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Mon Jul-14-08 12:59 PM
Response to Reply #20 |
| 52. A cover is worth a thousand words n/t |
| -New Yorker Cover: Dumbest Fucking Thing I've Ever Seen |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 08:16 AM |
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The New Yorker ut a face on the whole crazy business. |
Jackpine Radical |
Jul-14-08 08:21 AM |
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Ireland's economy is booming. |
dammitann |
Jul-14-08 08:22 AM |
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Hi Dammitann - Love your name by the way - Saw you were from TN - My sister lives there & I cannot |
1776Forever |
Jul-14-08 10:47 AM |
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Hello and thank you. |
dammitann |
Jul-14-08 11:24 AM |
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Wouldn't it be nice if all the idiots lived in one place? |
mwb970 |
Jul-15-08 06:52 AM |
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If a right-wing rag had produced this everyone would be screaming |
BeyondGeography |
Jul-14-08 08:24 AM |
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You know, I love the East Coast, and I love New Yorkers, but they really do live in a bubble. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 08:42 AM |
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All true, and I respond as a New Yorker and a dedicated subscriber to the magazine |
BeyondGeography |
Jul-14-08 09:04 AM |
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Thanks |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 09:09 AM |
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You do know that context means something in regard to satire. |
Goblinmonger |
Jul-14-08 08:47 AM |
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Of course they didn't MEAN it. That doesn't make any difference. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 08:49 AM |
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Touche |
demokatgurrl |
Jul-14-08 09:24 AM |
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A just think.... |
AlbertCat |
Jul-14-08 12:45 PM |
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You don't get out much, do you? |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 12:50 PM |
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Exactly! Excellent post! |
Growler |
Jul-14-08 01:01 PM |
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America is committing suicide... |
mwb970 |
Jul-15-08 06:54 AM |
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Monday morning someone at work said- "Looks like the New Yorker got it right". |
stlsaxman |
Jul-15-08 07:11 AM |
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exactly !!! |
marions ghost |
Jul-15-08 07:12 AM |
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Merely being on the cover of a left wing magazine is not enough context |
Raineyb |
Jul-14-08 09:09 PM |
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In a nutshell and brilliantly you have summed up the entire objection. |
watrwefitinfor |
Jul-15-08 06:40 AM |
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This link is to one WVA newspaper's online responses to the NYer cover. THIS kind of response is |
1Hippiechick |
Jul-14-08 09:15 PM |
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And a lot of folks who PURPORT to be on the left are also... |
LowerManhattanite |
Jul-14-08 08:48 AM |
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Nice... thank you. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 08:57 AM |
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See, “Fuck Em'” was satire, |
AlbertCat |
Jul-14-08 12:54 PM |
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Oh my... |
LowerManhattanite |
Jul-14-08 01:40 PM |
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Exactly, LM...no one is |
zidzi |
Jul-14-08 05:26 PM |
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That's because if a rightwing rag had done it, IT WOULD BE AN INTENTIONAL ATTACK |
EstimatedProphet |
Jul-14-08 12:43 PM |
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Quick question |
JoFerret |
Jul-14-08 09:32 PM |
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That cover opens up the floodgates of dirty Obama bashing. Wide open. It will be |
AlinPA |
Jul-14-08 08:38 AM |
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thank you for this post. |
slinkerwink |
Jul-14-08 08:39 AM |
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You've touched exactly on why i think a lot of us are upset with the cover. |
DarienComp |
Jul-14-08 08:44 AM |
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So let's just make sure that everything that comes out |
Goblinmonger |
Jul-14-08 08:49 AM |
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Newhouse JR owns the New Yorker |
fasttense |
Jul-14-08 08:47 AM |
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It coincided with a major hit piece on Obama in the magazine. |
TexasObserver |
Jul-14-08 08:49 AM |
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Right wingers are stupid, they don't du nuance so the satire has to be obvious |
uponit7771 |
Jul-14-08 08:49 AM |
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How many Right Wingers read The New Yorker? |
Goblinmonger |
Jul-14-08 08:50 AM |
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They don't have to read the New Yorker for the pic to go viral in email or on FAUX news |
uponit7771 |
Jul-14-08 08:59 AM |
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And what percentage of those |
Goblinmonger |
Jul-14-08 09:01 AM |
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It gels it pretty nicely. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 09:11 AM |
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So what was your answer? |
Goblinmonger |
Jul-14-08 09:16 AM |
