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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-11 09:06 PM
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Tunisians launch snark attack on Obama's Facebook page
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/11/01/174860.html

Tunisians launched an all-out assault on Barack Obama’s Facebook page this week, posting thousands of comments making fun of the U.S. president and supporting the “occupy” protests across America.

Among the comments, Tunisian Facebook users circulated “Arab Spring” jokes, such as: “Tunisia is the first country to recognize the American Transitional National Council,” referring the revolutionary upheaval in Libya and the global recognition of the Libyan transitional council.

The Facebook users described it as a “virtual surprise attack” on. Many of the recent entries on his 2012 presidential campaign page were bombarded with as many as 20,000 comments each.

“Tunisian people are calling the U.S. authorities to respect freedom of expression and not to resort repression and assault on the rights of American citizens,” read one comment, which was reposted by several users.

Another comment read: “Tunisian people denounce violations against the American people by the security forces, which affect the freedom of expression.”

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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-11 09:29 PM
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1. Oooooooh Snnnnnaaaaap!
No you did int!
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MedleyMisty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-11 09:35 PM
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2. They're also trolling Sarkozy
Edited on Tue Nov-01-11 09:35 PM by MedleyMisty
Or at least the hashtag #trollObama is generally always followed by #trollSarkozy

I LOVE the one about recognizing the American TNC! :)
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-11 09:36 PM
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3. Bwahahahaha!
:rofl:
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AnnieBW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-11 10:52 PM
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4. We Are All Tunisians
Especially snarky Tunisians
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-11 11:13 PM
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5. Good for them.
I wish they would do that to the real culprits.
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Luminous Animal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-11 11:21 PM
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6. I'm loving this!
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