Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 04, 2013

Reality has a natural bias….

Hmmmm, I see we have conflicting weather reports! And then came the ideologue….

Don’t let the rain come down, ah, ah, oh, noDon’t let the rain come down, ah, ah, oh, noDon’t let the rain come down,My roof’s got a hole in it and I might drownI say my roof’s got a hole in it and I might drown…

The first episode of “Ogg and Friends.”

This reminds me of ‘The Hitch-hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’:Man In Shack: Are you wet?Ford: Wet?! Well, doesn’t it look as if we’re wet?Man In Shack: That’s how it looks to me, but how you feel about it might be a different matter. If you find warmth makes you feel dry you better come in.

But if Exalted Leader — whatever title(s) He has given Himself — says it’s [not] raining you’d bloody well betterbelieve it if you know what’s good for you, all evidence ofyour senses notwithstanding.

The precursor of legalism; the origin of lawyers.

“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.”

Not rain! Dinosaur pee.

This is only true of ideologies other than my own. Mine is the One True Reality. My observations are without error and should have the force of law. Chief among these infallible observations is that I am infallible and than anybody who disagrees with my assertions of fact are simply mistaken. If they persist in opposing my wisdom, then they are clearly dangerous deniers. I don’t call it heresy because I am very hip and not at all like previous pretenders to knowledge.

Really funny how most of the regular readers assume that the ideological denial of reality applies more to the political right than the left.

Oh, knowing Wiley, I expect he had something like that in mind. Always easier to see the other fellow’s faults than your own.

Some folks are just too dumb to come out of the rain. Or, if you wish to be more polite – some are way too stubborn to come out of the rain. For doing so means I must reconsider my position whilst getting soaked, and far be it from them to admit they might be in error. Phiosophically speaking, that is.

This is part of Wiley’s annual month long hiatus to put Non Sequitur in reruns every August.

I know I know! but it’s my first time.

Define “is.” Wasn’t that Clinton’s line?

I figured that when I read this in my paper type paper picked up in the driveway that the 6000 y. o. flat earth society and the climate change deniers would comment in droves.

He’s Russian“Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear,”

Republican…democrat…???….which is which in the cartoon? Not smart enough to come in from the rain comes to mind here. I know I’m in the minority here, but the democrat is the one getting all wet.

Don’t make me laugh. He is the the very picture of narrow-mindedness.

It depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is.

don’t you mean all of the U.S.A’s goverment not just the republican for the democrates are just as responsible too.

Define “scandal”.

The guy getting wet and denying it sounds republican to me, since republicans like to pretend nothings wrong even though there’s chaos everywhere.

can do without, still all wet

I think the comic is saying people don’t want to hear what they need to know, just what they want to know..The number of sources giving facts are dwindling..When the host of Meet the Press states, Gregory said: I think there are a lot of critics who think that . . . . if we did not stand up and say this is bogus, and you’re a liar, and why are you doing this, that we didn’t do our job. I respectfully disagree. It’s not our role..

At least they haven’t tried to inslave everyone as have the liberals.

Since Plato’s Republic, it has always been the “big government” elites vs the “small government” rabble. The elites always affirm that the rabble is too stupid to govern itself, and only the elites can preserve society. Every so often the rabble rises up and kills all of the controlling elites.

it’s what happens when you sell your soul to get votes.

Q: How many climate change deniers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: “There’s nothing wrong with that light bulb.”

@me9970 said to Omnius;

“I really appreciate your eloquence. It shows that you are a truly well educated and sincere person.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Don’t bother Omnius.. he’s too busy ‘crop-dusting’ to ever look back.

Hmmm … “They” are deluded by their ideology, while “We” take comfort in the knowledge that our world view is based in truth.

We all have filters through which we see the world.

Ideology: the refusal to follow natural law ad try and force everyone to do things for your benefit, like the nazis, communists, our utilitarians,….

Nice Wiley. Now the left and right ideologues are at again. HEY guys! Define “middle”. See this finger.

The “wet” guy is a liberal practicing what he preaches. It is called relativism.

The Invention of Democrats.

Hey, did you know the North Pole is currently a lake?

Ideologies are a type of belief club, and it’s assumed that people in these clubs can’t stop believing something. In a belief club there is little rationality or evidence, there is only the truth of the group.

I thought it was Bill Clinton and the Democrats that used the “Define” argument in their testimony.

must be the new Republicant platform.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE “BACK” BUTTON ON THIS WEBSITE?IT’S VERY ANNOYING.

My guess is that Nab is god in disguise. Too bad neither of them exist.

I have never seen it put in such a convincing way!

I bet Wiley doesn’t believe in absolutes. Absolutely.

Simpsonfan2, too. (…and lots of others ; – )

“the worst of all evils that ever came to this planet: OBAMANISM.”.Mercy me, if that isn’t mindless hyperbole taken to the next level. I pity you if you truly believe that.

“The right wing wants the return of Feudalism.”.Not the “return,” they wish to launch Feudalism as a new concept; their idea of “liberalism” and their gift to the working class.

The most amazing thing about this strip is that it names no one, but conservative commenters are outraged.I guess they realize how they look to the rest of us.

And yet, both of them engage in ideology. As it turns out, it isn’t raining. It is merely a cartoon of rain. I stick my hand to the “rain” and all I feel is my screen. And yet, the caveman who feels rain would think me as insane as the official ideologue.

Fire bad. Tree good. Not rain. Liquid sunshine.

more accurately: birth of the legal profession.

I have been reading articles and statements by Muslims about how to they want to do dialogue in Egypt, Israel, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. .My head hurts, too.

I just figured that today’s strip was saying, that ideologues were either too stubborn, or too stupid to come in from the rain.

Hence why I prefer logic over ideology.

If anyone is familiar with the International Baccalaureate Program (IB), this is straight from the Theory of Knowledge class. You haven’t lived until you get this from your child everyday s/he is in that class! I have to admit, it does open kids to different ways of thinking.

Liberalism, Aka Socialism IS feudalism. An un-Democratic permanent ruling class that never runs out of ways to lord over and nickel & dime the peasants. BTW, in feudal times the peasants weren’t allowed to own weapons either. “If one life can be saved by banning crossbows, blah, blah, blah.”

Groc say Obamacare not train wreck.

Here’s the same idea, but rewritten a bit for current events.

“Why you say police told Zimmerman not to get out of car? That not true.”

“Yes it is. Said so on NBC and newspaper.”

“No it’s not. Here, look. Non-emergency call transcript. Police never say this.”

“Don’t need look. Media gods spoken.”

etc….

I wonder if someday we will be able to have political discourse without resorting to ridicule and disdain. To have a dialectic you need dialog, not merely the loudest shouters from both sides.

Also, the great-great-etc.-grandfather of Monty Python’s Black Knight.