Stupidity of this level really should be immediately excruciatingly painful.

[hobbit709]

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/08/tennessee-republican-wants-taco-bell-shut

HAZARD, TENNESSEE - When Clem O'Connor walked into the Taco Bell in his town for the first time, he was greeted with words, smells and tastes that offended him to his core. Though someone's taste buds being offended in Taco Bell is nothing new, what made The Political Garbage Chute reach out to Clem was the reason for his outrage, and the campaign he's started because of that outrage. O'Connor is convinced that Taco Bell is "an agent working for the Mexican government" and they are "infiltrating American culture one Cheesy Gordita Crunch at a time." So Clem wants Taco Bell run out of his small Tennessee town, and he's petitioned everyone from his local city council on up to the governor of the state to have the fast food chain thrown out of Hazard for good.

"You know there isn't a single hamburger to be found on Taco Bell's menu," Clem asked our interviewer rhetorically while adding, "there is nothing more American than a hamburger. So I have to ask, what is about America that Taco Bell hates?"

[niyad]

1. taco bell is "authentic mexican food"???????

[FLPanhandle]

5. +1

Taco Bell isn't in the same universe as authentic Mexican food

[TipTok]

38. Best Taco Bell I ever had was a few hundred meters north of the border fence...

[randys1]

2. DO I have to say it? Hello to , anybody? I can assure you tens of millions are

nodding in agreement with him right now

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. It's satire.

http://www.politicalgarbagechute.com/

[sharp_stick]

3. Not necessarily painful

Some people can't help being stupid. I do wish however that a permanent and irreversible side effect of this level of stupidity was infertility.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Retroactively, if necessary. n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. "An' don't get me started on that eye-talian place!"

[Glamrock]

6. Next target?

Olive garden...goddamned, no hamburger serving, restraunts run by forners!

[Terra Alta]

7. Please tell me this is satire. Nt.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. The hamburger is named after Hamburg, Germany. The term hamburger originally derives from Hamburg,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger

He should order some Freedom Fries when he finds a Liberty Burger in Tennessee, USA.

[Renew Deal]

11. I wonder if this is the freeper that wanted to boycott Taco Bell because of socialists in Spain

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1234595

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. I think he's busy boycotting Belgium because they're infiltrating America with waffles.

[Renew Deal]

9. Does he go to Pizza Hut looking for Hamburgers?

Italy will take us over one pepperoni at a time.

[uppityperson]

10. This is well done, I had to google as couldn't tell if real or satire. Taco Bell IS snacks!

[1StrongBlackMan]

12. LOL ...

"there is nothing more American than a hamburger.

Yeah there is ... STUPIDITY!

[sufrommich]

15. KFC doesn't have burgers either. What is Kentucky

hiding? Hmmmm?

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. Why do we make news stories out of the rantings of insane people

The guy is obviously ill, and the story is just sad, if not cruel.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. It's satire.

http://www.politicalgarbagechute.com/

[Brickbat]

17. What kind -- the article, or thinking the article is legitimate?

[liberal N proud]

18. No good Mexican would be caught dead in Taco Bell

[MindPilot]

19. This was bound to happen when they stopped serving the Bell Beefer.

Ol' Clem probably thought it was the Mexican Phone Company.

[arely staircase]

26. Sweet baby Jesus that looks aweful nt

[fleur-de-lisa]

20. Clem? His name is really Clem? Was Cletus not available for comment?

[saturnsring]

22. his other two brothers are already named cletus

[hifiguy]

25. Where's Praisegod Barebones?

And yes, there really was a Praisegod Barebones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise-God_Barebone

[Initech]

27. "I know how ya feel! I got beat in tic tac toe by a chicken!"

[saturnsring]

44. mr spuckler

[Initech]

23. I take it he's never been to Del Taco?

[hifiguy]

24. Jebus on a unicycle juggling fish.

How does this moran get the correct shoe on the correct foot each morning? Or remember to breathe?

Toilet paper must be up there with the riddle of the Sphinx to this mouth-breathing cave orc.

[tecelote]

28. Better not tell him where McDonald's beef comes from!

[Iggo]

29. Taco Bell serves American food. (n/t)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. Another satirical piece.

Check the original source: The Political Garbage Chute, a political humor site. http://www.politicalgarbagechute.com/ The sad thing is that it's getting harder and harder to separate satire from the weird reality we're living in these days.

[KamaAina]

34. My first clue should have been that Hazard is across the line in Kentucky.

[hifiguy]

41. Ah well, it was funny anyway.

Poe's law gets one hell of a workout every day in these times.

[KamaAina]

32. Drop the chalupa!

[steve2470]

35. original link here and it is SATIRE......

http://www.politicalgarbagechute.com/tennessee-republican-wants-taco-bell-shut-down-for-being-too-mexican/


evidence here:

James Schlarmann

James is the founding contributor and editor-in-chief of The Political Garbage Chute, a political satire and commentary site, which can be found on Facebook as well. You definitely should not give that much a shit about his opinions.

at: same link as above

[Calista241]

36. I lol'd.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

37. I'm invoking Poe's Law on this one.

On edit, it does in fact appear to be satire.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

39. What's really screwed up

Is that you have to do some research on the original article to find that it's satire.

It just seems too plausible.

Terrifyingly so, if you think about it.


The people over at The Onion must be having serious problems with the conflict for their articles:

1) Has it already been said seriously by some wingnut?
2) Are we going to be giving some wingnut an idea?
3) Are people going to think that it's too plausible, and think it's a serious news article?

The booze sales in the closest package store must be phenomenal.
I must tender them my deepest sympathies.

[niyad]

45. thank you for this lovely, caring post about the Onion. I have been worried about them

for quite some time now, for all the reasons mentioned in this thread.

was it tom lehrer who said he would no longer do political satire when kissinger won the nobel peace prize?

[demwing]

40. Taco Bell is to Mexico as Pizza Hut is to italy

For gods sake ya yokel, grow a set o teeth and chew on some reality burgers. Next he'll want to change the state name because it's an Injun word.

I'd like to slap the stupid from his face, but the risk of infection is too great.

[jonno99]

42. Hmmm... there was a 'satire' tag on the article...nt

[lpbk2713]

43. No strippers at Chuck E Cheese either.

Boy howdy. Enough to make you choke on your Red Man.