This comic strip is yesterday's edition of Momma. I'm not easily offended, but the "joke" legitimately made me upset. I can't be entirely sure of Momma's stance on the Egyptian revolution because the comic doesn't make a lot of sense, but it appears that writer Mel Lazarus isn't in favor of peaceful, popular uprisings against an oppressive dictatorship. Also, the use of the phrase "good, old-fashioned American" comes across as some ignorant supposedly "patriotic" rhetoric. The Americans should have gone in there with force and plowed them down just because we could!
When I read the comics religiously as a kid, Momma was easily my least favorite. Not only was it consistently unfunny, but its characters were deplorable. My opinion was hardly unique: at one point, my then local newspaper, The Hartford Courant, held a poll to eliminate one strip from the funny pages and "Momma" handily won the ouster. Perhaps that's why a callous tyrant like Momma has no respect for the will of the people.
After reading this dismissal of Egypt's quest for freedom, it got me thinking of other unpopular opinions Momma probably holds...
How else might Momma be on the wrong side of history?
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