We're being made fun of...

[EstimatedProphet]

http://www.imao.us/archives/001215.html

This site has an "imitation" of a DU thread, along with several comments on how horrible DU is, how freedom of speech is avoided by liberals, etc. One of the posts said something about how they would love to see DUers react to this, but that it would be impossible, because anyone on DU who posted the link or the parody posting would be banned.
So, am I banned?

[terrya]

1. Oh, PLEASE.

What's that expression again about "pot calling the kettle black"?

Yes, of course at the Free Republic, free thought and speech are encouraged.

Give me a break.

Terry

[Seldona]

16. Nuke the Moon?

ROFL

He sure picked the appropriate name for his site, when I read the article 'Nuke the Moon' I damn near fell of my chair.

This guy actually has TEESHIRTS made up! LOL

20 bucks says he has a mullet.

LMAO!

[Caution]

2. i love it

how wingnuts seem to think that freedom of speech = freedom to agree with our agenda.

Message to the wingnuts: I think you are wrong. Deal with it.

[ComerPerro]

32. And now, in my best wing-nut impression

"I would like to exercise my freedom of speech to tell you to shut the fuck up"

Its like these damned morons learned to speak by watching Dumb-ya and then flipping to pro wrestling.

[liberalhistorian]

33. LOL!

Believe me, pal, I'm sure that's exactly how our freeper friends learned to speak the three or four words they're clearly able to enunciate.

I just love it when wingnuts complain that we horrible "libruls" don't allow any speech that disagrees with theirs. They should know, since that's exactly how they operate.

For instance, look at how they immediately pounce on anyone who dares to breathe one single word of criticism of their Great Fearless Fascist Leader, the Boy King Impostor, aka King George II, aka the First Idiot, aka the Commander-in-Thief, as "un-American", "unpatriotic", "America-haters", etc., etc., equating criticism of a president with hating America and lack of patriotism. Then look at how they treated Clinton, who was actually elected and didn't have to blatantly steal the presidency in order to occupy the WH, they felt perfectly free to harass and harangue and criticize him 24/7 for eight years, and they didn't consider that to be unpatriotic America-hating, now, did they? And we didn't accuse them of that, now, did we? What a bunch of dumb-ass idiotic fucking HYPOCRITES!

[EXE619K]

3. Man, what up with....

RWinger sites(media, in gereral) with ads for "security cameras"?

Geesh!

[grannylib]

4. Just checked it out and read some of the threads there; quite the

swaggering little crowd, aren't they?
While the parody was kind of humorous, it seems that the author has an overly high opinion of himself and his abilities, from the little bit I read

[EstimatedProphet]

6. That's one thing the Cons don't lack:

Self-importance.

[Blue-Jay]

5. So?

Fuck 'em, I say. We're going to win anyway.

[EstimatedProphet]

7. Funny that I haven't been banned yet

Or that this thread hasn't been locked.
Maybe all the moderators are at lunch, or at their "Stop all opinions other than our own" meeting-according to the way the IMAO site talks about DU, the mods apparently have those meetings.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

8. Isn't imitation...

the highest form of flattery? I've heard alot of people rag on DU, saying what a disorganized mess this place is, how nasty people are. Obviously these folks have only dipped in and not stayed. What these guys don't see is the community that exists here. I believe DU gives its users the feeling that they are part of something larger than just a group of internet chatters. Its the green-eyed monster syndrome.

Also, that "peace thru superior firepower" T-shirt is kinda scary. People actually believe that stuff?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. Disorganized?

This must be the tidiest, sleekest discussion forum in existence. Compare to FreeUnnavigatableTimesNewRomanRepublic (and others).

[bowens43]

9. Wow, it's pathetic.

I've seen much better.

[Kamika]

10. I don't get their conspiration stuff

Sure Du has their conspiration geeks but all in all we don't have ALOT of them.. I mean c'mon I'm sure freerepublic has atleast the same amount of conspirationists that we got.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. No...We have more conspiration geeks; they have more

constipation geeks.

[Shakespeare]

11. I will now measure the degree to which I care they're making fun of us:

Wow. A solid zero. I care not at all.

Pathetic little mouthbreathers.

[colonel odis]

13. that's ok. we've been making fun of them longer

irony and satire have never been strong suits for those people. they're way too literal-minded.

cases in point:
dennis miller
vs. michael moore

[BiggJawn]

14. I didn't recognize myself...

Guess I don't try hard enough....

[DinahMoeHum]

15. WTF, man ?? It comes with the territory. . .

those assholes couldn't give us a better compliment.

:evilgrin:

[EstimatedProphet]

18. I agree

I'm far from enraged; I think it's funny that they would make the claims they do.
Notice I am still not banned.

[arwalden]

17. Lame! Fun premise... we're definitely ripe for parody and making fun of...

but that was truly lame.

-- Allen

[geniph]

19. Oh! I am crushed!

Wingnut knuckledragger boneheads don't like me! How will I survive, knowing that those whose opinions matter to me so much don't adore me???

:eyes:

Here's a quarter, freeps. Call someone who gives a shit.

[Gringo]

20. Kinda funny, actually...

As much as I despise those types, they are right on target on the overzealous deletion and censorship here. I don't mind deleting right-wing posts, but when they started giving people warning s for using nicknames like "D___iacs" or "Ke__yites" or "Cl__kies" they went totally overboard. I hate the new rules, and wouldn't be surprised if they are depressing the active poster #s. (Now awaiting my inveitable censure/banning/whatever for this post)

[MaddogTerp]

22. All things considered...

I thought it was pretty darn funny!

Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

Of course, the moderators here are going to HAVE to let this thread go without deleting any of the posts, because that would just give the imaos something more to laugh at, so I think this thread is the prime opportunity to say whatever we want *without* fear of being deleted and/or banned!

How's this:
I'm pro Dean, but that scream of his was the funniest (and stupidest) thing I've seen & heard in American politics for years.

Kerry might as well hang it up -- he's too much repukelican (Bushie Lite) for any of us to really back him (other than possibly as an ABB vote), and he keeps trying to move right to appeal to the neo-nazis-cons, and they'll never go for him.

Maybe we need to do a parody thread of the Freeepers or the IMAOs, just for fun. Then we&they could put the two up side by side for comparison. Sounds fun to me -- anybody up to it?

[EstimatedProphet]

23. Yeah, that does sound like fun!

I'm for it!

[kthak]

45. How is Kerry "Bushie Lite"

when he votes further to the left than Ted Kennedy?

[scottcsmith]

24. "Uncannily Accurate" Parody?

Me thinks Franky at IMAO is not clear on the concept of "parody." I will now present a REAL parody.

Scott's Hannity and Colmes parody:

Sean Hannity: Does John Kerry really have a shot at the White House? Joining us tonight are our good friends, Oliver North, Colonel David Hunt, Ann Coulter, Mark Furhman, Rep. Bob Dornan, Laura Inghram, and Kerry supporter, Washington Governor Gary Locke.

Crosstalk: (unintelligible)

Sean: Governor Locke, do you really think a liberal like John Kerry even has a remote chance of being elected?

Locke: Sean, I...

Coulter: It's too bad John Kerry wasn't at the Pentagon on Sept. 11.

Inghram: John Kerry couldn't get elected dog catcher.

Locke: Can I just...

Sean: You liberals, you have no issues to run on, so all you do is attack this president, isn't that right?

Locke: But...

Dornan: You want to take God out of the classroom and force everyone to covert to Islam.

Locke: I never....

Hunt: Sean, the troops in Iraq do not want a John Kerry in the White House.

Sean: Bill Clinton was handed Osama Bin Laden on a silver platter and he refused him.

Locke: I thought we were...

Sean: Three times, Governor! And he refused to take him!

Locke: What does this have to do with John Kerry?

Inghram: Typical liberal response. Ignore the issue and start the name calling.

Colmes: Now, that's not true.

Locke: We were talking about John Kerry?

Dornan: You can't trust a Massachusetts liberal. Turn the government over to them and it'll be gay marriages for everyone.

