the-silent-majority
Original: the-silent-majority on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Top caption (yellow banner):
FUN FACT: THE PHRASE "SILENT MAJORITY" WAS ORIGINALLY A EUPHEMISM FOR "ALL DEAD PEOPLE."
FUN FACT 2: POLITICS IS WAY MORE FUN IF YOU APPRECIATE ETYMOLOGY.
Panel 1:
A man in a suit and red tie stands at a podium, scowling and pointing forward aggressively.
Man: "MY OPPONENT MAY HAVE CELEBRITIES ON HER SIDE, BUT I KNOW THE SILENT MAJORITY WILL RISE UP ON ELECTION DAY!"
Votey:
Handwritten Q&A:
Q: How did Kennedy win?
A: The silent majority
FUN FACT: THE PHRASE "SILENT MAJORITY" WAS ORIGINALLY A EUPHEMISM FOR "ALL DEAD PEOPLE."
FUN FACT 2: POLITICS IS WAY MORE FUN IF YOU APPRECIATE ETYMOLOGY.
Panel 1:
A man in a suit and red tie stands at a podium, scowling and pointing forward aggressively.
Man: "MY OPPONENT MAY HAVE CELEBRITIES ON HER SIDE, BUT I KNOW THE SILENT MAJORITY WILL RISE UP ON ELECTION DAY!"
Votey:
Handwritten Q&A:
Q: How did Kennedy win?
A: The silent majority
Alt text
A yellow caption box at the top reads: "FUN FACT: THE PHRASE 'SILENT MAJORITY' WAS ORIGINALLY A EUPHEMISM FOR 'ALL DEAD PEOPLE.' FUN FACT 2: POLITICS IS WAY MORE FUN IF YOU APPRECIATE ETYMOLOGY." Below, a man in a gray suit and red tie stands at a podium, scowling and pointing forcefully as he declares in a speech bubble: "My opponent may have celebrities on her side, but I KNOW the silent majority will rise up on election day!" The joke hinges on the caption's claim that "silent majority" once meant the dead, recasting his confident boast as an appeal to dead voters. Votey (aftercomic): a hand-drawn note reads, "Q: How did Kennedy win? A: The silent majority" — implying dead people (voter fraud / ballot stuffing) decided the election.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.