Dissonance

Great cartoon in the New Yorker this week. It reminds me of all those opening sentences that you hear people saying that alert you to the fact that the next sentence is usually going to be prefaced by the word "but" followed by something unreasonable, unpleasant or untrue.

- "I'm not racist, but..."

- "I'm not religious, but..."

- "I like/love you, but..."

- "I've got nothing against Atheists/Catholics/Jedi/gingers, but..."
- "I know the Bible/Koran/Torah endorses slavery/misogyny/genocide, but..."

et al..