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The Push For Colbert's "Restoring Truthiness" Rally
jamie writes "A grassroots campaign has begun to get Stephen Colbert to hold a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to counter Glenn Beck's recent 'Restoring Honor' event. The would-be rally has been dubbed 'Restoring Truthiness' and was inspired by a recent post on Reddit, where a young woman wondered if the only way to point out the absurdity of the Tea Party's rally would be if Colbert mirrored it with his own Colbert Nation.'"
They don't have any ideas worth acknowledging and dealing with. We all have a limited amount of time and attention, there is no sense wasting a limited resource on trivial things.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Begging the question. And yes, I used the phrase correctly. I love how when people see that phrase they automatically assume only they know how it's used, but I digress.
You're like one of those guys who goes on and on about how fake WWE wrestling is and how it's hilarious those hillbillies think it's real. Here's a clue: Nobody but young children and (literally) retarded people think it's real. They know it's entertainment.
Nobody thinks Beck or O'Reilly are "journalists" in the sense of just reporting on news. So your whole premise is flawed.
when satirists like John Stewart and Stephen Colbert on a comedy channel are considered more reliable, trustworthy, and objective in their reporting
Yeah? "Considered" by whom? You're just as big of a fool as Stewart, Colbert, Beck, and O'Reilly if you really believe that anyone spouting political opinions on TV is "reliable" or "trustworthy".
The reason it was so clean afterward is there were only 50,000 people there.
So I guess the RT rally would be for a non-balanced budget, pro-emissions trade, pro-more complex tax system, anti-auditing the Federal Government, pro-escalating federal budgets, pro-earmarks, pro-tax increases.
Don't forget pro-Muslim, anti-racist, pro-social safety nets, pro-helping the poor, pro-the constitution applies to everyone and not just the people I like...
You forgot the Libertarians who want to return us to a period of politcs between 1790-1890.
Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
This would be a great topic for Al Jazeera, but why is it on Slashdot?
I'm a Programmer. That's one level above Software Engineer and one level below Engineer.
So... my comment is flamebait... but the OP isn't.
Riiiight. Gotcha.
Yeah, Slashdot is *definitely* the bastion of lefty socialists. Man, I can barely stand it!
It's certainly easier than, you know, actually acknowledging and dealing with their ideas...
How exactly are you supposed to acknowledge and deal with ideas from a group whose platform includes never, ever, under any circumstances, even consider compromise? It's one thing to have "new" ideas, but it is another thing to approach life with a my-way-or-the-highway mentality and then complain endlessly that nobody is willing to talk to you.
In other words, they are asking (very loudly) for respect that they refuse to give to anyone else.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
Thanks, I've been trying to identify and foe the bigoted, partisan hacks around here, so I can filter out their idiotic BS. ArcherB made the list long ago, but I'm proud to say you've made it, too! Congrats!
You're the one spouting all sorts of hateful crap.
Where? Quote it or you are a liar!
You called him out on a hateful argument and didn't try and refute any actual point that he was making, no comparison of truthful vs untruthful statements by either Colbert or Bill/Glen, you just started calling him names and blaming the whole party for hate speach.
Right. I don't give a rat's ass about his "argument". I just used his post as an example of the hate coming from the left. Read my other post for more examples. I couldn't very well respond to all of them. That would be redundant. If that's not enough for you, google "hate sarah palin" or better yet, google "Bristol Palin is a whore" and see what comes up.
You admit that you aren't even trying to refute his argument itself but go after the person with attacks claiming that they are the hatemongers. DID YOU EVEN READ YOUR STATEMENT?
Did you? Read my last paragraph where I explain it again.
You say: "My point was show an Ad Hominem attack. See, that's where you insult and/or ridicule your opponent rather than go after his argument." Do you even get it that YOU were doing that.
Again, show me the quote. Show me where I have hurled an insult toward anyone at all. If you can't back it up, you are a liar. Show me the insult or STFU.
You're statements are documentedly filled with admissions of hate for other perspectives and you still can't admit that you are doing exactly what you are complaining about.
Show it, or dare I say.... YOU ARE PROJECTING!!! You are accusing me of something your side is doing and offering no evidence. Show me the insult I've hurled at someone else. I've shown the insults coming from the left. Show me where I've thrown an insult.
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