Aussies laughing their heads off over anti-Obama teen girl.

[trof]

Kristen Neel praised Australia's "Christian, male president" on Twitter, before copping a barrage of responses and eventually deleting her account. Picture via Twitter

BARACK Obama's "four more years'' victory tweet may have become the most retweeted message of all time, but last night one American teenager's misguided views on Australia were lighting up the twittersphere down under.

Clearly disappointed with the election result, 18-year-old Georgia republican Kristen Neel joined the throngs of American Twitter users claiming they were moving to Australia to escape Obama's presidency.

Unfortunately, she got a few facts wrong.

"I'm moving to Australia, because their president is a Christian and actually supports what he says,'' she tweeted.

Neel's tweet quickly went viral as bemused Aussies retweeted it more than 1400 times, many pointing out that Australia actually has an atheist, female Prime Minister.

"Our Prime Minister is a woman, an atheist who lives with a man she hasn't married. I don't think you'd like it here,'' tweeted Ian Cuthbertson, TV editor at The Australian.

"I think you meant Antarctica. Move there,'' tweeted @post_rock0.

"Congratulations on being the dumbest person in the world,'' tweeted @Patrickavenell.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/technology/fail-anti-obama-teen-wants-to-move-to-australia-because-we-have-christian-male-president/story-fn5jm44e-1226512853271

Teh Stupid...it hurts.

[liberal N proud]

1. When that picture popped up on my screen...

I nearly jumped out of my chair. I thought Halloween was over. Yikes!

[TwilightGardener]

13. Yeah--crazy eyes.

[Turborama]

34. The kids from Jesus Camp have all grown up

And that is what they look like.

[Raster]

188. Yes and they still think the Planet Earth is only 5,000 years old...

...and Jesus rode a Tyrannosaurus Rex to the Last Supper.

[tridim]

37. She'd be cute if she just relaxed a bit.

Maybe she should move to Colorado.

[DarleenMB]

60. STOP THAT

Dissing my home state, that is. They have enough nuts there already. My inlaws and my sister still live there and they don't want those nutjobs either.

[kwolf68]

71. I think he isn't bashing CO

With your recent vote on marijuana the poster suggests perhaps go to Colorado, smoke a bowl and she'll be OK because that will relax her. He's right.

[tridim]

87. Sorry, yea, I assumed that was implied.

Stress kills and Cannabis is really good at reducing stress for people who have a natural endocannabinoid imbalance.

[PatrynXX]

173. oh I don't know

Reminds me of a younger Alyssa Milano. sheesh. I'd hate to be her right now though. Enough bullying please.. We don't need to act like Repukes.

[liberal N proud]

185. It is a crazed look

Just an observation on the pic.

Otherwise she would be a pretty young lady.

[txdemsftw]

2. Australia's PM

sounds kick ass!

As for the dumbass....well, just goes to show how 'informed' a lot of these Repukes are.

[exboyfil]

3. So has God brought his judgement

down on that vile place?

[Moonwalk]

4. That Aussies posted this to set Repukes straight. And heck! Now I'm thinking of moving there...

Be sure to put this up on your facebook page, etc. so your republican friends know how to pack for their big move down under. Evolution taught in schools!

[Delphinus]

8. Oops,

that's where *I* need to go live! Sounds like a great place!

[treestar]

58. Same thought here!

Sounds like most of us on DU would be happier there!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

78. Whenever a right-winger tells me "America, love it or leave it" I say,...

"At least we have places we can go. NOBODY wants your asses."

America is fast becoming the only place on the planet that puts up with these people.

[noiretextatique]

95. +1

[Spitfire of ATJ]

116. For those who claim "America is the greatest country in the world"...

It's shear hell out there ya know....

[The Wielding Truth]

163. Ahhhh... outstanding, but let's not forget the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, the Florida Keys, the Cal

Coast, US Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Mariana Islands.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

164. How can I forget Guam? I was born there.

[The Wielding Truth]

170. dah. Hey hope you didn't forget to vote? Just kidding. Warm hugs in Guam.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

172. Left there when I was a baby in 1960...

Born late 58 so when some wise-ass asks me what I miss most about the 50s I say, "Breastfeeding".

