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kpete

(71,985 posts)
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 12:29 PM Jul 2014

This is what "patriotism" looks like in wingnutland:



A Fourth of July parade float that depicted a figure standing outside an outhouse labeled the “Obama Presidential Library” has created a stir on social media and is also receiving criticism in Norfolk, Nebraska.

The float, in Norfolk’s annual Independence Day parade, was on a flatbed trailer being pulled by a blue pickup truck. The figure was dressed in overalls and standing next to a walker outside of the outhouse. The hands and head of the figure were greenish and appeared to be zombielike; the hands were pressed against the sides of the figure’s head. Miniature American flags were atop the float and on the truck.

Neither the float nor the pickup identified a sponsor; a sign in the windshield said it was entry No. 29.

Liz Guthrie of Pierce, Nebraska, took a photo of the float that has been widely circulated on social media and shared about 1,000 times on Facebook.
From where she watched the parade, Guthrie said she could hear the crowd laughing and clapping as the float passed by.

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This is what "patriotism" looks like in wingnutland: (Original Post) kpete Jul 2014 OP
Typical Americans, almost half of this country would be OK with this... randys1 Jul 2014 #1
Yep, about half this country lives in Idiocracy! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #4
The inmates HAVE Faux pas Jul 2014 #2
I'm so glad I live in "post-racial" america. Warren Stupidity Jul 2014 #3
I think this country has some extremely troubled times ahead, far too many RKP5637 Jul 2014 #5
Maybe they should secede. JNelson6563 Jul 2014 #6
 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
3. I'm so glad I live in "post-racial" america.
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 12:54 PM
Jul 2014

We are so fucked. There is going to be a truly hideous crack up.

RKP5637

(67,104 posts)
5. I think this country has some extremely troubled times ahead, far too many
Sun Jul 6, 2014, 01:03 PM
Jul 2014

are too stupid, too uneducated, ignorant and extremely hateful.

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