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Onion Story Gets Blown Out of Proportion

Posted by samzenpus on from the seeing-is-believing dept.

A 3-year-old Onion video titled "Martial Law Plans Revealed?" has swept across the internet recently, and taken the gullible along with it. The video has some preaching from the highest mountain top about the evils of a government turning fascist, and an equal number explaining until red in the face what The Onion is.

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  1. Re:Suckaz by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh here we go

    -slam the right. It's practically a new passtime to slashdot.

    At least we don't have a Leftist Congressman talking about the "island tipping over" if too many soldiers are stationed there.

    Or another Left Congressman talking about how the Pelosicare bill is legal because the "Good and Plenty" clause of the constitution allows it.

    --
    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  2. Re:Internet Stupidity Test by ptbarnett · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The NAACP never said the entire Tea Party was racist. They said that the Tea Party has never denounced the racists in their midst.

    The NAACP then went on to cite several incidents that have not been corroborated, or were not reported completely. From the press release:

    Civil rights icon John Lewis was spit on, while Congressman Emanuel Cleaver was called the "N" word and openly gay Congressman Barney Frank was called an ugly anti-gay slur.

    The NAACP can't even get their accusations straight.

    • John Lewis claimed he heard someone yelling a racial epithet. Despite a substantial financial reward being offered and someone following immediately behind him with a recording device, no one has publicly offered a recording that substantiates it.
    • Emanuel Cleaver initially accused someone of spitting on him. But after apparently reviewing several videos of the incident, he admitted that he was simply "sprayed" by an over-enthusiastic protester. He subsequently retracted his accusation.
    • The slur hurled at Barney Frank did happen. But left unreported by almost every media outlet was that the perpetrator was immediately admonished by the other protesters, and he quickly left.