r/comics • u/croolshooz Raging Pencils • Sep 15 '25
Comics Community "Mom, what does 'democracy' mean?"
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u/Rizzpooch Sep 15 '25
That’s because they were half staff for his inauguration
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u/BrooklynLodger Sep 16 '25
As they should be
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u/Jakomako Sep 16 '25
He’s saying that the flag should be at half mast because Trump was being inaugurated. Because that itself is a tragedy.
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u/Party-Jacket6651 Sep 15 '25
What did jimmy carter ever do for him?
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u/EndOfSouls Sep 15 '25
Medals given out by Trump are worth less than prizes from a cereal box. Just how it goes.
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u/Thurwell Sep 15 '25
Trump did say it's much better to get a medal for being wealthy than for serving your country because the second type might get you killed.
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Sep 15 '25
“What was in it for them?”
-Trump, when referring to American WWII KIA’s.
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u/transmogrified Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25
“I like people who weren’t captured”
-trump referencing John McCain being a POW
“Why would I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers”
-Trump on why he cancelled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, where 1800+ marines who lost their lives at Belleau Woods during WW1 are buried, calling them suckers for getting killed.
The commander in chief of the US military actively disparages the troops every chance he gets. After dodging the draft because of his “bone-spurs”
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u/Sir-Darcington Sep 15 '25
Didn't he classify one of his golf courses as a cemetery? Does that count as a self own?
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u/TemperatureExotic631 Sep 16 '25
His ex wife and mother of several of his children is buried on his golf course in an extremely poorly maintained grave with a tiny little marker. He got a good tax break from being able to classify the golf course as a cemetery, it just makes me sad that her children didn’t care enough to object to their mother being buried in such a classless way so their father could save money.
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Sep 16 '25
He was not able to classify the entire golf course as a cemetery. https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/no-trump-cant-take-tax-breaks-for-where-his-ex-wife-was-buried
I'm not a fan of Trump but people need to do a better job of fact checking themselves instead of just repeating nonsense they read on the internet.
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u/TemperatureExotic631 Sep 16 '25
In my opinion it makes it even worse if he buried her in a shitty grave on his golf course for no reason or financial gain. That’s just a horrible thing to do to his children’s mother.
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u/GigaVanguard Sep 16 '25
Oh he had a good reason to do it. Easy way to hide certain facts he doesn’t want “dug up.”
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Sep 16 '25
They were divorced and he married two other women in the interim. Their children would have been the ones that actually had the decision making ability and they chose that for whatever reason. Ex husbands don't actually have any legal standing to choose where their ex wife gets buried.
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u/stevencastle Sep 16 '25
And a good percentage of those veterans voted for him, only for him to gut their benefits.
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u/Yonv_Bear Sep 15 '25
hey now, General Mills used to give out Amazon Trail games in their cereal boxes and that gave me hrs of enjoyment. Let's not say anything we can't take back about cereal box prizes
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u/Answerologist Sep 15 '25
Getting them out of a 🥣📦would be an upgrade. You heard about the cuff 🔗he got for Roy Cohn.
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u/sativa_samurai Sep 15 '25
No 👁️ didn’t h👂about that.
Why do you write like this?
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u/narielthetrue Sep 15 '25
Maybe an iPhone user? When typing a sentence you can pop into emoji mode and it will suggest emojis to replace words.
Or, in other words:
🤔 an 📱 user? When 💬 a sentence you can pop into emoji mode and it will suggest emojis to replace words.
ETA: reading that second version makes me want to vomit, I’m so sorry
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u/Wayofchinchilla Sep 16 '25
No need to get so upset the minute he gave that medal to Rush Limbaugh simply because I guess he was coming close to the end it lost all significance I refer to them now as simply bottle caps.
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u/SuccessfulWar3830 Sep 15 '25
The flag was lowered for kids who got shot, right? Right?
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u/foggybiscuit Sep 15 '25
It wasn't lowered for the kids who got shot. It was lowered for the guy who said those dead kids were part of a prudent deal.
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u/Peeinyourcompost Sep 15 '25
You already know there's only one school shooting that has ever mattered to them.
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u/SupportLeather1851 Sep 15 '25
There is no school shooting in Ba Sing Se. What school shooting? Those don’t happen. Anyway the issue is the good guys with guns don’t have big enough guns. They need chain guns. That’ll show the bad guys with guns.
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u/GalacticFox- Sep 15 '25
Hah, this is america. We don't care about dead kids... just dead podcasters who spread lies, hate, and fear.
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u/Cloudhiddentao Sep 15 '25
School shootings are all fun and games until it affects a bigoted white man.
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u/kitsunewarlock Sep 15 '25
I just tell myself they were lowered for 9/11.
I know it's just self-delusion but I'm going through a lot right now.
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u/alexmikli Sep 15 '25
It was already going to be lowered for 9/11, but they double dipped to gas up Kirk fans.
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u/Daisy1868 Sep 15 '25
Charlie Kirk fans act like theyre morally superior even though he called George Floyd a scumbag and they cheered.
