As a general rule, "ridicule" is to be avoided. "Ridicule for ridicule's sake" is, quite bluntly, a way of hating your neighbor. This is NOT what we are called to do!
Ridicule is, however, a powerfully effective tool for exposing those things that are ridiculously destructive. If something works against human flourishing, it should be fought against. Ridicule is simply a tool used in that fight.
Political cartoons are one of those "Tools of Ridicule". There is a caveat, however... or a "Double Caveat":
They must be funny.
They must be true.
Combining the two can result in very effective ridicule of that which is destructive.
The above 2 cartoons are great examples. Both funny, both true.
It's also why I have a link on the side to Chris Muir's "Day by Day" cartoon. Check it out!
Chris is kinda the "Anti-Doonesbury". He comes at life from a libertarian/conservative perspective and has a cast of characters who are thoroughly those things.
They also defy the stereotype of conservatives. Muir's characters are hip, sophisticated, well-informed, and broad-minded. They are tolerant of different views, and INtolerant of the intolerance of the Left.
They are professional, well-educated people.
"Day by Day" is effective because those are TRUE traits of the large majority of conservatives.
By nature and through their principles, they are actually MORE tolerant and broad-minded than those on the Left... and have a greater diversity of views.
After all, their emphasis is on the individual... NOT the collective. People who emphasize the collective think in terms of groups, not individuals. Their views are shaped by "group-identity think". More on this in another post.
In short, conservatives/libertarians live out their diversity... and Muir showcases it.
More cartoons to come.
After all, if this destructive ideology of the Left is to be destroyed it will take every tool in the arsenal.
But of course some will still think the real threat is those Tea Bagg... um... Partiers.
You may have heard of them from Establishment Media? You know who they are...
They are those racist, Nazi, FOXagandists...
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