[The Wielding Truth]

186. Titty witty aren't you?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

215. Those things can save a fortune on coffee creamer.

[The Wielding Truth]

238. Eww. not where I was going. I was commenting on how clever you were.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

243. Thanks. It's experience....

BTW: Google nude skydiving sometime. In freefall they form little chutes of their own.

[AlbertCat]

167. Can they all become states....

.... y'know, when Puerto Rico becomes one?

[The Wielding Truth]

171. That's a question that is so up in the air. Not likely till 2015.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/11/07/despite-referendum-puerto-rican-statehood-unlikely-until-at-least-2015

[SmartRat]

179. This video made me cry...

I worked in Tahiti for 15 months back in the 1980s and found it to be the happiest place I've been in my life...ever! I'm convinced that if there's a heaven at all, it looks, sounds, and smells like Tahiti!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

216. Those "tropical" air fresheners don't cut it.

[MessiahRp]

102. LOVE IT. +10000!

nt

[DissidentVoice]

134. +2 n/t

[Liberalynn]

158. I was just thinking the same thing.

I've also have always have a soft spot for Aussie Actors.

[Rob H.]

15. Bwah!

"Be Sure to Declare Your Pitchforks at Tullamarine."

[seabeyond]

17. can i recommend, lol. nt

[JustAnotherGen]

20. Ha!

[laundry_queen]

31. LMFAO! nt

[Dustlawyer]

56. Sounds like Heaven!

[AnnieBW]

169. It is. And they have excellent beer and wine, too

Very friendly folks. We loved Australia, and want to move there when we retire.

[Walk away]

177. But everything is upside down!

And those flushing toilets!

[Cha]

105. LOVE IT! Thank you, Moonwalk!! Love the Aussies!

[Violet_Crumble]

117. There are a few areas where Australia lags behind the US on...

Julia Gillard strongly opposes marriage equality. I don't understand how she could, but she does, and that leaves a bad taste in my mouth, no matter how good she is on other things....

[Prana69]

138. That post is hilarious!!!! (From a proud Aussie).....

...and our PM is AWESOME!!!!

DR

[get the red out]

5. Zombie eyes

That poor child has zombie eyes.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. "Antarctica". . .Bwahahahahaha!!!

[Cha]

103. Yeah, that's where she needs to chill out for awhile and get some

studying done! rofl

[Liberalynn]

157. I liked that one too

and I know a lot of people she can take with her.

[bluestate10]

7. Well, she is decent looking. She will become a concubine to some right-wing nut-case that will keep

her dumb, barefoot and pregnant. During the meantime, thinking women will be accomplishing great things.

[stevenleser]

40. Sea, WTF are you talking about here. That is exactly what Republicans have in mind for women

are you denying that now?

Republicans want women barefoot, pregnant, under the control of their husbands, taking care of the children and cooking dinner.

That is the point that poster was making. How can you miss that?

[seabeyond]

43. i stay at home and raise my kids. am i a concubine. you know... not a person, but a thing to be

used and of no worth but the use to the man?

reallly steven? we do this sexist bullshit when it is people we do not like?

how does it make me a bit different? you know? staying at home. raising my kids. hey.... WTF, i am barefoot right now. and even fuckin cook dinner.

a fuckin concubine.

that is what you fuckin miss.

[stevenleser]

48. Are you a stepford wife under the control of your husband with no choices available?

Are you fighting for that to be the reality for women like the teenager in question? Your argument strongly suggests that you are.

This is one of the worst misses you have made on DU, Sea. You are indirectly and in some cases directly arguing the Republican case now.

Whether she recognizes it or not, the person described in the OP is fighting for a vision of women where they have no reproductive choice, no ability to vote, no ability to be a self determined person.

The DUer you attacked is noting that with appropriate scorn, and you attacked them.

YOU missed this one BADLY

[Firebirds01]

49. You choose to stay home

In a republican world the woman would not have that choice.

Hence Romney's statement of "if you are going to hire women."

[stevenleser]

57. Exactly. This isn't hard to get. A woman who has no choices or self determination

who has to obey her husband has been reduced to being a concubine. That is what we Democrats are fighting AGAINST, and what the girl described in the OP is fighting FOR. That poster who sea attacked is right.

