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Old 09-17-2012, 04:16 PM
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Big difference between getting one's world view from comics and being entertained by comics that either support or spoof one's personal world view. You know - that whole "sense of humor" thing.
Doonesbury is hardly a "comic". It is a political cartoon on the comic pages. It is often funny. I read it every day, but I often disagree with its POV.

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Big difference between getting one's world view from comics and being entertained by comics that either support or spoof one's personal world view. You know - that whole "sense of humor" thing.
As opposed to getting one's world view from other forms of "entertainment."

Like talking heads who are better suited to be "entertainers" than journalists. Most of the name brand guys/gals are too absurd to even wear the title "thoughtful commentator."

Anybody else miss Walter Cronkite? Dan Rather? Mike Wallace? Early days of CNN when they actually reported news? I wish I was able to toss Edward R. Murrow in there as one I miss, but he was before my time.
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Old 09-17-2012, 04:20 PM
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And we all know that satire has no association to reality . . .

Actually, the cartoonists, standup comics and other topical artists are merely keen observers of the human condition.
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And we all know that satire has no association to reality . . .

Actually, the cartoonists, standup comics and other topical artists are merely keen observers of the human condition.
and have their own, but not the ONLY POV.
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As opposed to getting one's world view from other forms of "entertainment."

Like talking heads who are better suited to be "entertainers" than journalists. Most of the name brand guys/gals are too absurd to even wear the title "thoughtful commentator."

Anybody else miss Walter Cronkite? Dan Rather? Mike Wallace? Early days of CNN when they actually reported news? I wish I was able to toss Edward R. Murrow in there as one I miss, but he was before my time.
I'll take Doonesbury any day over the last two decades of commentators.....
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and have their own, but not the ONLY POV.
I blame the ever present media bias for the continued inclusion of Doonesbury in newspapers around the country.
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And we all know that satire has no association to reality . . .

Actually, the cartoonists, standup comics and other topical artists are merely keen observers of the human condition.






Youre right. thanks
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Just gotta throw in the anti-Obama bull5H1t, doncha??
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Just gotta throw in the anti-Obama bull5H1t, doncha??

You pick on my religion I pick on yours. Seems fair.
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Old 09-17-2012, 08:27 PM
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You pick on my religion I pick on yours. Seems fair.
Contrary to belief, Obama is not a religion, and definitely not mine...
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You pick on my religion I pick on yours. Seems fair.
I get the fact that you think people are pickling on Christianity in regards to evolution but what religion are you picking on?

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