Blowback
Blowback
A clean, well-lit place to vent
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TRUMP
Re the December 18th Sunday strip, panel #4, re Trump and the media/nation: I am almost speechless. That is pure art. If I was brave enough, and young enough, I'd have that tattooed on my face.
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MORE PROMISING
Looking at the Flashback strip from 45 years ago today: Wow, any of those choices look way more promising than what is waiting in the wings.
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NAILS IT
Today's strip absolutely nails it, Garry. Trump's tone, attitude, message, supporters -- and above all his appearance. Please don't give him an icon, and for the love of our country, please don't retire, at least not until his own Republican congress impeaches him.
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THE REAL WORLD
This could only happen in the comics, because in the real world Donald Trump never does press conferences.
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STUNNED
The last panel of today's strip left me stunned breathless -- and then I realized that was due to something akin to terror. I don't know where GBT finds the courage to keep doing this kind of thing, but I fear for him over the coming times.
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TRUMP
Gee, Non Sequitur called Trump a fascist. You only put his supporter in a KKK suit. Leftist haters are out-of-control! Trump is not even president. He will work with Congress, unlike the current president who rules "with a pen and a phone!"
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HOPE
Today's Trump special gives hope that for the next four years there will be lots of opportunities to raise spirits in these sad times. Let the festivities continue!
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MANY FRONTS
Today's strip explains so very much...on so many fronts.
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Y-MOTHER
We know, after 30 years, what these preoccupied, professional parents have for an outrageous son -- namely Jeff -- so we must wonder what the over-investment of the y-mother hath wrought in Christopher. Also, I have to thank Doonesbury for proffering such cunning videos that I most likely would never otherwise see, like today's wonderful "Unicorn."
Editor's Note:Posting the videos is our great pleasure. In case you didn't recognize him, the singer of "The Unicorn and Princess Rainbow" is Steve "Blue's Clues" Burns. The song is from Foreverywhere, a new kids' album he and collaborator Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips just released.
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MEMORIES
The current series of Classic strips -- Jeff or Jeffrey, the "right schools" -- oh do they bring back memories of my daughter's early childhood. But we were living in Westchester County, NY: Need I say more? Thank goodness I was raised up by a common-sense Midwestern family, to whom ethics and compassion and courage meant so much more; and I brought up our kids the same. Yes, they've turned out very well.
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CUTE
Okay, Sunday's strip introduced two new-to-me terms which I had to look up: "non-binary" and "cisnormativity." Credit to GBT for allowing Sam to settle for "cute" as her preference. And credit to Grant Strobl for putting the University of Michigan's "local" pronoun preference policy on the map for us.
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NON-BINARY
Thank you! As someone who only recently (as in the last three years, and in my 40s) figured out that they are non-binary, I particularly liked today's strip! I try to ask for pronouns in the same way I ask for names, but it is hard to get casual about it, at least until you've practiced it a while.
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RESPECT
Imagine my surprise when I opened my Sunday copy of the Sun Sentinel to see not just a non-binary character, but a non-binary character being treated respectfully and not as the butt of a joke! I have friends my own age (23) who refuse to understand my non-binary identity (I consider myself agender rather than genderfluid). Seeing Jan taken seriously gives me hope that it will be easier to explain myself to friends and family. I hope you continue to treat Jan and all non-binary people with the respect they deserve.
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TODAY'S STRIP
I just want to say that today's strip is the best ever. I posted it on FB and many of my LGBT friends and former students were delighted by its insight and generosity. As a former director of the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women's Studies at the University of Florida, I say thank you! -
DAILY DOSE
I'm not sure I can cope with the next four years without a daily dose of Vitamin D.
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CLOSE-UP
Re: CLOSE-UP: "Saw a phone instead of a coffee cup..." Actually, I see a brewski. Times changed not once but twice since 1987!
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IRONY
The underlying irony in today's strip is subservsive as well as sublime.
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LOVE YOUR SITE
I love your site, and, in addition to the insights and nostalgia from the strip and other features, I am especially fond of the daily videos.
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CLOSE-UP
I doubt I'm the only one who looked at the close-up of B.D. in today's 1987 strip and saw a phone instead of a coffee cup...
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WHOOP-DE-DOO
Today's 1987 Doonesbury Classic reduced me to unbuttomed laughter (albeit rueful) at G.T.'s uncanny "deja vu all over again" powers. All of Boopsie's hype, disinformation, whoop-de-doo, reminds me poignantly of our own recent Dis-Harmonious Convergence! Does anyone have a monkey wrench?