Glenn Greenwald Jokes about President Obama Raping a Nun

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147. "It wasn't a joke of any kind: it was a *deadly serious point* about blind defenders of evil acts...

"It wasn't a joke of any kind: it was a *deadly serious point* about blind defeders of evil acts - and it's TRUE"

"It is NOT a "rape metaphor": it's a statement they they'd defend ANY evil: assassinations, child-killings: EVEN rape"

"Yes, I think Obama defenders who justify assassinations, drone killing of children, etc. would justify ALL crimes"

"Let me be very clear: the point - which I affirm 100% - is that some people will justify the most HORRIFIC things he does"

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Jokes about killing young boys with drones are so much better, unless your child was one of them.




http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/05/obama-drone-joke-was-it-offens.html

"Everyone agrees that President Obama was funnier than Jay Leno at the White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday night. But this joke is inspiring some backlash:

"Jonas Brothers are here, they're out there somewhere. Sasha and Malia are huge fans, but boys, don't get any ideas. Two words for you: predator drones. You will never see it coming. You think I'm joking?"

"You have to wonder why in the world the president's speech writers would think it was a good idea to throw a joke about predator drones into the president's speech during the White House Correspondent's Dinner, given that an estimated one-third of drone casualties, or between 289 and 378, have been civilians," wrote Adam Serwer at the American Prospect...

The joke mighta worked, and certainly would've been less offensive, coming from anyone else. It seems like a no-brainer that the people directly responsible for tragedies should not deliver jokes about those tragedies. That's why Mel Brooks can tell Hitler jokes and Germans can't..."