Coulter: Kerry may as well start giving out dating tips. He's running out of other ideas.

Locke: John Kerry wants to...

Sean: Bill Clinton gutted the military, gutted intelligence, and his mishandling of terrorism caused 9/11.

Locke: What about...

Furhman: OJ did it.

Colmes: Can we just...

Sean: Alan, you and your liberal friends, it's like a disease you want to spread, and John Kerry is infected with liberal measles.

Locke: Liberal what?

Dornan: Can you even trust Bill Clinton? His administration is the most corrupt in recent memory.

Locke: Why are we talking about Bill Clinton?

Sean: Answer the question, governor!

Locke: What question?

North: Sean, this is a perfect example why the Democrats do not have a chance. They aren't running on real issues. They want to make John Kerry a hero but look what he did after Vietnam, he threw his medals away and joined up with Jane Fonda.

Locke: He never...

Sean: We're out of time. Thanks for joining us, Governor Lott.

Locke: Locke!

Sean: We'll be right back.

[ckelite]

26. Definition of parody

parody: (n) A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule.

Hmm... according to the above, Frank J. got it exactly right.

[scottcsmith]

28. Bully for Frank J.

Your first post here and you've nailed us all, eh?

[Name removed]

34. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[ornotna]

35. If we're paranoid

Why are YOU here bothering us? Methinks you protest too loudly.

[earthman dave]

41. "Blinded by hatred" ?

Oh yeah, it's just a nonstop hate-fest round here. LMAO!

[EstimatedProphet]

29. Funny!

Excellent parody!

[ComerPerro]

37. That is fuc,ing hilarious

LOL

[VOX]

42. Uproarious! Thanks for the late-night laugh, scs!

Your humor is much appreciated!

:toast:

[benderlane]

50. HAHAHA

Im quite right wing, and I found that parody by scottcsmith to be extremely amusing.

I thought the IMAO parody of this site was a gas as well.

Guys - have you thought that part of the reason why the parody - mentioned in the original link - got so much right wing attention, is because 99% of the time when a right winger gets to this site, its because of an extremely abserd thread (which the people in this thread claim are rarities..)?

In anycase, im going to see if someone will post a link to the Hannity and Colmes parody in this thread.. its extremely accurate.

[Rabrrrrrr]

51. That's parody?

Reads like a real transcript. had you not said it was parody, I'd have taken it at face value.

:evilgrin:

[benderlane]

52. now now...

lets not turn this thread into what IMAO was making fun of ;)

[PVnRT]

25. Oh no, whatever shall we do.

I am so crushed. Boo hoo.

[Redneck Socialist]

27. Parts of that got a chuckle...

...out of me. What amazes me is how any of those people find the time to come here and obsess about us.

[ComerPerro]

30. In turn, I would like to parody their site

New Thread 1: How much do you love money?

New Thread 2: What do you love more, money or your family (just kidding, we all know the answer is money).

New Thread 3: How many times have you gone down on Bush?

New Thread 4: How many times would you go down on Bush?

New Thread 5: Aren't rich people so much better than you?

New Thread 6: Isn't Ahhnold awesome?

New Thread 7: Isn't the Iraq war just great? (even though I am too much of a fucking pussy to serve)

New Thread 8: Why aren't you in Iraq? (My, uh, butt hurts. Yeah!)

New Thread 9: Why can't we just kill all nonwhite, nonChristian, non Republicans?

New Thread 10: What will you do today to swear undying allegance to Bush?

[djhii]

40. Arghh! Me bashy good...

2. Treat people with respect, Don't be rude or Bigoted. Discuss the message not the messenger.


Question: If someone slings a stone... do you
A. Sling one back
B. Cower in fear
C. Go to the U.N.
D. All of the above

Point: If you want someone to actually take the time to consider your point of view, being curtious is a good way to start.

