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screenshot of two comic panels by murderofsomeone on tumblr. first panel: three mostly featureless cartoon characters drawn on microsoft paint. one is strapped to an operating table while an evil death laser charges at them with the words "evil death laser" written on it. in the middle one of the characters looks over to the guy on the table shrugging while the third guy is pulling the lever to the evil death laser. the middle character's dialogue reads: "I dunno buddy this seems like a complicated issue and I don't wanna take sides or anything". second panel: the position of the three characters is exactly the same as the previous image, only the other two characters speak as well. the first character's dialogue reads: "he is trying to kill me" the third character's dialogue reads: "I am trying to kill them" and the middle character's dialogue reads: "I think it's more nuanced than that". below the screenshots it reads “my new comic called neutral ass bitch”
transcript by anarchistmemecollective on tumblr
Yeesh. I mean, chronically neutral people are fucking garbage, we can all agree. But the lack of nuance in political discourse and in the actual understanding and worldviews of seemingly everybody is a massive problem. People not even grasping that there can be nuance on issues is incredibly devastating to political discourse. Social media is definitely a big culprit, but the “catchphrase politics” era was most definitely part and party to this too.
Bring back nuance 2025
the neutral character in the comic is being directly told what the laser operator's goal is by the laser operator. they use nuance as an excuse to not pick a side.
this isn't about nuance being bad it's about neutrality towards oppression being effectively identical to oppression.