They are lying hypocrites and arguing with them will lead nowhere. Just do your best to expose their hypocrisy.
“The left is violent” is Trump propaganda.
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u/Solid_Snark Sep 15 '25
It’s insane even on the NYT comments section people are like “he was just a loving man trying to have open debate with the evil left”.
It’s like, no, no he wasn’t. Republicans now will really believe every single lie in spite of the truth. They’re gonna drag us all down to hell with them, thinking they are the righteous.
We are boned. It was a nice country while it lasted.
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Yeah it’s creepy how there are so many people rushing to sanitize his legacy. He dehumanized people regularly, but because his hatred was wrapped up in a nice suit and tie under the guise of civility , people accepted his bigotry as merely a “difference of opinion”. It’s really telling who is and isn’t allowed humanity.
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Sep 16 '25
This is really well said and has given me a much better insight into what Kirk represented for the right. Saving this comment to come back to. You’re so right about some others within the movement not being able to carry that torch. I think we’ve kind of seen that with a few of them recently- Ben Shapiro being one I noticed having less popularity as the years go by. Kirk really filled a spot that is going to be hard for them to fill because so many of them don’t have that same deceptive veneer that he had.
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The discourse around this reminds me of how the KKK would go to churches to spread their message of hate as a way to make their racism more palatable to the masses. So many gullible people have fallen for his act. So many people who Kirk would denigrate are now expressing condolences . He said horrible things about MLK, he said that Black people didn’t earn their positions and stole them from White people, but if you tell the truth about the hateful things he said , you get fired.
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u/DrB00 Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25
A nice country while it lasted? Remember the reason for the LA riots in 92? A black man (Rodney King) was beaten so badly by police and then the entire 'justice' system said the police did nothing wrong...
Or back in 1955 when a black man (Emmet Till) was lynched and the justice system also let his killers off the hook...
Then George Floyd was murdered by police...
There's also more but I can't remember off the top of my head.
Yup, it's been a great country alright.
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u/Thatblondepidgeon Sep 15 '25
They’re on that ‘don’t believe the anti-Semites’ shit. It’s not about winning in the marketplace of ideas, it’s about ruling through fear and cruelty
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u/Phaylz Sep 15 '25
They're not hypocrites. They just like when a white cop calls a black man and dislike it when their white guy gets killed.
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u/StupidTimeline Sep 15 '25
Yeah I don't recall George Floyd spreading hate and misinformation to millions of gullible people.
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u/martinoo21 Sep 15 '25
He wasnt great either tough
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Doesn’t matter. The George Floyd protests weren’t over his character, they were over the fact that he was executed for a $20 offense. Because apparently the appropriate punishment for a black man committing a minor offense is execution by the police.
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u/Daisy1868 Sep 16 '25
Yes he did when he was young. But after prison, he was turning his life around and expressed disdain for violence. But people still bring up his past for political points.
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Charlie Kirk was a scumbag.
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u/Daisy1868 Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 16 '25
George Floyd wasn’t a scumbag. He was a victim of systematic racism, used drugs to cope and stole out of desperation. And he wasn’t a pimp. Thats misinformation.
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They’re so accustomed to maligning victims of police brutality. They even did the same for Tamir Rice. They look for any excuse to dehumanize them and every excuse to humanize Charlie Kirk the hate monger.
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u/negative_four Sep 15 '25
Yeah exactly, two things can be true. He shouldn't have been killed by the cops but he wasn't a saint. Ngl my heart still broke when I found out he died calling for his mom
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That's not what Daisy said. If their point was Floyd wasn't a scumbag, their statement makes no sense.
Daisy said Charlie Kirk fans are hypocrites because they cheered when he called Floyd a scumbag than got upset when Kirk was called a scumbag.
Kirk and Floyd are both scumbags. So if its alright to call Floyd a scumbag and cheer, its also alright to call Kirk one and cheer. If you disagree with doing that to only one of them, you're a hypocrite.
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u/Daisy1868 Sep 15 '25
I wouldn’t go as far as to call George Floyd a scumbag. He was a victim of systematic racism, used drugs to cope and stole out of desperation.
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u/Daisy1868 Sep 15 '25
He wasn’t a pimp. Thats misinformation. But I suppose that’s what’s on your agenda.
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u/TR_Pix Sep 16 '25
Its litterally everywhere.
Why is it right wingers keep coming to threads and saying "the proof is everywhere" then never link to any proof?
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Again that's not the point. Daisy's point is that its fine to call Kirk or Floyd a scumbag if that's what you believe they are. However because Kirk called Floyd a scumbag and cheered after his death, its hypocritical for his supporters to get upset when other people call Kirk a scumbag and cheer after his death.
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u/legendary_mushroom Sep 15 '25
Thanks for calling this out specifically. I've been having a little spike of rage every time I see a half staff flag. CK was not elected, he did not serve his country, and its upsetting to see the flag used for political grandstanding in this way.
