A Jewcy photo-caption opportunity
posted at 4:00 pm on December 31, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
This is making the rounds this week, from LGF to Right Wing News to Q&O, and what better way to end the year but with a photo-caption open thread that relies on the idiocy of protestors? This comes from a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Manhattan on Sunday, where participants wanted to show both their intelligence and their tolerance. The latter can be found in the small print just above “Juice”, where the protestor managed to spell (Zionist) correctly. It’s a good thing he clarified, because I had a couple of alternate takes on what this meant before I expanded the picture:
- He’s unhappy with the sentence OJ Simpson received in Las Vegas.
- Tropicana was really behind the 9/11 attacks.
- Got Milk?
Feel free to contribute your best caption, and have a safe and happy New Year celebration tonight! We’re still waiting for Granddaughter #2 to make her debut, so with a little luck, perhaps we’ll ring in the new year at the maternity ward tonight!
Update: You’ve laughed at the picture — now get the T-shirt! (via Jammie Wearing Fool)
Update II: Robert Spencer says Pamela Geller had the pic first, so let’s put up a link to Atlas Shrugs. He has another “Death to All Juice” pic and says that the wording is deliberate so as to give the protestors “plausible deniability” from being pegged as genocidists. If so, that makes them even more foolish and comical than first thought.
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Here’s hoping for a birth at 12:01!
cs89 on December 31, 2008 at 4:03 PM
For your child’s sake, make that 11:59 to get the tax break for 2008
cadams on December 31, 2008 at 4:06 PM
Work on that English!
Somehow I do not think he is referring to O.J.
You should say “Da Jooooooooooooooos” not “The Juice.”
Better yet, hold that sign up on the Gaza Israel border. The IDF needs some target practice.
Mr. Joe on December 31, 2008 at 4:06 PM
“Jews using their pixie dust make Freedom Fighter spell Jews Wrong” Reuters.
AYNBLAND on December 31, 2008 at 4:07 PM
The sign says:
“Death to All (Zionist) Juice”
He’s clearly calling for jihad against beverages manufactured by Jewish-owned companies.
Seriously, if you’re going to make an ass of yourself by calling for the genocide of a people, at least spellcheck your sign.
amerpundit on December 31, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Funny because jews is easier to spell than juice.
BTW, is this not spreading hatred, a crime. I know in Canada a sign like this would get the protester in jail. It is illegal to “wish death” upon any ethnic group. Do you guys in the states have the same laws, or is this legal?
keep the change on December 31, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Ed,
I do hope the mother and new g-child will be ok. Happy New Year to all here and please be safe so you will be here for 2009.
L
letget on December 31, 2008 at 4:10 PM
I strongly agree, especially that grapefruit stuff, yuck!
clinker46 on December 31, 2008 at 4:10 PM
I never knew anti semitism could be so adorable.
justfinethanks on December 31, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Death to grapefruit juice, I agree.
That stuff is awful.
Prune is next. One juice at a time, as Arafat would say.
SteveMG on December 31, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Juice is evil.
Drink only beer.
Kristopher on December 31, 2008 at 4:11 PM
What in the world is this asshole doing in America? Why is he here?
dragonash on December 31, 2008 at 4:13 PM
“Jewcy-Juice…I KILL YOU!!!”
Liberty or Death on December 31, 2008 at 4:14 PM
This is a warning to not drink Liberal Kool-Aid!
canopfor on December 31, 2008 at 4:15 PM
I had juice attack me once. I understand where this fella is coming from.
Limerick on December 31, 2008 at 4:15 PM
He’s clearly calling for jihad against beverages manufactured by Jewish-owned companies.Tropicana is owned by Pepsi Co, and we all know that Pepsi is a Jewish conspiracy, (pay each penny to save israel) so maybe he just wants to play it safe and kill all juice on the market.
keep the change on December 31, 2008 at 4:15 PM
He’s simply a lobbiest representing Oranges everywhere across the fruited plain.
Youngs98 on December 31, 2008 at 4:16 PM
It’s the very last time Muhammed Abdullah has his sign spellchecked by Baruch Goldman, I’ll tell you that much.
amerpundit on December 31, 2008 at 4:16 PM
(That should have been a quote not a strike)
keep the change on December 31, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Is he wearing a jihad dress?
Firebird on December 31, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Freedom of Speech. As Rosie would say, “Google it!”
cs89 on December 31, 2008 at 4:17 PM
I wish her an easy birth, and may we hear good tidings soon.
Phoenician on December 31, 2008 at 4:18 PM
OK then:
Death to all Palace-tinians, um
Death to all Policed-ianians, uh
Death to all Polished-inians, ur
Death to all Palmetto-ians, doh
Death to all Muslins, I mean
Death to all Island-ists,
followers of Mocha-med,
Prayers to All-o-ya’
Happy New Year to all and keep it safe. I hear there is one hell of a fireworks spectacle here in Chinatown, Honolulu, tonight and every New Year.
Aloha!
AZCON on December 31, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Are we sure this wasn’t a Protest Warrior project? It could mean ‘Death to al-Juiceera.’
James on December 31, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Here in the US our speech is protected under the consitution regardless of how offensive, as this sign is.
Also, we don’t want Canada’s “star chamber” to dictate what is hate speech and what isn’t, like aht happenend to the publisher (can’t think of his name right now) who made the mistake of writing the truth about fascist Islam in Canada.
Here’s wishing everyone at HA a very Happy, Safe, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year!!
Liberty or Death on December 31, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Hey Captain Ed, best wishes on your granddaughters delivery! I am at my sister’s waiting on her to have her twins (hopefully before I have to go back home on Sunday). Crossing fingers for healthy babies born soon!
tikvah on December 31, 2008 at 4:19 PM
As usual a little fact checking proves first assumptions are wrong. Muslims are always good and reasonable, Christians are the bad ones.
The man holding the sign is not a Muslim but a Palestinian Christian and a Nazirite who take seriously the biblical proscriptions against eating or drinking products from the grapevine. He is actually calling for a boycott of Manichevitz.
Rocks on December 31, 2008 at 4:20 PM
OJ comes from oranges.
Oranges come from Florida.
Lots of Jews live in Florida.
Seem it makes sense after all.
angryed on December 31, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Actually,the guy on the right,wearing glasses,
is saying to the guy in the hat,
this:
“Like I said,Blagojevich wants $2 million American Dollars”
for Barracks seat”!
canopfor on December 31, 2008 at 4:20 PM
It would depend on whether or not a court considered it a direct and credible threat.
…. this guy is kind of scary looking.
Harpoon on December 31, 2008 at 4:20 PM
That is an Acorn rally.
Firebird on December 31, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Sunkist stock just dropped 20 points.
Limerick on December 31, 2008 at 4:22 PM
He’s a graduate of the fine School of Hamas University!
canopfor on December 31, 2008 at 4:22 PM
So it’s the nuts vs the fruit? Can’t we all just get along?
Limerick on December 31, 2008 at 4:24 PM
So I got three arms…what are you looking at!!!
WashJeff on December 31, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Can you spell Horse’s A$$ you Jihadist piece of $hit
Hunt035 on December 31, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Actually threatening an individual’s life is something else, of course, but I believe the sign is 100% legal. Something about a First Amendment.
amerpundit on December 31, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Truth has never been spoken so eliquently!
Liberty or Death on December 31, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Another New York public skool grad u 8.
Is this another example of the “Religion of Peace”?
kingsjester on December 31, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Where was this goof at the first OJ trial?
J.J. Sefton on December 31, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Aaaack, that should be spelled “eloquently!”
P.S. Congrats and all the best Ed on the new arrival!
Liberty or Death on December 31, 2008 at 4:28 PM
You guys in the States got freedom. In Canada, this is way over the line into illegal territory. Of course, whether or not a muslim would be prosecuted under this law is questionable. I know if I held up that sign, the police would be right over to pick me up.
keep the change on December 31, 2008 at 4:28 PM
The sign was sold to him by some sinister neo-con with a sense of humor.
RobCon on December 31, 2008 at 4:29 PM
I heard this guy got into it with another protester holding a sign that read, “Death to all Hummus.”
WashJeff on December 31, 2008 at 4:29 PM
If he is a citizen…make him a non-citizen, deport him and let the Masaad know where he is. If he is not a citizen…arrest him and send him to Gitmo for some “special treatment” by our boys…
sabbott on December 31, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Isn’t that guy holding the sign Islamic Rage Boy?
logis on December 31, 2008 at 4:32 PM
“Achmed, I hope that’s the stick you were bringing for my sign!”
wccawa on December 31, 2008 at 4:35 PM
A pissed off Florida voter? Maybe Al Gore in disguise?
christene on December 31, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Now you can own the t-shirt.