I know your responding to IMAO, which is a devilishly funny humor site... with obvious conservative leanings... Remember... Frank J. doesn't influence, create, or enforce policy... we have elected officials for that... try focusing your intellect, and not your anger, towards maybe coming up with a compelling arguement to influence those that don't agree with you, yet. Conservatives and Liberals can throw stones back and forth at each other until armageddon... it's not really effective is it? Don't underestimate the otherside.... because sometimes the otherside are the moderates too... you want to offend all of us, and make us your political enemies? Or would you rather have an ally? Up to you... we're out there.... seek us out.. we vote too...

All this name calling is really childish on both sides, how about we stick with American for now and work our way from there.

Another Question: Do you guys really think Gore won the election? There's a reason for the Electoral College... namely imagine if you lived in Rhode Island... do you think a presidential candidate would ever stop in your state if we elected by popular vote.... think about it... those guys that wrote those words on those papers were not so stupid as one may think.

Comments?

[ComerPerro]

46. Answer

If someone slings a stone, I find out who threw the stone in the first place. I don't find someone whose ass I know I can kick even though they didn't sling the stone, just so I can prove my point and brag about how great I am.

And, for your other questions...
Yes, Gore won the election. There is no doubt about it. He won the popular vote, and he won the electoral college. He won Florida (when all the votes were counted). That doesn't even take into consideration the mysterous several thousand negative Gore votes on a voting machine that dispersed his votes to the thrid party candidates, it doesn't include the Military absentee ballots that were postmarked late and mysteriously showed up overwhelmingly for Bush, and it doesn't regard the thousands of African-American voters who were perged from the voting roles because their names resembled the names of convicted felons.


Sorry, but Gore won.

[EstimatedProphet]

49. Well argued

I have yet to see anyone who complains about how "Bush won, get over it", and that the whole Democratic argument was just about the popular vote vs. the electoral vote, even attempt to address the issues you stated. They leave their argument at popular vote vs. electoral vote and walk off, as if that answers those issues.

[DS1]

31. Holy Spirit = Goebbels (funny)

:7

[theorist]

36. They really did their research! BWAHAHAHA!

They must have seriously studied DU to get their material. The have the "*" perfectly!

[theorist]

38. This one flies against my "argument".

AFewM4rblesL3ft

12. Careful

Watch how you phrase things. Let's try not to get labeled anti-Semitic and anti-Christian again.



Has DU ever had problems with anti-semitism? I've never seen it. I know it's strictly against the rules, anyway.

Do you think they're misrepresenting us out of attention jealousy?

[corporatewhore]

39. Some one should do a Freeper parody!!

[theorist]

43. I might try that.

Freerepublic dot com hurts my eyes, so the research would be painful....I'd have to get someone to put it on their blog, or something.

[annagull]

44. Mr. IMAO: not too funny..

I tried to get his humor, hey-I'm an openminded person, funny is funny no matter what--but this guy is just sad.

[ghengisjim]

47. I think that Frank J character is hilarious

In the same way that you laugh at Jon Stewart when he makes fun of someone you like, IMAO is funny. Maybe they only make fun of liberals over there, but either way funny is funny.

I mean, come on, who thinks of 'Nuke the Moon?' Frank J makes fun of conservatives too --- I'm reading over his In the World stuff and he paints Rumsfield as an angry drunk (funny stuff), Bush as a whiney figure that depends on Laura, and conservatives in general as... liking guns, killing people, and just basically trying to kick butt with no regard for consequences of what's going on.

I really enjoy that material, I'm sorry. It's great stuff. And no, he does not have a mullet.

[ghengisjim]

48. he's just playing in to conservative stereotypes...

Frank J says ----

"Man, diplomacy will be so cool once we have our missile defense. We'll easily be able to get back at those weasely European countries because we could nuke them and they can't even touch us. We can make all French citizens have to kneel to the West five times a day and surrender. The Germans will have to inhale helium so they don't sound so scary when they talk. And all the waffles in Belgium will be ours. Also, we'll declare that all oil in the world is technically the property of the United States by virtue of us being so kickass."

That's vintage. I mean if you read that you can tell that sure, its conservative humor, but its taking being conservative to the Nth degree, and for that reason it is the kind of thing you might find on the Daily Show. Its intelligent, yet stupid, and it makes fun of both sides.