So these comments are mine but if you go to the site the artist comments on the strip. Not all the time but definitely more frequently in the last few years over early on. This is sorta a common shtick I see where the progressive ideals are secretly for personal greedy reasons. I always love it. It is funny because I do see progressive causes from a greedy perspective. I would like all the people I interact with as I move through society to be educated and healthy. I like public spaces. I like well maintained infrastructure. and I’m not afraid to pay taxes for it, provided taxes are collected progressively. People should be able to make a decent wage.

  • orcaA
    416·
    2 days ago

    It’s not a strawman if you’ve actually witnessed it. Those types of ultralibs aren’t well liked even in liberal circles, and they are a rarity. But seeing them crop up and contort themselves into pretzels is amusing.

    • Nougat@fedia.io
      173·
      2 days ago

      No, no, no. You don’t get to pretend that what you originally said was something else entirely.

      Liberals saying they support unions and strikes, and then complaining about strikes interrupting commerce and shipping for their own entitled reasons is such a liberal thing to do.

      Those types of ultralibs aren’t well liked even in liberal circles, and they are a rarity.

      Your first comment was a blanket statement. Your second comment tried to walk that back into a very specific statement. Those are two entirely different things, and your pretending they aren’t instead of admitting you were wrong in the first case is telling.

      • orcaA
        414·
        2 days ago

        I mean… that is a very liberal thing to do. I wasn’t saying every liberal is like that. I’m saying that kind of behavior falls in line with liberalism.

        • Nougat@fedia.io
          133·
          2 days ago

          So is it “liberals” doing “such a liberal thing to do” or only what “ultralibs” who “are a rarity” do?

          Those are different. You’re talking out of both sides of your mouth.

          • orcaA
            410·
            2 days ago

            They’re both liberals. Everything I’ve said still applies.

            • Nougat@fedia.io
              152·
              2 days ago

              Conservatives marching down the street carrying Nazi flags is such a conservative thing to do then, yes?

              • orcaA
                46·
                2 days ago

                Not all conservatives are Nazis, but chances are pretty high based on history that all Nazis are conservatives.

                • Nougat@fedia.io
                  93·
                  2 days ago

                  So would you say that the statement “Conservatives marching down the street carrying Nazi flags is such a conservative thing to do” is substantially true or substantially false?

                  Maybe a better distinction would be “accurate or misleading”.

                  • orcaA
                    45·
                    2 days ago

                    If a 100% of Nazis are historically conservative or conservative-adjacent, it is a conservative thing to do. That’s not stating all conservatives are automatically Nazis. In this case though, I’d probably just say it’s a very Nazi thing to do.

              • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
                34·
                2 days ago

                I love that you snarked your way into understanding what they were saying