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Used here on All The Tropes by the gracious permission of the copyright holder.

StoneToss (full title: StoneToss: A Political Cartoon is a webcomic put out by its titular author, on a bi-weekly basis. Its humor is generally oriented around American Politics, social critique, and being offensive in the name of humor.

It's typically drawn using a 4-panel comic format, using a simplistic art style composed of black and white characters with colored background set-pieces. Each comic is very short and typically meant to be a quick read, generally making a simple if offensive point about something and letting the art ask the question "Why so offended?" to the reader.

It has often been accused of extreme political bias, particularly being Nazi or extreme right in tone, and though the author has consistently denied this and maintained that it's offensive in the name of being funny and nothing more, his public views (courtesy of his social media) are verifiably inline with many views considered alt-right and/or Nazi in either tone or outright stated.

Tropes used in StoneToss include:

• And That's Terrible: As shown here.
• Banned On TV Tropes: Despite the author's own claim they'd make a terrible Nazi and many strips where they are willing to mock both sides of the argument, TV Tropes has banned their page on this web-comic due to its alt-right leaning views.
  • As for whether the author is a closet Nazi, while they have outright denied this, it is worth noting they have multiple comics showing contempt for Israel (both Jews as a people and the nation-state), have shown some sympathy for Holocaust denial, or at least minimalism, and have a pronounced negative opinion of LGBT issues. How much is completely sincere and how much is just to troll remains an open question. However, evidence certainly does lean towards a considerable majority of it being genuine, courtesy of both the comic itself and the author's own social media posts that accompany it.
• Beat: Commonly done in comic panel format to establish the punchline, with one panel serving as a dramatic pause before the punchline drops in the next panel.
• Bait and Switch: As shown with this strip showing therapy has multiple meanings.
• Boomerang Bigot: In which self-hatred is taken to its logical conclusion.
• Captain Obvious: Well, duh, racism is bad.
• Devil In Plain Sight: Mocked in this strip about brightly colored predators.
• Double Standard: As shown here.
• Donald Trump: Mocked.
• Driven to Suicide: And all to make a very ironic point.
• Dystopia: It's closer than many think.
• Even the Guys Want Him: To this guy's chagrin.
• Fantastic Racism: Parodied in this comic about "illegal aliens".
• Furry Fandom: Mocked in this comic, where The Joker makes a very good point on the subject to Batman.
• Gay Panic: Critiqued along with Think of the Children logic.
• Hypocrite: Not all people who champion the working class really care about actual workers.
• Irony: If race is a social construct is there any point to making it more diverse?
• Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: As shown here.
• Kill It With Fire: Didn't just happen during the Holocaust.
• Murder Simulators: The panic over these is referenced here.
• Not So Different: The communists have more in touch with capitalists than anyone thought.
• The Oldest Profession: Given a crossover with Reality Ensues, courtesy of the IRS.
• Political Correctness Gone Mad: Oft mocked and commented on in many strips.
  • Worth noting this is generally mocked from the political left most of the time, which the author primarily tends to associate this trope with in nigh any negative sense.
• Pyrrhic Victory: As illustrated in this comic lampooning Gamergate.
• Sacred Cow: This comic shows how none are above the mockery of someone else.
• Science Marches On: Mocked without pity.
• Take That, Critics!: StoneToss is well aware of some of the people who think he is an actual bigot.
• Tempting Fate: Why illegal border crossing actually is a serious risk.
• Thoughtcrime: Based on actual laws in New York City.
• Troll: The author admits the intention of their comic is to do this because the whole point is to tear down everything in the name of making a joke out of it.
• True Art Is Offensive: Their raison d'etre. If you legitimately find it funny or are genuinely offended, they feel they have achieved what they sought to do either way.
• Unperson: Even Abe Lincoln isn't safe from this.