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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#327326: Sep 16th 2020 at 9:05:45 AM

Trevor Noah did make a joke that Americans would be a lot more eager to fight climate change if they gave hurricanes non-English names.
A cynical part of me would almost like to see that put to the test.

Edited by sgamer82 on Sep 16th 2020 at 9:06:29 AM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#327327: Sep 16th 2020 at 9:07:24 AM

They might as well have said to his face that they don't like him any more. That was pretty ballsy to tell him that so directly.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#327328: Sep 16th 2020 at 9:09:51 AM

From the developing WTFJHT feed:

Nancy Pelosi called for an immediate investigation into allegations of “high rates of hysterectomies done to immigrant women” held inside an ICE detention facility in Georgia. A whistleblower complaint details what is described as “jarring medical neglect” at the Irwin County Detention Center. In a statement, Pelosi called on the Department of Homeland Security to “immediately investigate” the allegations in the complaint and said Americans “need to know why and under what conditions so many women, reportedly without their informed consent, were pushed to undergo this extremely invasive and life-altering procedure.” The complaint also alleges that the ICE facility refused to test detainees who had been exposed to the coronavirus or those who showed symptoms of COVID-19. (Washington Post / The Hill / Forbes)

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/516486-pelosi-calls-for-investigation-of-dhs-after-ice-whistleblower-complaint

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#327329: Sep 16th 2020 at 9:10:12 AM

Considering the response to Hurricane Maria, I doubt it.

[up] Glad to see someone is taking action.

Edited by Parable on Sep 16th 2020 at 9:10:49 AM

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#327330: Sep 16th 2020 at 9:37:50 AM

[up][up][up]I mean, Trump pretty much said he didn't like Fox News anymore himself. Maybe someone finally got self-aware in that network.

Edited by Resileafs on Sep 16th 2020 at 12:38:00 PM

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#327331: Sep 16th 2020 at 9:47:11 AM

Trump and Fox News live in a classic abuser-victim relationship, with Trump beating it for failing to lick his boots the regulation number of times and the network flirting with leaving him before crawling back in supplication to get abused some more because he provides it with validation for its existence (and boosts its ratings).

Edited by Fighteer on Sep 16th 2020 at 12:48:23 PM

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#327332: Sep 16th 2020 at 10:41:45 AM

The National Guard's Twitch streamer used the white supremacist line "6 million wasn't enough" on stream, which references those killed in the Holocaust.

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#327333: Sep 16th 2020 at 10:45:18 AM

Eesh, way to clickbait. "National Guard streamer was tricked into using nazi phrase". Though the guy probably was a conservative dickhead.

Edited by Kayeka on Sep 16th 2020 at 7:47:35 PM

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#327334: Sep 16th 2020 at 10:50:55 AM

What do you mean "probably"? Keep reading through the article. It documents his history of sharing posts such as "welfare is destroying black families" and "the Kenosha shooter is a hero" on Facebook.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#327335: Sep 16th 2020 at 10:51:50 AM

[up][up] I did write it as clickbait because I didn't fully read it at first, but the article shows pictures of the guy's now private Facebook showing him having made posts declaring the 17 year old Kenoshian shooting as a hero, said welfare destroys black families, and supported taking welfare away from rioters.[nja]

Edited by tclittle on Sep 16th 2020 at 12:51:59 PM

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#327336: Sep 16th 2020 at 11:32:01 AM

[up][up][up][up][up] Are you sure Trump is the abuser in that scenario? The man craves their attention just as much as Fox craves their ratings.

And Fox is the gate to his base, after all. When Republicans exclusively watch Fox, Trump doesn't exactly have much of a choice, either.

Edited by Redmess on Sep 16th 2020 at 8:34:22 PM

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nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#327337: Sep 16th 2020 at 11:56:03 AM

The Hill: GOP votes to authorize subpoenas, depositions in Obama-era probe

Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday to greenlight subpoenas and depositions as part of an investigation into the FBI's Russia probe and the Obama administration.

The 8-6 vote along party lines authorizes Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the chairman of the committee, to issue a combination of subpoenas and set up closed-door depositions with approximately 40 individuals.

