2008-01-07

A single-panel comic on a green background shows an angry, scowling bald man in a white t-shirt, fist raised, mid-shout. His speech bubble reads "F-WORD YOU N-WORDS! WHAT THE..." -- the slurs he is trying to yell come out as the sanitized placeholders "F-WORD" and "N-WORDS." A caption beneath explains: "Life has become much more pleasant since we installed those chips in KKK members' throats." The joke: an implanted throat chip censors a Klansman's slurs in real time. The votey (aftercomic), in handwritten block letters, adds: "ALSO, ONLY THEY CAN SEE THE NAZI SHIRT" -- implying the chips also visually mask the man's hateful clothing so only he perceives it.