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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#54101: May 6th 2013 at 3:37:20 PM

PETA goes after Governor Chris Christie for killing a spider

That's it. Satire officially has no point. Reality has proven that it is to ridiculous to make fun of.

edited 6th May '13 3:42:57 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#54102: May 6th 2013 at 3:47:40 PM

[up] But the poor >8< !

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#54103: May 6th 2013 at 3:55:45 PM

Didn't they go after Obama for killing a fly a few years back? I think PETA can be safely ignored.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#54104: May 6th 2013 at 5:39:39 PM

Benghazi is a nothing. Republican politicians have decided to impeach every Democratic president on general principles.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#54105: May 6th 2013 at 5:40:22 PM

Did they try to defend the Zerg a while back? They were never worthy of respect.

And I thought Huckabee used to be somewhat reasonable a few years back... but now he's drinking the far-right kool aid.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#54106: May 6th 2013 at 5:47:15 PM

I am still unclear of what Obama is covering up. We know the people died. We know that they were wrong about the video but they corrected themselves on that when new info came to light.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#54107: May 6th 2013 at 5:52:01 PM

Judging bv "Obama told the army to stand down" thing, I guess they assume Obama secretly knew a muslim killmob of epic proportions was coming and ordered the army away so that innocent ambassadors could be sacrificed in cold blood to the true satanic masters of the muslim faith.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#54108: May 6th 2013 at 5:56:41 PM

Actually that seems to be them misunderstanding the timeline and what was happening. There were two separate attacks eight hours apart. After the first Obama ordered the people to stand down. Eight hours later there was another attack which is when the people died. They seem to have misinterpreted/ignored this fact and are claiming it was one eight hour siege and Obama kept telling the troops to not get involved. It's a valid misunderstanding but they already explained this shit months ago so they have no excuse to keep using that argument.

edited 6th May '13 6:10:01 PM by Kostya

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#54109: May 6th 2013 at 5:59:19 PM

Sure they do.

Its called "tea party republicans think Obama is the antichrist and therefore assume malice in all his actions"

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
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#54110: May 6th 2013 at 6:04:51 PM

He totally bathes in the blood of babies man.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#54111: May 6th 2013 at 6:41:37 PM

Immigrants and other minorities are here to stay, and don't expect to kick them out by being mean, oppressive or even violent. They have a right to stay
Uh, if they're in the country illegally, then no, they don't. Illegal immigrants are not a good thing. We want to prevent illegal immigration.

Of course, a much better way to curb illegal immigration is to make the legal immigration process better, but that doesn't mean that illegal immigrants have a right to be in the country.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#54112: May 6th 2013 at 6:45:52 PM

He didn't say illegal immigrants, he just said immigrants.

Immigrants that are here legally get just as much racism and hate as illegals.

Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#54113: May 6th 2013 at 6:55:20 PM

Unfortunately that's true. There are way too many places in the Midwest, for instance, where anyone who looks brown enough and isn't already known by friends in the area will instantly get glares because people assume them to be illegal.

edited 6th May '13 6:55:34 PM by Pykrete

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#54114: May 6th 2013 at 7:30:09 PM

[up][up]In the midst of a discussion about combatting illegal immigration, I suppose I made an assumption. If he was actually talking about legal immigrants, I suppose I'll have to change my assessment of his point from "incorrect" to "irrelevant" as I'm not even sure why he'd bring it up given the conversation going on at the time.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#54115: May 6th 2013 at 7:30:20 PM

Not to mention how you'll get told you're stealing "real american jobs" nevermind half of them wouldnt do the work mexicans do for any pay.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#54116: May 6th 2013 at 8:06:58 PM

[up]I've always been fascinated by that line of thought since I often hear about how Mexicans are parasites that are feeding off the social services meant for "real Americans." Are they lazy freeloaders or are they stealing all the backbreaking factory and physical labor jobs? It can't be both yet somehow both are part of the party line.

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#54117: May 6th 2013 at 8:11:46 PM

[up] The nonlogic train goes "Immigrants take the jobs for less money > Immigrants are poor, Poor people are lazy, therefore immigrants are lazy."

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Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#54118: May 6th 2013 at 8:17:11 PM

[up][up]

They do a lot of the backbreaking labor for 2 reasons.

1: because a lot of companies literally have recruiters in border states ready to snatch up latinos and employ them at exploitative pay and hours under the implied threat of deportation if they snitch.

2: because even with those shitty conditions and pay, theyre still better off than in mexico/central america.

Nonetheless, the parts of mexican culturte americans are most familiar with are siestas, cantinas, and a horrifically warped Americanized version of Cinco De Mayo thats been reduced to nothing more than beer swilling parties.

Not to mention the average person cant tell the difference between Spain and mexican cultural things, apparently.

(yeah. being latino descent, this does annoy me a little given that means on my father's side I have both mexican and spanish blood in the ancestry)

edited 6th May '13 8:19:45 PM by Midgetsnowman

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#54119: May 6th 2013 at 8:17:24 PM

[up][up]It's a coherent train of thought? I thought it was just them flinging any insult they could come up with without caring if it makes any sense.

It's like how Obama is simultaneously a communist, Nazi, and Muslim. There's also the fact that he's either a colossal idiot that got the job by sheer blind luck/stupidity of the electorate or a Machiavellian mastermind that is slowly orchestrating the fall of America. The same people have called him all these things at various times despite the fact that they're insanely contradictory.

[up]I know. I'm just saying that the kind of labor they do isn't exactly easy. They're not lazy by any stretch. I suppose you could make the argument that there are two main types of illegal immigrants but I've never seen them make that distinction. It's both at the same time and it applies to all of them, logic and reason be damned.

edited 6th May '13 8:19:33 PM by Kostya

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#54120: May 6th 2013 at 8:44:38 PM

[up][up] A big problem with the lazy illegal immigrant thing is mostly that an illegal immigrant can't apply for welfare or anything like that. They absolutely must work their butts off or they run into massive problems, that is, having no way of supporting themselves. Canada doesn't nearly have the same problem, but I've run into people complaining about 'lazy illegal immigrants taking all the jobs', including people who are second-generation welfare who make no effort to get jobs.

It's really hypocritical.

My response is usually something along the lines of, "Well, if you don't take the job, someone needs to."

edited 6th May '13 8:45:08 PM by Zendervai

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#54121: May 6th 2013 at 9:56:49 PM

Dear my fellow Americans who live in South Carolina,

Today, please do not embarrass yourselves by electing Mark Sanford to something again.

Thank you,
Glenn Magus Harvey

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#54122: May 6th 2013 at 10:03:03 PM

Must be after midnight where you are. Are you have that senatorial election where Colbert's sister is running today?

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#54123: May 6th 2013 at 10:06:38 PM

Looks like the Colbert Bump didn't do it this time.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#54124: May 6th 2013 at 10:41:15 PM

[up][up]

House Election.

It's gonna be a close race.

edited 6th May '13 10:41:37 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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