Funny political pictures

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Ibram

The "problem" the post in question, and its sign saying NO MUSLIMS HERE!11!1!, was "drawing attention" to, was the fact that muslims are problems.

Your problem is you think everyone sees things as you do. How the fuck do you know people aren't laughing at the dumb redneck that posted the sign?

I don't see where I contradicted myself.

That I believe.

The place of humour to draw attention to problems with society should be, at risk of sounding self-parodying, restricted to things that -I- think are problems!

BINGO, that you think are problems.
You can think anything you want, but that neither makes it true, or gives you the right to tell anyone else what they must think.

Or, more accurately, they should be restricted to problems that aren't born from racism, bigotry, hatred, and intolerance. Because none of those "problems" (like the "problem" of Muslims in America) are problems - they are symptoms of the underlying hate and prejudice.

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you are the one who makes the rules for the application of humor, your pompousness.

Originally Posted by Ibram

It doesn't. Or rather, it only does if you have a problem with me making very vocal and clear what my problems with bigoted posts are. I'm not going to stop "bitching" about racism, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism, and just about every other form of prejudice, bigotry, and out-and-out filth I come across. Even if all I do is piss the offenders off, rather than making them "see the error of their ways", or changing their behavior, I think it is one of my moral responsibilities to confront that wherever I come across it. I can't make you or anyone else behave like a kind, accepting, understanding, humane, basically decent person - but I can point out when that's not how it looks to me.

You left out Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
If you continue to deliberately "piss off" the people you've labeled, "offenders", prepare to get your ass kicked.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when you grow up and discover your opinion carries no more weight than anyone else's.

[classicman]

now ^THAT^ was a lecture.

[Rhianne]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

How ... do you know people aren't laughing at the dumb redneck that posted the sign?

I confess that was exactly how the picture appeared to me.

I suppose if I'd thought Grav was anti-muslim in some way I might have seen it differently but he's never given me that impression.

[DanaC]

I thought it was anti-muslim. But I don't think Grav is anti-muslim.

Nobody has the right to tell anyone what to think. But then nobody has the right to demand that someone else not be offended.

That's the thing when you post a joke on here. Sometimes someone finds it offensive and says so. No big deal. Just a joke that caused a little offense, intentionally or otherwise.

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[infinite monkey]

Here's a funny political video.

I stand by my statement I misspoke and I apologize. I stand by my statement I misspoke and I apologize. I stand by my statement I misspoke and I apolo...

[infinite monkey]

Compare and contrast:

(Just one or two of the pictures don't make this pointed point. Yeah, it's mean. But funny!)

http://theobamadiary.com/2012/05/24/more-mitt-mania/

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Obama In History

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