Holy shit -- check out this example of blazing ignorance

[SallyMander]

This is from the Facebook application "Pieces of Flair," where you can send e-buttons to your friends. I searched for Obama buttons just now... check out the second row, second one in.




Yup, that says: "50% White, 46% Arab, 4% Black, 100% Baby Killer."

While that is wrong for SO many reasons, I am especially having trouble wrapping my brain around how you can be 46% Arab and 4% black. I mean, that *approximately* corresponds to having a black 3-greats grandparent, with whom you would share 1/32 (=3.125%) of their genes. Am i thinking too hard about this? ;)

[dubeskin]

1. It's sad how stupid the "flair" pieces are

I've almost stopped using that app just because of all the racist/ignorant/Christian "flair" that flood the pages. It's just ridiculous.

[SallyMander]

6. True -- I hardly ever look at it

which is why i was so shocked! I had a friend send me some of them, so i was looking for an Obama button to send back. Crazy Facebook.

[OKNancy]

2. really stupid. Actually Arabs are Caucasian

Arab just means you speak Arabic. It's not a "race"
But no matter.... it's stupid as are many of those other

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Arabs are semitic caucasians, with some admixture of other peoples,

and their language is rather closely related to Hebrew.

[Kalyke]

8. Thank you.

So few people know this.

[SallyMander]

7. I like the one that misspells "welfare" too

LOL... the intelligence is underwhelming...

[Jackpine Radical]

3. You're thinking too hard about it.

That "46%" is an example of the 87% of all statistics that are made up on the spot. The fact that it makes no genetic sense is lost on the intended audience, who think Jesus rode a dinosaur.

[SallyMander]

4. LOL!

:D

[HughMoran]

9. I actually laughed out loud

These fucktards can't possibly think that this sort of crap is going to play with anybody other than their redneck friends.

[SallyMander]

11. It would be interesting to see data

on how often each pin is sent... although i suppose some of these could be sent for the "holy shit check this out" factor. Same reason I posted this. ;)

[WhollyHeretic]

10. I guess the idiot who made the Voldemort pin doesn't realize the Rowling is an Obama supporter

[SallyMander]

12. I haven't read HP so I didn't get that one

But I guess it's another anti-Obama. Is Rowling American? I thought she was from... England maybe? (Or maybe I'm making that up.)

[WhollyHeretic]

19. She's British. I read the books and figured she was liberal so I just searched and found this:

"Rowling confessed she was "obsessed" with the US elections because of the negative influence US foreign policy has had in other countries, including Britain and Spain.
"I find it a pity that Clinton and Obama have to be rivals because both of them are extraordinary," Rowling said.
Asked whether Harry Potter was her hero, the author said her real-life hero was the late Robert Kennedy."

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/184525,jk-rowling-wants-to-see-a-democrat-in-the-white.html

[SallyMander]

20. Why is the rest of the world

so much more on-the-ball than 50% of our electorate??? :(

[Kajsa]

13. More ignorance, more stupidity, more hate!

:puke:

But what do you expect from a group who's VP pick uttered
this brilliant comment yesterday,

Regarding appropriate allocations of funds,
she want the money to help "real people"

" not like studying fruit flies in France"

Hello, genius- those fruit fly studies have now
made inroads to finding a cause for autism
among many other findings!

Jeez- she is the most anti-intellectual candidate I have
ever heard in my 57 years on this planet!

:(

[SallyMander]

15. I had heard reference to the fruit fly comment

I am a biologist so the scientific ignorance in this country *really* bothers me. I think so many of our problems could be solved by some decent national education standards!!! You have the right to believe whatever you want, but you don't have the right to espouse those beliefs in my child's science classroom. :grr:

[Kajsa]

22. Thank you, Sally!

I appreciate the work you do.

Biology was one of my favorite subjects in school.

:)

[mitchum]

21. Yes, fruit flies reproduce almost as quickly as Palins

apparently, her father was a piss poor science teacher

[Kajsa]

23. I didn't know her dad was a science teacher!

You MUST be kidding!!

How in the hell can she be so ignorant of science, then?

[Overseas]

14. Lots of racist and classist and fundamentalist buttons on the screen. How sad.

I think there's a lot of offensive material there. Not sure why the one grotesque button disturbs you more than the other six or more disgusting and inaccurate ones.

[SallyMander]

17. A lot of barfworthy material

That's for sure... I hadn't noticed the Hitler one until I posted the image! Gawd... :puke:

[Rocknrule]

16. "He's half man, half bear, and half pig"

[SallyMander]

18. Do you ever listen to CarTalk?

"Coming up in the third half of our show..." ;)

[LynnTheDem]

24. `Hitler gave great speeches too`...rotflmao!!!

Awwww aren`t the deeply desperate rightwingnuts cute!

:rofl:

[Sheltiemama]

27. I was behind a car with this bumper sticker on it last night.

The car was a Mercedes. The bumper sticker was right next to the logo high up on the truck. Oh, the irony.

[LynnTheDem]

28. They seem to be under the impression Hitler was leftwing, lol!

I tell ya, these people = dumbest MFers ever!

:rofl:

[iamthebandfanman]

25. someone should make a 'i LOVE little boys.. alot!' - john mccain

button.

[Left Is Write]

26. There are several examples of blazing ignorance and idiocy there.

The "wellfare" one jumped out at me too, and not just because welfare is misspelled. People who repeat idiotic statements like "No welfare for the lazy" are really just too stupid to bother with.