Poll: Do you think the uproar over The New Yorker cover is worth the wasted energy?

[devilgrrl]

Poll question: Poll: Do you think the uproar over The New Yorker cover is worth the wasted energy?

:popcorn:

I'm taking choice #2.

[DainBramaged]

1. Worth the wasted energy??

I guess we could talk about Britney Spears' crotch?


:sarcasm:

[NYC_SKP]

3. Ok then! nt

[Posteritatis]

4. False dilemmas are awesome! (nt)

[DainBramaged]

16. So other than Brittney, whose crotch should we discuss?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. pretending satire is not satire, is almost worse than talking about pop stars

atleast pop stars provide entertainment

sheer stupidity isnt even entertaining.

[mrs_p]

2. other

yes, wasted energy and should just move on. but no, not satire; i think it missed it's mark.

[Rex]

5. Stupid idea.

[The2ndWheel]

6. How about poll questions about the uproar?

That wastes energy too.

How about pointing out that making a poll to ask a question about the uproar also wastes energy?

That's why you can't win.

[devilgrrl]

8. waaaaaaah! waaaaah!

[Phoonzang]

13. Wow, that's a huge baby.

Is that giantism or what? :7

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. I wonder what a satirical cover of McCain would look like?

Maybe a guy having Lieberman change his Depends diaper while shouting "being a POW is completely irrelevant, but, did you know I was a POW?" while his finger is poised above a nuclear button.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. the satire ironically wasnt about obama, but at how shitty our media is

and how inane it makes our political debates

[mdmc]

11. that wouldn't work

cause the left does not campaign like that.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

17. That's true - but if such a magazine cover about McCain was printed

would CNN be having pro and con debates on the issue, giving equal voice to those who liked it and those who found it tasteless?

[mdmc]

19. thank God I no longer have cable tv

The McCain cover would need to have McCain being a "maverick", jailing Bush and the chickenhawk neo-cons, and refusing corporate cash. His wife baking cookies for the poor. A pic of Jimmy Carter on the wall...

[devilgrrl]

12. Maybe you should get a pencil and draw that up yourself.

eom

[rebel with a cause]

23. mccain as rambo with lieberman whispering his lines in his ear.

cindy as Barbie, a trophey, or as Marie Antoinette would be in the background. Poor people would be begging for food, cindy could be giving them cake while mccain would be giving money to the rich. (maybe mccain should be a reverse Robin Hood with lieberman as one of his merry men, and cindy as Maid Marian) Oh well, there are a lot of them I could do on their actions.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

14. Other

I get the satire, but if a large segment of DU doesn't get it, wait until uneducated undecideds see it.

[devilgrrl]

18. I'm going to agree with other DUer's and state that the masses have never seen an issue....

until all this.

[EFerrari]

30. Can masses hold a magazine? Do they have opposable thumbs and stuff?

Otherwise, we're wasting our time. lol

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. It's a very large tempest in a very small teapot.

Not to mention, incredibly silly.

[closeupready]

20. Personally, I thought it was an hilarious cartoon. Obviously satire.

n/t

[Overseas]

21. Yes because using an ugly cartoon to make a BORING OBVIOUS POINT is BORING OBVIOUS SATIRE

And I've expected more from TNY.

[old mark]

22. Strongly OTHER!!!

The New Yorker is a terribly dull, totally irrelevant magazine, mildly ammusing on rare occasions.
It is an adequate read while waiting to see the dentist.

This is the most attention the magazine received for decades, so I guess their mission is accomplished - I did not even know they were still in business.

They are a vehicle to support high priced advertising and nothing more.

Who gives a shit about the New Yorker's opinion?


mark

[rebel with a cause]

24. Other, because I am unsure of how it should be handled.

and I have other things to worry about.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. The outrage proves the saying, "Small things amuse small minds"

[TahitiNut]

26. Just another 'issue' where EVERYONE is a self-proclaimed "expert."

It requires no research, academic knowledge, intellect, or special expertise to spew forth with an opinion that's self-serving, arrogant, and 'better' than anyone else's. In other words, the "bright, shiny thing" that attracts a host of internet pedants and posturers as well as talking heads strutting their stuff.

:eyes:

[EFerrari]

27. I don't think people are upset enough.

Obama should sue The New Yorker and DU should boycott cartoonists who work in color.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. ...

:thumbsup:

[bigwillq]

29. No

Option 2

But it's good for debate, though. It's interesting to see and hear all sides of the issue. It's been a bit excessive, though, and, to me, there are more important issues to be discussing besides a satirical political cartoon.

I don't believe this will be an issue in the long run.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

31. If it's wasted energy, why would it be worth it?

You've already answered your question.

[devilgrrl]

32. Thank you for wasting your own energy replying.

:hi: