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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 12:00 PM
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Facebook updates from people who don't know The Onion is a humor site
Edited on Sat May-28-11 12:01 PM by Matariki
http://literallyunbelievable.tumblr.com via BoingBoing
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 12:03 PM
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1. conservatives are generally humor challenged
:rofl:
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 12:17 PM
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3. Yeah, mostly ;-)
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:16 PM
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11. And sometimes people here are confused by threads from 'thisthreadissatire.'
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:21 PM
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21. In your opinion, is there any negative trait that's more frequent in RW people than in LW people?
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:38 PM
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25. no
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:10 PM
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27. Racism? Is it false that a higher percentage of RW people are racist than of LW people?
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 07:22 AM
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33. You might conduct a random survey, but one cannot guarantee the respondents will
answer truthfully as to whether they are RW, LW, or even racist.

Some may even refuse to participate.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 10:09 AM
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34. You don't use surveys to measure that, of course.
You just have to look around, and see what people do and say.

A pattern emerges. Don't you think?
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 10:24 AM
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35. Do you mean 'do I ever think' when you ask "Don't you think?" or do you
mean perhaps I agree that a pattern emerges?
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 10:29 AM
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36. Don't you think a pattern emerges?
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 12:57 PM
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40. Conservative minds do not do well with humor, for some very
good reasons. This is not simply political conservatism, but all forms. The dynamics that create comedy do not well serve those who actually like the status quo and authority, those who think social status is important. This is why conservative people can be amused, but are rarely amusing. They are DuMont to the liberal's Groucho.
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 10:30 AM
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37. pretty much all of them?
starting with dishonesty. greed. cold-heartedness. ignorance, stupidity. warmongering. racism.sexism. yeah, pretty much all of them.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 10:55 AM
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38. Well, you know that and I know that.
But... the right-wing troll above seems to disagree. In fact, I bet he thinks the opposite is true. Not that he'll admit it.
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LadyHawkAZ Donating Member (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 12:09 PM
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2. /somuchfacepalm
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 12:23 PM
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4. Repubs weren't in the humor, long-term planning or compassion lines at birth.
Edited on Sat May-28-11 12:24 PM by HughBeaumont
They instead went straight to the Silicone Greed Implants and "Fuck You I got Mines" queues.
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 12:31 PM
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5. We always ask, "Who would believe these crazy right-wing lies?"
These people would. They don't have the part of the brain that says "Oh come on now, wait a minute" when confronted by something impossible. Instead, conservatives immediately fly into a rage.

:eyes:
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:05 PM
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6. These are not people who understand 'research' or 'cross-checking'.
Typical Faux Noise viewers.
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:33 PM
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12. True, but....
One really shouldn't have to research or cross-check a story about an $8 billion "Abortionplex", should one? It's absurd on its face.
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 01:22 AM
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32. You really don't know the sort of people you're talking about... do you?
Really... they are that fucking stupid.
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:07 PM
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7. I love the Onion but didn't like them running that article, for the obvjous reason
that you have demonstrated - some people just don't know it's satire.

And even those who know the Onion is satire, could possibly see the headline, not see that it's the Onion, and being Planned Parenthood -phobic, think it's for real. The right wing feeds them all kinds of crazy stuff already. If they believe that, why not this?
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:08 PM
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8. Ah the no-irony crowd at work.
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:08 PM
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9. In their defense, reality these last 10-30 years does sort of seem
to be a reflection in a fun-house mirror...
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 04:22 PM
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19. Yes, the Onion is good--but reality is increasingly bizarre. nt
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:37 PM
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24. +10
No decrease whatsoever.
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Nye Bevan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:13 PM
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10. I bet they liked this article: "NASCAR Awards Driver $50,000 For Homophobic Comments"
CHARLOTTE, NC—NASCAR took direct and immediate action Wednesday in response to homophobic slurs made by driver Kyle Busch last weekend, levying an award of $50,000 to the popular Sprint Cup star.

NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said he had reviewed the incident, in which Busch was caught on videotape uttering several common antigay words and phrases after Saturday’s Sprint All-Star race, and found Busch's conduct "insensitive, uneducated, unenlightened, and in keeping with the finest traditions of stock car racing."

"This perfectly exemplifies what NASCAR is all about," Potson told reporters. "We believe that Mr. Busch's ignorant comments are reflective of our organization as a whole and, furthermore, that Mr. Busch is the personification of the sort of family-oriented everyday American values for which our sport is known."

“Congratulation, Kyle,” Poston added. “I thank you. NASCAR thanks you. Its fans thank you. And I hope there are many more derogatory slurs against homosexuals to come.”


http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/nascar-awards-driver-50000-for-homophobic-comments,20611/
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:47 PM
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13. .
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:51 PM
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14. Bwahahahaha. !11!!!
I hope nobody tells them. Let them simmer in their own stupidity.
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pa28 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:56 PM
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15. Here are dozen more.
Edited on Sat May-28-11 02:57 PM by pa28
Enjoy.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/people-on-facebook-react-to-planned-parenthoods-a
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MinneapolisMatt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 03:11 PM
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16. ABORTIONPLEX?! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
:rofl:
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 03:14 PM
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17. These are the same people that expected the rapture last week.
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toddwv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 04:18 PM
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18. To be fair to these people...
they are used to being spoon-fed a right-wing "reality" that consists of lies and disinformation.

It's no shocker that they have a problem discerning fact from fantasy.

C'mon, give 'em a break!
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 09:59 PM
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20. Rofl!! Abortionplex in the bible belt!
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:27 PM
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22. I LOVE THE ONION.
And when I saw that headline I thought it was great. Especially after hearing that only 3% of what actually takes place at PP is abortion and the rest is other health services. If they're going to get it wrong, get it totally freakin' wrong and then start from nothing and get it right.
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:28 PM
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23. lulzors at their "floor plan" diagram
Edited on Sat May-28-11 10:30 PM by 0rganism
"A Look Inside Planned Parenthood's $8 Billion Abortionplex"
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:39 PM
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26. 2.000 rooms.
:rofl: they should have said 9,000 rooms.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:21 PM
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28. You surely mean 9,001. -nt
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iwm6RyCrHq4/TaSGDx5INmI/AAAAAAAAAow/fLRfHJig6Dw/s320/OVER+9000.png
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:49 PM
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30. I think I did.
Is that the game score? :D I'm easily confused. In fact, I'm suprised I didn't say that the abortionplex "sounds great!"
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Elwood P Dowd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:31 PM
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29. No, they should have said 666 rooms in a 666,000 square foot complex.
:evilgrin:
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:57 PM
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31. Oh, Elwood.
:evilgrin:
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 11:09 AM
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39. Where's the drive-thru? nt
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