[stevenleser]

61. For the record, and I know you cannot respond, I did not alert your post. nt

[bluestate10]

165. You missed my point. Lots of talented women are stay at home moms.But they are also equals

to their partners. I don't see that end for the young Georgia woman, she does not appear to understand where her best interests are. BTW, I cook dinner barefoot. Most of the time I am barefoot inside my home.

[whathehell]

202. The "point" was made, ad nauseum, thoughout the thread. It didn't need your sexual jibes.

Please be honest. A teenage boy -- who might just as well be as ignorant

as a teenage girl, would be ridiculed here, yes, but at a LOT less length,

and with a lot less sex references.

Sorry, Bluestate, but "we girls", get tired of being an excuse

for you supposedly "progressive" boys to vent your demeaning sexism.

[SpankMe]

89. seabeyond is correct. It' bullshit that her message was hidden by jury.

When conservatives called Sandra Fluke a whore, we became unhinged with rage and indignation. Myself included. And it was justified.

Even though this Kristen Neel girl is a few brain cells short of being a professor, we really can't call her a whore (or whore-like - i.e., concubine) and still maintain the higher moral ground on these lines of argument.

Dummy up. Let's not stoop to asinine, conservative grade school bullshit name calling unless it's someone doing real harm.

[stevenleser]

100. That person did not call her a whore. Context matters. GOP intends women to be concubines

If you sign up for a philosophy that denies women reproductive choice, that denies women opportunities in the workplace, that with barely a wink-wink advocates that women be assigned the role of stay at home mother with no choice, you are relegating women to the status of concubine.

This is not rocket science.

[Confusious]

152. Concubine is not equal to a whore

There's a thing called Wikipedia, and a thing called a dictionary.

Use it.

[whathehell]

192. Oh Riiiight.

There's this thing called being a misogynist...Look THAT up

in Wikipedia and a dictionary.

[Major Nikon]

205. Great idea

mi·sog·y·ny? ?/mɪˈsɒdʒəni, maɪ-/ Show Spelled[mi-soj-uh-nee, mahy-]
noun
hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misogyny

Pretty straightforward. If you're a misogynist, you hate women.

Now let's look up another word.

sex·ism? ?/ˈsɛksɪzəm/ Show Spelled[sek-siz-uhm] Show IPA
noun
1. attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of sexual roles.
2. discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex, as in restricted job opportunities; especially, such discrimination directed against women.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sexism

Notice that while the definitions might involve similar things, they are most certainly not the same. A person can utter a sexist statement without being a misogynist. So while it might be true that most misogynists say things that are sexist, it certainly is not true that everyone who utters a sexist phrase is a misogynist. The assumption to the contrary demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of what misogyny really means.

[whathehell]

207. Yeah, sure.

Do you split hairs like this when it comes to "the treatment" of blacks or gays?

Can I call someone a "fag" or a "nigger" without necessarily being a "homophobe" or a "racist"?

Nah, I didn't think so.

Some other words for you to look up:

1. Hypocrite

2. Bullshit.

[Major Nikon]

221. Since you seem to be fond of literacy lessons, I have one for you

I believe the word in question, was "concubine", not "whore". I realize your false equivalency fallacy relies on the conflation of "concubine" with other words. The great thing about dictionaries is that if you know how to use them, they provide an excellent way to educate and improve literacy. If you don't know how to use them, they can also be used to reinforce subliterate ideas.

Now, if I look up the word "concubine", this is what I get:

con·cu·bine? ?/ˈkɒŋkyəˌbaɪn, ˈkɒn-/ Show Spelled[kong-kyuh-bahyn, kon-]
noun
1. a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, especially one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress.
2. (among polygamous peoples) a secondary wife, usually of inferior rank.
3. (especially formerly in Muslim societies) a woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan, for sexual purposes.

Most people understand the concept that English words often have multiple meanings. Dictionaries list definitions in numbered order with the most common usage at the top, followed by the next most common usage. Note that this particular reference lists the most common useage of the word "concubine" as meaning essentially "mistress", not "whore", as you falsely assumed. If you work your way down to definition #3, you get something that at least starts to approach something similar to "whore". So is that what the poster meant? Nothing in the context suggests this. In the absense of context the only reasonable inferrence a person can make is definition #1.

So while one might be able to successfully make the argument that calling someone a mistress without cause borders on sexism, it sure as hell isn't the equivelent of calling a black person "nigger", at least within the realm of what most people would call reality.

I would be glad to look up the other words you listed for you, but I get the impression they were only included to serve the purposes of name calling and defammation, which is ironically the very same charge you are making against the poster in question. One might even call it bullshit hypocrisy.

Cheers!

[whathehell]

223. Since you seem not to know what "goodbye" means, I doubt you're capable of "giving lessons"..

and "given" all that, it seems I'll have to "show you the door"

(to Ignore?) myself. Goodbye. Again.

[Major Nikon]

227. Thank you

I have zero interest in trying to pursue reasonable discussion with someone who feels the need to resort to name calling as a substitute for adult level civil debate. My only interest was pointing out obvious bullshit. If you actually did put me on ignore, I can now do this just as effectively with one less source of childish retorts.

Cheers!

[opiate69]

228. Ahh, yes....

Much easier to just stick ones fingers in ones ears and loudly chant "Lalalalalalala! than to admit one was demonstrably, unequivocally and comically wrong. Integrity and maturity... some people kant haz it.

[whathehell]

231. Ahhh, yes, except

you don't have a CLUE of what you are talking about.

It reminds me of an old Chinese proverb:

Better to be silent and be thought a Thundering Jackass,

than to post and remove all doubt.

[opiate69]

233. Words of wisdom, which you probably do well to heed.

[whathehell]

245. Wow....That's original, LOL!

You might want to try some of those opiates, honey.

It might even step up your game.

[whathehell]

203. THANK You, Spank. No, this thread should NOT have been hidden

and were they sliming any other "protected group", you can bet your sweet self

it would NOT have been. Your analogy to the Sandra Fluke case is spot on.

I don't know if you're male or female, but most of the dumb ass male "progressives" here

just LOOK for a reason , e.g. right wing politics, to vent their very unsubtle misogyny.

They SUCK, but, like the phoney "progressives" they are, they will countenance no "correction" from

a smart woman like Seabeyond. We get trashed ALL the time here for complaining

about insults they wouldn't DARE say about Gays, Muslims or Racial Minorities. I don't know if

you know her, but a writer from The Nation, Katha Pollitt, spoke the truth recently,

in claiming that "Misogyny is the Last Acceptable Prejudice of the Left".

[Lizzie Poppet]

209. Great example of the failings of our jury system, frankly.

Far too many jurors base their decision on whether they agree with the post or not, instead of whether it actually violates the rules. Happens over and over again...

[whathehell]

229. Correct. Thanks for speaking up about it.. One dumb ass response I got to an alert -- besides

a "letting it stand" vote, of course, was to..."Go back to the Feminist History

Forum and STAY there"! and yes, that's exactly how he wrote it.

Apart from having the gall to actually give me an "order",

that "jury member" is, I'm afraid, is a fair gage of the tolerance

level of some of our male "progressives".

[stevenleser]

246. The jury was 100% correct. That persons post does not mean what Seabeyond attributed to it. nt

[whathehell]

191. Not cool. She's just a kid, for fuck's sake. Don't slime her for things she's not responsible for.

Or maybe you'd like to see YOUR underage daughter, or sister painted as whore-material

for YOUR beliefs.

[hifiguy]

218. 18 is old enough to sign a contract, vote, get married,

join the military and be in college. In other words, an ADULT.

[LeftinOH]

9. Those Australians can laugh at us all they want, but

the next time the Soviets invade their country, we won't be saving their asses again!!!

[LondonReign2]

24. The Alps are beautiful this time of year in Australia

[Gruenemann]

36. Roight! The wallaby is yodeling!

[hifiguy]

99. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!

Oi! Oi! Oi!!!

[AAO]

46. Funny, all this time I thought it was the Brits!

Oh, late in getting reference to Austria. DOH!

