Comments on: Should we get outraged over a parody? http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:44:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 263a83d3029d http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1115348 263a83d3029d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:56:46 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1115348 <strong>263a83d3029d...</strong> 263a83d3029d9751a997... 263a83d3029d…

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]]> By: Pirate's Cove http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1071392 Pirate's Cove Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:59:53 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1071392 <strong>Sick Liberal Porn Fantasies Aimed At Conservative Women...</strong> From John Hawkins at Right Wing News (via Hot Air) When it comes to conservative women, liberals are a perverse and hypocritical bunch. As a general rule, they either insist that conservative women are hideously ugly or alternately get down in the gutt... Sick Liberal Porn Fantasies Aimed At Conservative Women…

From John Hawkins at Right Wing News (via Hot Air)
When it comes to conservative women, liberals are a perverse and hypocritical bunch. As a general rule, they either insist that conservative women are hideously ugly or alternately get down in the gutt…

]]> By: Torch http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1071106 Torch Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:04:03 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1071106 AbaddonsReign on April 15, 2008 at 8:57 AM How do you make a parody of a parody? AbaddonsReign on April 15, 2008 at 8:57 AM

How do you make a parody of a parody?

]]> By: Biffstir http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1071055 Biffstir Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:52:14 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1071055 I work in ad sales for The Journal. Another 250,000 copies of even a parody in circulation creates brand awareness. Heck, maybe some folks will pick up a copy of The Journal (you know, the real one) and enjoy the read ;) Other than that...it's not nice to fool with Mr. Murdoch... I work in ad sales for The Journal. Another 250,000 copies of even a parody in circulation creates brand awareness. Heck, maybe some folks will pick up a copy of The Journal (you know, the real one) and enjoy the read ;)

Other than that…it’s not nice to fool with Mr. Murdoch…

]]> By: rokemronnie http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070984 rokemronnie Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:34:05 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070984 How come so few of the conservative punditbabes™ do the conservative thing and get married? Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Mary Katherine Ham, and a couple others come to mind. If I'm not mistaken, Michelle is the only one of the bunch to have a traditional marriage. How come so few of the conservative punditbabes™ do the conservative thing and get married? Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Mary Katherine Ham, and a couple others come to mind. If I’m not mistaken, Michelle is the only one of the bunch to have a traditional marriage.

]]> By: Al in St. Lou http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070905 Al in St. Lou Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:52:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070905 <blockquote>Sackett on April 15, 2008 at 2:09 PM</blockquote> Now, Coulter winning a settlement would be sweet!

Sackett on April 15, 2008 at 2:09 PM

Now, Coulter winning a settlement would be sweet!

]]> By: ronsfi http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070814 ronsfi Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:10:04 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070814 I'm enraged! Every time I go back and check. Yep! Still enraged! I’m enraged! Every time I go back and check. Yep! Still enraged!

]]> By: Sackett http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070810 Sackett Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:09:05 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070810 Hey, I laugh at John Stewart when he skewers conservatives, so I figure I have a sense of humor. But some things cross the line. Depicting a woman as topless to show your disagreement with her politics is so far over the line that it is criminal. It reeks of intimidation tactics. I am not joking either. Coulter ought to sue these people for slander. Hey, I laugh at John Stewart when he skewers conservatives, so I figure I have a sense of humor.

But some things cross the line.

Depicting a woman as topless to show your disagreement with her politics is so far over the line that it is criminal. It reeks of intimidation tactics.

I am not joking either. Coulter ought to sue these people for slander.

]]> By: lexhamfox http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070637 lexhamfox Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:08:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070637 It is funny but I think most of the credit will have to go to Terry Jones since you would have to be familiar with The Sun or the News of the World to understand what they are actually mocking. Americans will miss the point since they aren't familiar with the Murdoch tabloid format... but then Ed reads The Sun and the News of the World (per posts passum) so who knows. It is funny but I think most of the credit will have to go to Terry Jones since you would have to be familiar with The Sun or the News of the World to understand what they are actually mocking. Americans will miss the point since they aren’t familiar with the Murdoch tabloid format… but then Ed reads The Sun and the News of the World (per posts passum) so who knows.

]]> By: marinetbryant http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070627 marinetbryant Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:06:22 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070627 Anyone ever check out "The Peoples Cube"? Too funny. http://thepeoplescube.com/ Tom Anyone ever check out “The Peoples Cube”? Too funny.

http://thepeoplescube.com/

Tom

]]> By: 29Victor http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070540 29Victor Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:21:20 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070540 She could run for Chancellor of Germany. She could run for Chancellor of Germany.

]]> By: CyberCipher http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070520 CyberCipher Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:10:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070520 If we become outraged over parody like this, we will become the "the political party of perpetual outrage" and we'll be needing our very own "rage boy." My collie says: <blockquote>Only because the entire platform of the Democratic party is parody.</blockquote> When confronted with this kind of garbage (that purportedly passes for parody), I believe that the appropriate response is stony silence accompanied by a stern look. I would not lend the material any dignity by rewarding it with the recognition afforded by a verbal protest, much less "outrage." If we become outraged over parody like this, we will become the “the political party of perpetual outrage” and we’ll be needing our very own “rage boy.”

My collie says:

Only because the entire platform of the Democratic party is parody.

When confronted with this kind of garbage (that purportedly passes for parody), I believe that the appropriate response is stony silence accompanied by a stern look. I would not lend the material any dignity by rewarding it with the recognition afforded by a verbal protest, much less “outrage.”

]]> By: NoDonkey http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070448 NoDonkey Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:43:32 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070448 Lefty humor, once you take away the potty jokes and the seventh grade sex jokes, pretty much boils down to them laughing at how much smarter they are than anyone else. Which, for anyone with actual intelligence, isn't really funny at all. Since lefties are always the dimmest bulbs in the bunch, otherwise, why would they be lefties? Lefty humor, once you take away the potty jokes and the seventh grade sex jokes, pretty much boils down to them laughing at how much smarter they are than anyone else.

Which, for anyone with actual intelligence, isn’t really funny at all.

Since lefties are always the dimmest bulbs in the bunch, otherwise, why would they be lefties?

]]> By: Tazz 55 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070293 Tazz 55 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:49:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070293 It is a pretty stupid parody. I was more offended by SNL's portrayal of Gen Petraeus as an Obama lover. That really irked me. It is a pretty stupid parody. I was more offended by SNL’s portrayal of Gen Petraeus as an Obama lover. That really irked me.

]]> By: amkun http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070280 amkun Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:45:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070280 Well, whatever. I laughed at the "Bush abolishes death, taxes" fake headline. Well, whatever. I laughed at the “Bush abolishes death, taxes” fake headline.

]]> By: snaggletoothie http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070266 snaggletoothie Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:40:35 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070266 The Coulter "parody" was not funny. It was just mean. And I've never fantasized her having boobs quite like those. The Coulter “parody” was not funny. It was just mean. And I’ve never fantasized her having boobs quite like those.

]]> By: urbancenturion http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070262 urbancenturion Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:38:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070262 <blockquote>It would be silly to be outraged. The proper response is to make a parody NYT. AbaddonsReign on April 15, 2008 at 8:57 AM</blockquote> I was going to say HuffPo; but actually, they are both pretty-much self-parodic, at this point.

It would be silly to be outraged. The proper response is to make a parody NYT.

AbaddonsReign on April 15, 2008 at 8:57 AM

I was going to say HuffPo; but actually, they are both pretty-much self-parodic, at this point.

]]> By: CyberCipher http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070255 CyberCipher Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:35:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070255 Did Eliot Spitzer draw that sketch of Annie? Did Eliot Spitzer draw that sketch of Annie?

