Check out Dilbert from Nov 8. I don't know why I find it calming, but I do.

[LAS14]

https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-11-08

I think I find it calming because for me clarity is calming. This describes EXACTLY what is going on. Sigh...

[Voltaire2]

1. Scott Adams is a nazi.

[LAS14]

2. Yeah, I know. I wondered how he authored the strip. Did you read it? nt

[PatSeg]

18. It was still spot-on

I guess everyone is right now and then.

[still_one]

8. Yes, he is a trumper through and through

[Miguelito Loveless]

3. You do realize that Adams views liberals as the pointy-haired boss.

His locomotive derailed years ago.

[LAS14]

4. Well, no, I don't think one could read it that way. That would be a real stretch. I do know...

... he's far right in his political views, but I'm of the opinion that we view creative works stand alone. Otherwise we're on a really slippery slope. We'd have to get rid of Picasso's paintings and the works of Plato (pedophilia).

[58Sunliner]

10. Picasso and pedophilia?

[LAS14]

13. Picasso was brutal to women. Plato and friends preferred sex with young boys. Women..

... were just for procreation.

[58Sunliner]

28. Picasso was a pig, but not a pedophile to my knowledge.

[LAS14]

29. Right. Plato and his crowd were pedophiles. nt

[Miguelito Loveless]

21. I in no way advocated getting rid of Adams, nor by extension

Picasso or Plato.

I simply placed his art in context to his very offensive written views. I stopped reading Dilbert about 15 years ago when it pretty much stopped being funny and began repeating itself.

At best, most mainstream comic strips have about 20 years in them, if they are written and drawn by a true genius. True geniuses also get out of the biz before becoming tedious (See, Breathed, Larson, Watterson). Non-mainstream strips can last longer because they go places a syndicated strip generally isn't allowed to go.

Adams is WAY past his "sell by" date.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. here

https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-11-08

[LAS14]

6. Thanks. I edited the OP accordingly. nt

[OhZone]

7. Dilbert actually supported Rump -

I have to think his strips are not satire but an expression of hate for all humanity.

Oh well.

[Towlie]

9. It's just an example of bad logic - a faulty syllogism.

https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-11-08

C is a characteristic of A.
C is a characteristic of B.
Therefore A is B.

People who are wrong don't admit that they're wrong.
You won't admit that you're wrong.
Therefore you're wrong.

Hitler was an atheist. (He wasn't really.)
Hitler was evil.
Therefore atheists are evil.

Hitler was a vegetarian. (He was.)
Hitler was evil.
Therefore vegetarians are evil.

All men are mortal.
Socrates is a man.
Therefore all men are Socrates.

[LAS14]

15. What's the "it" in this reply? nt

[Miguelito Loveless]

22. I would infer the Dilbert Comic

since it addresses the faulty logic.

[58Sunliner]

11. Seriously? That guy is toxic. And talk about projection.

It is amazing how far that guy will go to center his prejudice in an alternate reality.

[maxsolomon]

12. Adams performed a valuable service for me on Bill Maher

Back in those innocent days of early 2016, Adams explained HOW Trump works.

Specifically, 2 things:

1. the purpose of his stupid fucking "nicknames" that he gave to everyone. they stick in your head. the 1st thing you think when you heard "Hillary" was "Crooked", because he said it relentlessly.

2. how he took control of the GOP by "pacing and leading" on the Birtherism horseshit. Trump didn't START that; he took it over and became it's leading spokesman.

It was the clearest explanation I've seen that Trump was NOT sui generis; that he is an unscrupulous Con Man first, and he was trained in using language to accomplish his goals.

[Miguelito Loveless]

23. True

But what soured me on Adams (years after I gave up on Dilbert) was is admiration for Trump since, and his constant trolling with his blog.

[maxsolomon]

26. I've consumed zero Scott Adams in the last 4 years.

I could care less what he has to say.

[aidbo]

14. Scott Adams is very smart...

[highplainsdem]

16. You should realize Scott Adams thinks the man insisting a banana is an apple represents Dems.

[LAS14]

17. That's too much of a stretch. I don't think he's ascribing different parties..

... to the characters. He's describing the bizarre lengths some truth deniers will go to. We know they're virtually all on the right. Dunno what he thinks.

[highplainsdem]

19. It isn't a stretch at all if you're familiar with his tweets.

[Miguelito Loveless]

24. Precisely

Adam's writing provides context to his art.

[LAS14]

33. Well, then, in your mind flip the people and have a good laugh at a great representation..

... of how truth can be denied.

[highplainsdem]

20. Btw, here's a recent Scott Adams tweet that Trump happily retweeted:

Link to tweet

[Crunchy Frog]

25. Notice which one is red and which one is blue. Coincidence?

[demmiblue]

27. Fuck that, not gonna click. Why are you amplifying that asshole?

[LAS14]

32. If you look just below here, you don't have to click. It's actually pretty spot on, regardless..

... of who wrote it.

[George II]

30. Here's the cartoon.

[George II]

31. My wife showed that one to me Sunday. Pretty funny and hits the mark.