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bigtree

(85,996 posts) Mon Jul 22, 2013, 01:58 PM Jul 2013

The Horror

tweeted by, Matthew Keys ?@MatthewKeysLive 1m
The U.S. Olympic Team makes a startling and rather unpatriotic admission on Twitter - pic.twitter.com/CilA4g0nf5

the deleted tweet lives on here: pic.twitter.com/ScPtgR0C44

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The Horror (Original Post) bigtree Jul 2013 OP

Those bastards! nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #1

Sad thing is PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #2

I like NickleBack too... don't even usually listen to the genre...sup with nickleback? tia uponit7771 Jul 2013 #3

I think of the mostly tongue-in-cheek Nickleback 'hate' on the net bigtree Jul 2013 #6

Wait...isn't that a position in Football? AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #4

Ha! I had to google that. Control-Z Jul 2013 #5

that's probably a good thing bigtree Jul 2013 #7

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

1. Those bastards! nt

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 02:10 PM

Jul 2013

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)

2. Sad thing is

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 02:12 PM

Jul 2013

a decade ago I liked their music a lot too. I still have a couple of CDs. Then I found out about their political views.

Sad.

uponit7771

(90,346 posts)

3. I like NickleBack too... don't even usually listen to the genre...sup with nickleback? tia

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 02:13 PM

Jul 2013

bigtree

(85,996 posts)

6. I think of the mostly tongue-in-cheek Nickleback 'hate' on the net

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 02:27 PM

Jul 2013

. . . as almost a metaphor for the way 'popular' opinion often outstrips objective judgments about individuals and events on our social media.

There's also some political controversy surrounding some remarks made . . .

I think it's mainly just an innocuous rivalry joke between Canadians and Americans, but, there was some silly beginning to this with a petition or something.

Most folks are just funnin', . . .