I love how the poster asks "are you happy now you voted for this man?" when "this man" is not even an actual congressman, but an Onion News Network actor. I mean, it wasn't even stock C-SPAN footage in a satirical wrapper, it was all an SNL-style skit.
To be fair that's kind of what colbert is going for, I maintain if he did the show without an audience you could put it on fox news and no-one would be able to tell it was satire.
"It's not real."
"But what if it is?"
"No, no, it was made up by a comedy website. All of it is fake. That little icon in the corner is a fake icon. It's fake. Never happened."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Because of everything I just said. In fact, you can check yourself. It's right there."
"These are dangerous times. You're clearly not taking this seriously."
"...Because of everything I just said."
"Can you understand my point though? What makes you so sure of yourself?"
"...Because. Of. Everything. I. Just. Said."
Apparently you really can't reason with these people. Argumentative loops happen when one or more people abandon logic. The key is to figure out who in the argument has abandoned logic.
Jordan117Jul 21, 2010Buried
I love how the poster asks "are you happy now you voted for this man?" when "this man" is not even an actual congressman, but an Onion News Network actor. I mean, it wasn't even stock C-SPAN footage in a satirical wrapper, it was all an SNL-style skit.
novenatorJul 21, 2010Buried
It's called cognitive dissonance. Most conservatives don't even understand what Colbert is doing either.
Wingnuts Who Watch ‘Colbert Report’ Don’t Know It’s Satire http://wonkette.com/408180/wingnuts-who-watch-colbert-report-dont-know-its-satire
maddoktor2Jul 21, 2010Buried
Never misunderestimate the power of human stupidity.
joshmoneyJul 21, 2010Buried
They should have posted all the other goodies. http://i.imgur.com/VlYaV.jpg
dsmxJul 21, 2010Buried
To be fair that's kind of what colbert is going for, I maintain if he did the show without an audience you could put it on fox news and no-one would be able to tell it was satire.
zenmojoJul 21, 2010Buried
"It's not real."
"But what if it is?"
"No, no, it was made up by a comedy website. All of it is fake. That little icon in the corner is a fake icon. It's fake. Never happened."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Because of everything I just said. In fact, you can check yourself. It's right there."
"These are dangerous times. You're clearly not taking this seriously."
"...Because of everything I just said."
"Can you understand my point though? What makes you so sure of yourself?"
"...Because. Of. Everything. I. Just. Said."
Apparently you really can't reason with these people. Argumentative loops happen when one or more people abandon logic. The key is to figure out who in the argument has abandoned logic.
otakingJul 21, 2010Buried
"Are you happy your vote is going to taking our rights away..."
Ugh. This is worse than thinking the onion is real.
hetmanJul 21, 2010Buried
Come on Obama lets get on with the apocolypse. I am sick of hording my guns and food. I cannot stay in my basement forever waiting for the revolution.
bjornskiJul 21, 2010Buried
And yet these very same people will gobble up the bulls**t propaganda and disinformation being spread by people like Breitbart and Ailes.
wicket146Jul 21, 2010Buried
BUT WHAT IF IT ISN'T!?!?!
DUN DUN DUN!
azadudeJul 21, 2010Buried
"Only two things are infinite: the Universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the Universe."
-Albert Einstein
karddeJul 21, 2010Buried
It frightens me that there are people this stupid in the world.
purag66Jul 21, 2010Buried
You'd have to be a numbnut to not un...oh you said Fox News? Ah, sorry about that.
Move along now, nothing to see here.
illepicJul 21, 2010Buried
All I know is it is very scary and too uncertain in the world.
semisarcasticJul 21, 2010Buried
All I wanna do is put food on my family. I don't Obama telling me how to live my life!
ironhideJul 21, 2010Buried
For those too lazy to click on the links in the article - this is more than "a couple of people on Facebook"
http://targetfreedom.typepad.com/targetfreedom/2008/09/martial-law-plans-revealed.html
http://deathofthedollar2010.blogspot.com/2008/07/martial-law-plans-revealed.html
http://www.dirkbradshaw.com/?p=214
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B5_____enUS388US389&q=martial+law+plans+revealed&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
wicket146Jul 21, 2010Buried
Uhh, actually it is satire.
theworldisflatJul 21, 2010Buried
Its times like this that I realy do welcome our robot overlords. Seriously, hurry up Skynet.
lolwatermelonJul 21, 2010Buried
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/57427
They even got Ron Paul.
not4spam2Jul 21, 2010Buried
Another gem:
"Don't use the n word! This isn't about race, this is about him being a secret muslim."