]]> By: whitetop http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070179 whitetop Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:08:03 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070179 It's a photo-shopped drawing. Ann's head on Katie Couric's body. It’s a photo-shopped drawing. Ann’s head on Katie Couric’s body.

]]> By: jmarcure http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070132 jmarcure Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:48:19 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070132 <blockquote>This just proves that the Left’s sense of humor is not that well defined. Anyone that’s ever seen Al Frankin can attest to that, though. Much ado about nothing. lodestonejames on April 15, 2008 at 9:27 AM</blockquote> Liberals have the intellectual capacity of children so why would you expect their humor to be anything but childish? They are clueless how thinks work, were things come from and how they get there. Like all children they know mommy and daddy will always provide food and shelter and say that they are the smartest and prettiest in the group. As adults they have to turn to big daddy government to do the coddling. My problem is why did conservatives let them take over or do all conservatives let their children control their lives?

This just proves that the Left’s sense of humor is not that well defined. Anyone that’s ever seen Al Frankin can attest to that, though.

Much ado about nothing.

lodestonejames on April 15, 2008 at 9:27 AM

Liberals have the intellectual capacity of children so why would you expect their humor to be anything but childish? They are clueless how thinks work, were things come from and how they get there. Like all children they know mommy and daddy will always provide food and shelter and say that they are the smartest and prettiest in the group. As adults they have to turn to big daddy government to do the coddling. My problem is why did conservatives let them take over or do all conservatives let their children control their lives?

]]> By: pueblo1032 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070120 pueblo1032 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:43:57 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070120 SICK, SICK, SICK... As an old man who often dreams of ANNIE, way too much meat on the bones, and the breasts are much more FIRM and PERKY in real life... SICK, SICK, SICK… As an old man who often dreams of ANNIE, way too much meat on the bones, and the breasts are much more FIRM and PERKY in real life…

]]> By: ninjapirate http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070115 ninjapirate Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:41:47 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070115 Just what we need, more fake news. Just what we need, more fake news.

]]> By: dedalus http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070112 dedalus Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:41:04 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070112 The editor Tony Hendra had a good run at Spy Magazine in the 80's spoofing the masters of the universe. Trump was at war with the magazine after being routinely referred to as a "short fingered vulgarian". Hendra also was quite funny as Ian Faith in Spinal Tap. The editor Tony Hendra had a good run at Spy Magazine in the 80’s spoofing the masters of the universe. Trump was at war with the magazine after being routinely referred to as a “short fingered vulgarian”. Hendra also was quite funny as Ian Faith in Spinal Tap.

]]> By: jmarcure http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070109 jmarcure Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:40:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070109 <blockquote>The drawing itself should gie you a good idea of how talentless the person is..Has the artist ever taken a look at the shape of Ann’s body? She would probably love the curves but as it is, she is as thin as a pencil..I looked at that picture and figured if they couldn’t get that right, why bother wasting my time.. Pam on April 15, 2008 at 9:19 AM</blockquote> No kidding. In my opinion a more proper satire cartoon would have had her really scrawny with lots of bones showing rather than short and chubby. Maybe it’s a fantasy cartoon and represents what the artist wants her to look like.

The drawing itself should gie you a good idea of how talentless the person is..Has the artist ever taken a look at the shape of Ann’s body? She would probably love the curves but as it is, she is as thin as a pencil..I looked at that picture and figured if they couldn’t get that right, why bother wasting my time..

Pam on April 15, 2008 at 9:19 AM

No kidding. In my opinion a more proper satire cartoon would have had her really scrawny with lots of bones showing rather than short and chubby. Maybe it’s a fantasy cartoon and represents what the artist wants her to look like.

]]> By: Dusty http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/comment-page-1/#comment-1070101 Dusty Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:36:46 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/15/should-we-get-outraged-over-a-parody/#comment-1070101 The left's parody of serious discussion is much funnier. The left’s parody of serious discussion is much funnier.

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