Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 13, 2020

Sounds like grounds for a Supreme Court case.

It makes me feel blue AND see red…

I like the none too subtle color change.

I’m surprised that he didn’t make the leap at the end as to which is the party that keeps its members sh###g their pants so they’ll vote in lockstep for them. (Hint: it’s not the blues.)

Believe it or not, the colors were reversed at one time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#:~:text=The%20map%20was%20placed%20in%20the%20network’s%20election%2Dnight%20news%20studio.&text=Since%20the%201984%20election%2C%20CBS,1980%2C%201984%2C%20and%201988.

Reportedly, the color assignments was started by USA Today. (A paper I use to read regularly, until they priced themselves out of the market, as far as I was concerned.)

Blame Fox News. (Same with those annoying headline crawls!)

Word was that the networks didn’t want to be seen as associating the Democrats with the Reds, which at the time meant “Communists”.

And yet Trump wears a red hat and a red tie.

(On the other hand, there’s a lot of evidence suggesting that he’s color blind. For instance, look at that fake tan job.)

Because the colour assignation was designed by men (for the purpose of coding within media charts). If it was designed by women, potentially we could have parties represented by the millions of ‘fake colours’ like cream, eggshell, ivory, Navajo white, and vanilla. Just saying, ROYGBIV was good enough.

I cannot dispute BD’s analysis of the color’s meanings and associations. Maybe he should be remarking on their appropriateness for each political party.

They just chose some patriotic colors for the TV election maps and used to cycle them, but they got stuck at what we have now around the 2000 elections.

In Canada it’s the opposite: the Liberal Party is red, the Conservative Party is blue. Then there’s the New Democratic Party (orange), the Bloc Quebecois (light blue) and the Green Party (green).

Outside masks, especially in the winter, are a “two fer”. You get a bit of extra filtration of the cold air going into the respiratory system as well as any micro particles, and you don’t have to be concerned about any sudden encounters with the oblivious or other maskless “freedom fighters”.

It certainly does not do any harm to anyone to be overly cautious. For some reason the knuckle walkers are bothered by the fact that you have the freedom to do something that they do not want to do.

When they do their versions of “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” I certainly would not mind obliging them since they are giving me the choice. Maybe I should have them sign a waiver and agreement first to avoid repercussions.

The color assignments are rather arbitrary. But when the three major networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS, coordinated the color scheme it did make it easier for the viewers. Still other colors would work just as well. Say Orange (guess which party) and Green. Well maybe not green, that could cause problems if the station is using green screen technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdm8Rpl4HY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8LT26_pkjE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR71awVf6ck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6lDxPP-duo

The color scheme is so subtile as the strip slowly turns from blue to red.

Is the USA the only country in the world where blue goes to the left wing party and red goes to the right wing party?

It started in 2000. Originally the Big Three news networks would change it every election. Dems would be red one cycle and then blue the next. But because of the long drawn out process in 2000 [when the Dems were blue] the ‘Red/Blue’ stuck.

If you watch the movie “The Guns of Navarone,” you might pay attention to Anthony Quinn’s colour scheme. He does the exact same trick as here, gradually shifting the colours of his clothing from blueish gray to red, to depict the increasingly agitated state of his character.

Excellent use of color change from panel to panel. Redder BD gets madder he is it’s a color conspiracy.

“Is the sky blue?” No, it’s gray-green, BD. Look up.

I like how the colorist gradually turned the entire environment redder and redder as BD gets angrier.

Because red is associated with Russia.

By the way, why are police still associated with the color blue? It seems like they all switched to black colored uniforms a long time ago. Unless that’s a very dark blue?

Before the 2000 election there was a lot of inconsistency but more often than not blue was assigned to Republicans. When the color associations were too entrenched to change after 2000, Republicans were not happy. They preferred blue because it had more of a look of gravitas and liked red for the Democratic Party because it had a subtle communist association.

Has he considered taking this case to the Supreme Court?

I’m joining the elephant party cause elephants are bigger and smarter than donkeys.

Red use to represent communisms or Russia…enuff said.

The scheme is reversed in Canada and the UK.

I thought it was Tim Russert.

I belong to the Day-Glo Orange Party.

