Editor,
Juan Tabone’s “biting” political commentary is like the local, liberal version of The Onion’s fictional (and ridiculous) conservative political cartoonist. As a real person with real political beliefs, I can’t take Juan seriously.
But if I just pretend that he’s somehow trying to be ironic, and is actually making fun of the views he purports to represent, then it’s okay.
It’s not that his opinion isn’t valid or his views unreasonable, but it is just that his comics are so over-the-top silly that they can’t be serious. If he thinks hippies shooting pistols into Wall Street pig-heads who splatter blood with dollar bill signs is profound satire, then he’s mistaken.
On the other hand, if he’s secretly a Tea Party Republican writing under a pseudonym to mock liberal views, then that’s Colbert level commentary right there!
Samuel G. Hobbs
UNM student
