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noodles

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do people write this kind of thing because they enjoy embarrassing themselves?

MetalStorm

noodles wrote
http://www.slate.com/id/2202262/?from=rssdo people write this kind of thing because they enjoy embarrassing themselves?

Fail

Rhys

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Goat

Just to show you what those disgusting internet liberals are doing, purely, I apologise to the loyal Palinites among us, really. I don't find this funny at all... Disgusting liberals, always going on at her. LEAVE HER ALONE, LIBERALS!

They should totally be banned from doing it, because it's not funny. No. Not at all. Never are such things funny.

Edit: actually, it's hilarious. NO IT'S NOT

Dago

hahaha

traptunderice

At first, I didn't get the retarded bit but then I remembered her kid had down syndrome. OH WAIT down syndrome isn't funny or is it?

Adam

Wow, that's awful. "In poor taste" doesn't begin to describe it.

Goat

Donor kebab?

Yeah guys, on a roll today.

Pornographer gets 4 years in prison

:mad:

8.5 hours! Ridiculous. I hope the appeal goes through.

noodles

following the reaper wrote
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hahaha

poor taste? on the internets? oh em gee we're ruined

Adam

noodles wrote
poor taste? on the internets? oh em gee we're ruined

So you think making fun of a baby with down syndrome is no big deal?

Goat

Adam wrote
noodles wrote
poor taste? on the internets? oh em gee we're ruined
So you think making fun of a baby with down syndrome is no big deal?

Compared to what else is out there, this is mild. And I'd argue that it's actually making fun of the silly things that Palin has said rather than DS babies in general.

C_Chulainn

Zad wrote
Adam wrote
noodles wrote
poor taste? on the internets? oh em gee we're ruined
So you think making fun of a baby with down syndrome is no big deal?
Compared to what else is out there, this is mild. And I'd argue that it's actually making fun of the silly things that Palin has said rather than DS babies in general.

Agreed.

Rhys

Zad wrote
Donor kebab?Yeah guys, on a roll today.Pornographer gets 4 years in prison:mad:8.5 hours! Ridiculous. I hope the appeal goes through.

Man i had the best kebab today :p

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Amazing pictures of ghost towns :wub:

Adam

FrigidSymphony wrote
Zad wrote
Adam wrote
noodles wrote
poor taste? on the internets? oh em gee we're ruined
So you think making fun of a baby with down syndrome is no big deal?
Compared to what else is out there, this is mild. And I'd argue that it's actually making fun of the silly things that Palin has said rather than DS babies in general.
Agreed.

Yeah it's not making fun of DS babies in general, just her DS baby. Look, I'm voting for Obama, and I'm not a Palin apologist by any means. She's shown me that she's nothing more than a typical lying politician, minus the experience needed to be a VP. She's said some dumb shit and deserves to be ridiculed for it, but why drag a defenseless mentally handicapped infant into it (even tangentially)? I'm sorry, I just don't see how that's funny. Since when did this forum turn into 4chan?

noodles

Adam wrote
noodles wrote
poor taste? on the internets? oh em gee we're ruined
So you think making fun of a baby with down syndrome is no big deal?

i remember it being a pretty common thing to when i was 10-15, so i wouldn't say it's a big deal. it is in really poor taste though and i feel kinda silly defending(?) it :\

Goat

Adam wrote
FrigidSymphony wrote
Zad wrote
Adam wrote
noodles wrote
poor taste? on the internets? oh em gee we're ruined
So you think making fun of a baby with down syndrome is no big deal?
Compared to what else is out there, this is mild. And I'd argue that it's actually making fun of the silly things that Palin has said rather than DS babies in general.
Agreed.
Yeah it's not making fun of DS babies in general, just her DS baby. Look, I'm voting for Obama, and I'm not a Palin apologist by any means. She's shown me that she's nothing more than a typical lying politician, minus the experience needed to be a VP. She's said some dumb shit and deserves to be ridiculed for it, but why drag a defenseless mentally handicapped infant into it (even tangentially)? I'm sorry, I just don't see how that's funny. Since when did this forum turn into 4chan?

