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nbcrusader said:
I guess were back to no humor around here.
nbcrusader said:Ha! That's funny.
(step back and realize that this is adult humor in the form of a children's book)
I guess were back to no humor around here.
nbcrusader said:That's part of the satire.
Hook - Line - Sinker
DrTeeth said:Customers who bought this book also bought
* 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America by Bernard Goldberg
nbcrusader said:Which is more troublesome: the perceived stereotypes contained in the book (I take it that no one has read the book) or the stereotypes tossed around in FYM?
nbcrusader said:
Your stereotype is worse than mine
FYM IS a funny place.
nbcrusader said:Which is more troublesome: the perceived stereotypes contained in the book (I take it that no one has read the book) or the stereotypes tossed around in FYM?
Irvine511 said:would you feel the same way if the book, aimed, as we have determined, at children, used the same kind of language and stereotypes only instead of "liberals" they used "black people" or "jews" or "conservative christians"?
LarryMullen's_POPAngel said:I think the universe would implode if FYM had a sense of humor for more than three days.
nbcrusader said:It keeps getting better! Now satire about liberals = racism!!
The universe is safe for now.
Adults having a conversation about politics around children and a book geared towards their understanding and putting it in terms they'll understand are two entirely different things.VertigoGal said:A book about why liberals are bad is no worse than having a conversation at the dinner table about why you dislike liberal policies.
VertigoGal said:
To compare it to racism or anti-semitism is kind of extreme, in my opinion...
Irvine511 said:
would you feel the same way if the book, aimed, as we have determined, at children, used the same kind of language and stereotypes only instead of "liberals" they used "black people" or "jews" or "conservative christians"?
indra said:Better to have Liberals under your bed, dears, than Conservatives standing around your bed deciding what you can and cannot do in it.