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meegbear

(25,438 posts)
Thu May 7, 2015, 07:10 AM May 2015

The Rude Pundit - Conservatives Really Need You to Care About the Garland Thing

Honestly, conservatives, most of us on the left look at Pamela Geller's stupid ass Mohammed cartoon thing, which was attended by a handful of Fox "news" zombies and more media than it deserved, and think, "Well, if that's what you wanna do." 'Cause, see, we all knew that images of Mohammed piss off loser jihadi-wannabes who need to prove their street cred. So, oh, gee, you mean the deliberately provocative act provoked someone to violence? Well, fuck us all with a surprise stick. Shit, considering the nonsensical conspiracy theories floating around Texas right now, why not say that the two idiot gunmen were promised cash and seven minutes in paradise with Geller to come shoot up the joint in order to justify the whole goddamned effort?

But the right really, really needs us to give a shit. They need us to condemn Geller's show. Look at what Erick "Erick" Erickson of the Red State blarg had to say right after the shooting: "Over the next twenty-four hours, we can expect the media to wring its hands about 'Texas gun culture,' the unnecessary provocations of Pamela Gellar (sic), and a host of other issues. They will work very hard to suggest Muslims were somehow the victims and try to distance the story from Islam." Look at that list. One of those things has come true - about Geller being an attention whore who makes real whores think, "Fuck it. I should retire and give her the whole block" - and the rest? No one of any note has said shit about guns in this case (except maybe how the bad guys got the guns). No one has said Muslims were victims, except to say that a bunch of needy fucknuts tried their hardest to get a reaction from Muslims.

Later, Erickson says, &quot T)he most telling thing to me is how quickly prominent leftists placed blame on the event organizers for holding than event instead of on a group of Muslims for deciding they can kill because they are offended." No, sweet, pudgy Christ fellater, we are all blaming the dudes with the guns. We can also say, without contradiction, that the event wouldn't have taken place if the threat of violence wasn't built into it, and that shit's reckless. By the way, aren't you the people who think that the problem with rape on college campuses isn't that rapists do it, but that sexy coeds get drunk and are easy targets?

Anyway, you know who some of the loudest voices against Geller are right now? Other conservatives who think Geller's full of shit, which, of course, made Geller screech even louder than usual. (That last link has all the cartoons from the event, and you will forever regret clicking on it.) Skeevier attention whore Donald Trump even said that Geller was "dumb."

Still, people like Rush Limbaugh blubber on about how much eeevil liberals don't give a goddamn about free speech. Meanwhile, most of us real lefties, not the fantasy flesh-eating gorgons conjured by the deranged minds of conservatives, feel about the cartoon display the same way we feel about flag burning: You have the right to do it, but you sure as shit aren't doing it to make people believe in your cause.

It's your right to fuck with people's core beliefs. And it's our right to think your point is worthless.

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2015/05/conservatives-really-need-you-to-care.html

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The Rude Pundit - Conservatives Really Need You to Care About the Garland Thing (Original Post) meegbear May 2015 OP
K&R 99Forever May 2015 #1
The crude eloquence of the Rude Pundit penetrates to the truth once again... Human101948 May 2015 #2
Sometimes it takes a bit of non-PC to get to the point. Thanks, RP. erronis May 2015 #11
Ain't that the truth! calimary May 2015 #13
I get that some folks don't like some of the languages and references, but the character is an act stevenleser May 2015 #16
And many here fell right into that narrative, just like the conservative pundits Novara May 2015 #3
Gelller is a hatemonger who does not care about free speech Gothmog May 2015 #4
+1 mwrguy May 2015 #7
It is not flag-burning, it is cross-burning. redgreenandblue May 2015 #5
+1 mwrguy May 2015 #8
One group of crazy extremists trying to provoke another group of crazy extremists deutsey May 2015 #6
100% correct! joshdawg May 2015 #9
+ a billion. n/t bvf May 2015 #12
Like I said before, this is two wrongs that made a right. backscatter712 May 2015 #22
K&fuckingR.... daleanime May 2015 #10
+ underpants May 2015 #14
He does have a way of putting it in perspective.. mountain grammy May 2015 #15
Spot-fucking-on! Fantastic Anarchist May 2015 #17
If I put a bumper sticker on my car mindwalker_i May 2015 #18
He's right. I regret looking at those cartoons. d_legendary1 May 2015 #19
As usual, Rudie cuts to the crux of the biscuit in one rhetorical swoop hifiguy May 2015 #20
I like how Red Face blarger refers to the two gunmen as a group frylock May 2015 #21
plenty of DUers certainly do Skittles May 2015 #23
Enthusiastic K & R (nt) harris8 May 2015 #24

