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Today's Spelling Bee: spell the word "conspiracy"..... (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2014 OP
You gotta terror it, terror it good. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #1
... progressoid Dec 2014 #11
Thanks. I needed a good laugh today. (n/t) spin Dec 2014 #32
Oy! HappyMe Dec 2014 #2
Yarrr!!! Compiracy it is, me hearties!!!...nt SidDithers Dec 2014 #3
CNN showed up yesterday at that cafe in Little Havana and panned to a similar sign with the Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #4
Are they doing it on purpose? Why is it in quotes and underlined? Chiyo-chichi Dec 2014 #13
Yes, now that I think about it, same spelling. Stupid way to mock an accent...I still think they are Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #14
If you look at things like the propensity to dot capital I's, Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #28
'Com' from Communist 'Piracy' from piracy, they think it is a clever pun on conspiracy Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #34
Yeah, I think you are right on all counts. Chiyo-chichi Dec 2014 #35
Are you saying those 3 are compirates? tclambert Dec 2014 #21
Are these guys jokesters? nt valerief Dec 2014 #5
either that, or idiots who really mean it...... lastlib Dec 2014 #22
Com-piracy! Arrrrrggghh! Make those Terrorits walk the plank! FSogol Dec 2014 #6
Great minds... SidDithers Dec 2014 #10
Just 3 angry old white men? world wide wally Dec 2014 #7
Now you're just casting asparagus! n/t hootinholler Dec 2014 #8
Thanks for posting. Got a good laugh out of this. Even though I think you and KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #9
I would expect the Cuban fascists to be upset nichomachus Dec 2014 #12
Is Castro Terrorit come kinda Cuban fortune telling card game? adirondacker Dec 2014 #15
And why is Alan Gross' name in quotation marks? greatauntoftriplets Dec 2014 #16
S-O-N-Y Iggo Dec 2014 #17
And "terrorist". KamaAina Dec 2014 #18
*cheneyrumsfeldwolfowitzriceetc WhiteTara Dec 2014 #19
I can see three semi-literates making their signs Jack Rabbit Dec 2014 #20
The one on the right a little like John Goodman. HERVEPA Dec 2014 #26
Arrrrrrhhh! me hearties.... blackspade Dec 2014 #23
what dupes!!!! heaven05 Dec 2014 #24
These people are what you call ugly Americans kimbutgar Dec 2014 #25
Terrorit. Marr Dec 2014 #27
Gitmo them for murdering the English language. RedCloud Dec 2014 #29
You've got to be kidding… nt MrScorpio Dec 2014 #30
They're probably Cuban exiles, and English isn't their Flatulo Dec 2014 #31
One of the things that is interesting about reading conspiracy theory... Octafish Dec 2014 #33

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
4. CNN showed up yesterday at that cafe in Little Havana and panned to a similar sign with the
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 12:39 PM
Dec 2014

identical misspellings...why is anyone concerned about opponents like these?

3 angry old white men, all oblivious to their show of stupidity. Awesome.

Chiyo-chichi

(3,581 posts)
13. Are they doing it on purpose? Why is it in quotes and underlined?
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 12:54 PM
Dec 2014

I think perhaps they are attempting to mock a Cuban accent.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
14. Yes, now that I think about it, same spelling. Stupid way to mock an accent...I still think they are
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 12:57 PM
Dec 2014

just all plain stupid and copied off each other maybe.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
28. If you look at things like the propensity to dot capital I's,
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 03:13 PM
Dec 2014

I think you may conclude that both were written by the same person--probably whichever one of them happens to know the whole alphabet. The others, being even less literate, have no clue. In the land of the idiots, the imbeciles will lead.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
34. 'Com' from Communist 'Piracy' from piracy, they think it is a clever pun on conspiracy
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 03:54 PM
Dec 2014

It's not. But that's what mean.

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
21. Are you saying those 3 are compirates?
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 02:10 PM
Dec 2014

Maybe that café has a really good early bird special.

I don't understand how they can care enough about an issue to want to make signs and yell in public, yet don't care enough to check their spelling. It gives a mixed massage.

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
9. Thanks for posting. Got a good laugh out of this. Even though I think you and
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 12:46 PM
Dec 2014

I shall frequently fall on different ends of the political spectrum, I can still appreciate a masterful takedown of the yahoos amongst us!

Bravo!

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)
12. I would expect the Cuban fascists to be upset
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 12:50 PM
Dec 2014

Most of the people who had to flee Cuba when Castro took over had good reason to be afraid. Cuba was a lot like the US today. One percent of the population had most of the money and were looting the 99 percent. Corruption among the money people and in government was beyond rampant.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
20. I can see three semi-literates making their signs
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 02:08 PM
Dec 2014

Each asking the other how to spell each word.

Talk about the blind leading the blind.

The one in the center looks like Chuck Norris.

kimbutgar

(21,163 posts)
25. These people are what you call ugly Americans
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 02:56 PM
Dec 2014

People all over the world look at these pictures showing these American illiterates. Can't they look up correct spelling of big words.? They probably don't own a dictionary and never were taught how how to use one.

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
27. Terrorit.
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 03:07 PM
Dec 2014

Seriously. Fourteen years of paranoid, chickenshit ranting on the topic hasn't been enough to teach them how to spell it?

 

Flatulo

(5,005 posts)
31. They're probably Cuban exiles, and English isn't their
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 03:37 PM
Dec 2014

first language.

There are Caucasian Cubans, you know.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
33. One of the things that is interesting about reading conspiracy theory...
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 03:50 PM
Dec 2014

...is that much of what folks think is conspiracy is really many people acting in concert to make or protect their money." - Catherine Austin Fitts

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