voters
Original: voters on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (caption): WHAT PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT FROM THEIR LEADERS:
Man in green shirt: They need to compromise to get things done.
Panel 2 (caption): HOW PEOPLE REACT WHEN THEIR LEADERS COMPROMISE TO GET THINGS DONE:
Same man, now yelling at a computer monitor: You traitor to human DECENCY! I'm gonna go get the craziest MORON I can find, then VOTE FOR HIM!
Votey:
Man (calmer, explaining): I only meant the OTHER SIDE should compromise!
Man in green shirt: They need to compromise to get things done.
Panel 2 (caption): HOW PEOPLE REACT WHEN THEIR LEADERS COMPROMISE TO GET THINGS DONE:
Same man, now yelling at a computer monitor: You traitor to human DECENCY! I'm gonna go get the craziest MORON I can find, then VOTE FOR HIM!
Votey:
Man (calmer, explaining): I only meant the OTHER SIDE should compromise!
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic about political hypocrisy. Panel one caption: "What people say they want from their leaders." A calm man in a green shirt says, "They need to compromise to get things done." Panel two caption: "How people react when their leaders compromise to get things done." The same man now leans toward a computer monitor, red-faced and furious, shouting, "You traitor to human DECENCY! I'm gonna go get the craziest MORON I can find, then VOTE FOR HIM!" The votey (a hand-drawn aftercomic) shows a close-up of the man's face as he clarifies, almost sheepishly: "I only meant the OTHER SIDE should compromise!" The joke: people praise compromise in the abstract but rage when their own side does it, expecting only opponents to give ground.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.