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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Dummycratic underground lampooned!
2004-02-04
Hat tip LGF. From IMAO.
I don’t think there is a single blog out there I read that hasn’t at least once linked to Democratic Underground’s Forum. The place is like a train wreck of human thought; you just can’t help but gawk at their twisted logic and wild-eyed conspiracy theories. I’ve even ended up becoming addicted to the site; anytime there is breaking news, I think, "I wonder what the nuts are saying about this," and head straight for DU. It’s like a daily freak show. Yet, I’ve begun to tire of it, and I realized why. In the end, it’s really just the same thing over and over. After careful analysis (two minutes thought), I think I broke down all the variance of opinion you’ll ever see on DU and put into one imitated thread. They will often go on longer than this, but then it’s a lot of the same posts being made over and over by other people. Well, without further ado, here is the...

UNIVERSAL DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND THREAD
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muck4d00
[News Headline]

[Excerpt of article about military issue, political issue, man-made event, natural occurence, or... well... anything followed by link to entire article]

Looks suspicious to me.
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[Index of response titles]
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8lame8ush
1. Obvious ploy
It’s obvious that Karl Rove is behind this. How this happened on [whatever the date is] is just too convenient in timing, especially considering that [Bush’s poll number’s are up/Bush’s poll numbers are down/Bush’s poll numbers are neutral/it’s raining in Antigua].
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Th!nkH3sFunny
2. Treat for Bush*
I bet Karl Rove is giving Chimpy a banana over this one.
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muck4d00
LOL!
Though your humor was blunt and inept, I will praise you for it, Th!nkH3sFunny, and pretend I laughed since it goes along with my own prejudices.
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halfempty
4. Nothing we can do
This just make me feel so depressed. There is nothing Bush* and the neo-cons won’t do to keep power and wage war. Remember, these are the same people who rigged an election, killed Carnahan and Wellstone, and stole my bong. They’re going to steal the election again with the "liberal media" helping them all the way. Then they’ll plunge the world into death and chaos and I’ll never be able to get another bong.
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halffull
5. This will sink Bush*
I disagree, halfempty, this is exactly what is going to make people realize that Bush* really is like Hitler
 and then everyone will turn against him
 and then true progressives will get in office
 and then peace will be had in the world
 and then gumdrops will fall from the sky
 and then unicorns will roam the land once again.
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M3sn00ty
6. We smart
You may be right, halffull, but remember that we, the progressives of DU, are much smarter than everyone else. We have to carefully move all others to our viewpoints because most still don’t understand [convoluted conspiracy theory no one understands].
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halffull
7. At least we have debate
It’s great at least that we talk about things like this here, and don’t block out views we don’t like such as the Freepers and Repugs do.
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Name removed
8. Deleted message
Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules and better conform to GroupThink™.
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Imune2Irony
9. Repugs are nazis
This all just goes along with the Bush*’s and the Repugs’ nazi mentality. The only way we can preserve liberty is to round up the Repugs and put them in ovens.
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N3wGuy
10. My own 2 cents
Ooh! Ooh! I’m a monkey!
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muck4d00
11, Back to the main point
Imune2Irony and N3wGuy makes some great points, but I just hope everyone keeps in mind how [what was mentioned in the original article] can really be used against us. I bet even the Zionists and the Christians are all cheering about this.
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AFewM4rblesL3ft
12. Careful
Watch how you phrase things. Let’s try not to get labeled anti-Semitic and anti-Christian again.
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4sylum3scapee
13. Don’t be dumb
I wouldn’t worry about offending Jews or Christians. If you’ve been paying attention to all that going on, especially [a weather occurrence that unconvinced Democrats], it’s obvious that GOD IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY HALIBURTON!
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muck4d00
14. Exactly
If a glowing angel approaches you or a burning bush starts talking to you, DON’T LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE IT IS PURE PRO-BUSH PROPAGANDA!
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4sylum3scapee
15. Beware
Holy Spirit = Goebbels
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Th!nkH3sFunny
16. Wouldn’t that be great
I wish someone would burn Bush*.
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Moderator
17. Locking
Thread is being locked to keep nuttiness evenly spread throughout the forum.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation,
DU moderator
Posted by:Steve from Relto

#15  I love to go over there (DU) and rant the most outside screwball conspiracy ...

