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[SpiralZilla]

LMAO. This is gold.

For the sake of my sanity tell me that was satire.

I mean, yeah, I know it's made up, but you'd have to be brain-dead to expect people to believe it.

 

[Kenstar]

For the sake of my sanity tell me that was satire.

I mean, yeah, I know it's made up, but you'd have to be brain-dead to expect people to believe it.

It's Well known copypasta

 

[Strike]

https://www.facebook.com/charles.duckworth1/videos/10204950355619152/
Just saw this on my feed from a friend who joined the marines. I don't even know where to begin with how much bullshit is in this video.

 

[Beelzebufo]

So this is being shared and commented upon on my feed.

It links to this article.

Nevermind that the ESB has been lit up in green to commemorate the end of Ramadan since at least 2007, using conservative media as a source.

The way the headline reads, it sounds like Obama was ordered by someone to put the lights up himself.

 

[danielcw]

So this is being shared and commented upon on my feed.

It links to this article

I want to believe this is satire. It reads like an Onion/Clickhole title. But sadly it probably is serious.

I was looking at the website's disclaimer to see if they are indeed a satire webpage.
Instead I found heir mission statement, which is better than any satire could be:
http://conservativepost.com/contact/

"The Conservative Post exists to spread freedom of information, conservative values, and truth to the public through various media forms. We are an organization committed to upholding the Second Amendment right of the Freedom of Speech and make every effort to lend to our readers—and Americans everywhere—strength, compassion, and honor. We welcome input and engagement from you, our online community, in mutual respect and courage to face our America, together."
(emphasis mine)

 

[Randolph Freelander]

I was looking at the website's disclaimer to see if they are indeed a satire webpage.
Instead I found heir mission statement, which is better than any satire could be:
http://conservativepost.com/contact/

"The Conservative Post exists to spread freedom of information, conservative values, and truth to the public through various media forms. We are an organization committed to upholding the Second Amendment right of the Freedom of Speech and make every effort to lend to our readers—and Americans everywhere—strength, compassion, and honor. We welcome input and engagement from you, our online community, in mutual respect and courage to face our America, together."
(emphasis mine)

I just

I mean, I don't even

Wow.

 

[danielcw]

I couldn't stop laughing for half a minute.
Also the unneeded extra "the" before freedom of speech is making me laugh a lot for some reason too.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

I was looking at the website's disclaimer to see if they are indeed a satire webpage.
Instead I found heir mission statement, which is better than any satire could be:
http://conservativepost.com/contact/

"The Conservative Post exists to spread freedom of information, conservative values, and truth to the public through various media forms. We are an organization committed to upholding the Second Amendment right of the Freedom of Speech and make every effort to lend to our readers—and Americans everywhere—strength, compassion, and honor. We welcome input and engagement from you, our online community, in mutual respect and courage to face our America, together."
(emphasis mine)

That's because the right to bear arms is their number one, regardless of order.

 

[Interfectum]

I was looking at the website's disclaimer to see if they are indeed a satire webpage.
Instead I found heir mission statement, which is better than any satire could be:
http://conservativepost.com/contact/

"The Conservative Post exists to spread freedom of information, conservative values, and truth to the public through various media forms. We are an organization committed to upholding the Second Amendment right of the Freedom of Speech and make every effort to lend to our readers—and Americans everywhere—strength, compassion, and honor. We welcome input and engagement from you, our online community, in mutual respect and courage to face our America, together."
(emphasis mine)

I love conservative blogs. They are always unintentionally hilarious.

 

[FelixOrion]

https://facebook.com/allen.lardieri?fref=nf

This guy and his "call to arms" video. There should be a thread if there isn't.

'This isn't a call to be violent but I'm totally gonna murder people unlawfully because I think I'm still in the army and that makes it right.'

Jesus Christ. Dude had a screw loose. He's gonna seriously hurt someone. I laughed so hard when he wasn't a conspiracy theorist though lol.

What's with that big ass four leaf clover button on his shirt?

 

[Concept17]

My cousin posted this one. He's a small town guy who did a year in Iraq and a year in Afghanistan back shortly after the war started.

 

[NateDrake]

My cousin posted this one. He's a small town guy who did a year in Iraq and a year in Afghanistan back shortly after the war started.

