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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Everett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906) (lemmy.world)

submitted 22 hours ago by Rolando@lemmy.world to c/truecomics@midwest.social

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Printed 118 years ago today in the Spokane Press. Image cleaned up, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It was surprising to see Everett say he didn't have the right to spank him when he beats the shit out of guys all the time with nary a thought.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Kids back then were seen as property of their parents (in case you were wondering where that idea comes from when it pops up now and again today), and thus technically their discipline was also the province of their parents.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 5 points 12 hours ago

Where is the follow up comic of Everett slapping the parents around?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

But isn't beating someone up also a violation of their rights?

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Kids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.