calimary

(81,220 posts)
13. Ain't that the truth!
Thu May 7, 2015, 09:30 AM
May 2015

Here's one of my favorite lines:

"Well, fuck us all with a surprise stick."

WUNNNNNderful! Always very much satisfying indeed!






Gotta remember that "surprise stick" line...

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
16. I get that some folks don't like some of the languages and references, but the character is an act
Thu May 7, 2015, 09:47 AM
May 2015

the beliefs are not.

Since Aristophanes and perhaps before, folks have used characters and plays to make political points. And yes many of the characters were exaggerated or perhaps offensive, but artistic license was used to make points that otherwise couldn't be made or wouldn't reach the audience as effectively or at all.

We have actors playing Hitler, Ted Bundy, Child molesters, etc. I hope people find who those characters are offensive. We don't go after those actors personally, however, or dismiss the usefulness of seeing those roles played.

redgreenandblue

(2,088 posts)
5. It is not flag-burning, it is cross-burning.
Thu May 7, 2015, 08:16 AM
May 2015

The cartoons pass far beyond "satire directed at religion" or political commentary straight into flat-out racism.

It is an irrelevant point concerning the question as to whether Geller had the right to do it, but relevant concerning the question as to whether she deserves any sort of approval for her actions.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
22. Like I said before, this is two wrongs that made a right.
Thu May 7, 2015, 02:03 PM
May 2015

Christo-fascist jihadis trolled Islamist teabaggers.

No matter who shot whom, the civilized world wins!

mountain grammy

(26,619 posts)
15. He does have a way of putting it in perspective..
Thu May 7, 2015, 09:40 AM
May 2015

especially this:

Shit, considering the nonsensical conspiracy theories floating around Texas right now, why not say that the two idiot gunmen were promised cash and seven minutes in paradise with Geller to come shoot up the joint in order to justify the whole goddamned effort?


What a fucking farce.. Pamela Geller; capable of anything and the cash to make it happen.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
18. If I put a bumper sticker on my car
Thu May 7, 2015, 10:29 AM
May 2015

With Jesus on the cross and Dr. McCoy saying, "He's dead, Jim," I would be shot. Hell, if I put a bumper sticker on my car with a picture of an American flag burning, I'd be shot. Would the conservatives talk about my free speech? Fuck no! Most would openly support the person doing the shooting, whoever the fuck they were, and the rest would say, maybe, that shooting me was a slight overreaction but I was to blame by provoking their "strongly held beliefs."

The point is, this has nothing to do with any sort of rational argument. It's that the right hates Muslims. Furthermore, they're trying to get other people to hate Muslims too. It's left as an excercise to the reader to figure out the deeper reasons as to why.

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)
19. He's right. I regret looking at those cartoons.
Thu May 7, 2015, 01:28 PM
May 2015

They're the type of things that right wingers beat off to. And that's putting it mildly.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
20. As usual, Rudie cuts to the crux of the biscuit in one rhetorical swoop
Thu May 7, 2015, 01:48 PM
May 2015

"Meanwhile, most of us real lefties, not the fantasy flesh-eating gorgons conjured by the deranged minds of conservatives, feel about the cartoon display the same way we feel about flag burning: You have the right to do it, but you sure as shit aren't doing it to make people believe in your cause."

The man is a treasure.

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