Monday, September 30, 2024

The Volk Know Their Vulgar Ways Mark Them As Superior!

  It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Tokusou Robo Janperson.

There's two fascinating little quirks of modern DbD here. The first is the deep paranoid style, part of the world where boilerplate declarations of intent from UN member nations are in fact insidious plots to undermine from within. The second is something I've noted multiple times, Muir treating being an arrogant rural blowhard who broadcasts their ignorance as the sign of their superiority. This is what Muir thinks is the great American culture that needs to be not only protected, but in charge of the nation--a sneering, idiotic cynicism that broadcasts that it not only doesn't know what the hell anyone else is talking about, but it doesn't care.

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Next, He's Going To Explain How They're Going To Spy On People's Fillings.

  It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Special Rescue Exceedraft.

The extent to which this has become a strip for paranoid wingnuts and paranoid wingnuts alone gets you sometimes.

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Chris Muir Complaining About Word Salad. Of Course He Is.

  It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Special Rescue Solbrain.

There's something about the way Zed and Sam sit there, beers in hand, as if trying to underline that they are the proud redneck elite who sneer at those decadent blue-staters. 

Friday, September 27, 2024

It Is Fascist Tyranny To Oppose Our Fascist Tyranny!

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Special Rescue Police Winspector.

"They do not understand, Mari, that equality produce slavery! That trying to protect the less fortunate only makes them weak, and indolent! They are supposed to be under the bootheels of their betters, Mari! It's the natural order! And this is all in the Constitution, which is sacred and can never be altered! Don't read it, daughter, without my help. It has to be read the right way, you see. Otherwise, you wind up like these elitists, acting as if it is a roadmap for government that sometimes has to change! Nonsense and poppycock that shows how they despise our sacred birthright! It is clear--crystal clear--that the Founding Fathers intended for states--and by states, we mean counties--to be the highest level of authority! Yes, everything is obvious, and it all means that all power should go to us, the rural whites, who are naturally superior and the natural rulers."

"Gee whiz, Dad, that has to be right, because yer sayin' it, and I don't have no capacity for indy-pendent thought!"

"As it should be, Mari. All hail the hivemind."

Thursday, September 26, 2024

A Reminder That Muir's On The Side Of The Actual Slave States.

  It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Mobile Cop Jiban.

As Mari once again talks like a little girl despite having been aged up to an adult for years now, we're reminded that Muir's definition of 'slavery' is twofold--the first being 'those in need having a safety net producing dependence', the second being 'there being laws in place that keep me and mine from doing as we please'.

Neither of these are slavery. In fact, people who hold these views are likely to support actual slavery, both de jure and de facto. But that's been the Right's problem since the early 20th century. It's set itself against human value and worth and that sounds bad, so it has to produce strange, alternate versions of these things that degrade as they claim to uplift.

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

The Crazy Thing Muir Believes Now, That He Might Not In Week Or Two!

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya.

It's kind of sad how this what Jan and Damon have been reduced to. Making the occasional bad joke over whatever paranoid online drivel Muir has become obsessed with at the moment, just to remind you they're in the strip.

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

"If Only We Could Have Cravenly Surrendered To The Genocidal Invaders! Then Things Would Doubtless Be Better Now!"

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Choujinki Metalder.

The extent to which Muir imagines he's a good guy in matters where he's on the side of fascists just keeps getting greater the longer the strip runs. It's astonishing how the only thing that got him to give up his vision of unilateral war was something even more destructive to our alliances and status in the world.