Today's Toons 8/14/17

The Briefing Room ^ | 8/14/17 | pookie18

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Good Morning, pookie! ;-)

[Behind Liberal Lines]

https://comicskingdom.com/pros-cons/2017-08-14

[Gritty]

bttt

[Tucker39]

I’m not up to speed on the new figure in several toons today: The image of a white rooster with a hairdo similar to Trump’s, but which also sports a mustache. Who is that supposed to represent; and why?

[PROCON]

Thanks again pookie!

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This is my take on the “rooster”.

Just as Trump supporters too Hillary’s nasty “Deplorables” remark and ran with it, making it our own (LOL), so it is with the big chicken image. Some anti-Trump people. in order to mock our President, created a large “chicken” balloon (like the ones at Macy’s parade) and gave him a Trump Haircut. This was supposed to insult president Trump, but instead we Deplorables embrace the chicken, making him our own (much like Pepe the frog!)

In my humble opinion, this is the best way to defuse those jerks. Take their own meme and aim it back at them.

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I loved the segment on the Commie Snews Network where tapper and one of his flunkies are discussing the chicken floating behind the White House. both of them are confused about why it's there and what is its meaning...

"What is that thing?!!"

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The song “Yankee Doodle” was originally a taunt from the Redcoats towards the Continental Army, calling them “dandies” which could be construed as a sexual slur, or maybe calling them cowards.

But the “Yankees” latched on to the catchy tune and made it their own.

Turn EVERYTHING, I mean EVERYTHING back upon their own heads.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Thanks, Pookie!

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Mornin’, left that other site!

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Thanks, BLL!

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Bump thanks, Gritty!

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You’re welcome, PROCON!

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My pleasure, Cincinnatus.45-70!

[pookie18]

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/trump-chicken

https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2017/08/reddit-users-turn-inflatable-trump-chicken-protest-into-pro-trump-meme/

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3576073/posts?page=13

[Albion Wilde]

And "Yankee" was originally a slur between the English and Dutch early settlers. According to Wikipedia:

Yankee: Dutch origins
Most linguists look to Dutch sources, noting the extensive interaction between the colonial Dutch in New Netherland (now largely New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and western Connecticut) and the colonial English in New England (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and eastern Connecticut). Michael Quinion and Patrick Hanks argue that the term refers to the Dutch feminine diminutive name Janneke or masculine diminutive name Janke, which would be Anglicized as "Yankee" due to the Dutch pronunciation of J as the English Y...

Alternatively, the Dutch given names Jan ("John"; pronounced Yan) and Kees ("Cornelius"; pronounced Case) have long been common, and the two are sometimes combined into a single name (e.g., Jan Kees de Jager)... The chosen name Jan Kees may have been partly inspired by a dialectal rendition of Jan Kaas ("John Cheese"), the generic nickname that Southern Dutch used for Dutch people living in the North.

The Online Etymology Dictionary gives [the word Yankee's] origin as around 1683, when it was applied insultingly to Dutch Americans... by the English. Linguist Jan de Vries notes that there was mention of a pirate named Dutch Yanky in the 17th century.

[Mr. K]

I wonder if the Amish term for non-Amish as “English” is in response to being called “Jannke”

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Which reiterates my point! Amen, and thanks! :-)