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On December 04 2011 10:04 liberal wrote:Show nested quote +On December 04 2011 09:51 Skilledblob wrote:On December 04 2011 09:46 liberal wrote:
lol that's some nice propaganda above me.
well I wouldn't call the truth "propaganda" :> It's true that only in America do people twist words and labels in politics? Nonsense. It occurs everywhere, even in the quote itself, when it suggests that people are things like "pro-landmines" or "pro-torture." Get out of your partisan mentality please.
Well the image makes no statement about people twisting words and labels in politics in general, it's about one specific type of mentality which seems to be particularly prominent in the US. Of course other countries have their issues, sometimes similar to this, but you have to admit that that particular image does draw a nice picture of the strange situation in the US where somehow people are fine with torturing alleged terrorists and using landmines to gain an edge during war (hence pro-torture and pro-landmines), not to mention death penalty and whatnot, but those same people give an arguably unjustified importance to a fetus, to the point where some of them are willing to force full grown women to give birth to their rape-baby.
Propaganda you say? Propaganda for humanity and propaganda for progress perhaps, this "partisan mentality" is fucking glorious.
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"Propaganda for humanity and progress" lmao... Ok, I give up. I know I'm supposed choose one party and hate the other, but I honestly can't help but hate them both. And I would say the economic dangers are far greater than the militaristic ones, but economic dangers don't quite have the same emotional impact as "pro-torture" rhetoric.
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On December 04 2011 14:54 liberal wrote:
"Propaganda for humanity and progress" lmao... Ok, I give up. I know I'm supposed choose one party and hate the other, but I honestly can't help but hate them both. And I would say the economic dangers are far greater than the militaristic ones, but economic dangers don't quite have the same emotional impact as "pro-torture" rhetoric.
Anyone can use the word "propaganda". If Kim Jong Il caught wind of reasonable ideas and hope for democracy traveling on paper in their country, his government would call it propaganda. The word itself seems derogatory because it gets used by bad governments to brainwash their population, but it isn't always bad. Propaganda that defies ridiculous ideas and literally backwards and dangerous doctrines is good.
Also, the image has little to do with parties, it's core is about ideology. I didn't mention that the first time when you talked about how the image had something to do with being a "partisan" of some sort when in reality, it only seems to make fun of republicans by proxy, even though their logo is on it. It actually ridicules an ideology that tea-partiers and the most backwards GOP-partisans only happen to share. Obviously it can be viewed as an attack in the same way that if someone made fun of gun nuts and religious people, some folks might think it's an attack directed at the GOP simply because that political party happens to have more partisans who happen to be gun nuts and/or religious folks.
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Every time I see "Herman Cain" I read it in Colbert's voice 
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What a shame to have numerous affairs bring down such a successful pizza salesman.
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On December 04 2011 16:03 DannyJ wrote:
What a shame to have numerous affairs bring down such a successful pizza salesman.
So mean, so funny.
It's crazy to think he never thought all of these things he was doing would never come back to bite him.
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On December 04 2011 14:54 liberal wrote:
"Propaganda for humanity and progress" lmao... Ok, I give up. I know I'm supposed choose one party and hate the other, but I honestly can't help but hate them both. And I would say the economic dangers are far greater than the militaristic ones, but economic dangers don't quite have the same emotional impact as "pro-torture" rhetoric.
No, you are supposed to hate both parties, but one slightly more than the other. Then, you criticize your party among other party members, but defend it to the death against outsiders. It is like a tribe or a sports team, except that the irrational loyalty comes back to hurt us all, in the end.
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On December 04 2011 16:23 Tehs Tehklz wrote:Show nested quote +On December 04 2011 14:54 liberal wrote:
"Propaganda for humanity and progress" lmao... Ok, I give up. I know I'm supposed choose one party and hate the other, but I honestly can't help but hate them both. And I would say the economic dangers are far greater than the militaristic ones, but economic dangers don't quite have the same emotional impact as "pro-torture" rhetoric. No, you are supposed to hate both parties, but one slightly more than the other. Then, you criticize your party among other party members, but defend it to the death against outsiders. It is like a tribe or a sports team.
Is this a new concept of American party 'hipster'-ism?
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good riddance herman lololol
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I feel bad for John stewart, he was hoping for some easy prey
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On December 04 2011 16:34 CurLy[] wrote:
I feel bad for John stewart, he was hoping for some easy prey
It's too bad none of the other republican candidates are good comedic fodder.
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On December 04 2011 16:35 Proko wrote:Show nested quote +On December 04 2011 16:34 CurLy[] wrote:
I feel bad for John stewart, he was hoping for some easy prey It's too bad none of the other republican candidates are good comedic fodder.
Quite the opposite imo, so much stuff to make fun of so little time.
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On November 03 2011 15:04 Sensator wrote:
He will get eaten up by this sexual abuse allegation, I guarantee it. Besides, he's bat shit crazy just like most of the Republican candidates, and not to mention in the pockets of the Koch Brothers.
Can't say I didn't call it.
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On December 04 2011 16:35 Proko wrote:Show nested quote +On December 04 2011 16:34 CurLy[] wrote:
I feel bad for John stewart, he was hoping for some easy prey It's too bad none of the other republican candidates are good comedic fodder.
+ Show Spoiler +Woa now, are you kidding? Michele Bachmann is *hilarious* and Rick Perry's full of cognitive dissonance and fail.
Hell, even Mitt Romney has an ad quoting Obama saying "If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose", when actually Obama was quoting the Palin/McCain campaign's words. (If you don't understand, Mitt Romney's campaign is basically putting Palin/McCain's stupid words in Obama's mouth to make him look bad!)
Edit: Oh, he was kidding. Guess I need to wait a few minutes after waking up before jumping on TL.
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On December 05 2011 02:37 Djzapz wrote:Show nested quote +On December 04 2011 16:35 Proko wrote:On December 04 2011 16:34 CurLy[] wrote:
I feel bad for John stewart, he was hoping for some easy prey It's too bad none of the other republican candidates are good comedic fodder. Woa now, are you kidding? Michele Bachmann is *hilarious* and Rick Perry's full of cognitive dissonance and fail. Hell, even Mitt Romney has an ad quoting Obama saying "If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose", when actually Obama was quoting the Palin/McCain campaign's words. (If you don't understand, Mitt Romney's campaign is basically putting Palin/McCain's stupid words in Obama's mouth to make him look bad!)
Guys, I think we have a case of sarcasm.
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On December 05 2011 02:42 gullberg wrote:Show nested quote +On December 05 2011 02:37 Djzapz wrote:On December 04 2011 16:35 Proko wrote:On December 04 2011 16:34 CurLy[] wrote:
I feel bad for John stewart, he was hoping for some easy prey It's too bad none of the other republican candidates are good comedic fodder. Woa now, are you kidding? Michele Bachmann is *hilarious* and Rick Perry's full of cognitive dissonance and fail. Hell, even Mitt Romney has an ad quoting Obama saying "If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose", when actually Obama was quoting the Palin/McCain campaign's words. (If you don't understand, Mitt Romney's campaign is basically putting Palin/McCain's stupid words in Obama's mouth to make him look bad!) Guys, I think we have a case of sarcasm.
Oops, sorry 
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On December 04 2011 16:34 CurLy[] wrote:
I feel bad for John stewart, he was hoping for some easy prey
theres still newt gingrich with his affairs
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