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Let me rephrase your question a bit. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 09:29 AM |
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Oh, I know |
Goblinmonger |
Jul-14-08 09:37 AM |
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Ha. Ha. Ha. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 09:47 AM |
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So here's what you do: |
EstimatedProphet |
Jul-14-08 12:52 PM |
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LOL. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 01:05 PM |
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Sometimes you have to rub their faces in it |
EstimatedProphet |
Jul-14-08 01:31 PM |
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Ta Da! |
annabanana |
Jul-14-08 01:08 PM |
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A cover is worth a thousand words n/t |
janet118 |
Jul-14-08 12:59 PM |
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Honey, you think it's not going to be all over the internet as The Real Truth About Obama? |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 08:52 AM |
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When does RW notice NY covers? |
repo |
Jul-14-08 08:52 AM |
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Oh, they're not going to notice OPENLY. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 08:55 AM |
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copies of the cover, with a bogus story to go with it, will appear within days |
TexasObserver |
Jul-14-08 09:17 AM |
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When Fox "News" shows it 24 x 7. nt |
AlinPA |
Jul-14-08 04:32 PM |
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They shouldn't have done it. But it is funny. |
wurzel |
Jul-14-08 09:06 AM |
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Oh, it is funny, and it's a great piece of art. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 09:13 AM |
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It's just too bad they chose to put it on the cover. |
kskiska |
Jul-14-08 03:22 PM |
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Damn straight-- I am furious. |
npincus |
Jul-14-08 09:06 AM |
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It's at the top of CNN's political ticker |
Abacus |
Jul-14-08 09:20 AM |
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The right wingers are eating it up |
Lorien |
Jul-14-08 01:51 PM |
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images seep in, bypassing the rationality filter that words must navigate. |
mopinko |
Jul-14-08 09:46 AM |
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Thank you. It's all about the power of the image. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 09:47 AM |
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if i am wrong here, then |
mopinko |
Jul-14-08 10:12 AM |
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Well, tell us this then.... |
HardWorkingDem |
Jul-14-08 10:55 AM |
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There is no fighting and debunking, unfortunately. |
crispini |
Jul-14-08 12:49 PM |
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BORING SATIRE with an image that lasts to make an obvious point |
Overseas |
Jul-14-08 10:58 AM |
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Stereotyping in cartoons is a dangerous shortcut |
janet118 |
Jul-15-08 07:57 AM |
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You need to get out more |
Goblinmonger |
Jul-14-08 10:59 AM |
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Inspired by Kramer... |
johnlal |
Jul-14-08 11:03 AM |
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What makes it unacceptable is the environment in which it is presented. |
Gregorian |
Jul-14-08 11:15 AM |
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exactly |
Not the Only One |
Jul-14-08 08:06 PM |
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The dumbest thing you've ever seen! |
AlbertCat |
Jul-14-08 12:14 PM |
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You Mean to Tell Me |
otohara |
Jul-14-08 02:50 PM |
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It's not supposed to "Clear up any doubts." It's supposed to RAISE doubts, and get people to think |
Ron_Green |
Jul-14-08 04:12 PM |
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it is NOT satire. In a vaccum it makes absolutely no sense, it is just a smear |
TheDonkey |
Jul-14-08 04:38 PM |
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I agree, the cover was just too clever by a half. And it wasn't funny to me either. |
Major Hogwash |
Jul-14-08 05:09 PM |
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I wish Obama had simply embraced it with a knowling wink |
aikoaiko |
Jul-14-08 06:08 PM |
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A comic miscalculation.... |
windoe |
Jul-14-08 06:59 PM |
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K&R |
DeepModem Mom |
Jul-14-08 07:10 PM |
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These are the "too clever" |
Sugarcoated |
Jul-14-08 07:58 PM |
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! One of the best posts I've seen on this issue! |
scarletwoman |
Jul-14-08 07:58 PM |
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Starroute wrote a very excellent post in a different thread last night, and I'd like to add her |
scarletwoman |
Jul-14-08 08:09 PM |
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If McCain wins, I will enjoy laughing in the faces of freepers & dumb ass dems as they fill up |
Truth Hurts A Lot |
Jul-14-08 09:35 PM |
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An accusation of treason is a very serious matter. |
Laelth |
Jul-14-08 10:39 PM |
#77 |
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