JammieWearingFool on December 31, 2008 at 4:36 PM
It’s actually a protest against steroids in the Major League. Happy new year HA family.
Weight of Glory on December 31, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Ed,I hope everything is go,and A-Okay
on re-entry of the little astronaut.:)
And a very *Happy *NEW YEAR* to you and
your family,
just in case you get called away during
the ‘splashdown’,crap,I mean shuttle-landing:):)
canopfor on December 31, 2008 at 4:38 PM
I still say this guy is on a jihad against Clamato juice.
rbj on December 31, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Support Hummus!
Ronnie on December 31, 2008 at 4:44 PM
This is an allusion to the scene in Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall”, in which Woody tells his friend that a guy he heard asking “dju” (short for “did you”) must be antisemitic.
Skipper50 on December 31, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Here’s my caption:
“Dude, it’s J-E-W-S, not juice!”
- “It is?”
thebronze on December 31, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Actually, it was not LGF, but Pamela Geller who first posted the picture. She put it up at Atlas Shrugs via her friend redsquirrel.
And here, from Jihad Watch, is further information on the photo — it is not just a comical case of illiteracy.
Robert Spencer on December 31, 2008 at 4:46 PM
I don’t think it would land you in jail in Canada. Ezra Levant has a recent post about a HR case in Quebec where a book (by a Muslim) that called for the death of Jews and homosexuals was deemed not to violate the code. Now if it said “Death to (Icelandic) Muslins” (I know) that would be a different matter.
I think this sign is a clear indication that the follow responsible for the sign is suffering from Vitamin C deficiency and needs medical help. Preferably in a hospital in Gaza.
ProfessorMiao on December 31, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Hey, how about a nice Israeli punch?
scrubjay on December 31, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Excuse me but aren’t there hate crime laws in ny?
peacenprosperity on December 31, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Just remember OJ will kill you
bill30097 on December 31, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Recently a friend asked me “What do you get when you squeeze a synagogue?” and I was like…..? and he replies “Juice!”
TDBURN on December 31, 2008 at 4:50 PM
The really sad part is this guy is being considered for a position in the Obama administration.
Okay, that is too snarky.
Mr. Joe on December 31, 2008 at 4:51 PM
“No, it doesn’t matter if it’s fresh or made from concentrate.”
“Yeah I’m serious – it gave me bad acid reflux one time.”
“It says what? Man, that’s the last time I buy my protest signs from Overstock.com”
Religious_Zealot on December 31, 2008 at 4:55 PM
What a maroon!
grapeknutz on December 31, 2008 at 4:56 PM
“Once the world is rid of the evil juice, I will gain my 72 Virginians.”
Religious_Zealot on December 31, 2008 at 4:57 PM
I feel as humorless as a Muslim right now after going onto Robert Spencers link.
Ed, wishing you the best in the New Year.
CarolynM on December 31, 2008 at 4:57 PM
To pulp or not to pulp, that is the question.
milwife88 on December 31, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Before buying the t-shirt, please note that this was not a silly mistake. It is a thinly veiled genocidal statement.
But like so much about the jihad, that escapes most observers, even those who consider themselves informed.
Anyway, caveat emptor.
Robert Spencer on December 31, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Robert,
While it is vitally important that we know and understand what the enemy is up to…
…one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal is humor and ridicule.
They think they’re being smart and clever…
…so what better way to react to that by mocking them?
Religious_Zealot on December 31, 2008 at 5:02 PM
I don’t think that protester wrote ‘zionist’. I looks like someone else wrote it.
“Allah, it is so embarassing to be a Jew hater and politically correct at the same time”.
Helloyawl on December 31, 2008 at 5:04 PM
My grandma used to knit afghans, does this make her an insurgent freedom knitter?
portlandon on December 31, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Religious Zealot:
Mock them, sure. Make fun of them. Ridicule them. The devil cannot abide being mocked, and neither can jihadists.
But is wearing a tshirt emblazoned with their own slogan a way to ridicule them? I suspect that in that case the only ones laughing will be the genocidal jihadists.
And to mock them for illiteracy when this wasn’t an example of illiteracy is just one more small example of how ignorance of the enemy can lead us up blind alleys. Let’s mock them for something they’re really doing, not something they’re not actually doing except in the eyes of those who have not cared to inform themselves about these matters.
