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We’re dumping “Non Sequitur” comic strip over sneaky, profane crack at Trump
The Post Standard, Syracuse, New York ^ | 02/12/19 | Syracuse.com

Posted on 02/12/2019 5:20:46 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

The Post-Standard is dropping the comic strip Non Sequitur after the artist’s Sunday strip took a hidden profane shot at President Trump.

Sunday’s strip, a takeoff on Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings, contained a hard-to-read message suggesting the president “Go f--- yourself.”

The artist, Wiley Miller, teased his readers about the message in a tweet Sunday: “Some of my sharp-eyed readers have spotted a little Easter egg from Leonardo Bear-Vinci. Can you find it?”

Said Trish LaMonte, vice president of content for The Post-Standard and Syracuse.com: “Mr. Miller made a juvenile and vulgar decision that does not meet our standards for the syndicated content we pay to have in the newspaper and is offensive to our readers, regardless of their political affiliations.”

In a statement quoted in the Dallas Morning News, Miller said it was a mistake.

He didn’t explain why, if he didn’t intend to publish the remark, he called it out to his Twitter following Sunday.

(Excerpt) Read more at syracuse.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cartoon; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; media; mediawingofthednc; newyork; nonsequitur; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; wileymiller
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1 posted on 02/12/2019 5:20:46 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

‘bout time. Was boring and unfunny on its best days


2 posted on 02/12/2019 5:22:13 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

The rag is owned by Advance Publications.

This decision surprises the ever-livin’ snot outta me.

Wonder if some YUGE advertiser/s threatened to pull the plug?


3 posted on 02/12/2019 5:24:35 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Bullshit! The only mistake made was that he did not think that he would get called on it. Good for the newspaper for dropping him.


4 posted on 02/12/2019 5:25:27 AM PST by sport
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To: sport

Don’t credit the paper yet. Like I said, check out the ownership.

I’d really like to know why the rag did it. My bet is some advertisers threatened to walk.


5 posted on 02/12/2019 5:27:39 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Good. One slight victory for normal people.


6 posted on 02/12/2019 5:28:50 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: mewzilla

After giving it more thought, I believe you are correct. Advertisers did threatened to hit them in the pocketbook. I rescind my “good for them” to the newspaper. Thanks.


7 posted on 02/12/2019 5:36:23 AM PST by sport
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

If he hadn’t tweeted that out, the pretend “whoops, wrong cartoon” would have allowed the newspaper to have an excuse to let him say. Well, as we can see he’s not known for cleverness.


8 posted on 02/12/2019 5:40:51 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Might have gotten away with the “Easter Egg” had he not called attention to it via twitter.


9 posted on 02/12/2019 5:42:07 AM PST by BraveMan
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

700 newspapers run this comic. Have you contacted yours?


10 posted on 02/12/2019 5:44:15 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Non Sequitur has been bashing Christians for years - only “self-actualized” atheists will shed a tear.


11 posted on 02/12/2019 5:45:14 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Things like this are so juvenile and unprofessional. He’s not some political rebel. He’s a little kid making fart jokes in a public forum and thinking he’s profound for doing it.


12 posted on 02/12/2019 5:45:38 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

That strip routinely runs ‘hate your President’ crap... my local paper carries it too. Disgusting ...


13 posted on 02/12/2019 5:47:38 AM PST by GOPJ (Va. (Democrats) mock blacks, rape women and trash Jews” - MadMax, the Grinning Reaper)
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I’ll stick with Nancy and Sluggo


14 posted on 02/12/2019 5:47:38 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

In a Huff Post story, he admitted to scribbling it a couple months ago, annoyed at something the president said and then forgot about it... Of course, he also promises to never do it again.

A number of papers have dropped the strip; particularly of note, the strip invited kids to color it. Guess we know which artist will be doing the 2020 DNC programs now.


15 posted on 02/12/2019 5:52:17 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

It is at the bottom of the second panel. I am calling the N&O. I would love to see this a-hole deplatformed.


16 posted on 02/12/2019 5:53:05 AM PST by beef (The more they tighten their grip, the more blogs will slip through their fingers.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Dumped by the Times Dispatch this morning:

https://www.richmond.com/news/note-to-readers-times-dispatch-eliminates-non-sequitur-after-comic/article_43a252e9-7880-5378-9587-d46185c1bbde.html


17 posted on 02/12/2019 5:57:51 AM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

They truly can’t help themselves.


18 posted on 02/12/2019 6:10:43 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

He was misquoted in his autobiography./sarc


19 posted on 02/12/2019 6:10:46 AM PST by Eagles6
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

The issue was probably not the attack on Trump; but rather, the profanity. If he’d kept the hidden message “G-rated”, there would probably be no problem.


20 posted on 02/12/2019 6:11:42 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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