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Twitter livid w/ Stephen Colbert; cant comprehend satire

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summary: people outraged by [url=http://i.imgur.com/o3rDEWV.png]this[/url] tweet (alluding to [url=http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/b6cwb3/sport-report---professional-soccer-toddler--golf-innovations---washington-redskins-charm-offensive]this[/url] segment), which makes fun of Dan Snyder's half-assed charity foundation for Native Americans. Social justice warriors go into overdrive and apparently have no idea what means to satirize something.

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March 28, 2014

17 Comments • Newest first

acuppa

[quote=Mephisto]lol at OP. standing pretty high up there on that pedestal huh? how's the air up there.[/quote]
yep just sitting here sipping ambrosia, looking down on the bemused pedants xD

Reply March 29, 2014
Mephisto

lol at OP. standing pretty high up there on that pedestal huh? how's the air up there.

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Fusionpressure

[quote=Ecliptic]what exactly was so bad?[/quote]

Nothing, the idiot Suey Park got all mad that Stephen Colbert (supposedly) posted the punchline of a joke related to something the owner of the redskins did (which was make a foundation) with the word redskins in it which was the point of the outrage over the team.

Twitter tard sees it, gets mad that asians "are always used as the butt of a joke" and says it's time "we fight back" ... failing to notice the satire of the joke.

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Ecliptic

what exactly was so bad?

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Fusionpressure

[quote=2005chuy]Watched the show last night, I instantly knew he'd get flak for it. I just wanna say too, the only reason you don't hear as many jokes about Asians is because they're always the worst responders. They're the ones who actively try to get stuff shut down. There have been a few Hispanic and like one or two black jokes this month on TCP, but there's nowhere near enough outrage compared to this.

People who get offended and try to attack the source of a joke they didn't like should be shot in the head.[/quote]

Now, now ... let's not lump all asians into a group with the bat-ass crazy ones. Suey Park, and those like her "think" they're doing something for asian-americans by feigning outrage over something so silly but I believe they're actively harming their own so called activism.

Seriously, the whole joke was to show how stupid the redskins owner is by using an asian equivalent and look, no one noticed it on the show. It was only AFTER the show when someone who works or is interned at Comedy Network who posted the joke without the context that miss outrage over here decided to "stand up" for asians.

She's an embarrassment, and nothing but a product of the new age of idiocy where sitting around whining like a child accomplishes something and TRUE activism against racism are pushed to the shadows. And it's ironic how blatantly racist Suey Park (the whole creator of ) is.

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2005chuy

Watched the show last night, I instantly knew he'd get flak for it. I just wanna say too, the only reason you don't hear as many jokes about Asians is because they're always the worst responders. They're the ones who actively try to get stuff shut down. There have been a few Hispanic and like one or two black jokes this month on TCP, but there's nowhere near enough outrage compared to this.

People who get offended and try to attack the source of a joke they didn't like should be shot in the head.

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acuppa

@BobR it's verbatim from the show though

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BobR

[quote=acuppa]people outraged by [url=http://i.imgur.com/o3rDEWV.png]this[/url] tweet[/quote]

Except that's not Stephen Colbert's twitter account.
His account is @StephenAtHome

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acuppa

[quote=OnetonMien]Would you make a satire about somebody making a joke about slavery or sexual assault?[/quote]
http://www.theonion.com/articles/boy-ive-really-put-you-in-a-tough-spot-havent-i,34949/

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AckarRed

[quote=OnetonMien]There are some things that people should not really satirize. Just because it is a satire of something doesn't mean it is appropriate. It is tasteless. Period.

Would you make a satire about somebody making a joke about slavery or sexual assault?[/quote]

Yes I would. You act as if I'm supporting it.

Reply March 28, 2014 - edited
kayfabe

Colbert's a funny guy.
SJWs are a blight on society.

Both of those statements are true.

Reply March 28, 2014 - edited
acuppa

[quote=fatandfurious]wait i dont understand any of that[/quote]
The name of the charity is The Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation. The joke is pointing out the fact that the charity's name contains the pejorative term that Native Americans are upset with in the first place. The old clip they show is Colbert making fun of Rush Limbaugh's real impersonations of foreigners.

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OnetonMien

[quote=fradddd]...People are just "messed up" if that's how you see it.[/quote]

Pretty much.

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fradddd

[quote=OnetonMien]There are some things that people should not really satirize. Just because it is a satire of something doesn't mean it is appropriate. It is tasteless. Period.

Would you make a satire about somebody making a joke about slavery or sexual assault?[/quote]

Yes. A joke is a joke for a reason. It's not serious. Just cause I joke about Mexicans or slavery or black people doesn't mean I hate them, it means it was a good joke that makes people laugh. People are just "messed up" if that's how you see it.

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OnetonMien

There are some things that people should not really satirize. Just because it is a satire of something doesn't mean it is appropriate. It is tasteless. Period.

Would you make a satire about somebody making a joke about slavery or sexual assault?

Reply March 28, 2014 - edited
RandomUsername

things blasting on my instagram tho
anyways he didnt post that

Reply March 28, 2014 - edited
Xreniya

Are people seriously getting behind this
This isn't a joke right

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