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  • In the Chick Tract "Somebody Goofed" as well as the "edited for black audiences" version "Oops!", a man named Bobby overdoses on speed and as his friends and family are gathered around, a Christian shows up to tell them all about how Bobby is burning in Hell right now. When another man shows up to stop him we're supposed to side with the Christian. Of course, whether the Christian is right or not, moments after the death of a loved one is usually not the best time to preach to people (let alone say he's suffering eternal damnation for his choices), making the other man totally justified in trying to shut him up. Of course, this being a Chick tract, not only is this guy evil and rude and even assaulting the Christian for no apparent reason, the final panel of the comic reveals he was in fact Satan himself luring another soul to the lake of fire.
    • The construction workers in "Hi There!" talk about many reasons someone might not believe the validity of the Bible, such as it contradicting itself sometimes, many of its' preachers obsessing over money instead of the gospel or their fellow man, and using scare tactics to try and get you to join (while being no less sinful or even more so than the average layman), and insisting that only THEIR denomination or church will keep you out of Hell. This being a Chick Tract, of course, God turns out to be real, but none of these points are addressed or refuted in any way by the comic itself.
  • Magnus Robot Fighter eventually ascended the straw point — the hero accepted that the robots' reasons for rebellion were basically sound, and tried to arrange a peace. That is before it descended again, at which point Magnus even destroyed robots that were not rebellious.
  • Issue 14 of My Little Pony: Friends Forever revolves around a community of dragons being suspected by the police for committing arson, with the dragons being portrayed as racially profiled victims because of it. However, the fires matched dragon's breath perfectly, the dragons have no alibi or defense whatsoever outside of "stop profiling us", and were being uncooperative and acting suspicious to the point the police have to bring in Spike just so they can even speak to the dragons. While it would have been wrong to outright blame the dragons for it, police have to entertain every possibility and analyze all evidence accordinglynote , and all evidence pointed to a dragon culprit, until pretty much the last page.
  • Red Sonja — "She-Devil with a Sword" #1-7 has the Borat-Na-Fori religion, which practices human sacrifice. The Celestial, the antagonist, and some sort of strawman for organized religion, points out that his religion is the only thing keeping the entire realm from plunging into barbarism, and that Sonja is only going to make things worse by bringing him down. It turns out that he is absolutely right.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics): Thrash the Devil tossing every last echidna into an alternate dimension as revenge for what their ancestors did to his people was supposed to be unfair especially considering Thrash admits he doesn't know why the echidnas did so note . However, while they weren't responsible for what happened to Thrash's people, his point that the echidnas sat there and did nothing concerning Dr. Robotnik/Eggman and allowed beings like the Dark Legion and Enerjak to wander freely kind of makes sense. You can't help but wonder if Thrash was right about the echidnas deciding that Robotnik/Eggman wasn't their problem, even if he was going about it wrong.
  • In The Transformers: Punishment Warpath is observing the Firecons in a cell complaining about their treatment after attacking Optimus Prime and remarks that Decepticons kill and brutalize anyone in their path but act like they're the victims whenever on the receiving end. Windblade chastises him, but as we see in both this book and others, the Decepticons have committed many hideous atrocities and do act like they're the ones being oppressed whenever attacked.
  • The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius: The General from the "Outbreak" spoof is supposed to be a huge jerk, yelling at subordinates and ordering the school bombed to contain a virus. The problem is... he's completely right. The driver was incredibly stupid by swerving the truck around just to miss a dog, especially considering what he's carrying. And as for the school, it's mentioned that there is no cure for the disease (until Barry makes one, but they can't know that), and containment, along with elements of Mercy Kill, really is the only realistic option.

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