Confederate statues and participation trophies

To be fair, I think participation trophies are pretty silly, too.

[Scandinavia and the World by Humon]

Transcript:

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PANEL 1:

AMERICA: Everybody want participation trophies nowadays. No! You don't get a trophy for being mediocre! Only winners should be celebrated!

[SISTER AMERICA watches him, unimpressed.]

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PANEL 2:

SISTER AMERICA: Then explain that.

[She points to a confederate statue.]

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PANEL 3:

AMERICA: They tried really really hard, okay!?

[SISTER AMERICA still looks unimpressed.]

One of the rare times the “they did their best” argument is counterproductive.

(This post filed under proof-of-life-for-anyone-not-following-me-on-Twitter.)

Daily Links #125: Oklahoma bans same-sex adoption

• Oklahoma officially allows religious adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex parents. It’s the Christian way.

• The fallout from SESTA/FOSTA continues: Cops realize it’s making their jobs harder, whilst sex traffickers are having a field day. It’s not like anyone predicted this would happen or anything …

• PZ Myers says all I have to say on the “Intellectual Dark Web” of regressives who whinge about how they can’t spout bigotry and play footsie with fascists without suffering social consequences.

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  (via Joe.My.God.)

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• New bipartisan bill would give the President the power to hold any US citizen in indefinite military detention without a trial. #RESIST!

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