[whathehell]

234. You mean like we saved their asses

when JAPAN tried it?

You might want to check out a little history, bro.

[DetlefK]

10. Blond, cute, right-wing, dumb: She's gonna be a Fox News-host!

[mmonk]

18. +1

[SpartanDem]

21. lol

I'm sure she's getting a call from them now.

[Hans Delbrook]

25. You called that one

SPOT ON.

[dchill]

181. Freedum!!

Move over, Gretchen...

[txdemsftw]

11. Australia is looking better and better...

but I hear everything costs too damn much there...an Atheist PM is just awesome.

[malaise]

183. An atheist PM with a long time live in lover who is a hairdresser

and yes her hair is usually perfect

[SemperEadem]

12. doesn't Australia have strict immigration proceedures?

what makes these people think that they can board a plane and go live there? White skin? Australia has the same kinds of immigration issues as any other western country--watching their Parliament go at it on this issue is fascinating.

[Doctor_J]

23. Probably immaterial

Sounds like AUS would be a living hell on Earth for them anyway, run and enjoyed by heathens, atheists, socialists, and abortionists.

[Blue_Tires]

44. To say nothing of the fact that

99.9% of 18-year-olds can't afford to just fly to Melbourne, and she'd have no way of making a living or supporting herself once she got there...

[treestar]

63. Exactly. Americans are forever declaring they are moving to Canada

when they don't like the political landscape as though Canada automatically admits Americans.

[whathehell]

88. This American was asked to move there by his company when they shut down their US office..

This American said "No thanks".

[treestar]

97. Haha

That's a possibility too. With a job offer you might have a chance though. Not just like, oh I don't like the last results of the election, I'm going to Canada unasked! I mean, Canada is just dying to admit dissatisfied Americans!

Plus on the right wing they are the same people who normally bash Canada's health care.

[DissidentVoice]

137. I live near the Canadian border...

...and I've been there more times than I can count.

No, one cannot just move there.

If you're not a political refugee whose life is endangered in their native land, you have the following options:

1. Immediate family willing to sponsor you.

2. A job offer in writing from a Canadian employer...who in most cases has to prove the offer cannot be filled by an equally-qualified Canadian citizen.

3. Assessment through their "points" system as to your suitability to immigrate...and it's no cakewalk.

4. If you speak French fluently, you may be able to live in Quebec under their special provincial scheme.

They don't accept military resisters anymore. They've sent back several who went AWOL over the Iraq/Afghan wars.

Commonwealth citizens (UK, Aussies, New Zealanders etc) can immigrate under special schemes (mostly university students), but even they're not guaranteed residency.

No, you cannot just show up at the border at Douglas, BC, Windsor, ON, etc. and just say "I'm gonna live here."

I imagine it's much the same in Australia.

[whathehell]

190. Just saying

This teenager IS funny and embarrassing, but guess what?...There's apparently a number of

Canadian adults, (who come to the US in FAR greater numbers than the reverse, political

motives or no) who think it's "easy" to move to the US and find a job "just like that" as well.

Hence, the existence of these sites like this one:


http://www.canuckabroad.com/forums/so-you-want-to-move-to-the-states-eh-vt2199.html


Enjoy

[treestar]

204. Thanks for that link!

that was interesting. Weather, money or love! But not due to an election and my party didn't win!

[whathehell]

206. Sure...Motives aside, it seems they ARE just as clueless regarding the ability to just "go there".

[treestar]

208. Yes. Must be the next door quality of it.

Now Australia - that's a long flight.

[whathehell]

214. Gee..Wouln't he "next door quality" tend to make them more knowledgeable?

And yes Australia's a long way, but I must differ with one of the OP's assertions,

and that is that they were more or less "flooded" by requests from Americans disappointed in the election.

Funny thing is, I went to the original news story, and they could claim only 37..Maybe that's

a "flood" for Australia.

[treestar]

222. I doubt it

The average American knows little of immigration restrictions. Canada speaks English and is like America relative to other countries, so it makes a good substitute if we're wanting another country to live in. Same reason they pick Australia - they speak English, are descended from the English common law system like us - gee they must be willing to take us (if we're white, which I assume is also at the bottom of freeper expectations).

