The phrase "a facile comparison between" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing or analyzing two subjects that are being compared in a way that may seem overly simplistic or easy.
Example: "While some may argue that the two novels are similar, I believe that making a facile comparison between them overlooks their deeper themes and complexities."
Alternatives: "an easy comparison between" or "a simplistic comparison of".
I disagree with the decision that these pastors have made regarding same-sex equality, but I agree with them that any facile comparison between gay civil rights and black civil rights is ahistorical and bound to create more problems that offer solutions.
While there are broad similarities between the two, there also are key distinctions that make this a facile comparison.
What we do know so far is that there are key differences in the two situations, and it's clearly a facile comparison so far.
It's a facile comparison to put these songs against Norah Jones's, but at least it helps to orient them in the new landscape.
I used Final Fantasy as a facile comparison for those less familiar with the RPG realm, but this is likely to be more akin to something like Infinity Blade meets Paper Mario in terms of mechanics and game design.
In his books, there is no facile comparison between past and present, but a profound understanding of our common tragedies, of their constancy, fluidity and pathos.
But since 9/11, the facile comparison between the nation's first M.B.A. president and a detached chairman of the board has lost its currency.
A bean is not remotely like a baby, certainly, but neither is a baby remotely like a full-grown bean plant, and that difference has a more obvious bearing on the debate over embryonic and fetal rights than the facile comparison between plant embryos and human ones.
When presented in the form of a heat map, data normalization is performed for each target of interest, and this method allows for facile comparison between model glioma cell lines.
On paper this sounds hokey, a facile equivalence between Jews and blacks, but onstage it works as an insistent, mostly terrifying, reminder of difference.
