Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 03, 2016

Lucy has been tweeting Donald again.

I do wish they would look already.

Frame Two: First, Lucy is using the dodge of answering a question with a question. Secondly, truthfulness is not a part of the definition of cliche. Third, leaving the acute off the “e” in the word “cliche” because I am too lazy to use the character map does not negate my logic. Fourth, if Donald Trump is in any way the inspiration for this arc then the fear is fully visible, rational and justifiable.

@ For a Just and Peace…

Which begs the question: Is Donald Trump a cliche? Or just ten pounds of horse manure in a five pound bag?

gosh I thought they were talking about Hillary!

and the political asshats are heard from…..

Chuck Norris for President!

I propose Alfred E Neuman

I blame Clara Oswin Oswald.

This strip should be required reading material in schools.

Lucy, you are kidding. Blind, Irrational Fear as classic. Just not work.

If you repeat a lie often enough and loud enough for it to be believed then you’ve made it a truth, a cliché, and thereby are able to create a blind, irrational fear…. Isn’t that Goebbels’ First Law of Political Empowerment ?

Write in vote for Romney :-)

The sock is missing!!! Must have been eaten by the “monster”. And I’ve been blaming the washer all these years.

amber71

Your cartoons often seem topical, even given their earlier publication dates

>>>>>>>>>>>>>I believe this is because really good satire is timeless ! Writers like Aristophanes, Chaucer, Swift, Pope, Moliere, Bierce and Twain can be read, laughed with, and appreciated for being relevant today.

“Satire is the form of humor that holds people, or society in general, up for examination, and ridicules the follies revealed. Good satire should offer improving examples or at least make us consider choices we often take for granted. In this sense, satire is of huge value to society. While satire can be cruel to the victims it mocks, it should always be funny. "

-——————— LORDZB OCTOBER 31, 2011

Wiley is one of those rare visual satirists who handily manages in both single panel and in strip cartoons, to keep us laughing, while sticking a pin in our overinflated egos.

Thank you Wiley !

Wiley, I see that this story arc was first done in 2012. Its really amazing how history repeats, the second time as farce.Even more, I think its truly fascinating that the Republican Party continues to reuse the same theme election after election. Create fear, then the voters will concentrate on the fear and fail to take note of the fact that the GOP led congress has failed to do anything. Including what they were supposed to do.Fear works, the electorate being easily distracted by shiny objects we fail to note that this congress is far far worse than the do nothing congress that Truman ran against, and won. But that was back in the day when kids were taught about Civics and Govt and people paid great attention to politics. To the point of men dressing in their Sunday suits and women in their Sunday go to church clothing, just to stand in line for hours to vote.IMPO its sad that kids are no longer taught subjects that help them become better citizens and that adults simply fail to vote because…? But will spend great amounts of time voting on “reality show” contestants. Your vote matters. I have seen many local and state election decided by just 1 vote. If more people in FL had voted for the Democratic Party rather than 3rd party candidates like Nader who could never win simply to punish the Democratic Party, just like the Sanders voters are doing this year. How quickly people forget the past, even more how many kids drop out of HS every year and never learn or are ever taught about civic responsibility.(about 50% of kids starting college every year have to take remedial classes in math and english before being allowed to start taking college classes

Thank you for the link to Noam Chomsky’s article on Edward Bernays. I had forgotten about how influential Bernay’s ideas became.

One of my favorite Two-Sentence Horror Stories:

I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, “Daddy, check for monsters under my bed.” I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, “Daddy, there’s somebody on my bed.”