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paulbibeau

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42. You're very welcome.

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 11:15 AM

Feb 2013

Don't you think it makes us better at being progressive? I do. I'd say the same to my thoughtful conservative friends. I have a buddy who is a crazy rightwinger, but he's tough to argue with, because he really, honestly puts his whole brain at work when he advocates for his appalling madness. So I have to work. I have to think, "Why do I think he's about to lead us to a dystopian nightmare? Why exactly is that?" And then I get down to what I believe and know.

And then maybe I add a fart joke. Blog writes itself after that, really.

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How about if someone posts a satirical article, let us know before you [View all] raccoon Feb 2013 OP

Too many people fail to gauge the size of the sarchasm in the sarcasm. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #1

A Modest Proposal regarding the cooking and eating of babies Coyotl Feb 2013 #36

smiley alerts are acceptable geckosfeet Feb 2013 #2

Message auto-removed odiumestpuritas Feb 2013 #3

lol. so you think that most people writing satire can even come close cali Feb 2013 #8

Message auto-removed odiumestpuritas Feb 2013 #9

uh, no. Not if the satire is exceedingly poor. And much of it is. cali Feb 2013 #11

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I fully agree with the other poster and since you are being brusk and insulting the intelligence of Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #17

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you're right--you didn't call anyone stupid SemperEadem Feb 2013 #30

they were new and they are gone now. TeamPooka Feb 2013 #50

good job SemperEadem Feb 2013 #56

LOL. You beat me to it. juajen Feb 2013 #28

Most du members are not at the Swift level of writing. NCTraveler Feb 2013 #27

That would tend to void the point of satire, would it not? Better that readers... TreasonousBastard Feb 2013 #4

Yep. Iggo Feb 2013 #52

I give up onlyadream Feb 2013 #5

Too many are duped by satirical sites, like dailycurrant OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 #6

the one on Limbaugh at the Mexican restaurant got me rurallib Feb 2013 #7

Me too skydive forever Feb 2013 #13

I didn't send it around NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #14

Nowhere did it say satire. SCVDem Feb 2013 #15

satire does not equal fictional story datasuspect Feb 2013 #18

Identical thing happened to me on that one. Mira Feb 2013 #21

The inevitability of the event got me at first. This should happen to Rush! Coyotl Feb 2013 #40

I believed that too until it was pointed out treestar Feb 2013 #53

Because too often real life out-WTFs satire. baldguy Feb 2013 #10

That kind of ruins the point of satire. alphafemale Feb 2013 #16

Seeing anything from 'The Onion' is a giveaway SCVDem Feb 2013 #45

um....no. alphafemale Feb 2013 #49

I respectfully disagree. paulbibeau Feb 2013 #19

Michele Bachmann was actually making a few reasonable points SCVDem Feb 2013 #46

I agree rickford66 Feb 2013 #20

And about fake news stories that cross the line... paulbibeau Feb 2013 #22

Thank you! csziggy Feb 2013 #24

You're very welcome. paulbibeau Feb 2013 #42

Are you being sarcastic? rock Feb 2013 #23

This is satire, and it's obvious to everyone: Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #26

And I love it! Yay "Onion!" mountain grammy Feb 2013 #39

And take all the fun out of a good satire. I hope not. Coyotl Feb 2013 #29

Part of the responsibility rests with the reader demwing Feb 2013 #31

I thought for awhile "respond based on thread titles only" was somewhere in the TOS. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #33

No fair demwing Feb 2013 #38

I think it's more courteous to assume readers aren't that dense. Posteritatis Feb 2013 #32

I take it this refers to the article about SemperEadem Feb 2013 #34

The Limbaugh story got me too, so very believable mountain grammy Feb 2013 #35

Disagree iandhr Feb 2013 #37

its easier to just put those who try to pass off satire as real on ignore quinnox Feb 2013 #41

LOL - the only two DUers I have on ignore... cyberswede Feb 2013 #44

Watch out for confirmation bias, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2013 #43

Here's the problem with the story as satire. SCVDem Feb 2013 #47

Maybe FOX is really satire rickford66 Feb 2013 #48

Wait, is this OP satire? ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #51

"Never post anything from the Daily Currant" is a pretty good rule. Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #54

Yes! DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #55