Jeez, itâs not liked he actually showed the CEOs!
Is it too meta to say Iâd like to connect with the cartoonist on LinkedIn?
heâs obviously NOT the asshole in this story, but 21 years of experience as a cartoonist! the stories he could tell! the loves lost! the lives made and ruined!
The only job more lucrative and prestigious than cartoonist is interpretive dance
If theyâre going to kowtow to these guys by firing someone, shouldnât it be the editor who made the decision to print the cartoon?
The paper is free to pucker up to advertisers and allow their content to be influenced as a result. Sad, but itâs their right. However, they also make the editorial calls, and they decided to run the cartoon in the first place. He was apparently unaware of the speak no ill of advertisers policy. I think itâs safe to say that the cartoonist could easily win a wrongful dismissal suit.
Why does DuPont Pioneer get a pass here?
The unnamed seed dealer who complained is just as likely to have been a Pioneer dealer as a Monsanto dealer.
that, and I donât think John Deere sells a lot of seeds.
There should be no sacred cows with political/editorial cartoonists.
There should also be no censorship, but saying âshouldâ doesnât really change the world.
The weird part is, he didnât actually criticize Monsanto et al. He said their executives are paid a lot of money, which is a fact. The reader is free to look at that and say, âgood for them!â or âeat the rich!â It sounds like the seed dealer is quite the leftist.
Yeah, as far as taking jabs at something, that was pretty mild.
So, basically, he got fired for saying CEOs make more than farmers.
He was a cartoonist for 21 years and he still draws like that? The two farmers look like they have broken arms. Or like theyâre dancing, instead of standing and shootin the shit.
Thatâs what happens when they piece you back together from falling into a thresher.
Also, just saying, this guy does pretty wellâŚ
Well yeah, his figures are simple, but theyâre never so off that limbs look broken when they shouldnât. Iâve actually come to appreciate the subtlety with which Munroe draws those simple figures. The positioning of the head and bodies always seem to add meaning, meaning that fits right along with or enhances the words. It canât be as easy as it looks. E.g.,
Discussing facts is a revolutionary act. Apparently.
Reality has a well-known liberal bias.
Fair enough, but donât ignore the thresher accidents. They look amazing considering what they have been through.
Iâve always said that facts are the first defense of a scoundrel. The principle is the same â facts are not just facts, they are always filtered through a lens. Do you know what? I spend more money on coffee than many Iowa farmers make all year! Sounds scandalous, right? Well, lots of farms lose money some years. But a fact none-the-less, filtered through a very distorted lens.
Just ask Erdogan
The truth hurts.
average cash income of a farm: 94,000
Kullmanâs salary: 12 million
Grantâs salary: 11.9 million
Allenâs salary: 15 million
Seeing the string âviralâ in a url makes me feel extra scummy, but there you have it.
