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Tarō Asō is a racist, sexist, anti-Semitic ultra-nationalist xenophobic fuckwit.
If I see one more blog or livejournal post about how AWESOME it is that Asō is slated to become Japan's next Prime Minister, I am going to scream.
And no, I am not surprised that the Akibakei and pretty much all of Japan's otaku culture support Asō in droves. We're talking about a demographic group that tends to be either a) extremely ill-informed about politics or b) also leaning toward being enormously racist, sexist, ultra-nationalistic xenophobic fuckwits. All you have to do is spend more than a minute surfing 2ch to see the sad, sad truth of that.
Wealthy housebound nerds harbor sheltered, ignorant views about how the real world works? Color me shocked!
I'm waiting for the inevitable television special where some intrepid reporter from NHK ventures out into the streets of Akihabara, rounds up a bunch of otaku sporting pro-Asō paraphanelia, and asks them if any of them have any clue what sort of actual policies Asō supports. I'd bet money that most of them don't know anything about Asō beyond the fact that he likes manga a lot. Hell, a cursory glance at some of the Japanese blogs on my feed are showing me exactly that right now.
Oh well. At the very least, we should all take comfort in the fact that Asō probably won't last long as the Prime Minister. Lately, nobody has. Especially nobody that supports abolishing Article 9 and re-militarizing Japan. TPTB in Japan have rallied that cause for a long time, but (at least for now) the voters will still have none of it.
Okay, enough about stupid Japanese politics. Here is a brilliant NSFW comic with what is quite possibly the greatest editorial caption every written:
I’ve never understood how a wonderfully muscular, resilient organ could be a euphemism for weakness, while having delicate, dangly bits indicated strength. Subconscious sexism much?
If I see one more blog or livejournal post about how AWESOME it is that Asō is slated to become Japan's next Prime Minister, I am going to scream.
And no, I am not surprised that the Akibakei and pretty much all of Japan's otaku culture support Asō in droves. We're talking about a demographic group that tends to be either a) extremely ill-informed about politics or b) also leaning toward being enormously racist, sexist, ultra-nationalistic xenophobic fuckwits. All you have to do is spend more than a minute surfing 2ch to see the sad, sad truth of that.
Wealthy housebound nerds harbor sheltered, ignorant views about how the real world works? Color me shocked!
I'm waiting for the inevitable television special where some intrepid reporter from NHK ventures out into the streets of Akihabara, rounds up a bunch of otaku sporting pro-Asō paraphanelia, and asks them if any of them have any clue what sort of actual policies Asō supports. I'd bet money that most of them don't know anything about Asō beyond the fact that he likes manga a lot. Hell, a cursory glance at some of the Japanese blogs on my feed are showing me exactly that right now.
Oh well. At the very least, we should all take comfort in the fact that Asō probably won't last long as the Prime Minister. Lately, nobody has. Especially nobody that supports abolishing Article 9 and re-militarizing Japan. TPTB in Japan have rallied that cause for a long time, but (at least for now) the voters will still have none of it.
Okay, enough about stupid Japanese politics. Here is a brilliant NSFW comic with what is quite possibly the greatest editorial caption every written:
I’ve never understood how a wonderfully muscular, resilient organ could be a euphemism for weakness, while having delicate, dangly bits indicated strength. Subconscious sexism much?
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Of course, as soon as those interests lie elsewhere, America will be gone. Lets hope the JSDF are up to defending the country.
And as far as America protecting Japan goes... why don't we ask all those young Japanese girls who've been raped and beaten over the years by your "brave" American soldiers how safe they feel these days.
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If the JSDF isn't up to defending the country, maybe they should, you know, increase the defense budget? Pay your own share.
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At any rate, it appears that Aso and most of the Japanese government are quite confident with Japans ability to defend itself. I wasn't insinuating that Japan is unable to defend itself, merely highlighting Americas foreign policy attitude.