Well, if you’re going to get into it, might as well point out that the Republican mascot is an Elephant, generally considered wise and intelligent. The democrat’s mascot is a Donkey, biblically referred to as an ass.

I had assumed “Republican Red” was inspired by Nancy Regan who liked wearing red most of the time.

Trudeau can still bring it. Excellent!

B D’s reaction is true to life.

JFK referred to the GOP mascot elephant as a circus animal, walking round and round in circles. The Democratic mascot donkey is known as a worker animal. Whatever. I like elephants, just not too crazy about Republicans.

I remember it was reversed in 1980- as Reagan kept winning more states, Dan Rather remarked that the map was starting to look like a swimming pool.

Oh for…

I’m glad to see the couple wearing masks when outside their home. Over the past month, 8 people who I know personally have become infected with COVID-19. One died, one is in ICU, 3 were in the hospital. These are mostly in the Midwest region. Most were in Missouri and 1 was in Wyoming, 1 in Kansas.

NH 30,244 cases.

and you wonder why the Republicans are colored red….especially with their latest insane action of seeing red, trying to eliminate the peoples’ votes in Michigan, Wisconsin Pennsylvania, and Georgia using fake facts to destroy our constitution, our country, and our democracy

Love the subtle color shift of the whole strip.

Now ask why the party symbols are the donkey and the elephant! (Thanks, Thomas Nast)

Trudeau shows the conversation when they are wearing blue clothes to be calm and reasonable, but when they take off the blue jackets and both the clothing and background turn red, he is yelling at her for no reason. Very slick.

When you’re in a bad mood everything is annoying. Keep him away from the puppies and kittens for a few days.

I think red went for the republicans because it was reagan’s favorite color

Maybe the GOP should turn Trump orange.

I love how the color scheme of the comic gradually changes as B.D’.s anger takes over.

Case in point!

At least around wisconsin, the sniveling gop weaktards use blue in their campaign signs. They should grow a pair and use red.

I see what you did there with the colors .. in answer to your question, it is because they fit

I mean, “fear,” “menace” and “danger” PERFECTLY describe the trumplican party, so . . .

Related question: Why did Republicans get the elephant — dignified, intelligent, loved by everybody? And Democrats got the jackass?

Seems backward to me.

Maybe this was mentioned earlier….I entered the US Armed Forces in 1976. Then, and now, blue denoted allies in the war games and red was assigned to the enemy. that never varied. Purple signify the joint forces of the US military working together. I’ve always wondered why the GOP chose (so I thought) the color of our military enemies.

Calm down BD, actually it was totally by chance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#Contemporary_use

Am I delusional, but weren’t Ds red at one time? Nixon’s campaign in ‘68 was blue-themed, I think.

https://www.thoughtco.com/oversimplification-and-exaggeration-fallacies-3968441Over simplification fallacy.

And why did the Republicans get to steal the color red from Socialism?

Actually, we’re more purple: https://purplestatesofamerica.org/

The democrat color should be PINK!!

And more, it’s the color of Commie sympathizers, right Mitch?

Is BD a republican? Whoda thunkit!?!

Outside they are blue (with the cold?). Inside they are red (with anger?).

Political colors: Red and blue represent only two of the USA colors. White is not PC.

Red: Conservative.

Orange: Trumpeters.

Yellow: (No party would ever touch that)

Green: Sustainable life!

Blue: Power from the people, to the people

Purple: Freedom from an oppressive government

Red is the color of “pay attention!”

Blue is the color of “chill.”

Excuse me, these are cartoon characters, did you leave common sense on your ballot

Because spreading FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt) is the entire RepubliKlan election strategy.

Now that’s pretty cool

Big 3 networks did it. In fact they used to mostly use red for the Dems, up until the late 90’s or so.

Look it up. I have my own theory about why, but I doubt anyone at any of the networks will reveal how and why they all “independently” decided to unburden the Dem party from its usual association with red.

He’s yelling because he has PTSD.

Very funny. Especially the yelling, as if volume makes it more factual.

I have a soft, double-layered flannel mask that’s proving to be quite warm and cozy now that cold weather is here in NH. Not so much when it was 95 degrees in July…