This is firmly in the TMI category, but many years ago I saw a proctologist for the first time, who turned out to be a big, jolly, bearded bear of a man. After preliminaries, he started that particular examination that proctologists do, with me on all four on the examining table which was placed against the wall of the office. Over the course of this examination, I started to experience something that some men do experience when certain things are done—not too much, and not shameful (because, well, bodies do what they do), but kind of embarrassing. So, to distract myself, I turned my head to look at the wall next to me. There was affixed a brass-looking plaque, not much larger than a large index card, that had neatly engraved on it: “Dr. Ursine will pray with you if you would like.” Forty years later, I still cannot think of an appropriate response to that.
I’m deeply disturbed that someone is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to read this comic. Please blink twice if the gunman is in the room with you.
The quote as I read it was about Hoover and started, “I’d rather have that son of a b•tch inside the tent.…” LBJ was a complex man, but having spent years as the Senate Majority Leader as well as being a SOB himself, he knew one when he saw him.
I’ve never seen another comic that is as enjoyable upon re-reading as Calvin and Hobbes . Only Peanuts comes as close, but its art is merely serviceable while Watterson’s is beautiful.
The thing is, this wouldn’t happen. Trump advocated confiscation of guns when he was president, and the GOP (remember—it’s not just Trump who wants Project 2025) absolutely doesn’t want an armed populace once they’ve used people to get into power. Hell, Harris is a gun owner, and I’d bet she’s a better shot than Trump.
I understand what you’re saying, but to be clear, I am a “leftist” who owns guns (mostly because I think that armed queers are less likely to get bashed).
Seriously? You’re going to hold up Savonarola as an exemplar of free thought? That’s some prime doublethink right there.