the bus stop

Question(s):

Do you think there’s a chance that all this “Obama’s a Nazi” bullshit is actually just a viral marketing campaign for Inglourious Basterds?

If not, can I choose to think that so I don’t continue to lose my faith in humanity?

Notes

“ Thirty-eight-year-old Audra Shay’s campaign to become the next chairman of the Young Republicans went from obscure to infamous over the past week, after The Daily Beast revealed details of posts of her Facebook account. Specifically, a thread where one of her friends posts that ‘Obama Bin Lauden [sic] is the new terrorist… Muslim is on there side [sic]… need to take this country back from all of these mad coons… and illegals,’ and Shay responds eight minutes later with: ‘You tell em Eric! lol.’

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The GOP’s Young Hatemonger - The Daily Beast

Thirty-eight is what passes for a “young” Republican now?

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Oklahoma Republicans Ready to Blame the Recession on ‘Debauchery’

chuckmore:

Not a joke…

WHEREAS, we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis; and

WHEREAS, this nation has become a world leader in promoting abortion, pornography, same sex marriage, sex trafficking, divorce, illegitimate births, child abuse, and many other forms of debauchery; and

WHEREAS, alarmed that the Government of the United States of America is forsaking the rich Christian heritage upon which this nation was built; and

WHEREAS, grieved that the Office of the president of these United States has refused to uphold the long held tradition of past presidents in giving recognition to our National Day of Prayer; and

WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that the Office of the president of these United States disregards the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior;

It’s reassuring to see church and state separated so well.

Notes

“ Using data from an experiment (N = 332), we found that individual-level political ideology significantly predicted perceptions of Colbert’s political ideology. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements. Conservatism also significantly predicted perceptions that Colbert disliked liberalism.

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The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report (via HuffPost)

So this is an actual study performed by researchers at OSU.

And they basically found that conservatives think Stephen Colbert is being serious.

They don’t understand satire.

This made my day.

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