Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 14, 2019

The only places NOT in that district are those without TVs.

Those who are on the defence use it. Though I was guilty only because the false charges had to be shown to be wrong. So it wasn’t false an not equivalence.

That’s why I only visit Wire Service Gardens.

You could be in the comments section of a news story or a cartoon as well.

^ They’re everywhere.

The perfect place to compare man farts to woman farts.

Okay, I’ll admit it. I had to google that. Sounds like debate club in high school.

“False Equivalencies Zone: Your home for Blatant Spin Doctoring, Distorted Facts, Rampant Cherry-Picking, Half Truths, and 24/7 FAUX Noise!”

Getting rid of cable TV tomorrow, can’t stand the endless commercials any more!

Forcing your opinion to be correct when it doesn’t want to be is a full-time job, like raising a child, sort of.

Within the district: red herring pool, argument circle, slippery slope, ad hominem custom shop, false dilemma dead-end.

Ahh, longing for the good old days of Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley & David Brinkley.

Besides the poor quality of news delivery, it seems cable channels are bound by some law to cement a banner to the lower part of the screen. It not only obscures part of the picture, it’s headline never changes.

Also, our local channels no longer seem to be able to identify on screen the names of the persons being interviewed who are allowed about 2 words to make a meaningful comment.

The locals also promote their coming news programs with lurid descriptions of events that actually occurred in other states or other countries. Is that what local means now?

Hey Wiley! This toon was on my calendar a few days ago!!

It’s interesting how everyone is getting on the cable news networks regarding this. But they’re only following the White House’s lead.

Oh, for the old days when districts were simple to understand … like the red light district !

And yet Mallard Fillmore is still allowed to spew his lies unchecked.

All I can say is that the outrage over Mr. Miller’s Sunday strip is a little bemusing since the outraged had to have to offending line pointed out, magnified, and explained to them. Otherwise, it was just a funny cartoon. It’s a terrible thing when you need expert help to find something to be outraged over. Cudos to GC for carrying Non Sequitur.

Cable news doesn’t have any hidden messages, they’re just garbled.

False equivalence=A logical fallacy which attempts to draw a connection between two different situations or arguments on the basis of some shared yet ultimately superficial similarity.

For example, Alex Jones once had an epic meltdown on Piers Morgan, where he basically equated the dangers of gun ownership to that of swimming in the ocean, trying to paint both as popular activities that have their inherent risks but should not be banned.

“How many Great White sharks kill people every year, but they are scared to swim?” He yelled.

There are number of things wrong with this equivalence:

1. Shark attacks are a WHOLE lot rarer than deaths by firearm by a factor of at least 10,000.

2. Swimming is a recreational activity whose risks are limited to the participant, whereas guns are dangerous not only to their owners but to bystanders as well.

3. Drain every pool in the country and lay mines on the beach, but you won’t stop people swimming. And killing every shark in the ocean would only lead to ecological disaster. Guns by comparison are easier to regulate and the public “benefit” they provide outside of the hands of police and military is considerably less than that of swimming or sharks.

I had a boss who candidly said “Thirty-five percent of what I say is bullshit. You have to figure out which thirty-five it is.” Which led to me not believing anything he said. (paradox noted)

If you go back to Sunday’s comic you can see for yourself that the offending scribble is now gone. You can stop going all goo-goo on GoComics, but at least they still publish him.

A scribble you would have to scrutinize closely.

Everyone knows that when Bill Clinton had sex in the Oval Office, that it totally justified the invasion of Iraq.

Because they were, you know, equivalent.

Please do not stop showing this comic. I read that you were going to do so.

Unfortunately, political ideology has now become the equivalent of a religion.

I’m going to stop following your work. Shove yourself.

They are right down the street from the one that lets people look through the window while they do their Infomercials. Er, uh, News & Interviews.

Sign on the next parallel avenue: “Caution. Cognitive Dissonance. Proceed with care and critical awareness."