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Everett True Comics

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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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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In this case, the rights refer to the adult who "owned" them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right, hence him saying ‘I know I haven’t any right to do this’. He was infringing on their rights, with them not present to object.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, and he's also infringing on their rights when he beats them up, yet has no problem with it.