I think Australia might take some skilled Americans but it's probably limited, and only the freepers who qualified could go. I'd kind of like to see it - when the freeper discovers he must turn in his guns and pay taxes for universal health care.

[whathehell]

225. Do you imagine the "average Canadian" knows any more?

because the link I gave, if you noticed, referenced their country, not ours.

I'm sorry if you imagine Canada and/or Australia to be some sort of "freeper free" nations,

as you have only to look at the history of Australia, especially, to be disillusioned.

Sorry, bro, I really couldn't care LESS about immigrating to either place. Hell, I have

have "right of return" status to Europe and I'm not that enthused...Get my drift?

Cheers.

[treestar]

230. Well as you've said, both sides are equally ignorant

I think on the US side it might have to do with the Vietnam era draft dodgers. Canada took them, so the average thinks Canada is a place where we can get general political asylum.

I don't think those nations are freeper free - I did not say that, but am aware they have national health plans and so that the freepers presumably would find them no better than the US - that's if they knew anything. And Australia has gun control.

I'd like to live in countries like those - and their freepers seem unable to influence things as much as they do here.

Europe is another story but it does seem saner than the US. Still, I wouldn't actually immigrate - family comes first!

[whathehell]

195. Maybe, but I wouldn't rule out that "white skin" thing too fast.. Until about 1970, they had a

"White's Only" Immigration policy.

Just sayin.

[Solly Mack]

14. lolol

[Pachamama]

16. The Republic Party's Poster Girl

This is what Rush Limpballs and the rest of the Republic Party sees as the ideal woman of their Republic.

Clueless and obedient

[allan01]

19. re:aussies laughing their heads off over anti-Obama teen girl.

juamping jehosaphat. where do they keep coming up with that stuff

[ProudProgressiveNow]

129. +1 nt

[agentS]

22. Translation: She wanted to get away from black people

And she didn't bother to do her homework on her country of choice.

It's like the idiots who say they hate Obama-care and want to move to Canada, where they have a better NHS.

Rethugs are sooooo damn slow upstairs.

[DinahMoeHum]

107. Heh heh. Aborigines ain't exactly lily-white.

[markpkessinger]

142. I say good luck to her with getting away from black people in Australia ;) nt

[whathehell]

194. Yeah, but if she's bigoted toward them, she could feel right at home there.

Sorry, kids, but Aussie's are not known, presently or historically, for their great "tolerance" of aboriginals.

Up until about 1970, they had a "Whites Only" immigration policy.

[Rob H.]

27. Two LOLworthy comments at Buzzfeed re: the tweet

"Don't worry Australians, they'll end up in Austria because they don't know the damn difference," and in response to that comment, "They would be confused as to why everyone sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but go along with it anyway."

Edited to ask: Is all this zOMG, I'm moving to Australalia if Romney looses! I'm totally SERIES!!1! some new Republican meme started by Limbaugh or Beck or some other other useless right-wing bonehead? The Buzzfeed link shows the top 37 tweets of other Republican nitwits with the same basic sentiment. If that's the case, man, are those people sheep!

[Doctor_J]

41. How did you find this?

I went to buzzfeed and searched for Kristin Neel and got "no results"

[Rob H.]

53. Dang! Sorry, I thought the link was in the OP

Here you go! http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/37-people-who-say-theyre-moving-to-australia-if-o

[Aristus]

29. Merciful Mother of God!...

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This is what happens when cousins marry, and communities vote to stop teaching, you know, knowledge in the schools.

If stupid was a crime, she would be thrown under the jail!

If stupid was a sin, Satan would have to institute a tenth circle for this lamebrain.

If she actually was permitted to emigrate to Australia, the collective American IQ would rise perceptibly the minute she cleared our airspace.

The minute she landed Down Under, the whole continent would go all "Idiocracy".

That monstrous sucking sound you hearing coming from the direction of Georgia is the black hole positioned between her ears, from which nothing, not even a faulty, creaky simulacrum of functioning measurable human intelligence, can escape.

She makes Miss Teen South Carolina looks like a tenured professor of theoretical physics at MIT.

