i am staggered, pearls, fainting couch etc, that a person who sends other FTB bloggers into endless orgasms when you merely put carefully manicured finger to keyboard turns out to be a racist cretin.
because the people who claim to be libruls are only interested in being politically correct. nobama could call rmoney a lying cunt but that would require gutz. boom boom!!!!
Frrolfe, I’m guessing those were your actual attempts at humor. Have you tried telling those to people in face to face conversations? If so, did not the blank looks and the quick changes of subject give you any kind of clue?
I think that my joke, which was specifically aimed at the IRA, a murderous bunch of thugs (not that the UDA were any better, or the army much better), is a perfectly reasonable humorous response to terror. It’s just like the warning signs we used to have on the Tube warning about unattended packages and what to do with them (or what noty to do with them) that were commonly and unofficially edited to be warnings about unattended Irishmen.
First of all, richardelguru, my remark was not solely aimed at you. However, you did preface the joke with “And if we are swapping bad Irish jokes:” so I think it’s reasonable to conclude it was about Irishness – the IRA angle is just to make the joke work. In any event, however you slice it, these kinds of jokes are racist and I don’t think they should be doing the rounds at FtB.
Chris Rodda is the author of Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right's Alternate Version of American History and Debunking David Barton's Jefferson Lies: #2 - Jefferson Founded a Secular University. Since the release of Liars For Jesus in 2006, Chris has been blogging at Talk2Action.org, Huffington Post, and elsewhere about the use of historical revisionism in everything from education to legislation. Chris's blog on Freethoughtblogs.com will eventually accompany a weekly podcast, "This Week in Christian Nationalism," if Chris can ever find the time to launch it. In the meantime, the name of her blog will continue to make no sense.
Chris is also the Senior Research Director for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), but the opinions expressed by her on this blog are her personal opinions, and not necessarily those of MRFF.
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Lofty
October 21, 2012 at 6:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yip! :-)
earlycuyler
October 21, 2012 at 11:58 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
fooken awesome
frrolfe
October 21, 2012 at 12:17 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
love the oirish joke, only been around for a gazillion years. polish version also, too.
why did the atheist cross the road? who cares. boom boom!!
grow up chris, no wonder the whole neo-atheist thing is blowing up in your stupid faces.
Trebuchet
October 21, 2012 at 12:27 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I initially saw the inflatable leg as a Tardis. Obviously too much Dr. Who lately.
frrolfe
October 21, 2012 at 12:37 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
i am staggered, pearls, fainting couch etc, that a person who sends other FTB bloggers into endless orgasms when you merely put carefully manicured finger to keyboard turns out to be a racist cretin.
regards, and a tip o’ the hat to ed.
gee man, i used to love youse
frrolfe
October 21, 2012 at 12:52 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
JOKE WARNING:
why will rmoney win the election?
because the people who claim to be libruls are only interested in being politically correct. nobama could call rmoney a lying cunt but that would require gutz. boom boom!!!!
maxdwolf
October 21, 2012 at 1:07 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Frrolfe, I’m guessing those were your actual attempts at humor. Have you tried telling those to people in face to face conversations? If so, did not the blank looks and the quick changes of subject give you any kind of clue?
frrolfe
October 21, 2012 at 1:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
hey chris,
this is how you fight. dont mean to scare you but this is fightin wit wurdz. give ed and pz my luvz.
stay young and beautiful !http://wonkette.com/487347/sundays-with-the-christianists-with-this-%E2%80%98world-history%E2%80%99-textbook-your-homeschooled-babbies-will-not-evolve
grumpyoldfart
October 22, 2012 at 12:54 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Fireman (after rescuing an Irishman from his burning bed): “How did your bed catch on fire?”
Irishman: “I don’t know. It was already alight when I got in.”
richardelguru
October 22, 2012 at 9:48 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Trebuchet: if it’s not a TARDIS why is there a window in the leg?? Hey???
And if we are swapping bad Irish jokes:
They told the IRA man to go and blow up a certain car.
He burnt his lips on the tailpipe.
chippanfire
October 22, 2012 at 12:31 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Could we cut out the Irish jokes, please? The “stupid Irish” stereotype is supposed to have died out 30 years ago. Thanks.
richardelguru
October 22, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I think that my joke, which was specifically aimed at the IRA, a murderous bunch of thugs (not that the UDA were any better, or the army much better), is a perfectly reasonable humorous response to terror. It’s just like the warning signs we used to have on the Tube warning about unattended packages and what to do with them (or what noty to do with them) that were commonly and unofficially edited to be warnings about unattended Irishmen.
chippanfire
October 22, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
First of all, richardelguru, my remark was not solely aimed at you. However, you did preface the joke with “And if we are swapping bad Irish jokes:” so I think it’s reasonable to conclude it was about Irishness – the IRA angle is just to make the joke work. In any event, however you slice it, these kinds of jokes are racist and I don’t think they should be doing the rounds at FtB.
josephstricklin
October 22, 2012 at 4:48 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
FOOKIN A
richardelguru
October 23, 2012 at 7:23 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
chip: nationalist, surely, since there is no racial difference between me (English) and the Irish.
Now if I were to make a ‘Paki’ joke….