Comments on: I Find It Hard To Believe This Is Over Thirty Years Old http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:58:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Evan Waters http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/#comment-3301 Evan Waters Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:04:51 +0000 http://www.postmodernbarney.com/?p=5873#comment-3301 What I like is how slowly the satire builds up. The first page could almost be the start of a "pro" militia piece, but Kelly gradually deconstructs the ridiculousness of the character's posturing and the meanness at the heart of his beliefs. What I like is how slowly the satire builds up. The first page could almost be the start of a “pro” militia piece, but Kelly gradually deconstructs the ridiculousness of the character’s posturing and the meanness at the heart of his beliefs.

]]> By: Phill http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/#comment-3291 Phill Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:52:09 +0000 http://www.postmodernbarney.com/?p=5873#comment-3291 Aha! He's talking about the same Minutemen the punk rock band was referencing! It's kind of impossible to google info about them... Aha! He’s talking about the same Minutemen the punk rock band was referencing! It’s kind of impossible to google info about them…

]]> By: Patrick Dean http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/#comment-3281 Patrick Dean Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:53:10 +0000 http://www.postmodernbarney.com/?p=5873#comment-3281 Fercryinoutloud, I wish Fantagraphics would hurry up on reprinting these. Finding cheap copies of the old paperbacks is getting spotty. Fercryinoutloud, I wish Fantagraphics would hurry up on reprinting these. Finding cheap copies of the old paperbacks is getting spotty.

]]> By: Captain Splendid http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/#comment-3280 Captain Splendid Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:43:55 +0000 http://www.postmodernbarney.com/?p=5873#comment-3280 Another vote here for the latter explanation. Orthodoxy, by definition, doesn't change. Another vote here for the latter explanation. Orthodoxy, by definition, doesn’t change.

]]> By: Crowded House http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/#comment-3275 Crowded House Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:11:45 +0000 http://www.postmodernbarney.com/?p=5873#comment-3275 As can be plainly seen, early teabaggers had the same amount of self-awareness as the modern incarnation, and the same amount of subtlety. As can be plainly seen, early teabaggers had the same amount of self-awareness as the modern incarnation, and the same amount of subtlety.

]]> By: Michael http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/#comment-3274 Michael Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:36:29 +0000 http://www.postmodernbarney.com/?p=5873#comment-3274 Proof that great satire never goes out of style. Proof that great satire never goes out of style.

]]> By: Bourgeois Nerd http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/#comment-3271 Bourgeois Nerd Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:36:17 +0000 http://www.postmodernbarney.com/?p=5873#comment-3271 Is that supposed to be a cat, or some sort of horrible monkey-imp? Is that supposed to be a cat, or some sort of horrible monkey-imp?

]]> By: Superfrankenstein http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/#comment-3270 Superfrankenstein Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:24:42 +0000 http://www.postmodernbarney.com/?p=5873#comment-3270 One big difference between the far-right lunatics of the mid-20th century and the far-right lunatics of today: TV news mostly ignored the far-right lunatics of the mid-20th century. One big difference between the far-right lunatics of the mid-20th century and the far-right lunatics of today: TV news mostly ignored the far-right lunatics of the mid-20th century.

]]> By: mister terrific http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/#comment-3269 mister terrific Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:17:32 +0000 http://www.postmodernbarney.com/?p=5873#comment-3269 That's the thing. Read any decent history book covering the last 90 years and you'll see the same themes coming up over and over. They never go away. It's a wonder that we've been able to get any sort of cultural change inserted. And then you read "Fahrenheit 451" and imagine Hannity and O'Reilly on the wall screens, and you realize Kelly wasn't the only far-sighted one. That’s the thing. Read any decent history book covering the last 90 years and you’ll see the same themes coming up over and over. They never go away. It’s a wonder that we’ve been able to get any sort of cultural change inserted.

And then you read “Fahrenheit 451″ and imagine Hannity and O’Reilly on the wall screens, and you realize Kelly wasn’t the only far-sighted one.

]]> By: Matt Algren http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2009/12/i-find-it-hard-to-believe-this-is-over-thirty-years-old/#comment-3266 Matt Algren Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:28:33 +0000 http://www.postmodernbarney.com/?p=5873#comment-3266 Wow. If I didn't know any better I'd say you doctored the text. Wow. If I didn’t know any better I’d say you doctored the text.

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