Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 15, 2024

“I know you are, but what am I?” —Pee-wee Herman

Rat, you may want to look at a mirror-you are your own worst critic.

Your maga is showing…why wasn’t “America Great Again” after his 1st failed presidency?

The problem is that about 95% of the population does the same thing as Rat.

Oh, no! Today’s strip is going to encourage people to make political comments!

I used to debate the issues of the day with Trump conservatives. No more. It’s hard to have a sane discussion with people who don’t believe in reality.

All news is fake.

Morning Steph, your right on with this one Steph!!!!!

Is the wall a shade of red?

Rat will only have discussions with people who always agree with him. Contradict or correct him even once, and you’re out of his good graces.

I love comics that show political silliness attributable to both conservative and liberal and then watch as each side tries to make it about the other

Oh, don’t be silly, there’s no way you can get nothing but news you agree with, especially in your news feed — aaaah, wait, maybe you can, I’ve never tried looking at just … the other side. THAT leaks through plenty in all sorts of ways. Now, I’ve run into people who not only don’t seem to have heard anything from my side, but have explicitly said they don’t care, and they don’t want to hear anything bad about their side because they know my side is so bad!

Why is a CONVICTED felon (34 counts ! Unanimous jury!) “debating” for the presidency? (Why are so many people so unimaginably stupid?)

Shamefully Bob is doing the same things Rat does just the opposite side.

Green Day were wrong. They should have sung “Wake Me Up, When November Ends”.

You couldn’t pay me enough to even start reading the comments here today…

We live in alternate realities. Neither side can entertain the thought that the other side might have some validity.

I smell a MAGA (Morons Are Gathering Again).

Most people do that same thing, Rat, that’s why we have Fox news and, and CNN, depending on your views!

Bipartisan “I Know You Are But What Am I?” comments by the Always Wise Rat. Et tu Commie? God Bless America.

My wife used to berate me for listening to rush limbaugh. I told her I couldn’t combat evil if I didn’t find the source. Only half joking there. I did want to know their take on things so I could counter their arguments.

Nailed it!

Can’t you people, who used to insist that Pastis didn’t go political convince us now that he’s not going political? Where are you people?:

That is everything wrong with this country: We can’t have a civil conversation without someone getting offended. It’s a shame.

Vote for those no one has voted for…

I can’t stand to watch Fox or CNN on TV, so I go the each’s website to see what their headlines are. Often the headlines aren’t even about the same subjects. I quickly scan the articles I think might be kinda meaningful. At the the end of this exercise, I figure that the truth is somewhere between Fox’s reporting and CNN’s. Both organizations are little more than propaganda machines.

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln. This is where we are as a nation.

Gocomics: I guess people think pearls is a political cartoon, so you need to cut off comments.

Very Pastis. He drew one panel, duplicated it 5 times, and dropped different lettering on them. For panel 6, he flipped the image of Rat horizontally.

if America isn’t “great” any more, why do so many people want to risk everything to live here? like my grandparents…

IT’S THE DEMOCRATS FAULT. IT’S THE REPUBLICANS FAULT. There. It’s settled

The thing is Bob is probably doing exactly the same.

Isn’t bothered with the claptrap on cable news or social media

Given trump’s record.. it is remarkable that he has a following that think he is fit to run the country. And even worse, given trump’s “fitness” there is a good chance JD Vance could become president within 4 years. Seriously, JD Vance as a possible president should make everyone do a rethink.

Sadly, he is not alone…..

Most Channels, websites and people lean one way or another. But one side deals in a much higher percentage of facts.

Life an in echo chamber. Though I doubt Rat’s neighbor liked talking to him before.

Rat reminds me of the people who only get their news from MSNBC, PBS, NPR, and CNN, and who watch The View, and then complain about people and media with views opposed to theirs.

Man, so many of the comments here are insane. Exactly the point that Stephan was trying to make!

Goes for both sides

I have a (former) friend who has gone over the deep end in the MAGA world. He evidently has stopped believing in logic. I don’t bother arguing with that sort of people. It’s a waste of time. Same with flat-earthers.

In another episode of “Bothsidesism,”…

I wish Liz Cheney was the GOP’s nominee. I wouldn’t vote for her because I align more with Harris and the Dems, but at least I wouldn’t be terrified by the prospect of her winning. Unlike Trump, she is a person of integrity who cares about her country.

What a country. Just imagine studying four years to get a Journalism baccalaureate. Much worse than Philosophy.

I am neither left or right. But I have lived in several border cities. Eating the local wildlife is nothing new. Its been going on for decades. In fact it was a running joke about what you were eating in the restaurants since there were no stray animals around.

@ lavender headgear: Gas was cheap. Food was cheap. Taxes were lower. Wages were higher. Housing was more available. No new wars. Illegal immigration declined sharply. The economic grew nicely. Guess you don’t follow current events.

That sure sounds like the 50s, 60s 70s. I guess you do want to go back to the 50s.

Hit that nail om the head! I recall a conversation I tried to have with our window washer prior to the last election. There was no way he would say anything past the party line.

Substance and reason are dirty words. Endangered Species.

Rat forgot that HE JUST WANTS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION!

Make Animals Gourmet Again!

And she is everything that is great about the USA.

Rat, your confirmation bias is showing…as it often does for me and most others.

I’ve read many of the comments posted. What amazes me is the inability of the progs to see today’s strip applies to noth sides — including theirs.

Rat is doing what humans do. It’s why we have news media with different viewpoints. Objectivity was something for the masthead.

There was a news bulltine running on screen during the football game. Shots were fired “near” where Trump was golfing.

When the ‘religions’ of Voudou (Voo-Doo) and Santaria are both practiced by large numbers of this THIRD WORLD trash, and that Santaria involves animal sacrifice, and often the animal is served up as a ‘cure’, then INTELLIGENT PEOPLE would understand that this sub-human filth is only engaging in their ‘cultural practice’.And this tolerance of THIRD, and FOURTH world ‘cultural practices’ is exactly what is leading the United States to its destruction.

^ Wow. And another blow for ignorance. ^

SNL’s “Weekend Update” is my favorite, particularly when Father Sarducci was on.

Should have added “and I stay out of the comments section of comic strips”.

I call on Providence to slap tRump with the karmic justice he has created for himself.

Both sides are guilty of this. That’s where critical thinking comes in handy.

Watch BBC World News America.

This won’t change without a complete Internet shutdown. So we will have to work around it.

Broadcast news is left leaning.

That’s not MAGA exclusive, that’s a stay-in-your-comfort-zone thing, which is all too human.

It good to see pretty much the entire comment section is entirely made up of people with Rats mentality and conclusion.

stupid people, selfish people, lazy people.. maybe too much covfefe..

The strip was talking about both red and blue sheep. But it went right over your tiny heads. Pathetic…sad thing is most of you reproduce even more simple minds. Why it just keeps getting worse.

Looks like somebody didn’t see the partisan ambiguity in the comic. Can’t say I’m surprised someone missed the point.