The Cat’s Out of the Bag: And Apparently, He is Part of the Snowflake Menace.
Wow. It seems a particularly disgruntled reader has decided that Scott Metzger’s cartoons—which mostly dare to suggest that cats and dogs have personalities and their behaviors are quite funny at times—are actually deep-state political propaganda. Apparently, a feline’s habits are now ‘Anti-MAGA.’
It’s a charming throwback, really. This brand of reactionary outrage is a beat-for-beat remix of the 1950s Red Scare. Back then, there was a ‘Pinko‘ behind every bush and a Soviet spy in every PTA meeting. We were told the ‘Commies’ had infiltrated our schools, our movies, and our churches. The mantra was simple: ‘Better Dead than Red.’ If you didn’t adhere to a very specific brand of ‘Americanism,’ you were a terrorist in a trench coat.
Fast forward 70 years, and it’s the same play, just with a new cast of villains. Instead of the ‘Red Menace,’ we have the ‘Snowflake Menace.’ Now, it’s ‘paid Antifa agitators’ and ‘radical educators’ poisoning the youth by—heaven forbid—teaching actual history. Because as we all know, history isn’t a record of facts; it’s a victory lap for the winners. And in this version of the story, ‘White, Rich Men are Right’ remains the unspoken subtitle.
It turns out ‘We The People’ are really just a dragon devouring its own tail, forever terrified of the same shadows. To the person who harassed Mr. Metzger, I am truly sorry you see ‘TDS‘ lurking in every inkwell. It must be exhausting to live in a world where a cartoon cat is a threat to the Republic. As President Harry S. Truman warned during the last Great Scare, ‘In a free country, we punish men for the crimes they commit, but never for the opinions they have.’ It’s a shame that seventy years later, we still haven’t learned that lesson. But don’t worry—there’s probably an app for that.
References:
Metzger, Scott. “Political Meme Message.” Scott Metzger Cartoons Facebook Page, February 5, 2026.
Metzger, Scott. Official Website: MetzgerCartoons.com.
Truman, Harry S. “Veto of the Internal Security Bill.” Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum, September 22, 1950.
U.S. Senate. “Vetoes by President Harry S. Truman.” Senate.gov.
UVA / Miller Center. “McCarthyism and the Red Scare” millercenter.org
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