The political views in Calvin and Hobbes, where they exist at all, are much more in line with 60's counter-culture: anti-consumerism, distrust of authority figu

The political views in Calvin and Hobbes, where they exist at all, are much more in line with 60's counter-culture: anti-consumerism, distrust of authority figures, labor issues. Where there are right-leaning references (e.g. "Commies") they are mocking. Think Colonel Flag in MASH. My reaction was not bizarre, I live in a deeply red place where at least once in every social gathering I get to hear some harp about "the media" or political correctness, so I know it when I see it. It is amusing because it is so enshrined in "modern" conservative culture (well, not so modern, it started in the early 90s...) to complain about this that it creeps into everything.