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Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:10 PM Mar 2013

A historic example of liberals punishing job creators

Would you believe that I know a Tea Party Republican who clicked like for this on Facebook? At first I thought maybe he recognized it as just being clever, even if he disagreed with the underlining political point. But from looking at his other postings, it appears that he honestly thinks this poster is making a real good sensible point against liberals. I guess irony is lost on some people.

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A historic example of liberals punishing job creators (Original Post) Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 OP

Yes, I believe it Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #1

Wait, what? ybbor Mar 2013 #4

he's not? Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #6

No doubt he's a big fan of Newt. truebluegreen Mar 2013 #2

Many people are irony deficient texshelters Mar 2013 #3

of course the implication of someone not understanding that this is said ironically - goes beyond Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #5

We have passed beyond the Irony Curtain. DirkGently Mar 2013 #9

These are people who think the Victorian era was ideal treestar Mar 2013 #7

Just like Newt! freshwest Mar 2013 #11

Message auto-removed I Cant Dance Mar 2013 #8

I'll give this one kick of opportunity Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #10

one more Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #12

Cirque du So-What

(25,941 posts)

1. Yes, I believe it

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:39 PM

Mar 2013

Some are still so stupid as to believe Steven Colbert is a bona fide conservative

ybbor

(1,554 posts)

4. Wait, what?

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 03:34 PM

Mar 2013

Colbert's the non-thinking man's conservative.

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)

6. he's not?

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:21 PM

Mar 2013

you mean all those irate letters I have been writing him were pointless?

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)

2. No doubt he's a big fan of Newt.

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:59 PM

Mar 2013

texshelters

(1,979 posts)

3. Many people are irony deficient

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:31 PM

Mar 2013

PTxS

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)

5. of course the implication of someone not understanding that this is said ironically - goes beyond

Reply to texshelters (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 07:16 PM

Mar 2013

not being able to understand sarcasm. It also suggest that that there are now people who think that liberals had punished job creators by passing child labor laws and that child labor laws were a bad thing. Are we now at a point where it is acceptable for people who are in the political mainstream to believe that it would be a good thing if little preteen boys were doing heavy industrial work in steel mills and a bad thing that this was stopped in the early part of the 20th Century?