# How is Doonesbury liberal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [January 7, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-doonesbury-liberal/995716 "2024-01-07T01:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-doonesbury-liberal/995716/30 "2024-01-07T18:51:54Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Yeah, color me also scratching my head at how is _Doonesbury_’s liberalism questionable. The OP has a history of seeming to believe that anything that lampoons any aspect of liberal beliefs is hard-right. One example: > [@Is this what The Simpsons is now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-the-simpsons-is-now/813331): > > So I found the YouTube video of Hank Azaria discussing the Apu flap with Stephen Colbert via a Moviebob link. Unsurprisingly, he came off very well (I say “unsurprisingly” because insensitive, ignorant clods don’t last three decades in television), and even though it probably doesn’t change anything, it’s reassuring to know that are still good people on The Simpsons who haven’t yet left or died. But then I saw another link to a recent episode. Naturally the wording made me suspicious, and I w… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-doonesbury-liberal/995716)._