In today’s Jesus and Mo strip, called “ends,” Mo talks himself into a rhetorical corner but, as always, fails to realize it.
Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ conspiracies
August 21, 2024 • 12:30 pm
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“Wah- wah- wah- wahhhhhh”
Reminds me of the recent comments in the politics post about Trump disavowing Project 2025.
“It is not only the prohibition against criticizing the Quran and the Prophet that closes the Muslim mind, and not only the life-long socialization of learning by rote. It is also the continuous construction of conspiracy theories about enemies of Islam who are determined to destroy the one, true religion.
The chief enemy is the Jew.” —Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nomad, p. 197
Oh, there’s no high quite like getting the focused attention of powerful enemies. Nothing is better guaranteed to make you feel important in the world, which may be why conspiracy theories are so popular among frustrated underachievers. —David Brin, Kiln People, p. 400
I didn’t know much about Conspiracy, but I did know that its theorists were mostly paranoid and tended to value conviction above evidence. Jasper Fforde, One of Our Thursdays is Missing, pp. 46-47
Jesus seems way to sensible here.