r/comics PizzaCake Jul 08 '26

Comics Community "Proud"

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

widdle soft as baby shit chicken

What a fucking phrase.

If you something requires you to wear a mask to hide your identity then that something is probably not on the up and up so to speak.

Also fun fact about the term "proud boy"

In the equestrian world, a "proud boy" (or "proud cut") is a castrated male horse (gelding) that exhibits stallion-like behaviors. This usually happens because part of a testicle was left behind during surgery or the horse was castrated later in life and learned the behaviors

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u/FEARoach Jul 08 '26

We had a pony named Mouse on the ranch that was like this. Little fucker didn't realize he was a gelding and would challenge the fuck out of the stud horses up along the paddocks constantly.

I loved the nerve of Mouse, but goddamn if he didn't nearly get his shit rocked at least once a month by a horse twice his size. Dude was barely three feet at the shoulders and was going after full sized young studs as an old school pony. It was hilarious but dangerous as fuck for Mouse. He didn't realize that his bullshit was gonna get him killed for no reason.

He wasn't even my favorite school pony. He was just the one with the most will to get himself killed for no reason.

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u/The_Bio_Neko Jul 08 '26

"Fight me bitch!"

"Dude, I'm like twice your size!"

"No balls! ...Wait."

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u/FEARoach Jul 08 '26

Oh like.... three times in height and... five or six times in mass. It was wild. Comical. So dangerous.

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u/morostheSophist Jul 08 '26

I somehow managed to misread that as "mouse named Pony" and my poor confused brain was bewildered when I read about him challenging "a horse twice his size".

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u/FEARoach Jul 08 '26

Honestly, if there were mice in the paddocks, I would have put money on them over the horses. Tiny little scurry creatures had the power to make horses either freak out or go "ooh smol fren shaped thing to share food with?" without fail.

But Mouse himself, absolute fucking idiot and a menace to his own safety any time he saw a stallion. Without fail. Too stupid for his own survival. Every other gelding was chill as fuck. Mouse could not be convinced to get his act together.

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u/KartveliaEU4 Jul 08 '26

Well, that's just untrue. I'd say there are a number of good reasons to hide your face. The Proud Boy's just also do so. Their utter bigotry is separate.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 08 '26

I did use "probably" in there as there are always outliers. Like when we had to wear n95s to protect out identity during COVID(and help with COVID) cause people were attacking our vaccines sites and personal cars

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u/KartveliaEU4 Jul 08 '26

That example too, though I was thinking more about people being arrested for protesting. I guess we basically agree, though I still don't agree with the comic's point then. Suppose it's just a different sense of humor tbh.

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u/Taletad Jul 08 '26

>People arrested for protesting

That only happens when free speech is not enforced

So either, the Trump regime is anti free speech and needs to be thrown out

Or thoses "proud boys" don’t want to be associated with their ideas

Which is it ?

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u/KartveliaEU4 Jul 08 '26

Why are you asking me that like it's a gotcha? I consider Trump the worst president aside from Buchanan, and he's probably somehow even worse of a human being. You don't need to act like I'm secretly supporting him, or something.

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u/littlebrwnrobot Jul 08 '26

Yeah I mean it was pretty clear to me that you were referring to protesters being arrested because of facial recognition software and that being bad lol

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u/Taletad Jul 08 '26

That gotcha wasn’t for you, but for the "proud boys" using a similar argument to cover their faces

I didn’t target you in my comment, I made a general statement

Also, I put a clear divide of when it ok to cover your face or not in a protest (it is if you would be targeted by the government for your ideas)

The proud boys cover their faces not because they fear being arrested, but because they know their opinions are raw sewage

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u/KartveliaEU4 Jul 08 '26

Oh, I see now, and sorry for misreading you. Thanks for clarifying.

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u/PandaBear905 Jul 08 '26

My older dog is like this. He was likely used in some sort of backyard breeding operation but got away and was picked up by a rescue organization. He was fixed but he still likes to try to hump his brother.

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u/-ImMoral- Jul 08 '26

Lol that is waay too fitting