Onion article takes a stab at Ron Paul

[RonPaulCult]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/wouldbe-assassin-ruled-unfit-for-trial,20642/

[specsaregood]

for those that don't want to bother clicking through this is the sum total of the Dr Paul reference:


..Here are some of the factors that played a role in Loughner's medical evaluation:
...
Quoted Ron Paul's economic platform verbatim

[gls]

I can't remember the last time I read something funny in the Onion. Maybe it is because I'm not a smug liberal.

Coincidentally(?), this week's "American Voices" is about the Kokesh memorial protest. (http://www.theonion.com/articles/dancers-arrested-at-jefferson-memorial,20645/)

[sratiug]

It's funny guys.

[low preference guy]

The Onion guys are assholes. I stopped watching them a long time ago. I don't find fascist comedians or those with an evil ideology to be funny.

[Zatch]

Would-Be Assassin Ruled Unfit For Trial

A federal judge has ruled that Jared Loughner, accused of killing six people in an attempt to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in January, is not competent to stand trial. Here are some of the factors that played a role in Loughner's medical evaluation:

During sessions, did not once break eye contact with the interviewer's crotch

All of the swastikas scrawled in his notebooks had five spokes

Said the Rorschach card that's clearly a crab was a scorpion

Still using iPhone from, like, four models ago

Purchased the Glock 9mm used in the shooting from Sportsman's Warehouse rather than from the far more reasonably priced Cabela's

Quoted Ron Paul's economic platform verbatim

Neighbors described him as a quiet man who kept to himself

Kept referring to his rights under the Constitution as if that meant anything in Arizona

Hahaha

[Vessol]

I think it's pretty funny.

[Sentient Void]

This...


Quoted Ron Paul's economic platform verbatim

is not only not funny, wholly inaccurate - but extraordinarily dishonest.

"Yeah, let's trash and marginalize Ron Paul by trying to find *some way* to marginally attach him to some lone crazy gunman"

[eduardo89]

at least they noticed him...

[Travlyr]

This...


Quoted Ron Paul's economic platform verbatim

is not only not funny, wholly inaccurate - but extraordinarily dishonest.

"Yeah, let's trash and marginalize Ron Paul by trying to find *some way* to marginally attach him to some lone crazy gunman"
This^^^

Ron Paul's economic platform is all about honesty and sound money. But since most people don't read ANY books after high school, you can bet that they will automatically associate Ron Paul's economic platform as crazy as a loon.

[jonhowe]

Uh, the onion is a humor site/paper. It's a joke, and it's funny. The whole paper is hilarious.

[heavenlyboy34]

Onion's vids are funny, but the articles are usually less funny. Y'all need to learn to laugh at yourselves. :)

[heavenlyboy34]

Uh, the onion is a humor site/paper. It's a joke, and it's funny. The whole paper is hilarious.
+a bunch
For example-

http://www.theonion.com/video/report-economy-failing-because-us-built-on-ancient,20638/

[cjm]

I can't remember the last time I read something funny in the Onion. Maybe it is because I'm not a smug liberal.

No, it's because the federal government out-Onions the Onion every news cycle.

[AJ187]

Lame... In a dumb society, people take this kind of stuff for news all the time.

[A Son of Liberty]

Would-Be Assassin Ruled Unfit For Trial

A federal judge has ruled that Jared Loughner, accused of killing six people in an attempt to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in January, is not competent to stand trial. Here are some of the factors that played a role in Loughner's medical evaluation:

During sessions, did not once break eye contact with the interviewer's crotch

All of the swastikas scrawled in his notebooks had five spokes

Said the Rorschach card that's clearly a crab was a scorpion

Still using iPhone from, like, four models ago

Purchased the Glock 9mm used in the shooting from Sportsman's Warehouse rather than from the far more reasonably priced Cabela's

Quoted Ron Paul's economic platform verbatim

Neighbors described him as a quiet man who kept to himself

Kept referring to his rights under the Constitution as if that meant anything in Arizona

No one took this list as a satirical, "dumb reasons to think someone is crazy"? I think one could just as easily take it as a compliment...

[acptulsa]

No one took this list as a satirical, "dumb reasons to think someone is crazy"? I think one could just as easily take it as a compliment...

I know I did. Much more of a satire on shallow societal standards (or, at least, as portrayed by the media) than on anyone or anything on that list.

