Journal damn_registrars's Journal: April Fools In Slashdot Journals 17
Some people took April Fool's Day as an opportunity for humor in their journals (though they were drowned out in volume by the new "achievement" system).
I made up a bogus political story.
Pudge brought up a conspiracy theory similar to the one from Man of the Year.
Though honors for the wackiest April Fool's entry goes to RailGunner, who decided to poke fun at conservative conspiracy theories regarding the current political leadership in the US.
RailGunner really pulled out the stops on this one, too.
He started with a link to an article that is two months old, from a publication that ceased operation not long after. Though he turned up the foolery on that by taking a non-quoted sentence from the article, and trying to treat it as a quote.
He could have stopped there, but it appears he really wanted to turn it up to 11. So he continued.
His next statement tried to redefine a word to match his application. Language would deteriorate rather quickly if everyone was allowed to just change the meaning of words to fit their own point of view, wouldn't it? Kudos on pointing out the earlier fool who thought he could change the same word to show his hatred without worrying about what said word actually means.
Continued use of same incorrectly-defined word helps to maintain consistency throughout this joke. Way to ride it out.
Then of course to really show how far he'll reach to pull this joke together, he tries to relate past conservatives to "the left". We all know that of course the German (you already satisfied Godwin's rule, so I don't need to mention him by name) was trying to conserve the German state that he felt was lost after a previous conflict. He wanted to conserve German culture as well. He invaded sovereign nations to try to conserve German identity and resources. And he wanted to invoke the aspirations of previous leaders of the same, much in the same way that American Conservatives keep trying to invoke the federalist papers as if they were additional amendments to the US constitution.
And of course, your good friend from Italy. You have of course compared American politicians to him before. Need I point out that he was trying to conserve Roman identity? You know where the salute came from, don't you?
So well done, sir. Thank you for hte laugh. April 1 was too serious this year.
I made up a bogus political story.
Pudge brought up a conspiracy theory similar to the one from Man of the Year.
Though honors for the wackiest April Fool's entry goes to RailGunner, who decided to poke fun at conservative conspiracy theories regarding the current political leadership in the US.
RailGunner really pulled out the stops on this one, too.
He started with a link to an article that is two months old, from a publication that ceased operation not long after. Though he turned up the foolery on that by taking a non-quoted sentence from the article, and trying to treat it as a quote.
He could have stopped there, but it appears he really wanted to turn it up to 11. So he continued.
His next statement tried to redefine a word to match his application. Language would deteriorate rather quickly if everyone was allowed to just change the meaning of words to fit their own point of view, wouldn't it? Kudos on pointing out the earlier fool who thought he could change the same word to show his hatred without worrying about what said word actually means.
Continued use of same incorrectly-defined word helps to maintain consistency throughout this joke. Way to ride it out.
Then of course to really show how far he'll reach to pull this joke together, he tries to relate past conservatives to "the left". We all know that of course the German (you already satisfied Godwin's rule, so I don't need to mention him by name) was trying to conserve the German state that he felt was lost after a previous conflict. He wanted to conserve German culture as well. He invaded sovereign nations to try to conserve German identity and resources. And he wanted to invoke the aspirations of previous leaders of the same, much in the same way that American Conservatives keep trying to invoke the federalist papers as if they were additional amendments to the US constitution.
And of course, your good friend from Italy. You have of course compared American politicians to him before. Need I point out that he was trying to conserve Roman identity? You know where the salute came from, don't you?
So well done, sir. Thank you for hte laugh. April 1 was too serious this year.
You're wrong, as usual. (Score:1)
Also, read Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg. Oh, you say you don't want to read it? How open minded of you.
RG's right: Hitler and Nazi Party had far more in common with today's Democrats than today's Republicans.
In fact, I'll make it easy for you and let Zo explain it to you.
Link. [youtube.com]
Watch it, learn it, and allow yourself to... wait for it... change.
RG is wrong, as usual. (Score:2)
Also, read Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg
What is the purpose in reading a book that has obvious bias, coupled to mangling of the English language, right in its title?
That would be like me asking you to read "Dude, where's my country".
Hitler and Nazi Party had far more in common with today's Democrats than today's Republicans
I already laid out several dramatic similarities between them and the Conservatives in this country. You haven't named one similarity between them and the Liberals.
And on top of that, if one were to somehow show them to be "far-left" as RG claims, you would then have a gigantic chasm to cross to go from the US
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Shouldn't you know the basis he's standing on before you try to debate him on it?
You haven't named one similarity between them and the Liberals.
Sure I did. I provided you with a link to a video where Zo lists several.
