None of his violent actions are really justified. Even his pro-union, anti-racist assaults are arguably counter-productive.
I think that’s why he’s drawn with a buffoonish appearance. It’s funny to laugh at the crazy guy going berzerk and committing acts of cartoon violence. The best humor has a tiny bit of truth: wouldn’t it be great to see annoying people get their comeuppance? But I don’t think it’s hypocritical to laugh at these cartoons while disavowing real-world violence.
Of course. The purpose of the Everett True comic is doling out cathartic, over-the-top justice to assholes who deserve it. My problem with the comic is not his methods but his bizarrely broad choice of targets.
Failing to clarify how long you as a shopkeep will be gone for does not an asshole make, let alone an asshole to be considered in the same breath as a union-buster.
Hmm good point… I guess I see him less as a deliverer of justice, and more of an expression of the human Id. I don’t really feel it to be cathartic, other than to leave me thinking: at least someone else finds that sort of thing annoying.
None of his violent actions are really justified. Even his pro-union, anti-racist assaults are arguably counter-productive.
I think that’s why he’s drawn with a buffoonish appearance. It’s funny to laugh at the crazy guy going berzerk and committing acts of cartoon violence. The best humor has a tiny bit of truth: wouldn’t it be great to see annoying people get their comeuppance? But I don’t think it’s hypocritical to laugh at these cartoons while disavowing real-world violence.
Of course. The purpose of the Everett True comic is doling out cathartic, over-the-top justice to assholes who deserve it. My problem with the comic is not his methods but his bizarrely broad choice of targets.
Failing to clarify how long you as a shopkeep will be gone for does not an asshole make, let alone an asshole to be considered in the same breath as a union-buster.
Hmm good point… I guess I see him less as a deliverer of justice, and more of an expression of the human Id. I don’t really feel it to be cathartic, other than to leave me thinking: at least someone else finds that sort of thing annoying.