Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 03, 2017

Looks like the guard shack at the White House.

Devo was right; just 45 years early.

Would ‘shmacts’ be another word for ‘alternative facts’?

Painfully true.

Ask any Bozo.

“The truth? You can’t handle the truth!”

I think people just prefer it ‘interesting’ even at the expense of ‘factual’…

Is there a cure for SHMACT addiction?

The other side is “YUGE”

Maybe if Sean Spicer put on clown makeup, people would take him more seriously.

Ah, but the issue is that the Democrats accuse the Republicans of it, the Republicans accuse the Democrats of it and we the people get lost in the shuffle.

Most people read 1984 and were horrified. But some people thought it was a list of useful ideas.

“Ignorance is Strength.”

Typical… Wiley (and many of the commenters think most folks are stupid (just because they didn’t vote for Hillary).

Considering the ever growing audience for ‘reality’ shows, this strip is not all that out of synch with actual levels of public intelligence.

Mmmm. I love me some Sugar SHMACKS.

Quit clowning around and give us the boring, straight facts !

I must admit, this made me smile

“In a free society we’re supposed to know the truth,” Mr. Paul said. “In a society where truth becomes treason, then we’re in big trouble. And now, people who are revealing the truth are getting into trouble for it.” Congressman Ron Paul

@douglas haire. It’s not most folks, it’s trump voters—MOST folks didn’t vote for him. Trump voters may or may not be stupid—but they are ALL willfully ignorant. Not stupid—deluded. Not stupid—culpable. Not necessarily racist—just voted for one. Not necessarily misogynists—just voted for one. Not mentally ill—just voted for someone who is. Not necessarily liars—just voted for one. Not necessarily anti-Christian-values—just voted for one that is. Not anti-American—just voted for one who is. Not anti-constitutional—just voted for one who is. Not authoritarian—just voted for one who is. On and on.

You trump voters are responsible now. The wars—yours. Strained relations with the rest of the civilized world—yours. The dysfunctional Congress—yours. The racial tension—yours. Boosting China’s influence in the world by diminishing America’s influence—yours. Celebrating Russian interference in our elections—your treason, not mine. Sessions’ perjury—your perjury. Bannon’s white nationalism—you’re at fault. The Indian engineers who were recently shot—the murder lies at your feet. Birther racism?—welcome to donny’s world, he’s YOUR racist. Pizza shops as Clinton pedophile dens—your delusions, not mine. Dirty water in coal country—your dirty water. Dirty American money in the global energy market—your love of bribery and corruption. Yup, you trump voters brought us poor pathetic little trumpy, and now you whine that people think you’re stupid. imagine that.

Indeed, who but the willfully ignorant thought health care finance was NOT complex? Who imagined the press is the enemy of the people? Alternate facts are NOT facts. Climate change is NOT a Chinese plot. There’s lots of evidence for the stupidity of the trump voter. But I think they are willfully ignorant, angry, fearful, easily led, and emotionally stunted.

You trump voters are at fault for electing a sociopathic narcissist with ADHD. Now put your big boy pants on and accept what you have wrought. All of it.

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” — Joseph Goebbels

There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.

John F. Kennedy

“Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.”

John Stuart Mill – Famous British Philosopher

" The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”"

to me, one of the most upsetting things about the whole situation is that Trump supporters are so sure they are right, no matter what their hero says or does, because they read/listen to only far right, and sometimes extremely so (as in Rush L.) sources for their information. They are so sure that all the “mainstream media” are liberal liars. It’s impossible to talk with them, because every man’s way is right in his own eyes (Proverbs), including mine, and there is no common ground.

" The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” ~ Dr. Isaac Asimov

I agree with Wiley that ALL parties, not just “both” parties, let’s not forget the Libertarians and others that DO exist as marginal “fringe”, have indeed lost objectivity in what became a mass market sales pitch a long time ago, but in “making up my own mind”, it depends on what provable facts are in the information to DO that “independent thinking”. Hard science demands that, political “science” is indeed by it’s very nature today, in no way science, but propaganda independent of any factual base.

Occam’s razor: the simplest explanation that adequately explains a situation is most likely to be true.

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Murphy’s Blunt Instrument: the most complex and conspiracy-ridden explanation that tangentially relates to a situation is most likely to be believed.

Shmacks! Yet another word Trump’s Chumps can use, just so they can feel more confident in spreading lies. I wonder if they give out free Kool-Aid in that line as well. :P

Anyone else notice the Lunatic Fringe could save a lot of time typing by just typing, "I know you are, but what am I?

There have been a lot of comments here. Most of them are good if not great (disregarding my own), including some from the “other” side. Thanks.