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Barry Deutsch
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Barry Deutsch writes Lefty Cartoons, a personal blog at leftycartoons.com about politics and culture. Since 2017, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (8) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite Barry Deutsch's cartoons, mainly 'I Have Been Silenced' on free speech and bans on platforms, and 'A brief history of corporate whining' on companies threatening to leave markets over regulation.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 8 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Political Cartoons by Barry Deutsch
Most-linked posts?
- /2018/08/01/i-have-been-silenced/2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-04-03
What Hacker News says?
The government never prevented anyone from speaking. Free speech was not violated when assholes were banned from platforms for being assholes. The owners of those platforms are not the government. https://leftycartoons.com/2018/08/01/i-have-been-silenced/
Comment linking /2018/08/01/i-have-been-silenced/
on “A university president makes a case against cowardice”Your post reminds me of Barry Deutsch's I Have Been Silenced comic [1], which is clearly still relevant today. 1: http://leftycartoons.com/2018/08/01/i-have-been-silenced/
Comment linking /2018/08/01/i-have-been-silenced/
on “Our fundamental right to shame and shun the New York Times”"I have been silenced!"[1] says the side with all three branches of government, owns newspapers and TV stations, business leaders and executives in front of microphones all the time. But, yea--they're the ones that are being silenced. 1: https://leftycartoons.com/2018/08/01/i-have-been-silenced/
Comment linking /2018/08/01/i-have-been-silenced/
on “The group chats that changed America”This whole thread reminds me of the "I Have Been Silenced!" cartoon[1]. 1: https://leftycartoons.com/2018/08/01/i-have-been-silenced/
Comment linking /2018/08/01/i-have-been-silenced/
on “East German Stasi Tactics – Zersetzung (2021)”http://leftycartoons.com/2017/11/14/if-global-warming-were-r...
Comment linking /2017/11/14/if-global-warming-were-real/
on “Scientists have signed the largest-ever warning about Earth’s destruction”> Are customers conditioned to cheap meat, or no meat? To cheap and always available meat. Throughout history, a rise in wealth has been closely correlated with a rise in meat consumption (as seen e.g. in China, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/may/30/food.chi... ). > These customers surely live in a market economy, and understand that no matter how much they may bitch on Facebook, prices... Fluctuate..?…
Comment linking /2009/09/04/a-brief-history-of-corporate-whining/
on “A big hurdle to fixing the chip shortage: substrates”https://leftycartoons.com/2025/05/14/top-ten-reasons-america...
Comment linking /2025/05/14/top-ten-reasons-americans-want-enormous-cars/
on “'Carspreading' is on the rise – and not everyone is happy about it”This reminds me strongly of the famous cartoon "A brief history of corporate whining" [1]. US companies said the same when the EU enacted the RoHS regulations, they said the same when the EU passed the GDPR, and it will be just the same with AI regulations: the European market is just too massive to ignore it. [1] https://leftycartoons.com/2009/09/04/a-brief-history-of-corp...
Comment linking /2009/09/04/a-brief-history-of-corporate-whining/
on “Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any Real AI Regulation”
