Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 10, 2020

Calvin, the Bill of Rights only applies to government not censoring you. Parents can censor their kids — especially 6 year old kids — as much as they want.

you just had to ask, Calvin

What part of “NO!” don’t you understand, Calvin?

Pretty soon Calvin will be needing the Fifth Amendment.

Calvin seems to be constitutionally incapable of following the constitution.

Honestly, what are you, Mr. Calvin’s Dad, some kinda n00b? You walked right into that!

Dad is a lawyer, Calvin. You are never going to win this.

I’m all for censoring and suppressing my ideas that I find distasteful. If I weren’t, I’d probably call my nephew’s ex-wife many very rude names!

Censoring and suppressing are what have made me the paragon of virtue at which my neighbours rarely find cause to throw vegetables anymore.

My kid? I would not object. I also control where he goes, and offer context as needed.

Yeah, My house, my rules. Had to tell my kids that. They didn’t like it. They got over that when they tried being homeless on the street.

Dad should have Calvin explain himself before he starts agreeing with him.

Seems lately that suppression of ideas is coming from all sides.

Parents censor and suppress kids exposure to ideas and information that conflict with their own worldview. They don’t want to have to explain different mores and social standards of conduct. And they want their children to share their prejudices, biases, and fear of those who are different. Then they are surprised when the kids become withdrawn, resentful, angry teenagers.

Define “some people”, Calvin. Like your parents maybe, f’rinstance?

See this cake? You can’t eat it…

Calvin never sounds this intelligent in the classroom, that’s a for sure!

Responsible? Culturally educated? Seems that those two have gone by the wayside in the past 25 years…

Calvin’s father knows he is talking to a boy whose snowmen caused their neighbors to sell their houses and move away.

So, is Calvin trying to see an R-rated movie or buy the latest rap album?

In the last panel, the father is attempting to tell Calvin we shouldn’t oversimplify things.

Freedom assigned to the bill of rights and all that says the Government can not censor or suppress us. Our parents have a whole different book of rules. The hand that holds the “allowance” and the paddle trumps all. See how I put trump in there. Clever, no?

If it ain’t provocative, it ain’t art.

Kind of off topic, but brought to mind John Mulaney’s routine about our regular need to invoke the crucial third Amendment to prevent soldiers from quartering in our houses. Always cracks me up.

“Please, just answer the very pointed and specific questions, so I can twist your words around to my liking!”

I have long wondered: are there some ideas too dangerous to be allowed? The Nazis gave us an example of what I mean. The world was within a hairsbreadth of fascism being the predominant form of government in the world.

“So you wouldn’t object to being exposed to…” First Amendment also covers freedom of association. I don’t have to be affiliated with someone else’s expression. So, yeah, I can object.

Children used to be gradually exposed to the extremes of society. Now they leap out of a computer monitor straight into their heads.

Can’t wait to see Dad explaining to Calvin that he has to wear a mask.

The bill of rights is supposed to apply to legal adults, of course children still have rights, but lack the experience and maturity to handle all of the subtleties of real life. That isn’t to say parents can do ANYthing they want to their kids, that’s why we have things like CPS.

Good try Calvin, but Dad is circumventing you.

When my sister was 11 (back in 1972), she got her hands on a copy of “The Exorcist” (book, not movie) unbeknownst to my parents. When they found out about it they were concerned, so they asked her what she thought of it. She said “It was OK, but you probably wouldn’t like it. It’s pretty intense.”

He’s one smart kid for someone who hates school.

This six year old is way beyond his age. Politician in the making.

Can I get A Clockwork Orange from the DVD store?

cuss words…