This largely misses the point

1. My criticism of Pizzacake stands independently of who agrees with me. So if you attempt to say that I am wrong because of other people, that is a guilt by association fallacy. Downvote all you want, it’s just a poor argument.

2. You are free to point out that this other person is problematic; if what you say is true, then you are correct in doing so. Again, this has no bearing on the point above.

3. We could substitute the critical comic with many others. Do you think everyone who criticizes Pizzacake is a Nazi? This is not an uncommon view. Maybe you can evaluate the substance of the claim (i.e., Pizzacake comics are lazy) without appealing to ad hominem responses?

Having made these distinctions the supposed inconsistency vanishes. This is not the “gotcha” moment you think it is.

But at this point I suspect people are just dogpiling. Anything I write will be downvoted, this is not a reasoned debate. Since Lemmy doesn’t turn off reply notifications for individual comments, I have to block you. I’m open to other points of view but doubling down on fallacious arguments is not arguing in good faith.

This argument is blatantly fallacious. If Alex Jones thinks the government is filled with pedophiles, the fact that he’s an idiot doesn’t make him wrong on that point: it damn sure doesn’t make everyone who agrees with Alex wrong. This is a guilty by association fallacy, a type of ad hominem.

The fact that people are upvoting your ad hominem because it confirms their previously held opinion is, ironically, the exact complaint I had about Pizzacake comics. No one cares about whether it’s a good argument/comic, they will upvote regardless.

In which case I’m wasting my time. These comments are just a popularity contest for opinions, no one cares about the substance.

We could all be doing better things, but here we are.

I agree, other people can and should criticize America. But that’s all she does. She doesn’t make any comics about Canadian politics, presumably because they don’t get the same traction. It’s a grift. Which might be fine if her comics were of good quality. But most of them read like this:

Surely there are more clever ways to mock Trump/Elon/MAGA, etc. It would be great if we stopped supporting slop just because we agree with the message.

I think Ben Shapiro is a shameless grifter who only cares about making money. Do you think I should go copy Ben Shapiro?

This argument doesn’t make any sense. I don’t agree with what Pizzacake’s doing, why would I want to do it myself.

I’m glad you asked: Subnormality (Political but actually good), XKCD, Poorly Drawn Lines, Olaf (funny but NSFW), SMBC, Adamtots.

These artists have something to say and can draw (with the exception of xkcd). There are so many examples of quality comics but you people keep upvoting slop. Yes, I am complaining about it because I actually give a shit about the medium.

Positive messaging is great, that’s not really the point. To reiterate: her comics are lazy as fuck.

We can praise the message of the comic while still criticizing it according to the standards of the art form. Maybe if these comics were less successful she would be forced to improve as a comic artist.

How was my comment “lashing out”? It’s a legitimate criticism. And criticizing a comic means I have nothing going on in my life?

Why shouldn’t we point out shameless grifting? She’s a Canadian who pumps out comics about American politics. And these comics are so popular they’re damn near unavoidable.

Downvote and move on.

The same applies to you. People are annoyed that this blatant strategy is succeeding while more deserving artist struggle to make it. You don’t like people criticizing Pizzacake for doing so. We’re all expressing opinions on a forum, nothing wrong with that.

Easiest comics in existence to produce. Just say something we agree with, no need to be funny or clever. People upvote because they agree with the message regardless of whether its any good as a comic (it’s not).

Trans women are women, Republicans are ghouls, etc, but these comics feel so lazy.

All the lurkers when reading this comment:

Clean ur room, donchaknow

AI and robots to replace the workforce, fighter drones and robots to pacify the surviving population.

It’s just sad that no matter what happens, Americans will continue going to work in the morning. At this point, they could drop the unredacted Epstein files and business would continue as usual.

This mission is underwhelming. Outdated technology kept in place for political reasons (i.e., Congress demanding jobs for their constituents during the Obama presidency), while better programs are being cancelled. And the astronauts went around the moon.

While we spend a fraction of a percent on NASA, perpetually “10 years away” from a Mars mission, the PRC just finished the Tiangong space station. The Chinese are building infrastructure for the long-term while the US refuses to adequately fund space exploration. Americans should actually be embarrassed by how far we’re falling behind.

Excellent video essay if you’re interested: Artemis II: This Isn’t the Apollo Future We Were Promised

Would be cool if we kept this post to 15 likes but the internet doesn’t have that sort of coordination.

Edit: This comment at 15 is good enough lol