You can't be bothered to actually spell it out yourself? I'll take your youtube link as your admission that you realize how weak your claim is.
The man in the
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The man in the video refers to himself as 'Zo', why can't I?
I don't really care who you call yourself. You can refer to yourself as Ronald Reagan if you really want to, it doesn't change my request.
If you feel that the statements in the youtube video are that great, then share them. I already spelled out the similarities between the fascist regimes, and you refused to try to refute them other than trying to point to illogical, language-slaughtering books, or youtube videos.
Your challenge is simple, either go for it or go away: Provide meaningful facts to bac
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So because you're lazy, Nachos is wrong? Wow.
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I'm not watching a youtube video of anyone. Feel free to lay down their facts, and we can discuss them.
So because you're lazy, Nachos is wrong? Wow.
I never stated that Nachos was wrong; he hasn't claimed anything yet. It is hard to disprove something when nothing has been claimed. I asked him to present a statement, with facts. He has provided none. There is no purpose in arguing with a video clip. If he agrees with the video clip, he can state what it is from the video clip that he agrees with.
Or are you claiming that Nachos and RG are the same person?
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For fuck's sake, how on earth did you come up with THAT inference? Do you have a sockpuppet fetish or something? Do you think every conservative on slashdot is actually the same person, or do you do it just to try to annoy them?
If it's the former, seek professional help. If it's the latter, then good show, carry on.
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Or are you claiming that Nachos and RG are the same person?
For fuck's sake, how on earth did you come up with THAT inference?
I know you don't pay very close attention to what you read, and you seem to have the comprehension level of a gerbil. I'll spell this out real slow for you.
First: I showed how RG was wrong
Second: Nachos came in and tried to defend him, without actually stating anything, as he supported nothing
Third: I asked Nachos for actual information to support his vaporous claims
Fourth: You came along and tried to claim that I stated "he was wrong"
Being as the only person who claimed anything so far (oth
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What is there to see in that stupid video?? Some guy, who thinks he's Chris Rock, pimping the same old boilerplate Ronald Reagan talking points. Christ! Can't you people come with anything new? "Oh Boy! A black guy said it. We have been validated by the masses!" That's a pretty sick appeal to authority you got there, bub.
You may now continue your silly game, already in progress.
D_R, you're not missing anything.
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Some guy, who thinks he's Chris Rock, pimping the same old boilerplate Ronald Reagan talking points
you're not missing anything
What a shocking surprise. Though also a tragedy, in the fact that Nachos was unwilling to actually write out those tired talking points. It is fun on occasion to see people try to fondly revisit the 80s.
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...unwilling to actually write out those tired talking points.
Why should he? In case you haven't figured it out, being right or wrong is completely irrelevant. They only have to draw a crowd and get them to believe. And you do that by firing up their primordial passions. All the truth in the world isn't going to change their minds unless you got some charisma to back it up. So screw the facts. It just bores people. Just point out that following them makes one a fool and an animal.
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right or wrong is completely irrelevant
That is sadly true in dialog today.
I try to lay out some actual information, and they reach for rhetoric and run away. Though we know they at least, on occasion, read my journal entries; they've even said so in their own. Too bad they are too cowardly to actually have a conversation with people who disagree with them.
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Goes to show that neither you nor yours know a damn thing about fascism [whale.to](pdf). So you know where you can put your Reagan bullcrap. Note that I usually link to material that doesn't require a bank account to acquire.
If you want to compare either faction of your ruling party to the Nazis, please note that was your republicans that were firing up hatred against Muslims by attempting to exploit Obama's name. The republicans are the new world dixiecrats. Even saw one of them crying about "radical egalitarianism".
I went to school with Jonah (Score:2)
I went to school with Jonah. He's been a fascist himself since at least the age of 22.
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I went to school with Jonah. He's been a fascist himself since at least the age of 22.
I'm guessing by that second statement that Jonah is the birth name of railgunner?
Poor little conservative Jonah. That name could on its own explain some of his anger at the world; Jonah isn't exactly a common first name in this century in the US.
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Oops. Meant to reply in the thread discussing Jonah Goldberg. No idea what Railgunner's name is.
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Meant to reply in the thread discussing Jonah Goldberg
I guess to a certain extent this was a discussion of Mr. Goldberg's craptacular book as well. I did point to the hilarious journal entry from railgunner, whose favorite word now seems to be fascism (or any derivation thereof). Hence when I saw you mention fascist I figured you were referring to him.
No idea what Railgunner's name is.
I could hardly care less myself. Besides if his true identity were revealed he'd probably delete all of his hyper-conservative journal entries (as he did when he was writing under a different name) and then