The kindest thing we can do for her on behalf of the entire human race is put her somewhere comfortable, feed her regularly, make sure she is walked daily, and allowed no contact with the outside world that may mar such perfect ignorance, or paradoxically harm our collective will, knowledge, curiosity, insight, and human drive to improve as a species.

Allow her only contact with species of comparable intelligence, on the understanding, however, that she may find mealworms "yucky".

Thank all that is holy that her Twitter account was disabled. I can only hope this miserable collection of DNA, plasma, and hairspray disappears forever from collective human memory, and troubles this universe no more...

[DarleenMB]

66. OMG this post is fabulous!

I want to repost to my FB page, is that ok??

[Aristus]

84. That's very nice, thank you.

Go right ahead...

[treestar]

67. That post is a work of art!

[Aristus]

104. Thank you.

[hifiguy]

81. An Oscar-worthy bit of writing, Aristus!

"She makes Miss Teen South Carolina looks like a tenured professor of theoretical physics at MIT."

Bravo! Bravissimo!!

[malaise]

115. Great post

Wish I could rec

[redqueen]

125. Interesting...

The Twitter responses were funny but this... this seems way out of proportion. Makes me wonder....

Oh and BTW, it's 'simulacrum'. If you're going to write a small essay ripping someone half your age to shreds for being stupid, might want to run that shit through a spell checker before clicking 'post my reply'.

[Aristus]

133. Yeah, I meant to.

BTW, when I was her age, I could still think circles around her...

[Canuckistanian]

131. "this miserable collection of DNA, plasma, and hairspray"

[sarisataka]

30. Maybe she missed that Australia has a PM...

and was thinking of the head of state.
That male would be Queen Elizabeth... oh,

[rurallib]

32. didn't see anyone post this Julia Gillard rant on opposition leader's mysogyny

It is truly a thing of beauty:

[seabeyond]

33. yes it is. and it went viral. fun to watch. nt

[Blue_Tires]

42. awesome

[yends21012]

64. She is my new hero

At least for this speech and this topic.

[JBoy]

73. I kept waiting for someone to throw in the towel on that beating.

Outstanding!

[ceile]

75. Awesome. n/t

[whathehell]

91. Yes it is...Thank you!

[trof]

92. Whoa! She flayed him to the BONE.

Wish we had some like her.

[hifiguy]

156. Jayzus!

Now that is a truly epic smackdown! A kerb stomp with golf shoes. And from the PM no less.

[DCKit]

174. Thanks for that. I was in the hinterlands of VA when I heard about it.

So nice to actually see the smackdown. Sent it to my (R) sisters with the heading "This is why I vote democratic" - for you, my favorite bitches.

Am I the only one who's so torn?

[vaberella]

253. Wow..she is a woman of beauty. Her and Nancy Pelosi stole my heart. n/t

[mwb970]

35. She sounds familiar....

"I personally believe the U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh...people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and...I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., err, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our..."

[Spitfire of ATJ]

80. "She sounds familiar...."

It's the eyes.

That whole "black magic marker" look is common amongst people who are clueless.

[Zambero]

38. That Fox Newsian fried brain look

Ability to think critically: GONE

[Dont call me Shirley]

109. The perfect Fax Noise future commentator

[Diclotican]

39. trof

trof

What is there really to say, other than she is stupid as a rock... Or some lumber...

Diclotican

[DippyDem]

45. What a sad state of education down south. nt

[cordelia]

96. Great. Another

South basher that has no clue.

[Art_from_Ark]

135. It does get tiresome after a while, doesn't it?

[RebelOne]

251. I am in Georgia and in a very red county, as does my 15-year-old grandson.

He attends a middle school in this red area, but he is a Democrat supporter. It could be because I, his father and mother are all Democrats.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

47. OK- But the Aussie PM it white at least.... Right?

Won't these Teabaggers ever learn not to open their mouths in public? Or online as the case may be?

[yellowcanine]

50. "I think you meant Antarctica. Move there,'' tweeted @post_rock0.

[polly7]

51. Aww .... she's actually a cutie.

18 is pretty young and vulnerable, hopefully she'll take this as an opportunity to become more aware and educate herself.

