They hate America as it is, but they love America as it used to be, or, more accurately, they love the sanitized, propagandized version of how America used to be. They want to return America to its former supposed glory.
Frankly, I hate America as it is, also, but I don’t want to go back to some fantasy golden era, I just want the country to be better.
Sometimes I feel like I’m sitting in a dirty, cluttered, dilapidated house with two other people. I say to them, “this place is a mess, this is totally unacceptable, we need to clean this place and fix it up.” The person in the middle says, “What are you talking about? Everything’s fine.” The person on the right says, “If this place is a mess, it’s because you two strayed too far from this household’s traditional values, and if we’re going to return this home to its former glory, you two must embrace those values. If you don’t, I’m going to kill you.” It’s frustrating, depressing, and terrifying.
So, if I’m understanding your meaning with this comic, you would say that I, the person on the left, don’t recognize that the house is actually in fine order, and that I want change for the sake of change, or because I’m just a malcontent, and if I try to bring about the change I want, I will end up creating chaos and disorder?
Nah, I wasn’t saying anything about you, your metaphor of America as a house just reminded me of this comic, which was posted shortly after Trump won the election. If you want a connection, this happened before you arrived to see the house a mess.
This is why editorial cartoons often have stupid labels on everything. If that character had “GOP” on his chest, you would immediately know this is a critique of Trumpism.
And a version of this image will show up in a conservative forum with the chest caption “DEI”.
They hate America as it is, but they love America as it used to be, or, more accurately, they love the sanitized, propagandized version of how America used to be. They want to return America to its former supposed glory.
Frankly, I hate America as it is, also, but I don’t want to go back to some fantasy golden era, I just want the country to be better.
Sometimes I feel like I’m sitting in a dirty, cluttered, dilapidated house with two other people. I say to them, “this place is a mess, this is totally unacceptable, we need to clean this place and fix it up.” The person in the middle says, “What are you talking about? Everything’s fine.” The person on the right says, “If this place is a mess, it’s because you two strayed too far from this household’s traditional values, and if we’re going to return this home to its former glory, you two must embrace those values. If you don’t, I’m going to kill you.” It’s frustrating, depressing, and terrifying.
So, if I’m understanding your meaning with this comic, you would say that I, the person on the left, don’t recognize that the house is actually in fine order, and that I want change for the sake of change, or because I’m just a malcontent, and if I try to bring about the change I want, I will end up creating chaos and disorder?
Nah, I wasn’t saying anything about you, your metaphor of America as a house just reminded me of this comic, which was posted shortly after Trump won the election. If you want a connection, this happened before you arrived to see the house a mess.
Gotcha. I just wanted to make sure I knew what you meant.
This is why editorial cartoons often have stupid labels on everything. If that character had “GOP” on his chest, you would immediately know this is a critique of Trumpism.
And a version of this image will show up in a conservative forum with the chest caption “DEI”.