I'd rather be loosing than losing.

 

[danielcw]

My cousin posted this one. He's a small town guy who did a year in Iraq and a year in Afghanistan back shortly after the war started.

Maybe it is just me, but when I hear goat humpers, I think of right-wing-rednecks

 

[Beelzebufo]

Maybe it is just me, but when I hear goat humpers, I think of right-wing-rednecks

Oh, most definitely haha. It's really stupid, but not the worst.

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

I really wanna take people that post these "snarky" pics, and put them in a room with the extreme social-justice warriors on tumblr, and just watch what unfolds.

 

[Choppasmith]

You can block content from certain sites from appearing in your feed and I do everytime, whichever party it is leaning toward, unless it is genuinely amusing.

Thanks for this. I knew you could block people's post, but I didn't know you can specify certain sites they share. I have a co-worker, he's a cool guy, but ever since he got married earlier this year, he goes overboard with praying and "God is great" photos which was driving me nuts.

Anyway, not an image, but my young half brother posted this on Facebook today

To the idiots who get on my case over my Bruce Jenner comment... SHUT UP. He is male and he will never be classified as woman, no matter how many changes he makes. To say he is a woman is a INSULT to everything that a woman is. Am I a feminist? NO. Don't compare me to the radicals who run rampant through my country, they're a sickness. The point I am making is this, man and woman are as God created them. You cannot change that. You are not God. It is, was, and always will be the way he has ordained. Disagree? Fine. But do not DARE to drape your petty rags of perversion over the white hot steel of truth. You'll burn yourself.

Sigh. This was a follow-up to a post where he just said "It's BRUCE, not Caitlyn. DEAL WITH IT."

As you can probably guess we were raised in completely different environments (we only met for the first time a few years ago)

 

[FortuneFaded]

This is an insult to R Lee Ermey's creative rantings.

 

[nailbombxx]

White hot steel of truth

That's so metal

 

[Rebel Leader]

I was looking at the website's disclaimer to see if they are indeed a satire webpage.
Instead I found heir mission statement, which is better than any satire could be:
http://conservativepost.com/contact/

"The Conservative Post exists to spread freedom of information, conservative values, and truth to the public through various media forms. We are an organization committed to upholding the Second Amendment right of the Freedom of Speech and make every effort to lend to our readers—and Americans everywhere—strength, compassion, and honor. We welcome input and engagement from you, our online community, in mutual respect and courage to face our America, together."
(emphasis mine)

 

[BradC00]

 

[Koomaster]

Never thought I'd see one of these in my own facebook timeline...

I usually curate my FB friends well to avoid nonsense like this. So this showing up on my feed today was a surprise to me.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Never thought I'd see one of these in my own facebook timeline...

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=5ba4d88173461feeea07c135d37f487a&oe=56121838

I usually curate my FB friends well to avoid nonsense like this. So this showing up on my feed today was a surprise to me.

Yeah, I got that one today, as well.

 

[ebullientprism]

I think I am addicted to this thread. :/

 

[A Link to the Past]

Blah, every time I see the point of "you want burger flippers to be paid more than American heroes!" I get disgusted. No, I want everyone to be paid more. I'm not interested in dehumanizing a group of workers in order to try and keep marginalized people down.

 

[Dusk Golem]

I have a rich uncle and aunt who my immediate family is a bit closer too, my dad's sister married in and they've been married for years. They've had children, and I'm fairly close with their son and daughter (my cousins), my cousin pushed for me to follow him on Twitter, so I do, but I was kind of aware before following that him and his family have strong right beliefs, and yup, I see him retweeting stuff like this sometimes.

(going to keep out his name as I do care for him, and he's young still, he's 14 right now, but still...)

He retweeted the image above as well.

 

[riotous]

My military friends will gladly brag about how much their pay + housing stipend, Etc. adds up to then suddenly they are making less than minimum wage once that debate came up.

Not to mention all their health and child care 100% covered, and tax free shopping.

Not to mention none of my friends have ever seen any combat or even done anything in support of combat.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

I'm sorry...

Who's been disarmed?

