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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:51 PM Original message |
DU stop. Just stop. re: Hannity/McVeigh |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. I tend to think it's sarcasm--they are applauding because |
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jproductivo (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. I view it as sarcasm as well |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Conservatives are genetically incapable of understanding sarcasm, satire or irony. |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. that explains why no one here gets it |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. There isn't any "humor" to "get" with Ann Coulter. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
52. Coulter jokes??? Who knew. |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. nice try |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. that's because they ALL watch Fox News |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. well, you're on a roll, I'll give you that |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. there's no question there are RW loons out there |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. wake up |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
54. THAT'S - YOUR - problem right there - you actually watch FUX SPEWS!!! |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. "joke?" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. I'm not buying it either |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
53. Even if I stretch to believe that Hannity was being |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah, and pelosi was taunting teafreaks. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah, slaughtering innocent kids is a real knee-slapper |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. look |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Imo, he's a monster for bring it up in the first place |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
58. + All I Got |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Attempted humor can still be fucked up. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Deleted message |
Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. 'old ass senior citizen people' - OK, now YOU stop. |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. haha fair enough |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
65. Agreed. There's a fine line between sarcasm and just plain wrong. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. That Hannity finds the comparison amusing is pretty disgusting. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah, I agree. |
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Cognitive_Resonance (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Right has embraced anti-American kookery to such an extreme |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. So what? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. "If you have watched Fox News lately" - well no, we haven't. |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. which is why you and most of DU have misconstrued this |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
56. That was his FIRST mistake - jumped right out like the bullshit he was trying to sell... |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, he was mocking people who would think of the tea-partyers as "McVeigh wanna-bes". |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Agreed wholeheartedly... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. The joke doesn't work when the comparison is actually VALID. -nt |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Well that's called Irony and it usually goes right over the heads... |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Thinking of every teapartyer as a McVeigh wanna-be is just as invalid |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 05:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. No, thinking of every CONSERVATIVE as a McVeigh wanna-be would be just as invalid. -nt |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
60. And thinking of every teapartyer that way is just as invalid. |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think he was mocking the label of "McVeigh Wannabes." |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
49. I wouldn't have thought so either |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hannity MAY have been using the term sarcastically, but the audience didn't interpret it like that. |
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jproductivo (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
66. I think they cheered at what they saw as Hannity's successful sarcasm |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
67. Bingo! And I'm sure Hannity and Fox know exactly |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. Joke Or Not - Hannity Owes The People Of Those That Died In The OK Bombing...... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. Who cares???? Fuck 'em raw! We don't have to dehumanize them |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. No Sale. nt |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's sarcasm |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yours are the kind of arguments used to deflect blame |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. As I see it, he was being sarcastic but they thought he was serious/ n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 06:18 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. That's the reality. Hannity was being sarcastic, but not his tea baggers. |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. He was being sarcastic |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. Also not buying that spin |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
68. Obama gets compared to Hitler all the time |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
41. i don't EVER watch faux and don't give a shit what they blather on about. fuck them |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
43. Thanks so much for your special insight into how tea baggers think. |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. yea I'm a total moron for looking into how my political adversaries think |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. You're half right. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
45. The correct response to this "facetious" comment would have been awkward silence |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
46. OK--- |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. +1,000,000 n/t |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. a gun march is not the same thing as the teabag movement |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
47. Thanks for the advice, but I think I'll pass. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
50. Golly: Somebody Else Demanding That We Admire Our Enemies. |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. personally, i am more committed to truth than to a political forum |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
51. They are.... |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
55. I dunno. Ask Oklahoma teabaggers (I live in OK, but... |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
63. Big tent, my friend |
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FreedomRain (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
69. + 2/3 |
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