Robert Spencer on December 31, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Especially prune juice. And I don’t think so highly of grapefruit juice either. I say let’s beat them to a pulp!
Fred 2 on December 31, 2008 at 5:06 PM
“I misspelled something? Oh, I see it. It should read “DEAF TO ALL JUICE.” You see, I have a lemon-impairment.”
Religious_Zealot on December 31, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Thank you for providing the context. There’s nothing funny about this bigoted idiot and his cutesy attempt to thinly disguise his genocidal intentions.
AZCoyote on December 31, 2008 at 5:07 PM
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Citrus.”
Religious_Zealot on December 31, 2008 at 5:07 PM
AZCoyote:
Thanks. That’s all I am saying. To mock him for misspelling is out of focus. He didn’t misspell anything. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Robert Spencer on December 31, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Have we squeezed ever last pun out of this yet?
Fred 2 on December 31, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Damn. There is never a sniper around when we need one.
Star20 on December 31, 2008 at 5:11 PM
What a dork. It’s bad enough they won’t allow their women to go to school. Apparently not many of the men let themselves go either.
To be fair to the guy, it looks like he was using an older version of poster board that didn’t have a spell check.
watson007 on December 31, 2008 at 5:12 PM
“With the Iraq War coming to a successful end, Code Pink has changed tactics. Yet they remain hopelessly unattractive.”
al sends
afterdarknesslight on December 31, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Ed – Congratulations. My girlfriend’s here and we’re gonna keep her 1 yr old grandson tonight. God bless you and your family. Happy New Year!
kingsjester on December 31, 2008 at 5:14 PM
The trouble is, they weren’t kidding. This sign is not a mere misspelling by a neanderthal. It was concocted by the jerks at the Islamic Thinkers Society and they mean it.
A t-shirt is supposed to by funny but it is actual hate speech never mind using my friend’s photo to sell their product with no credit.
Urban Infidel on December 31, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Robert Spencer,if your still on the H/A,I watched
‘Life of Brian’ when it came out,and again last night,
I can’t stop thinking,in this day and age,its spot on
in regards how they mock muslims,especially the cracks
of off with their heads,and the ‘Stoneing’!
I would think,that this movie would of had a death fatwa?
And have a *HAPPY NEW*YEAR* Robert Spencer:)
canopfor on December 31, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Fruits are people, too!
chunderroad on December 31, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Urban Infidel:
Thanks for coming by. There is a whole lot of withholding of credit going on.
Robert Spencer on December 31, 2008 at 5:19 PM
canopfor
Thanks and Happy New Year. I haven’t seen Life of Brian in about 1000 years. Will have to check it out again.
Robert Spencer on December 31, 2008 at 5:20 PM
I was going to supply the caption “Is our youth
learningspelling?”, until I read Robert Spencer’s contributions.No one noticed that Hamas legalized crucifixion.
What kind of world do we live in? We’re regressing toward the phase ahead of the Dark Ages.
Entelechy on December 31, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Rove, you magnificent bastard!
Scotsman on December 31, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Here ya go.
Mazztek on December 31, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Robert,
Thank you for your input.
While I had no interest prior in buying a t-shirt, I definitely won’t be doing that now (and will try to dissuade others from buying.)
As far as humor, I see no reason to stop mocking the sign here on this blog – at least in this thread.
Religious_Zealot on December 31, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Well, there are those people who just can’t stand all that excess fruit pulp.
pilamaye on December 31, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Fruit juice has as much sugar as soda. Seriously.
Tang has half as much, and can be easily diluted. Heck, even Gatorade has less sugar than fruit juice.
Count to 10 on December 31, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Ridicule is great.
But the problem is that even the words of the slogan on a tshirt minus the knuckledragging jihadi wannabe isn’t so good.
I’d like to laugh. In fact it did make me laugh. After all, I was the one who brought it to everyone’s attention in the first place. But thinking about it after knowing from whence it came, I’d prefer to laugh about it in another time and place. Not now.
Urban Infidel on December 31, 2008 at 5:29 PM
“Scenes from a protest march against the humanitarian supplies delivered to Gaza by Israel.”
Count to 10 on December 31, 2008 at 5:30 PM
I have been laughing at the spelltard for a couple of days now. You know what is even funnier and stupider? The nation that lets these creatures walk among us spreading their societal cancer.
BL@KBIRD on December 31, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Your momma said you would never amount to anything with those 2 right hands
faraway on December 31, 2008 at 5:31 PM
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