Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for November 19, 2021

Another rethugican wet dream…

A slanted number “45” apparently in OCR font. Nice touch.

Wasn’t it “1984” that Amazon deleted off people’s Kindles?

I always thought ‘fire department’ was a strange name for people who ran around spraying water and putting out fires. Thought it should be the ‘water spraying department’, or something. Here is the real fire department in action. Good one.

The reThuglicans believe that Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Brave New World, and The Handmaid’s Tale are merely training manuals. The Velveeta Voldemort’s new book, My Struggle should be out soon but might be in trouble for plagiarism claims – he’ll just claim its an homage though.

My greatest fear is children learning critical race theory. I don’t know what it is and I REFUSE to learn. But the angry white supremacist on Youtube/ Fox Nooz (whichever) says it’s bad, and the crazy white blonde lady from Georgia said it’s bad, so I’m mad and stupid.

Back when my kids were in school and some folks wanted certain books banned, my wife and I handed said books to our kids and told them to have at it.

This IS what will happen if the Velveeta Voldemort gets back into the White House.

VOTE BLUE

Speaking of banned books, it’s time to re-read the Harry Potter series.

CRT: aka, American Historical Reality…

Isn’t it odd that the Qpublicans DON’T want one of the most violent books in history, a book that features INCEST, MURDER, GENOCIDE, WAR, HUMAN SACRIFICE, ANIMAL SACRIFICE, RAPE, and MORE banned, simply because it’s their favorite collection of Fables, Folk Tales, and Outright Fantasies called… “The Bible”???

Like what you did with the 45

So it all really DOES come down to Amazon…

There’s a subtle ray of sunshine in Ruben’s last panel. Little Susie is downloading a copy of the proscribed book.

While the troglodytes and trumpists may institute a national Kristallnacht and incinerate all the hard copies of the books they find offensive, the genie is out of the bottle, and they can’t burn the literary clouds or the internet libraries … yet!

Anyone else think the number on the fireman’s helmet resemble a swastica?

Oh so clever a use of the number “45”. I am SO amused. Hardeeharhar!

Not even one insane comment by even one Trump Cult member? But I suppose I shouldn’t be too optimistic this early in the day…..By the way, as an example of how we used to be far less polarized: You know who wrote the forward for “Doonesbury’s Greatest Hits”? William F. Buckley did. Of course, that WAS way back in 1978…..

Same day as Kos. Congrats.

Put the fireman in a wheelchair, and give him a shave, and he’s Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Abbott sent an order to all Texas public schools telling them to get rid of undesirable books, and to report on which titles they had banned.

That “45” on his helmet has a familiar look.

“They don’t got to burn the books, they just remove them” Rage against The Machine

I suppose rendering Bradbury’s title “Fahrenheit 451” as “Fahrenheit 45!” is all part of the parody. It is the temperature at which traditional book paper burns. The film version directed by Francois Truffaut was excellent. The premise was about a dystopian world where “firemen” showed up to burn your books. They were not even as picky as the guy shown here. The underground saved important books by returning to the oral tradition.

Today’s fascists promote thought control by over-publishing, flooding the Internet with alternate reality wishful thinking, thereby diverting people from traditional, respected idea sources.

Interesting, the way “45” looks like a swastika

Ruben, it’s not conservatives banning TKaM, it’s well meaning progressives who find the depiction of racism to be too troubling for children. Please do some research and/or stop making things up.

Love the way he made the “45” look like a swastika.