Category Archives: Culture
Gag Me
Joe Biden broke his silence today on antisemitic campus protests. He praised free speech and condemned violence and vandalism.
“There is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, whether it’s antisemitism, Islamophobia or discrimination against Arab-Americans or Palestinian-Americans. It’s simply wrong,” Biden said. – Axios
There are very fine people on both sides.
Musk Tweaks Twitter over Free Speech Abuse
The world’s leading billionaire, Elon Musk, thinks Twitter is a cess pool. So he made a bid to buy the company. He says his motive isn’t about money, it’s about restoring free speech.
Twitter cancelled a lesser billionaire, Donald Trump’s, free speech while he was president of the United States. Trump thinks twitter’s a cess pool too. But his response was to develop his own social media platform called Truth Social. So far his startup is off to a rocky start.
Gorilla Mask Egg Caper Draws Crickets
After repeated intimate exposure to Bokbluster, I decided to self-quarantine for the summer. But now I’m back. While away I still drew cartoons for paying customers and will spend the fall backdating the ones I liked.
This one is from shortly before the California recall election. A white woman in a gorilla mask threw an egg at Larry Elder. I know it’s California – but still – pretty much media crickets. Apparently California voters were ok with it too. Gavin Newsom won handily.
The Case for Teenage Fights Including Knives
A Columbus police officer made a split second decision regarding teenage fights including knives. He shot and killed 16 year old Ma’Khia Bryant as the teenager was in the process of thrusting a knife into the body of another girl.
The event was tragic. And the outrage was immediate. And peculiar. Stephen L. Miller compiled a few of those responses in The Spectator:
‘Teenagers have been having fights including fights involving knives for eons. We do not need police to address these situations by showing up to the scene & using a weapon against one of the teenagers. Y’all need help. I mean that sincerely.’
Bree Newsome, Activist
“A Black teenage girl named Ma’Khia Bryant was killed because a police officer immediately decided to shoot her multiple times in order to break up a knife fight. Demand accountability. Fight for justice.”
Valerie Jarrett, Former aid to President Obama
Meanwhile, former NAACP leader Cornell Brooks brushed it all off as “a schoolyard fight.”
Maxine Waters Gets Confrontational
Maxine Waters told protesters to get “more confrontational” if the jury delivered the wrong verdict. Fortunately, the members found Derik Chauvin guilty, guilty, guilty. But Judge Cahill says Rep. Water’s words might be grounds for appeal.
