“NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is ignorance…ignorance and fear…fear and ignorance…. Our two weapons are fear and ignorance…and ruthless cruelty…. Our three weapons are fear, ignorance, and ruthless cruelty…and an almost fanatical devotion to Authoritarians…. Our four…no… Amongst our weapons…. Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, ignorance…. I’ll come in again”
“The swarm of America includes the vast class of illiterates… What they are interested in is drama. The thing must be presented to them as a form of simple combat, with one side clearly right and the other clearly wrong. No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the voter.”
Hey, “Warcat”, instead of hanging out on a comics site dispensing falsehoods, there’s a real war going on in Ukraine and I’m sure they’d appreciate your help. X^D
Daeder over 1 year ago
It’s exactly what we expect from DeathSentence and the rest.
Flashaaway over 1 year ago
I wouldn’t call it culture wars, I call it suppression.
Erse IS better over 1 year ago
Is this based on something real (aside from Desantis’ attacks on allowing anybody black to have history, dignity, etc)?
sevaar777 over 1 year ago
The ultimate Rethugican wet dream..
brwydave Premium Member over 1 year ago
Books are evil and reading is a sin.
Vidrinath Premium Member over 1 year ago
“NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is ignorance…ignorance and fear…fear and ignorance…. Our two weapons are fear and ignorance…and ruthless cruelty…. Our three weapons are fear, ignorance, and ruthless cruelty…and an almost fanatical devotion to Authoritarians…. Our four…no… Amongst our weapons…. Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, ignorance…. I’ll come in again”
akachman Premium Member over 1 year ago
This is how the Nazis started.
timbob2313 Premium Member over 1 year ago
I did not expect Scot to come up with something like this. OR I am totally misreading this toon
rossevrymn over 1 year ago
For Stanti’s pro-yelling fire in theaters piece go to: https://www.arcamax.com/politics/editorialcartoons/scottstantis/s-2779770
thelordthygod666 over 1 year ago
“The swarm of America includes the vast class of illiterates… What they are interested in is drama. The thing must be presented to them as a form of simple combat, with one side clearly right and the other clearly wrong. No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the voter.”
H.L. Mencken, Chicago Tribune. 19 September 1926
Radish the wordsmith over 1 year ago
Red like republicans and Russians.
kaffekup over 1 year ago
Hey, “Warcat”, instead of hanging out on a comics site dispensing falsehoods, there’s a real war going on in Ukraine and I’m sure they’d appreciate your help. X^D
wildthing about 1 year ago
Of course we do. It’s all republicans have, they sure aren’t interested in governing.
cdward about 1 year ago
That’s why DeSantis is getting away with it.