SlowpokeBlog

One of many ironies about right-wing ideologues is that they tout the virtues of hard work and achievement, yet if you achieve academically (and are not some Judge Roberts type), or just happen to care enough to be well-informed, you are demeaned as an "intellectual elite." Really, they should clarify that when they talk about success, they just mean making money.

I have employed the line "Freedumb is on the march" in this strip, which I readily admit is far from original. After writing the strip, I did a Google search, which revealed several instances of that exact phrase. It appears in a number of blog and message board comments, often courtesy of someone called "realitybasedbob." Suicidal Tendencies have a new album called "Freedumb." NOFX have an old song about censorship by the same name. A band called The Future Patriots have a song called "F-R-E-E-D-U-M-B." It also seems to be a somewhat common protest sign slogan. Nonetheless, I think it fits this particular cartoon nicely, and deserves wider use.