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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans Blast Nevada Rancher for Failing to Use Commonly Accepted Racial Code Words - Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) Republican politicians blasted the Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy on Thursday for making flagrantly racist remarks instead of employing the subtler racial code words the G.O.P. has been using for decades.
We Republicans have worked long and hard to develop insidious racial code words like entitlement society and personal responsibility,? said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). There is no excuse for offensive racist comments like the ones Cliven Bundy made when there are so many subtler ways of making the exact same point.
Fox News also blasted the rancher, saying in a statement, Cliven Bundys outrageous racist remarks undermine decades of progress in our effort to come up with cleverer ways of saying the same thing.
www.borowitzreport.com
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)it hurts in all the right places.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)point"
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Paul didn't really say that, but no doubt he thought it along with all the other right wingers.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)that it's not satire if it's exactly true to its natural form. Satire requires ridicule and an exaggeration. If it really doesn't exaggerate and is not actually a ridicule but merely a mirror image of what the person says, is it satire? I say not really.
unblock
(52,126 posts)Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)Sun May 26, 2013 at 09:10 PM PDT
The Onion Calls it Quits
by The Troubadour
For nearly 25 years, The Onion has been satirizing American politics and society with unparalleled brilliance. However, the fake news publication or "America's Finest News Source" has sadly and stunningly announced that it will cease operations in 2014.
In a press release, The Onion's Editor-In-Chief, Will Tracy, explained what led to the publication's difficult decision:
The Onion has always been recognized as a first-rate satirical publication, making fun of all that is absurd in our socio-political world. However, in today's contemporary political environment, our brand has simply gotten muddled. And I can say with clarity that today's GOP is fully to blame.
It used to be that political satire was easy. All one had to do was find the absurd buried beneath the surface of a given story and employ satire to highlight that absurdity. To shine a light on it.
Now? Now you have headlines showing up in mainstream publications like "Kansas Republican Actually Opposes the Poor Buying More Food" and "Conservatives Less Likely to Buy Energy Efficient Bulbs if Labeled as Environmentally Friendly."
The absurdity of conservatives in this country has completely destroyed our business. Republicans have ruined us. Period.
New readers to The Onion can't tell anymore that we are a satirical publication. And established readers have been leaving our pages, finding greater absurdity at places like CNN and USA Today.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/27/1211908/-The-Onion-Calls-it-Quits
Originally from this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022913841
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)The Onion bores me to tears.
csziggy
(34,131 posts)Such as their article Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' originally printed Jan. 17 2001 - http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/ . It's painful how true that one was.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I'm going to try to get that picture out of my mind before it rots my brain!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)pokerfan
(27,677 posts)All he was doing was asking a question. It's gotten to the point in this country that if you even ask whether negroes were better off under slavery, i.e. they had something to do, like picking cotton, all of a sudden you're a racist.
kairos12
(12,843 posts)dhill926
(16,317 posts)these days. This hits so close to home. You just KNOW some of these asswipes are thinking this .
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)out there these days. Anyone else ever notice there aren't any right wing satirists who are actually clever, smart and funny?
Mira
(22,380 posts)or art enthusiasts of most any kind, unless its about the money.
(I'm speaking of course only of my own personal observation of folks I encounter)
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)My mom is a professional flutist. I love meeting her friends. They're a lot of fun, & always among the first to do benefits for others who might need help. Same is true for most artists I meet.
Pharaoh
(8,209 posts)who is not funny at all. But he try's to be. I think even the righties have abandoned him....
NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)the powerful and elite in society.
Right-wing "comedy" consists of mocking the poor, the disenfranchised, the weak. Racist jokes ... and fart jokes.
Remember Fox's attempt at a RW version of the "Daily Show"? It lasted one or two episodes. 'Cause the unintentional comedy of Fox anchors being serious was much funnier. After that show debuted, I remember Olbermann responded by just playing a bunch of clips of Hannity, O'Reilly, etc with a laugh track.
Mira
(22,380 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)geretogo
(1,281 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)Kablooie
(18,612 posts)Bundy said EXACTLY what most conservatives believe 100%.
That's the source of the insanely intense hatred of Obama.
But I mean, you all know that.
I'm choiring to the preach here.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)fujiyama
(15,185 posts)Often times Borowitz' satire just sounds too real (unlike the absurdity of the Onion).
But this one is clever, because conservatives won't admit to using code words, but they are dog whistling all the time.
12kbush
(49 posts)Repubs /conservatives the POTUS is Black and you cant change that. The Oblong Box Is Looking Mighty spacious & Appealing So Keep Shooting Yourselves In The Foot.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)RainDog
(28,784 posts)underpants
(182,632 posts)Gothmog
(144,945 posts)louis-t
(23,273 posts)1958.