/UnwelcomeStorm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/231 "2017-03-13T04:16:39Z")
Not sure on the when exactly, but it was recent. PJ took a hiatus to acquire a better headspace, but it looks like she’s back and doing well. ---
**Author:** ![Unassuming](https://www.lp.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/3ab097/32.png) [@Unassuming](https://www.lp.zone/u/Unassuming)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/232 "2017-03-13T14:58:34Z")
Remember Mother Goose and Grimm, the otherwise not political syndicated comic strip in the newspaper? Remember the comic they did about Hans Blix, the leader of the UN team that looked for “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq and concluded there weren’t any? Because I’ve never forgotten: > **[The Comic Strips](https://www.thecomicstrips.com/?iid=4331)** ---
**Author:** ![shinyemptyhead](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/shinyemptyhead/32/84965_2.png) [@shinyemptyhead](https://www.lp.zone/u/shinyemptyhead)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/233 "2017-03-13T19:03:17Z")
![image](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/061a6c878e8b5e26dde5bb0297e0e99b391c75b9.png) ---
**Author:** ![UnwelcomeStorm](https://www.lp.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@UnwelcomeStorm](https://www.lp.zone/u/UnwelcomeStorm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/234 "2017-03-13T21:27:37Z")
Omg that’s Robotnik in the second car on the right ---
**Author:** ![shinyemptyhead](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/shinyemptyhead/32/84965_2.png) [@shinyemptyhead](https://www.lp.zone/u/shinyemptyhead)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/235 "2017-03-13T23:04:25Z")
Right next to the obligatory crying Statue of Liberty. ---
**Author:** ![Chowder](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/chowder/32/85309_2.png) [@Chowder](https://www.lp.zone/u/Chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/236 "2017-03-14T01:16:21Z")
Interesting and informative, but I think not quite what I’m talking about? I’ve observed some common patterns of behavior in what I guess you’d generously call “reasonable conservatives.” People who are grade-A selfish buttholes without being full-blown cultists, and that’s what I was referring to. ---
**Author:** ![UnwelcomeStorm](https://www.lp.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@UnwelcomeStorm](https://www.lp.zone/u/UnwelcomeStorm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/237 "2017-03-14T13:54:44Z")
Well, it doesn’t apply to just the cultists, as you put it, as those would be Narrativisits at high levels of compaction, to use PJ’s terms. It’s a look at the sorts of thought patterns and behaviors that can lead to more and more radicalized assholery. By implication, the FGYM “reasonable conservatives” would stand a good chance of being Narrativists at medium levels of compaction. ---
**Author:** ![Chowder](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/chowder/32/85309_2.png) [@Chowder](https://www.lp.zone/u/Chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/238 "2017-03-15T01:31:47Z")
Fair. Thinking about how I’m trying to vocalize my observations it does seem like the behaviors I’m thinking of are scaled-back versions of capital-A Authoritarian shit. ---
**Author:** ![HostileV](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/hostilev/32/1241_2.png) [@HostileV](https://www.lp.zone/u/HostileV)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/239 "2017-03-15T16:45:36Z")
“Point-of-Purchase Of No Return” [http://images2.onionstatic.com/onion/5646/7/original/1200.jpg](http://images2.onionstatic.com/onion/5646/7/original/1200.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GoldenGoat](https://www.lp.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/278dde/32.png) [@GoldenGoat](https://www.lp.zone/u/GoldenGoat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/the-political-cartoons-thread-still-somehow-blaming-obama/1398/240 "2017-03-15T16:51:47Z")
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