Classic Boondocks - It didn't start at the escalator.

[JHB]

Last edited Sun Oct 13, 2019, 09:15 AM - Edit history (2)

On edit: I see there are accusations that this is fake, and even one call to take it down (which isn't going to happen).
This is not fake, or rather, it's a 2004 strip that, as you can see, Aaron McGruder set as a "Classic Boondocks" supposedly from November 3, 1988, because conservatives were just as awful in 1988 as they were in 2004, and just as bad as they are today.

Like a lot of discontinued strips, The Boondocks lives on in syndication. This is the one that came up today.
https://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2019/10/13

It's not photoshopped, it's not "bullshit", it's not "fake news". Lighten up, Francis!

[TexasProgresive]

1. HOLY CRAP! Plus a change, plus c'est la mme chose.

It's true, the more things change the more they remain the same.

[unc70]

8. Fake

[JHB]

11. Deliberately, by the cartoonist, at the time.

The technical term is "lampoon".

[Celerity]

2. same as it ever was........

[crazytown]

3. Think you've had enough?

Big business, after the shake up.

[Scarsdale]

4. Hypocritical Rush

took so many drugs, he destroyed his hearing. He has cochlear implants. I wonder if the Viagra caused it, or some other drug? "Do as I say, not as I do" runs rampant in the republican party.

[localroger]

6. It was oxycontin

He was getting the pills from his housekeeper, who had a legit prescription, and grinding them up and snorting them. Hearing loss is a known side effect of opiate abuse.

[UpInArms]

7. Exactly

I had hoped ht would cripple him forever and take him off the air ... was so disappointed that this science denier used state of the art science to return to his hate platform ...

[Scarsdale]

12. Is he still broadcast

on all the military radio stations? If so, that should be stopped. Spreading propaganda should not be allowed.

[Tarc]

5. The Boondocks didn't come out til the mid-90s, shoulda been the first clue that this is bullshit

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/down-in-the-boondocks/

Delete this thread, please.

1 OP and 17 upvotes have but literal fake fucking news on the front of the DU. Well-done.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Agree and even the subject referencing "Saddam" and "Kurds"

did NOT associate with 1988.

[JHB]

17. The Halabja chemical attack took place in March 1988...

...and at the time the US was still providing him support so that he wouldn't lose his war to the Iranians.

I'm not following how the supposedly November 1988 strip (actually from 2004) does "NOT associate" with what it references.

[JHB]

10. You're joking, right? "fake fucking news"?

It's today's strip in syndication, currently rerunning strips from 2004.

https://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2019/10/13


Well done yourself!

[RandiFan1290]

13. K&R

I just added another 'upvote'

[JHB]

18. Thank you!

[Farmer-Rick]

14. The problem is that Limpballs never allowed transcripts or recordings

Others recorded him without his permission or he would allow a few recordings of special topics. But most of the hate and shit he spewed was never recorded. It's so he can deny the crap he said.

And I heard a highjacked recording of Limpballs saying he wanted to kill all drug addicts from a very reliable source. I'm not sure about the gassing, but he probably did say it. And he probably did say that about the Kurds and gassing. That fat white blob would say anything. The more disgusting the better. So, despite what Snopes wrote, I heard with my own ears Limpballs saying he wanted to kill all drug addicts....we all hoped the facist would start with Limpballs.

I think if Snopes wanted to be fair, they should have included that information.

[JHB]

16. Well, that's the catch 22: Snopes woud need to document things he did say...

...and as you noted, only a tiny fraction of what he put out on the air was recorded and transcribed by critics. Some attempts were made (the Flush Rush Review newsletter comes to mind), but they were small operations lacking the resources for recording and wading through some 3 hours of bile daily. And people who could have provided resources didn't think monitoring conservative media was worth their time and money.

What Snopes did do, correctly, is identify the source of the false Limbaugh quote, the lampooning Boondocks strip.

[Farmer-Rick]

20. Yes, Snopes made it seem that the back dating of the strip was the only issue.

I think it's more than just that.

[Backseat Driver]

22. Maybe another example? Not the escalator, not 1988, way earlier?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/if-i-were-the-devil/

‘If I Were the Devil’

An essay that postulates what steps the devil might take in order to corrupt human civilization was popularized by radio commentator Paul Harvey.
DAVID MIKKELSON

[snip] it all (I'm just not going to repeat the text - just read it!), but then the investigation into source:

The oldest genuine Paul Harvey version of this piece we’ve found so far appeared in his newspaper column in 1964:

[JHB]

23. Hey, all I was doing was posting today's Boondocks strip...

...because it was unusually topical.

I mentioned the escalator because one of my hobby horses is debunking NeverTrumpers and others who like to pretend the Republican party was just fine until 2015, when it suddenly and mysteriously lost its mind. The strip was unusually topical for that point too.

[Backseat Driver]

25. I've got no problem with that

I've been known to connect dots of the past that weirdly pop into consciousness presently as well; trust me, wear sunscreen, LOL.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

19. Did you read the Snopes article you posted?

It clearly states what “Classic Boondocks” is.

Also, debunking a satirical comic strip. Way to go!

[JHB]

21. It's like posting a Snopes link to debunk that Sarah Palin ever said...

..."I can see Russia from my house" in the comments of the SNL debate clip.

[Tarc]

24. And the OP posted it as factual, not satirical

Way to go, buddy.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

26. No, the OP posted a comic

You took it too seriously.

[LanternWaste]

27. I too used to pretend cartoons were simply fake news when my narrative demanded it of me.

All those Snoopy and Dagwood strips... fake news! Arble-garble. Derp!

Way to go, indeed, little buddy...

[JHB]

28. My OP posted a syndicated cartoon lampooning Republicans and their extreme rhetoric

Your reply called it "fake fucking news news" and included a link examining "Did Limbaugh actually say this?", with the text of the quote separated from cartoon. Presumably it was copied and circulated separately.

Since it was no more a real Limbaugh quote than "I can see Russia from my house" was a real Palin quote, the answer to the question was False. In the course of examining the quote, Snopes correctly and properly sourced it to this very cartoon.

But you wrote as if this was some photoshopped hoax that I fell for.

Way to go, yourself.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

15. I love how he gave Riley an 80s hairstyle for this "classic". nt

[dalton99a]

29. Rush Limbaugh Arrested on Prescription Drug Charges

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/28/us/28ap-rush.html

Rush Limbaugh Arrested on Prescription Drug Charges
APRIL 28, 2006

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 29 (AP) — Rush Limbaugh was arrested today on prescription drug charges, with his lawyer saying he has reached a deal with prosecutors that will eventually see the charges dismissed if he continues treatment for drug addiction.

The subject of a three-year investigation by prosecutors, Mr. Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities on a warrant charging him with fraud to conceal information to obtain prescriptions, said Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Jail.

The 55-year-old conservative radio commentator came into the jail about 4 p.m. with his lawyer, Roy Black, and left an hour later after he was photographed and fingerprinted and he posted $3,000 bail, Ms. Barbera said.

"He just kind of came in and he left," Ms. Barbera said.