I was more doing it for the 'look what these evil librals have thought up now' reverse-mockery angle; I know several people with Down's personally, and they're all great human beings. Considering the treatment I've gotten on this forum in the past for protesting about racist jokes, then I can't see what the problem is here, especially when I didn't do a Wsx26 and go, look, retarded people, hur hur. If you're backing me into a corner, then yes, I found it funny the first time I saw it. A reflection on the moral struggle inherent in laughing at that kind of thing, if I have to justify it. :rolleyes:

Adam

Zad wrote
I was more doing it for the 'look what these evil librals have thought up now' reverse-mockery angle; I know several people with Down's personally, and they're all great human beings. Considering the treatment I've gotten on this forum in the past for protesting about racist jokes, then I can't see what the problem is here, especially when I didn't do a Wsx26 and go, look, retarded people, hur hur. If you're backing me into a corner, then yes, I found it funny the first time I saw it. A reflection on the moral struggle inherent in laughing at that kind of thing, if I have to justify it. :rolleyes:

No you don't have to justify it, and I'm not trying to back you into a corner. I just don't think that it's funny...at all. Republicans do that shit too. I've seen chain emails about Obama that would make Andrew Dice Clay blush. Telling that joke behind closed doors is one thing, posting it on a public internet forum is another. That's just my opinion though. I really wasn't upset that you posted it, I only got ticked when noodles patronized me for saying I thought it was in poor taste. But I suppose if he wasn't making sarcastic and condescending comments to people, he wouldn't have much else to do.

Goat

Adam wrote
Zad wrote
I was more doing it for the 'look what these evil librals have thought up now' reverse-mockery angle; I know several people with Down's personally, and they're all great human beings. Considering the treatment I've gotten on this forum in the past for protesting about racist jokes, then I can't see what the problem is here, especially when I didn't do a Wsx26 and go, look, retarded people, hur hur. If you're backing me into a corner, then yes, I found it funny the first time I saw it. A reflection on the moral struggle inherent in laughing at that kind of thing, if I have to justify it. :rolleyes:
No you don't have to justify it, and I'm not trying to back you into a corner. I just don't think that it's funny...at all. Republicans do that shit too. I've seen chain emails about Obama that would make Andrew Dice Clay blush. Telling that joke behind closed doors is one thing, posting it on a public internet forum is another. That's just my opinion though. I really wasn't upset that you posted it, I only got ticked when noodles patronized me for saying I thought it was in poor taste. But I suppose if he wasn't making sarcastic and condescending comments to people, he wouldn't have much else to do.

Heh, I think I've seen some of those emails you mention. Odd how sections of the right (the noisiest, most extreme) are so quick to criticise the liberal spectrum when they satirise, despite being more or less openly racist themselves... Still, let's not turn this into the random politics thread - I suppose what always surprises me is that people expect politics to be nice. Nice?! From LBJ pissing on peoples' legs to the assassination of Caesar, where do people get that idea?

Adam

Zad wrote
Heh, I think I've seen some of those emails you mention. Odd how sections of the right (the noisiest, most extreme) are so quick to criticise the liberal spectrum when they satirise, despite being more or less openly racist themselves... Still, let's not turn this into the random politics thread - I suppose what always surprises me is that people expect politics to be nice. Nice?! From LBJ pissing on peoples' legs to the assassination of Caesar, where do people get that idea?

I definitely don't want or think it should be nice. I just think candidates children are off limits, as do the candidates themselves. It's a dirty business though, in many ways.

Goat

Adam wrote
Zad wrote
Heh, I think I've seen some of those emails you mention. Odd how sections of the right (the noisiest, most extreme) are so quick to criticise the liberal spectrum when they satirise, despite being more or less openly racist themselves... Still, let's not turn this into the random politics thread - I suppose what always surprises me is that people expect politics to be nice. Nice?! From LBJ pissing on peoples' legs to the assassination of Caesar, where do people get that idea?
I definitely don't want or think it should be nice. I just think candidates children are off limits, as do the candidates themselves. It's a dirty business though, in many ways.

Indeed. But I'm sure you'll agree that anyone that parades her kids around as much as Palin shouldn't be surprised if people focus on them a little. I certainly would try to keep any of mine (currently non-existant, but still) as far from the centre of attention as possible.

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