The vote comes less than two months before the November elections, injecting fresh acrimony into the Wednesday committee meeting where Johnson accused Democrats of a "coordinated smear" against his probes. Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.), the top Democrat on the panel, accused Republicans of a "partisan fishing expedition."

He tends to slide under the radar compared to the likes of McConnell or Graham, but good god Sen. Johnson is awful. He's been relentlessly beating this drum for months.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#327338: Sep 16th 2020 at 12:01:15 PM

Johnson is also the one who goes to Russia linked sources for information in his investigations.

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#327339: Sep 16th 2020 at 1:30:34 PM

Its distraction, honestly.

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#327340: Sep 16th 2020 at 1:32:01 PM

I'm not shocked by the Twitch Streamer. The military is teeming with idiots and psychopaths and there's often little difference between the two. Doesn't help that mocking jews and the Holocaust has become "edgy humor" instead of horribly racist.

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DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#327341: Sep 16th 2020 at 1:33:18 PM

"edgy humor" instead of horribly racist.

There's a difference?

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#327342: Sep 16th 2020 at 1:37:10 PM

Not all black comedy is racist, one would assume.

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
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#327343: Sep 16th 2020 at 1:40:22 PM

I agree. Politically incorrect is not necessarily racist.

But it has been hijacked by them mostly, nowadays.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#327344: Sep 16th 2020 at 1:51:38 PM

Fox News is kind of fascinating as a group with no standards being surprised at having difficulty sinking to the level of Trump. I think it may be the fact that it was founded by Evil Genius oligarchs of the kind that Trump pretends to be. It's hard to lick the boots of someone you are far superior to in both skill, wealth, and manipulation.

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#327345: Sep 16th 2020 at 1:55:36 PM

Undercover Brother and The Hebrew Hammer both utilize "racist" humor without actually being racist, largely due to how the joke plays out.

Brother has Chris Kattan pulling Jive Turkey throughout the film (much to his own racist horror), and Hammer has one scene in which a white accountant for the Kwanzaa Liberation Front is stunned after hearing Mordecai use the N word and Rahiam using the K word - and both explicitly cite N-Word Privileges for why they can.

Beyond that, the primary thing with whether such edgy humor works is whether it's punching up or down, to quote someone else's analogy.

[down]

Pretty sure that'd fall under Acceptable Targets, what with cultism and serial killers.

Edited by ironballs16 on Sep 17th 2020 at 1:34:25 PM

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#327346: Sep 16th 2020 at 2:09:56 PM

Makes me think of The Last Podcast on the Left. They aren't afraid to go blue or politically incorrect in their humor and, while I don't believe they're racist, can enter that territory.

    off topic but useful for context 
In their series on the Japanese death cult Aum Shinrikyo funny voice guy Henry Zebrowski promises not to do a Japanese Ranguage, only to slip into it without even thinking about it to make a joke.

Marcus Parks: You made it thirteen minutes.
Henry: God damn it!

In the final post he jokes that he Wants a Prize for Basic Decency over how racist he hasn't, then gradually proves himself undeserving of such a prize.

In that series and their series on the person himself, he also went full on Ranguage in his impression of serial killer Charles Ng. The difference there is that, assuming they're accurate, Ng actually spoke like that.

In reference to [up], not sure if that's punching up or down, since the primary objective is mocking serial killers and cult leaders.

Edited by sgamer82 on Sep 16th 2020 at 2:49:00 AM

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#327347: Sep 16th 2020 at 2:56:55 PM

Keep in mind that Fox has never done better business than under Trump. There's no abuse relation there: It sells like hell, and Fox dictates half of trump's agenda. Last year alone, Trump livetweeted Fox over 600 times alone. (Livetweating meaning, tweet within an hour at most of a talking point on Fox)

Edited by devak on Sep 16th 2020 at 11:57:11 AM

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#327348: Sep 16th 2020 at 3:04:03 PM

He tells his senior official to watch Fox shows instead of explaining policy.

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Would that it were so simple.
#327349: Sep 16th 2020 at 3:11:48 PM

Hey remember when Wisconsin had the chance to actually get rid of Ron Johnson in 2016 and decided, “Nah.”?

What a shitshow that state’s become.

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