4 panel comic by War and Peas. 1. Panel shows two pirates, the first pirate speaks “Captain, our rivals have been calling us names again.” 2. Panel: The pirate continues, “They said we were a bunch of handicaps.” 3. Panel: The captain himself says, “That’s ableism! And we don’t tolerate that kind of talk here”. 4.Panel: The ship in full from afar waving a bunch of flags, such as the pride flag, the pirate skull-and-crossbones, the human rights flag, the trans flag and more.

  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
    452·
    4 months ago

    Did they put the flags up in response or is this supposed to imply some kind of irony? I don’t get it.

      • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
        201·
        4 months ago

        Yeah but isn’t that a bit nonsequitur to the conversation about pirates being against ableism? You can be tolerant even if you don’t have skin in the game, and vice versa, and the stances aren’t particularly humourous to me if that is in fact the joke “haha these 1600s pirates have complex political belief systems.”

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
    331·
    4 months ago

    I’ve heard of women who were pirate captains, ex-slaves who were pirate captains, gay pirate captains, and pirate captains of pretty much all races…

    …so yeah, pirates, surprisingly open work place.

    I think they were also known to attack privateers, who were state authorised pirates run by the monarchies and colonial governments of the world.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
    311·
    4 months ago

    It has been pointed out that pirates are a symbol of inclusivity. If you imagine a pirate, chances are they have a disability, typically from an occupational injury (a missing eye, hand or leg), and yet they kick ass and strike fear into the establishment.

  • Xanthrax@lemmy.world
    20·
    4 months ago

    Sorry, it’s sloppy (please don’t edit out the artist; you can edit out me, though)