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    Imagine falling in love with drawing as a kid, then going to art school, graduating, eventually choosing a career in art, only to eventually discover that you will make your living by spewing hate through your art.

    Ben Garrison's "art" consistently and singularly shows the worst side of his personality. His worst instincts speak the loudest and garner him the most respect.

    From the outsider perspective, it's a fucking depressing life.

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    • It's very, very lazy to attack the man whilst condensing and brushing aside his satire as 'hate'. You are as much a part of the problem you perceive as he is.Morning_star
    • Oh really. I'm "as much" a part of the problem as Ben Garrison? Good grief.
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    • Yes.Morning_star
    • Also, it's amazing you use the word "attack".... that my post qualifies as your definition of an "attack" on him.
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    • Bunch of snowflakes on the right, the slightest criticism (not even directed toward the guy) and you accuse me of attacking. hahaha ;)
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    • What would you call it then?Morning_star
    • Dude, google the definition of attack.
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    • Ok..."criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly". What you wrote is an attack.Morning_star
    • Oh, how fierce of me.
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    • Not that it matters. My issue is, is that you offer no solution, no counter argument, no satirical cartoon in opposition. Happy to hide in the crowd.Morning_star
    • Bunch of crybabies.
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    • Ditto.Morning_star
    • He has to draw his own cartoon in order to criticize someone?yuekit
    • it's satire for idiots. it's basically the same joke over and over again targeted at the same issue. obsessively moronic shit.lowimpakt
    • What is evident Garrison offers cheap cartoons for the echo chambers and #maga sheeple. I agree with nb he offers a poor version of himselfSalarrue
    • No, not at all. But to criticise someones life choices instead of the politics Garrison promotes is valueless and just adds to cacophony of noise emanating...Morning_star
    • ...from the concerned masses.Morning_star
    • Garrisons satire is lowest common denominator, unsophisticated, repetitive, arguably racist, homophobic and sexist. ...and you focus on his life choice. FFS.Morning_star
    • I mean he's a public figure who puts his work out there for criticism...and his cartoons are disturbingly propagandistic.yuekit
    • But ultimately it's more pathetically funny than anything else IMO.yuekit
    • Yep. So criticise the politics.Morning_star
    • Wait, it's just satire? I really got the impression Garrison was front line for the Trump agenda with his work.monospaced
    • I really just pity him. Then again, who's to say? Maybe it's better to be a shill artist than a non-artist. Still, depressing.
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    • I'd hardly call his illustrations homophobic. More like homo erotic. We get it, Ben. You are horny for Trump.BonSeff
    • "criticize the politics" Give me a break, his whole shtick is throwing out red meat for morons.BonSeff
    • You don't think that there is a political aspect to this?...this is the politics thread...he's a political cartoonist.Morning_star
    • his point is, we are criticizing the politics, saying that they are a schtick and pandering to the lowest members of that audience, with bigoted memesmonospaced
    • the opinion on this, NOT an attack, is that it's a shame to end up like this as someone who likely trained as a real artistmonospaced
    • I can hop over to the Donald Trump thread and pull quotes from ponyboy and boz at random and pair them up with a Branco or Garrison cartoon.BonSeff
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