LOL - The Onion Nails it with this Mosque Arson Story

[cthulu2016]

Last edited Thu Dec 20, 2012, 06:32 PM - Edit history (2)

White guy in Indiana drinks 45 beers, burns down a mosque and then tells the judge it was because all he knows of the world is what they told him on Fox News and talk radio.

Priceless! Also, congratulations on the Onion changing their name to Digital Journal. It's catchier.

Mosque arsonist tells court: 'I only know what I hear on Fox News'

Linn told the court that on September 30 he had gotten "riled up" as a result of watching Fox News and drinking beer. Linn claims to have drank 45 beers in seven hours before heading to the mosque and setting a fire in the prayer room. He was also reportedly armed with a revolver at the time.

During the court proceedings, Judge Jack Zouhary asked Linn if he knew any Muslims or knew what Islam was about.

"No, I only know what I hear on Fox news and what I hear on [right-wing talk] radio," Linn replied.

"Muslims are killing Americans and trying to blow stuff up," Linn told the judge. "Most Muslims are terrorists and don't believe in Jesus Christ," Linn falsely stated, ignorant of the fact that Jesus is revered as a prophet in Islam.



http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/339499

[font color=red]The OP is a joke about how you can't parody the modern wing-nut. It is not meant to fool people. The story is very real, not the Onion.[/font color]

[cthulu2016]

1. .

[Speck Tater]

2. Except it's NOT Onion. It's for real. nt

[11 Bravo]

3. I'm pretty sure the OP knew that. It's satire.

[cthulu2016]

4. Naw... c'mon. Look at the guy!

(I know it's real. Just making a joke about how reality is so F'd up that it's almost impossible for satire to keep up.)

[spanone]

5. then, he knows nothing. or less than nothing.

i doubt very much that he is the exception. bet there are millions of idiots out there....just like him

[Kalidurga]

6. Ok I am confused now...

I read this headline earlier in the week, but didn't read the story. I thought it was a legit story at the time, err sort of it sounded really too bizarre to be true. Then I read this one and since it's an Onion piece I read the story. But, then people here say that this is a real deal. I have never heard of Digital News, so is this a spin off of the Onion?

[uponit7771]

8. ....no, I'm an optimist like you...I really thought this had to be an onion story but it's now...

...check the headlines

[cthulu2016]

24. Sorry. Not meant to deceive. It is a real story

I was joking about it being the Onion because the story is so F'd up that it reads like a parody

[Kalidurga]

25. Well it is F'd up and it does read like a parody.

Even when I saw the real headline I was kind of thinking it was the Onion or the Borowitz Report or something like that. I mean this guy hit all the stereotypes of a parody of a RWer he could have possibly hit.

[uponit7771]

7. OK, I was fooled enough by the "onion" name change to look it up. I thought this no doubt had to be

...onion material.

freakin wow....

[mnmoderatedem]

12. well if you want an actual Onion story...

this one had me busting a gut at work.

Todd Akin wonders what went wrong...

http://www.theonion.com/articles/todd-akin-spends-whole-night-wondering-what-went-w,30297/

[freshwest]

16. I wonder if they're going to do a spoof on the fiscal bluff...

Although none of it seems too funny, no matter how i try to relax about it. And I've tried...

[Scootaloo]

10. 45 beers?

Dude must have a beach ball for a bladder.

[freshwest]

17. Yeah, but it took him 7 hours...

[Scootaloo]

18. Idle hands, they say

[CJCRANE]

11. The moral of the story is: turn off Fox News.

If this guy had drank his 45 beers watching Comedy Central I bet he would still be a free man.

[iandhr]

13. I didn't question it for a moment.

The Onion being this spot shows that the line between satire and reality in now blurred.

[renie408]

14. This guy is superhuman. You have to give him some credit for being

able to FIND the local mosque after 45 beers.

Come to think of it, it is kind of impressive that somebody in Indiana knew what a mosque actually is and knew where it was.

[WoodyD]

15. This is a perfect example

of Poe's law. These guys are just beyond parody.

[dogknob]

19. I watched the video. The quote is choice, but emotional testimony...

A victim says he said that. This is why I haven't been sharing the crap out of this.

[FailureToCommunicate]

20. He could just as easily picked up his guns after the drinking binge and

shot a bunch of people...

Wouldn't be so funny then.

Fox -and all RW hate radio- SUCKS!

[libodem]

21. I can't say often enough that Faux is deceptive

And dangerous. They are setting off the reality challenged with their commentary editorial style of presenting news.

[Shrike47]

22. Too bad sentences can't include some training about Islam.

The guy might actually learn something. Knowledge often goes a long way toward dispelling hate which is really a form of fear.

[mountain grammy]

23. Well, I think he might learn a little about Islam in prison.

Hopefully Fox news is not allowed on prison teevees.