(02-17-2017 04:30 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 04:21 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 04:08 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Sorry, not Jeff Foxworthy.

Why do you guys always have to associate this nonsense with a celebrity or famous person? Do you honestly think it gives it some type of credibility?? Especially since you always seem to be quick to denounce any celebrity foray into politics.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/fence.asp

Does it really matter who wrote it? It's pretty damned accurate in my humble opinion.

YES IT MATTERS!

If it doesn't matter, why put his name on it?

Because it was originally reported by CNN. They wouldn't make stuff up, would they?

if loving red meat makes me conservative then you have the most slanted view of liberals that I have ever seen.

(02-17-2017 03:39 PM)john01992 Wrote:  That post is strangely quiet on the topic of abortion.

Decent point... but far more of the right wants to end public funding of abortions than wants to end abortions.

I DO think it true that the establishment of BOTH parties thinks that there is some Goldilocks set of rules that they can put into place to legislate happiness and equality for all... which is why libertarians exist as an offshoot... Fiscally conservative, socially liberal or at least tolerant... recognizing that the right to legislate ONE set of absolutes creates the right to legislate another.

I still don't understand why there aren't more 'liberal' libertarians.

(02-17-2017 04:43 PM)john01992 Wrote:  if loving red meat makes me conservative then you have the most slanted view of liberals that I have ever seen.

(02-17-2017 04:08 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Sorry, not Jeff Foxworthy.

Why do you guys always have to associate this nonsense with a celebrity or famous person? Do you honestly think it gives it some type of credibility?? Especially since you always seem to be quick to denounce any celebrity foray into politics.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/fence.asp

Id applaud it if it was a Hitler quote.

(02-17-2017 04:08 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Sorry, not Jeff Foxworthy.

Why do you guys always have to associate this nonsense with a celebrity or famous person? Do you honestly think it gives it some type of credibility?? Especially since you always seem to be quick to denounce any celebrity foray into politics.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/fence.asp

I'd think associating it with Foxworthy would show that it was intended as a joke.

It's not like he's known as a deep thinker.

Maybe it sounded to someone like 'you might be a redneck'.

If you don't like meat so you want to ban everyone else from eating it as well, you might be a liberal.
If you have to fish the french fries out of your gas tank before starting your bio-diesel car, you might be a liberal
If you fly a private jet that produces more greenhouse gasses in one trip than most people create in a year to a summit on global warming, you might be a liberal

Probably would have been funnier that way

It is incredibly true.

(02-17-2017 04:43 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 04:30 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 04:21 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 04:08 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Sorry, not Jeff Foxworthy.

Why do you guys always have to associate this nonsense with a celebrity or famous person? Do you honestly think it gives it some type of credibility?? Especially since you always seem to be quick to denounce any celebrity foray into politics.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/fence.asp

Does it really matter who wrote it? It's pretty damned accurate in my humble opinion.

YES IT MATTERS!

If it doesn't matter, why put his name on it?

Because it was originally reported by CNN. They wouldn't make stuff up, would they?

Originally reported? It was some nobody's blog post dude.

A CNN blog post?

(02-17-2017 04:21 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 04:08 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Sorry, not Jeff Foxworthy.

Why do you guys always have to associate this nonsense with a celebrity or famous person? Do you honestly think it gives it some type of credibility?? Especially since you always seem to be quick to denounce any celebrity foray into politics.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/fence.asp

Does it really matter who wrote it? It's pretty damned accurate in my humble opinion.

Yes. You wouldn't have cited a name if you didn't think who wrote it didn't matter.

(02-17-2017 06:10 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 04:21 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 04:08 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Sorry, not Jeff Foxworthy.

Why do you guys always have to associate this nonsense with a celebrity or famous person? Do you honestly think it gives it some type of credibility?? Especially since you always seem to be quick to denounce any celebrity foray into politics.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/fence.asp

Does it really matter who wrote it? It's pretty damned accurate in my humble opinion.

Yes. You wouldn't have cited a name if you didn't think who wrote it didn't matter.

but he sure didn't pick a name that screams 'intellectual insight'

'It's a joke, son' - Foghorn Leghorn

Jeff Foxworthy is very witty. Have you ever read his writing? He mixes subtlety, play-on-words, and fantastic storytelling with even his low hanging fruit comedy. He wouldn't put out such an obvious, unoriginal dud.

(02-17-2017 06:11 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 06:10 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 04:21 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 04:08 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Sorry, not Jeff Foxworthy.

Why do you guys always have to associate this nonsense with a celebrity or famous person? Do you honestly think it gives it some type of credibility?? Especially since you always seem to be quick to denounce any celebrity foray into politics.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/fence.asp

Does it really matter who wrote it? It's pretty damned accurate in my humble opinion.

Yes. You wouldn't have cited a name if you didn't think who wrote it didn't matter.

but he sure didn't pick a name that screams 'intellectual insight'

'It's a joke, son' - Foghorn Leghorn

Not every cite for credibility has to be from Einstein. Jeff Foxworthy has tremendous credibility in comedy.

Now let's get on to the message here. I can enjoy the liberal part, but the conservative part doesn't do it for me, because it's not comparing equals. The writer proposes that conservatives are moderate, taking everything in stride and letting life go by without involving themselves. Sublime. The pot's calling the kettle black here. Let's leave all of the talking points the same for the fringe liberals and apply it to the equal segment of conservatives. I'll also be equally as unfunny. I'll hop around because I'm on mobile.

If a conservative is homosexual, it's because conversion therapy didn't take. Same thing if he's a non-believer

If a conservative is down and out, it's because the wall isn't there.

If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he posts a youtube video on every inch of social media they know of and headline it with (insert name here) gets DESTROYED by (insert name here). Title is often misleading.

Hell, if a conservative did like a talk show host--but dropped them because they disagreed with the best Jesus since Jesus--it's because they've suddenly become ugly, untalented, no true conservative in the first place, etc.