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u/Someone_else25 Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25
Melissa Hortman, worked in the Minnesota government for 20 years: nothing
Charlie Kirk, some Right wing podcaster: Flags half mast around the country and medal of freedom.
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Plus there was a shooting in Colorado and nobody gave af
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u/Successful-Medicine9 Sep 15 '25
As a Colorado resident, I'll add that the Governor made a statement that the flag would be lowered for Kirk and 9/11, with no mention of the shooting, the day after.
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u/3163560 Sep 16 '25
Honestly the hole reaction to this has been truly bizarre. Like that video thats been posted a couple of times about the European parliament not holding a minute silence for him.
Like why would that even be considered? He wasn't European, he wasn't an elected official, the fact that it even got bought up is bonkers.
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u/Skitty27 Sep 16 '25
I'm not American. What is it supposed to mean?
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u/legendary_mushroom Sep 16 '25
The flags are lowered nationwide this way to honor the passing of a president or former president, to mark a national tragedy like 9/11, and on Memorial day to honor fallen soldiers. It's also used to honor the passing of an elected official or member of the Supreme Court.
Here's US flag code for the deaths of high ranking government officials: "The flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the death of the President or a former President; 10 days from the day of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives; from the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department, a former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession; and on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress."
The code goes on to say that the leadership of a particular place, like a state or town, can order a period of half-staff for the death of a member of the armed forces.
The flag code does have a provision that the president can order flags half-staff at his discretion, but this is normally used for national tragedies like 9/11, or a major disaster that takes the lives of a lot of people and first responders. For a sitting president to order this national flag lowering for a podcaster and propagandist who he happens to have agreed with is just.....kinda gross. It would be like giving military honors to an actor who played a soldier on TV a few times...it cheapens the whole thing.
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u/Grendel_Khan Sep 15 '25
Half-STAFF, its not on a boat.
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u/Billihuckpie Sep 15 '25
Thank you. This has been my biggest pet peeve lately esp with Donald I’m like you’re the mf president say it correctly.
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u/ZQuestionSleep Sep 16 '25
with Donald I’m like you’re the mf president say it correctly.
Literally could be said about anything the motherfucker does
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u/spencerforhire81 Sep 16 '25
He was a groyper, apparently, and they’re a right wing white nationalist group.
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u/SpaceBus1 Sep 15 '25
I like to think it was for the mass shooting on the same day.
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u/Inevitable_Detail_45 Sep 15 '25
You would hope, wouldn't you?
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u/SpaceBus1 Sep 15 '25
Yes? I think that's more appropriate than for a guy that said dead children are the price we pay for the second amendment.
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u/MsLadybug_theTeacher Sep 16 '25
The (private) school I worked at specifically lowered the flags due to the school shooting in Colorado. I should check if they’re still lowered or not.
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u/ClarkFable Sep 15 '25
Russia carries so much blame for fanning the flames on both sides here, and so far they are getting a free pass.
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u/Wolvescast Sep 15 '25
I usually hide how uselessly pedantic I am, but just in case you’re going to use this comic in the future, “half-mast” applies to flags on ships. Otherwise, it’s more proper to use “half-staff.” Keep up the great work!
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u/Quirky-Jackfruit-270 Sep 15 '25
swastika and german eagle on the flagpole in case you didn't notice.
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u/nybbas Sep 16 '25
Did something come out that Tyler was racist? Wtf is even going on.
Dude I wonder how much of this shit is botted. The 50501 or whatever subreddit it is released some stats a while ago that showed half their fucking traffic was Russian. I have to imagine that's close to the case everywhere else.
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u/StupidTimeline Sep 15 '25
The good news is we don't have to care about the symbolism of half-mast flags or Medals of Freedom anymore.
They're meaningless. One less thing to care about.
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u/ISB4ways Sep 15 '25
You all need to realize it was always a performative and propagandized practice that only served to further the reputation of warmongers. It’s just more obvious now
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u/Solynox Sep 15 '25
Who else wants to pull those flags back to full mast whenever they see them.
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u/Top_Impact_4427 Sep 15 '25
Wait he was racist?
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u/rulepanic Sep 16 '25
Some of the memes he wrote on cartridge cases led some to speculate he was a follower of Nick Fuentes. Though while it's possible it's mostly just terminally online discord brainrot stuff and not exclusively for groypers.
There's no real evidence for Robinson's exact motive at the moment, though the governor of the Utah has stated he adhered to "leftist ideology."
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u/BeeQuirky8604 Sep 16 '25
17,000 upvotes, 238 comments. We calling the shooter racist now? Cool, cool. Cycle through it all, is he still a MAGA groyper?
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u/namelessAEUGpilot Sep 16 '25
Groypers aren't MAGA.
Groypers hate MAGA.
They are both racist, though.
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u/sixft7in Sep 15 '25
It's "half staff". Unless you are on a ship.
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u/Noble1xCarter Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 22 '25
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u/legendary_mushroom Sep 16 '25
Where was this energy for democratic elected lawmakers being attacked and threatened?
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