Attention all you Libtards and NonLibtards. IT'S A REAL EMERGENCY!!!

[griloco]

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. LibTARD?

[griloco]

13. Well explained by empedocles and markbark

And I might add, those same Libtards are the ones saving the planet from and for the rightwing wingnuts

[Squinch]

2. Is this meant to be funny? It isn't, really.

[empedocles]

3. 'libtards' was used for a long time as a negative word designating libertarians.

Rw has a way of corrupting language relentlessly

[griloco]

14. Try the movie. You may like it

[Squinch]

15. You're two for two. Keep trying.

[markbark]

4. Nice knowing you.....

[FiveGoodMen]

9. I'm saving a copy of that!

[griloco]

10. 👍👍

[Pachamama]

5. Griloco - I think your thread would be better received if you changed the names...you may have meant

....it in humor but it would be a funnier thread to just leave out names....

[griloco]

16. I thought about that...

...but I wanted the hugely smartest TrumpMarks to have a clip to reference...

[Caliman73]

6. If this was meant as sarcasm or comedy, best to label it.

People aren't very much into the use of the term "libtard" without any kind of context.

[griloco]

17. Understood...but I'm not a proponent of explaining humor

One, like TlolocW and nini, either gets it or, like squinch, they don't.
I channel Casey here...

"And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the
air,
And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped—
"That ain't my style," said Casey. "Strike one!" the umpire said."

[Caliman73]

21. I totally understand.

I actually got that it was sarcasm or satire. I saw the other responses and figured I would throw my 2 cents in.

Humor is often difficult to convey on a forum, unless there is an established context or history with a poster. People might know a poster like the Rude Pundit or The Ferret and assume their posts adhere to a recognized style. I am sure if you keep it up, that people will start to associate you with your style and eventually say, "Oh that is griloco's style, he's funny... or whatever.

[GWC58]

20. Two phrases I don't care for; they are

“Libtard” & “Democrat Party.” I know they’re only words, words used by ignorant people on the right and I shouldn’t let it rile me up. But rile me up it does. When I hear someone on the right, on tv, say “Democrat Party” I yell at the screen (yeah, dumb, I know) “It’s Democratic Party, you asshole.” Makes me feel better, anyway. 🤪

[Caliman73]

22. True.

Anything with "tard" at the end of it pushes my buttons. I worked for 14 years with people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.

For me it is the association with those people to an insult that makes it a difficult word to see used. Democrat, not used to describe a particular member of the Democratic Party also gets me. I am a Democrat because I belong to the Democratic Party. I have never belonged to the "Democrat Party" because there has never been a "Democrat Party". It is actually used on purpose and not necessarily out of ignorance, to disparage members of our party. That is what pisses me off.

[bdamomma]

24. you know that crossed my mind too.

I have worked with Intellectual Disabled unit, but that word "tard" can be eliminated it has a bad connotation.

[GWC58]

25. I registered to vote on my

18th birthday way. This would be 1976, the Bicentennial year. Actually I’ve always been partial to Democrats. I think it was my admiration of President Kennedy. I’m speaking of a few years after his asassination, which I was all of 5-1/2 years old. By the time of Bobby’s murder I already knew what my party would be. I still remember the elation I felt when BK won the California Democratic primary, even at 10 years old. My elation soon turned to sorrow on that June day 51 years ago. So I was Democratic even before I registered. Jimmy Carter, who, I feel, gets a raw deal. I would take four years of Jimmy Carter over Trump, or any of the GOP presidents, in a heartbeat. Nixon? Nuff said, Ford? Meh. Reagan? No, hell no & FUCK NO, Poppy Bush? Ditto, Bush, Jr? Double Ditto. I never hated any of them, though I didn’t care for them. 4orty5ive is a new feeling for a president. Okay, sorry for this long winded post. 🤫🤫🤔 Oh yeah, I’ve never, ever voted for a Republican. I will never vote ReTRUMP-Lie-Con. Never. NEVER!!! 😡👿👺😈☠️

[bdamomma]

23. What's that old saying

sticks and stones.......

And what's wrong with facts, seems like facts and truth are dirty words now.

[TlalocW]

7. griloco...

I got the joke. We good.

TlalocW

[nini]

11. Me too

[LiberalLovinLug]

8. Funny, but maybe balance out the deragatory nick names.

Libtards and Deplorables might have worked better.

[griloco]

18. That's a thought

But that seems less inclusive to the really, really SuperSmart unLibtardish folks...

[griloco]

12. From the movie "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming"

1967. 4 Oscar Nominations including Best Picture
Golden Globe Best Picture, Best Actor Alan Arkin
Starring Carl Reiner as well

[Thunderbeast]

26. Alan ARKIN....not Alan Alda.

One of my favorite scenes in all of cinema.

Check out Arkin's latest project on Netflix...."The Kominski Method" with Michael Douglas. He is still brilliant.

[griloco]

28. I stand corrected. Ty

[whistler162]

27. Dale Carnegie graduate I see!