A reader writes, “Good morning, Jay. Did you see the Toles cartoon today?” The answer, as every day, is no. Our reader continues,

I’m not so thin-skinned as to look for offense where none is to be had, and I certainly don’t want to read between lines that aren’t there, but this one just really rubs me the wrong way. Tea Party Republicans as some sort of infectious strain deserving of eradication? I dunno, maybe the cartoon is better in the original German.

Remember the rules: If you’re a right-winger and compare your political opponents to dangerous microbes, you’re probably Dr. Mengele. If you’re a left-winger and do the same — why, you can be the cartoonist for the Washington Post.

Is that unfair? Is the cartoon unfair? Topics for discussion, for those so inclined.