Quiet and keeps to himself. Thinks the Constitution is still in effect in Arizona. OMG! What would Seinfeld and the gang say?!

[Liberty_Mike]

I think it's pretty funny.

+1. Come on everyone, The Onion is a joke and everyone knows it. I thought it was pretty funny as well. No reason to take it seriously.

[Romulus]

The Onion guys are assholes. I stopped watching them a long time ago. I don't find fascist comedians or those with an evil ideology to be funny.

agreed.

the humor is in no way funny or good for our image to be ridiculed on some half baked smears.

[Kregisen]

+1. Come on everyone, The Onion is a joke and everyone knows it. I thought it was pretty funny as well. No reason to take it seriously.

Yup some of you people are ridiculous. "oh they love Ron Paul, well they're a great newspaper/organization. "Oh they're a comedy paper making fun of Ron Paul? They're horrible".....


If you can't laugh at yourself what can you laugh at? Just other people?

[gls]

Sorry but The Onion is not funny; it is left-wing propaganda disguised as "comedy", just like The Daily Show. Maybe I'm weird but I find it very difficult to laugh at the country I love being on the brink of economic collapse.

[lester1/2jr]

Sorry but The Onion is not funny; it is left-wing propaganda disguised as "comedy", just like The Daily Show.

the Daily show is funny too.

any press is good press

[gls]

the Daily show is funny too.

any press is good press

I disagree. It's a way for the establishment to seem "edgy" which helps to keep people in line with its interests, so they don't go and start thinking for themselves.

[heavenlyboy34]

Sorry but The Onion is not funny; it is left-wing propaganda disguised as "comedy", just like The Daily Show. Maybe I'm weird but I find it very difficult to laugh at the country I love being on the brink of economic collapse.

The Onion mocks EVERYONE, man. Lighten up once in a while! :) The Onion is HILARIOUS!! :D

[heavenlyboy34]

the Daily show is funny too.

any press is good press
qft.

[AZKing]

The Onion is pretty funny.

Mitt Romney Haunted By Past Of Trying To Help Uninsured Sick People (http://www.theonion.com/articles/mitt-romney-haunted-by-past-of-trying-to-help-unin,20097/)

[McBell]

Sorry but The Onion is not funny; it is left-wing propaganda disguised as "comedy", just like The Daily Show. Maybe I'm weird but I find it very difficult to laugh at the country I love being on the brink of economic collapse.
What.

[A Son of Liberty]

I know I did. Much more of a satire on shallow societal standards (or, at least, as portrayed by the media) than on anyone or anything on that list.

Quiet and keeps to himself. Thinks the Constitution is still in effect in Arizona. OMG! What would Seinfeld and the gang say?!

Lol guess its just you and me! :) :thumbs:

[lester1/2jr]

My favorite Onion was "Bush surveys damage done by his Presidency"

[Napoleon's Shadow]

The Onion guys are assholes. I stopped watching them a long time ago. I don't find fascist comedians or those with an evil ideology to be funny.Have you ever seen the Onion Movie? They make fun of fascists and the media. :D

[speciallyblend]

The Onion mocks EVERYONE, man. Lighten up once in a while! :) The Onion is HILARIOUS!! :D

if anyone takes anything serious in the onion. then i guess they have eaten the onion!! ever tasted an raw onion?? yuck

[PBrady]

All the haters in this thread are a perfect example of why Ron Paul supporters get stereotyped they way they do. God forbid a satirical news site writes something that cracks a joke at Ron. Instead you feel the need to go in to attack mode and call them "left-leaning", "establishment", "assholes" or "propaganda".

You people are almost as bad as the RP supporters who rag on other supporters for doing things like watching sports instead of constantly whining on the internet about the future of this country. Lighten up a little. You don't have to give up on having fun just to fight for liberty.

[low preference guy]

All the haters in this thread are a perfect example of why Ron Paul supporters get stereotyped they way they do. God forbid a satirical news site writes something that cracks a joke at Ron. Instead you feel the need to go in to attack mode and call them "left-leaning", "establishment", "assholes" or "propaganda".

You people are almost as bad as the RP supporters who rag on other supporters for doing things like watching sports instead of constantly whining on the internet about the future of this country. Lighten up a little. You don't have to give up on having fun just to fight for liberty.

Would you find the jokes of a fascist comedian in fascist Italy funny, if you knew he was a fascist and his jokes tended to portrayed fascism in a positive light?

[PBrady]

Right. But your hyperbole is not at all relevant to the onion writing a piece and mentioning Ron Paul.

If only you could step back and realize that someone calling a satirical news site a bunch of fascists is part of the reason why Ron Paul supporters get labeled crazy/written off. If only...

[low preference guy]

Right. But your hyperbole is not at all relevant to the onion writing a piece and mentioning Ron Paul.

If only you could step back and realize that someone calling a satirical news site a bunch of fascists is part of the reason why Ron Paul supporters get labeled crazy/written off. If only...

So you won't answer the question. I wonder why.

[A Son of Liberty]

Let's break it down:


did not once break eye contact with the interviewer's crotch


Obviously meant to be satirical and comedic.


All of the swastikas scrawled in his notebooks had five spokes

Hyperbolic.


Said the Rorschach card that's clearly a crab was a scorpion

Absurdism.


Still using iPhone from, like, four models ago

OMG liek srsly?!?1!?


Purchased the Glock 9mm used in the shooting from Sportsman's Warehouse rather than from the far more reasonably priced Cabela's

Here's an obvious crack at sportsmen, rite?! :lol: :eyeroll:


Quoted Ron Paul's economic platform verbatim


Srs Bznss



Neighbors described him as a quiet man who kept to himself


'sup Bundy.


Kept referring to his rights under the Constitution as if that meant anything in Arizona

But seriously, don't pay any attention to this part... all of this was a carefully orchestrated hit-piece on Ron Paul.

Tehy hatez us fer our freeedomz...

[PBrady]

Because it's massive fucking hyperbole, and not relevant whatsoever. If I posted a comedy sketch with Groucho Marx where he hits someone on the head and you laughed, I'm not going to say "WAS IT FUNNY WHEN HITLER HIT PEOPLE ON THE HEAD?!?". It's nuts and makes no sense.

Seriously, you can't see that you saying the stuff you are is the reason that they even have the ammunition to label RP supporters as lunatics? Have you thought for one second that if our supporters weren't constantly yelling "Fuck you" to people in the street, pelting others with snowballs, interrupting debates, or calling non supporters "fascists" that we wouldn't get painted the way we do?

[low preference guy]

Because it's massive fucking hyperbole, and not relevant whatsoever. If I posted a comedy sketch with Groucho Marx where he hits someone on the head and you laughed, I'm not going to say "WAS IT FUNNY WHEN HITLER HIT PEOPLE ON THE HEAD?!?". It's nuts and makes no sense.

Seriously, you can't see that you saying the stuff you are is the reason that they even have the ammunition to label RP supporters as lunatics? Have you thought for one second that if our supporters weren't constantly yelling "Fuck you" to people in the street, pelting others with snowballs, interrupting debates, or calling non supporters "fascists" that we wouldn't get painted the way we do?

I take that as a yes?

[heavenlyboy34]

Because it's massive fucking hyperbole, and not relevant whatsoever. If I posted a comedy sketch with Groucho Marx where he hits someone on the head and you laughed, I'm not going to say "WAS IT FUNNY WHEN HITLER HIT PEOPLE ON THE HEAD?!?". It's nuts and makes no sense.

Seriously, you can't see that you saying the stuff you are is the reason that they even have the ammunition to label RP supporters as lunatics? Have you thought for one second that if our supporters weren't constantly yelling "Fuck you" to people in the street, pelting others with snowballs, interrupting debates, or calling non supporters "fascists" that we wouldn't get painted the way we do?
+a zillion.

[t0rnado]

Sorry but The Onion is not funny; it is left-wing propaganda disguised as "comedy", just like The Daily Show. Maybe I'm weird but I find it very difficult to laugh at the country I love being on the brink of economic collapse.

Exactly. The writers of The Daily Show and The Onion are socialist scum, who are pushing their agendas through their jobs.

[heavenlyboy34]

Exactly. The writers of The Daily Show and The Onion are socialist scum, who are pushing their agendas through their jobs.
The Onion and TDS are socialist? Proof plz? Jon Stewart is partisan, but that's not the same as being socialist. In my experience, the Onion writers are equal opportunity satirists. :D Many of their pieces are apolitical.