I'm so sick of this pro-gun hysteria. It's like a fucking cult. Just constantly. "THEY"RE TAKING OUR GUNZ!!11111!!!" without any basis in reality.

 

[Hylian7]

Debatable if this one is "right wing" or not, but regardless it reads just like a right wing pic.

Can't forget the crappy JPG compression was there when I saw it on FB too.

 

[BradC00]

Not to mention all their health and child care 100% covered, and tax free shopping.

child care isn't covered. it's cheaper on base, but there's stupid long wait lists and it's a cess pool of germs.

 

[Koomaster]

Kind of in awe that this is a different image than the one I posted. Why are there two similar images for this one?

 

[A Link to the Past]

Debatable if this one is "right wing" or not, but regardless it reads just like a right wing pic.

Can't forget the crappy JPG compression was there when I saw it on FB too.

No harm in mentioning it; if Michelle is a liberal, then she absolutely needs to be called out. It feels like people are more willing to separate this behaviour from liberalism.

 

[Hylian7]

No harm in mentioning it; if Michelle is a liberal, then she absolutely needs to be called out. It feels like people are more willing to separate this behaviour from liberalism.

Yeah, the only reason I mentioned the right wing thing is just because this thread is called "Those awful right-wing Facebook pics your friends/family share".

Of course I called out the person that shared this garbage and now they have resorted to the "lol get a hobby" schtick.

 

[Rebel Leader]

If those "burger flipping" people make more wouldn't the people that come back home from the military to "flip burgers" also make more?


I'm fucking sick of "flipping burgers".

Yeah, the only reason I mentioned the right wing thing is just because this thread is called "Those awful right-wing Facebook pics your friends/family share".

Of course I called out the person that shared this garbage and now they have resorted to the "lol get a hobby" schtick.

It's fine. this thread has had posts from both sides to try to do the impossible.. "balance the thread" =p

 

[A Link to the Past]

Yeah, the only reason I mentioned the right wing thing is just because this thread is called "Those awful right-wing Facebook pics your friends/family share".

Of course I called out the person that shared this garbage and now they have resorted to the "lol get a hobby" schtick.

Oh of course, I get you. And of course the person who shared it doesn't want to actually think about why their views are problematic.

 

[Gattsu25]

I thought I did a pretty good job of pruning my facebook feed but I guess not.

Just found this post from one of my recently added coworkers:

Edit: And another from a coworker at one of my first jobs:

Edit2: HAHAHAHAHA. He literally also posted the tig bittied pic + story.

 

[pgtl_10]

I like this thread.

 

[Clockwork]

This is one I have seen posted by a few people too many the last few days:

http://video.lauraingraham.com/She-...ue--Says-What-Weve-All-Been-Thinking-29399330

Typically it includes commentary like "Wow. She lays it right out. Finally!" or "She's not afraid to say what everyone else is already thinking!"


Anyway I find it completely ridiculous and here was my response:

"This opinion piece is all sorts of fail.

First of all, the other social and political issues mentioned at the beginning of her rant are not mutually exclusive nor is their focus detrimental to the issue she discussed. Just because certain topics are in the headlines does not mean that others are being ignored. To present them as such was a sad attempt at minimizing those issues without really bolstering her argument.

To say that she doesn't care if the attacker is attached to ISIS, Al-Qaeda, or the Hamas is rather daft, especially when in subsequent discussion she proposes we take military action. Who exactly are we attacking? Who are we going to drop bombs on? Radical Islam is an ideal that has no borders or boundaries.

She also uses the term Muslim (oh no, he's a Muslim!) in a derogatory manner forgetting that not all followers of Islam are radical extremists. It's irresponsible and ignorant.

This was the action of one man doing heinous things. Act of terror, sure. But to try to simplify things and propose a solution as she has is just plain stupid. Things are a just little bit more complicated than she's leading her audience to believe."

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

saw this posted by a libertarian friend. I don't know if he actually is libertarian though.

http://www.phillip-butler.com/putin-isolates-america-with-obamas-help/

A taste:

It’s almost over. My colleague from Holland and I decided in my garden last night, America has been ultimately isolated from most of the rest of the world now. Barack Obama and a few well placed neocons have managed to accomplish what empires could not. We’re betrayed from within, the world is truly sick and tired of American hegemony and bullying, and a new star is rising to the East, a familiar one by now.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a press conference at the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summits in Ufa the other day, I noticed a familiar smile. Not that I am the Putin analyst mind you, but a visibly tired leader could not hide the unmistakable signs he’d won a substantial victory. Aligned with two thirds of the world’s people now, Russians are at the center of the world stage, not New Yorkers or California’s in crowd. The heads of 15 countries from three continents met in Ulfa to announce their individual and collective coming out, out from underneath the shadow of the United States’ business interests.
- See more at: http://www.phillip-butler.com/putin-isolates-america-with-obamas-help/#sthash.Ee8grDTv.dpuf

did some research into this phillip butler guy. Dude has a big hard on for Putin and Russia.

Dude even defends Russia in regards to the MH17 tragedy.

 

[pgtl_10]

From my understanding attacking soldiers is not terrorist action. Attacking church goers can be a terrorist action.

 

[pgtl_10]

saw this posted by a libertarian friend. I don't know if he actually is libertarian though.

http://www.phillip-butler.com/putin-isolates-america-with-obamas-help/

A taste:



did some research into this phillip butler guy. Dude has a big hard on for Putin and Russia.

Dude even defends Russia in regards to the MH17 tragedy.

No offense but the Putin hate on this board is ridiculous. The MH17 investigation will be a joke and nothing will be accomplished.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

No offense but the Putin hate on this board is ridiculous. The MH17 investigation will be a joke and nothing will be accomplished.

You're right, an investigation will be a joke and nothing will be accomplished....Because Putin blocked the UN from doing any investigation.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

This is one I have seen posted by a few people too many the last few days:

http://video.lauraingraham.com/She-...ue--Says-What-Weve-All-Been-Thinking-29399330

Typically it includes commentary like "Wow. She lays it right out. Finally!" or "She's not afraid to say what everyone else is already thinking!"


Anyway I find it completely ridiculous and here was my response:

"This opinion piece is all sorts of fail.

First of all, the other social and political issues mentioned at the beginning of her rant are not mutually exclusive nor is their focus detrimental to the issue she discussed. Just because certain topics are in the headlines does not mean that others are being ignored. To present them as such was a sad attempt at minimizing those issues without really bolstering her argument.

To say that she doesn't care if the attacker is attached to ISIS, Al-Qaeda, or the Hamas is rather daft, especially when in subsequent discussion she proposes we take military action. Who exactly are we attacking? Who are we going to drop bombs on? Radical Islam is an ideal that has no borders or boundaries.

She also uses the term Muslim (oh no, he's a Muslim!) in a derogatory manner forgetting that not all followers of Islam are radical extremists. It's irresponsible and ignorant.

This was the action of one man doing heinous things. Act of terror, sure. But to try to simplify things and propose a solution as she has is just plain stupid. Things are a just little bit more complicated than she's leading her audience to believe."

I saw that same video and had the same reaction. "Who are we supposed to bomb that is going to stop this guy?"

 

[Marion Cobretti]

I think I too am hooked on this thread.

 

[pgtl_10]

You're right, an investigation will be a joke and nothing will be accomplished....Because Putin blocked the UN from doing any investigation.

A butch of countries are participating in an investigation and the report is due soon. Putin didn't block that.

 

[JDSN]

I think I too am hooked on this thread.

I like when people defend those. Amazing thread.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

Fucker's from Colorado too. A state that's not even close to the South geographically nor existed until after the Civil War.

Also, some people just have no clue what freedom of speech is.

 

[Retromelon]

I don't have a facebook. (is that how the kids say it)
Nevertheless

 

[Link]

I don't have a facebook. (is that how the kids say it)
Nevertheless

Do people actually read these stories somewhere, or simply make them up while creating these images?

 

[Salbug]

Do people actually read these stories somewhere, or simply make them up while creating these images?

It's just hyperbolic propaganda that people mindlessly share without looking up any context to it. As shown by the other images in the rest of this thread! 8D

 

[deadlast]

I saw a large "hand made" sign in someone's yard today that said "Christians and Jews wake up, Obama is Muslim." It was complete with devil horns and a tail on the O in Obama. I pointed out to my wife as prefacebook right wing posts.