It's all part of a conspiracy by you neo-cons to make us liberals look bad. The really weird postings on DU are actually neo-con planted (and I'm sure John Ashcroft is involved too) propaganda designed to make DU look stupid. WELL YOU KNOW WHAT - WE LIBERALS CAN LOOK STUPID WITHOUT YOUR HELP! GO TO HELL!
Posted by: Jack A Son   2004-2-4 11:19:31 PM  

#14  Ok you caught me. I love to go over there (DU) and rant the most outside screwball conspiracy and always someone agrees! Sometimes I do just to rile the natives up a bit! Great satire you nailed em!
Posted by: Cyber Sarge aka halffull   2004-2-4 7:37:41 PM  

#13  Rantburg strikes back! Two things gave you away.
1.You can spell
2.You know where the shift keys are.
Posted by: Gasse Katze   2004-2-4 5:47:44 PM  

#12  muck4doo, nevermind what these neocons think. We are WAY WAY smarter! Heck since I moved into my parents garage I have become my own man! My job at the 'All Nature Pizza Shop' was another victim of the Bush war on the underclass. I am working with some of my gay frineds to open the first ever 'Gay Pizzeria and Bath House.' Where you can munch on a pizza, sausage, or whatever strikes you fancy. Sure to be a money maker in our small town of Podunk, OK. If it doesn't work it's because of the facists policies the repugs have made laws! DEAN IN 04 (or 08, 12, 16, etc.)
Posted by: halffull   2004-2-4 5:31:25 PM  

#11  HAHAHAHAHA! ROTFLMGMO!

This is a natural classic!
Posted by: Korora   2004-2-4 5:16:56 PM  

#10  Yes, indeed, mhw - just with more words spelled out... perhaps because they can actually spell, er, for the most part. Got to have something to show for 11 years on Daddy's Dime at DaffySFU.
Posted by: .com   2004-2-4 5:00:01 PM  

#9  brilliant satire

but I just had a thought

doesn't the DU string sound a lot like the string on an arabtalk website
Posted by: mhw   2004-2-4 4:08:51 PM  

#8  If you guys keep this up, I'll have to start wearing Depends just to read Rantburg. ROTFLMAO
or would that be ROTFPIMP?
Posted by: Gasse Katze   2004-2-4 3:41:00 PM  

#7   Hey halffull, I'm not shur, but are they making fun of us? If so, this isa not funy.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-2-4 3:40:37 PM  

#6  "9. Repugs are nazis

This all just goes along with the Bush*’s and the Repugs’ nazi mentality. The only way we can preserve liberty is to round up the Repugs and put them in ovens.
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N3wGuy"

This is dead on. Back in law school, I came across a quote from an animal rights activist. After viewing a documentary about a slaughterhouse, she said "These people are like Nazis. They should be killed."
Posted by: Tibor   2004-2-4 3:26:35 PM  

#5  Bush is a moron and has big ears. ABB (anybody but bush). Bush is Hitler. Selected, not elected.

I'm better than you cause you don't repeat these quotes like a parrot.
Posted by: De3pthoughts   2004-2-4 3:11:50 PM  

#4  You won't be laughing when Haliburton controls all the oil on the moon and Ashcroft shuts down your free speech website, publo.
Posted by: Th!nkH3sFunny   2004-2-4 3:03:44 PM  

#3  Not funny! Can I get my bong back?
Posted by: Halffull   2004-2-4 2:53:33 PM  

#2  D00dz, that was hilarious!
Posted by: Dar   2004-2-4 2:09:25 PM  

#1  Absolutely brilliant..dead on. I haven't laughed this hard in months. Excellent job.
Posted by: Smirky McChimp Fan   2004-2-4 2:07:16 PM  

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