I can’t tell from looking at it whether it’s supposed to be eyeliner or smile lines around the eyes. Given that the rest of the stick figures are pretty gender-neutral and there’s nothing else that could be considered “feminine” about this one, I would assume the latter.
The one saying “yes please” to “first they came for communists” while claiming to be a real socialist? It’s the only one that might look like eyeliner although I thought it’s just a smug expression.
How is cheering on Nazis coming for communists not on the same level of shittiness as the rest? Also how is dunking on that puritanical or misogynistic?
Depicting the sole “feminine” figure making a sexually charged remark is suspect at best, and explicitly misogynistic rhetoric at worst that mimics the classic reactionary line of, “modern women and lgbt are horny degenerates that can’t be real socialists because they make everything about sex!!!”
The character is also a classic strawman that reactionary leftists love to grandstand of the “everyone is a fake communist except for ME, the true heir to Lenin”, line. Very telling they the artist chose to make that figure the only “feminine” one.
No sorry I think you’re confused, I added a Wikipedia link for context to my previous reply. I don’t think that character was meant to be female or feminist, I think it’s just a character claiming to be a socialist while hating communists so much they applaud literal Nazi anti-communist wich hunts, something we see a lot currently with western lib “left”
I am aware of the poem. That was not what I was confused about. You misunderstood me.
I found the artists original work and the sign was very deliberately made vague. You and I both had the correct interpretations, my interpretation was using a different definition of the word “came”. Sorry if I did not make that clear.
The artist deliberately made the front running character “sexualized” with eyeliner and was doubly poking fun at the anti-communist socialist and the “degenerate” modern communist. Reactionary, but a good way to get two birds with one stone.
No, they are using the trope of modern communists being horny-brained and only capable of thinking about sex while making everything sexual. The sign is a double entendre of the person being horny for someone “coming” to/for them.
This is a common reactionary line of attack used against LGBT communists in particular. Eyeliner is also a common trope of depicting sexualized individuals since the makeup is associated with sexual online subcultures.
No, they are using the trope of modern communists being horny-brained and only capable of thinking about sex while making everything sexual. The sign is a double entendre of the person being horny for someone “coming” to/for them
Wait, I thought it was supposed to be misogynistic? I thought that was a bit of a stretch but you can’t be serious - I don’t understand how you could draw the conclusion that the figure is portrayed as being “horny”. You’re reading into depth that this MS Paint stick figure cartoon simply does not have.
Which one? None of them looks expressly feminine to me…
The only one with expressly drawn eyeliner?
I can’t tell from looking at it whether it’s supposed to be eyeliner or smile lines around the eyes. Given that the rest of the stick figures are pretty gender-neutral and there’s nothing else that could be considered “feminine” about this one, I would assume the latter.
The one saying “yes please” to “first they came for communists” while claiming to be a real socialist? It’s the only one that might look like eyeliner although I thought it’s just a smug expression.
How is cheering on Nazis coming for communists not on the same level of shittiness as the rest? Also how is dunking on that puritanical or misogynistic?
[Edit] For context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_They_Came
Depicting the sole “feminine” figure making a sexually charged remark is suspect at best, and explicitly misogynistic rhetoric at worst that mimics the classic reactionary line of, “modern women and lgbt are horny degenerates that can’t be real socialists because they make everything about sex!!!”
The character is also a classic strawman that reactionary leftists love to grandstand of the “everyone is a fake communist except for ME, the true heir to Lenin”, line. Very telling they the artist chose to make that figure the only “feminine” one.
No sorry I think you’re confused, I added a Wikipedia link for context to my previous reply. I don’t think that character was meant to be female or feminist, I think it’s just a character claiming to be a socialist while hating communists so much they applaud literal Nazi anti-communist wich hunts, something we see a lot currently with western lib “left”
I am aware of the poem. That was not what I was confused about. You misunderstood me.
I found the artists original work and the sign was very deliberately made vague. You and I both had the correct interpretations, my interpretation was using a different definition of the word “came”. Sorry if I did not make that clear.
The artist deliberately made the front running character “sexualized” with eyeliner and was doubly poking fun at the anti-communist socialist and the “degenerate” modern communist. Reactionary, but a good way to get two birds with one stone.
You mean they are attacking socialists for having sex with communists? Nah sorry I think that’s a stretch.
No, they are using the trope of modern communists being horny-brained and only capable of thinking about sex while making everything sexual. The sign is a double entendre of the person being horny for someone “coming” to/for them.
This is a common reactionary line of attack used against LGBT communists in particular. Eyeliner is also a common trope of depicting sexualized individuals since the makeup is associated with sexual online subcultures.
Wait, I thought it was supposed to be misogynistic? I thought that was a bit of a stretch but you can’t be serious - I don’t understand how you could draw the conclusion that the figure is portrayed as being “horny”. You’re reading into depth that this MS Paint stick figure cartoon simply does not have.
The “came for” is very clearly referring to the persecution of communists in reference to the poem it is quoting.
There’s nothing sexual about it. There’s nothing misogynistic about it. It is a caricature of an anti-communist “socialist”.
They are celebrating anti-communism from the Left. It’s not subtle so I don’t understand how you missed it.