[Rob H.]

65. She reminds me a little of 'Breakfast Club'-era Ally Sheedy

She was much cuter in that movie before Molly Ringwald's character made her over, imho.



Jebus, I'm old.

[Iggo]

52. Kids.

[toby jo]

54. Let's just ship them there for shits and giggles

We'll box em all up for Christmas and let our aussie mates have a go at em - they can start with ' Holidays didn't come yet because we all know it snows everywhere on earth at Christmastime'...

[Liberal1975]

55. More proof Republicans are imbeciles!

Hey conservative morons who want to move to other countries:

Thanks to your fabulous party we are the MOST right wing country in the industrialized world! Wake up! If you don't like it here because it's "socialist" living anywhere else in the industrialized world will make you feel like the meat in a Mao/Lennin sandwich. The sad, sad truth is that Afghanistan is a lot closer to the kind of country you want, just with a different religion telling people how to live. But you will be glad to know its just as mysagonistic and backwards as you would like our country to be. Morons.

[PA Democrat]

59. Thanks to twitter and other social media it is now possible

for anyone to make an international fool of themselves.

Looks like this young woman has deleted her account. I recommend that she spends more time reading and learning something outside of what she hears on FOX News and less time tweeting.

[lilithsrevenge12]

62. Bahahahahahaha!

I wish these people would actually leave.

[meegbear]

68. I was wondering where that Australian meme came from ...

cool beans! Thanks!

[grantcart]

69. OK now I am moving to Australia!!!!!

[sarcasmo]

70. Is this what they mean by the thousand years of darkness.

[CakeGrrl]

72. Poor fool needs to stop getting world geography info from Fox News

Australia DOES sound like a pretty fun place to be if the tweets are any indication!

[CreekDog]

110. from Dick Morris

[Hamlette]

74. "president is a Christian and actually supports what he says" Translation: he's white

[lexw]

76. Maybe Palin can teach her a thing or two?

[hifiguy]

77. Wow, the derp is overwhelming in that one.

The Aussies (and Kiwis) I've met have universally been an easy-going, non-dogmatic and very tolerant lot. I'm sure they have their 1%ers - every developed country does - but sweetie, if you think it's a bagger paradise down under you're sadly mistaken. Viz:

[MineralMan]

79. Dingo ate my baby!

[malaise]

82. She's competing with Miss North Carolina

Until the world laughs these morons to scorn they will not change.

[Glaisne]

83. The Stupid.... it burns!!!

Yet even more proof that Conservatives are ignorant and stupid and live in a fantasy land. Yes please go to Antarctica!

[redqueen]

85. Hahahaha... I'm really starting to like Twitter...

[L0oniX]

86. Does she know about maps?

[amb123]

90. Kristen Neel - Future Mass Murderer for Christ.

That is the face of a lunatic.

[Gregorian]

93. She meets all of the requirements for employment at FOX news.

[Norrin Radd]

94. She's just a kid. There have been many teen suicides as

of late because of bullying on social media. It's better just to ignore her.

[Liberal1975]

101. Yes she is.

I'm just glad when I was a kid her age I didn't have access to Twitter or I might have done or said something stupid as well. I don't want to attack her, rather the mind set that makes Republicans unaware of the rest of the world and the rest of this country. It's absurd sometimes funny but to tell you the truth it scares the hell out of me. Ignorance hate and fear plus manipulation of the masses through demagoguery can (and has led) to some of the worst catastrophes humanity has ever endured. Rush, Hannity they don't really believe the crap they say. It's just an easy and effective way to make money, what they fail to realize is that their followers believe the crap they spew. Then when reality confronts them the natural response is to resort to magical thinking and paranoid delusions. Even at the height of Bush hatred I never read on these boards or anywhere a call to violent acts against the citizenry that voted for him. It's disturbing.

[lovuian]

98. the Christian right are so out of touch

with the REAL WORLD

[edbermac]

106. She probably meant Austria instead of Australia.

After all, that's where Hitler was born.

[JPK]

108. Georgia.........

The whole state is like that. Shit for brains.

[Hubert Flottz]

111. A NEWTBOT.

She knows all about Australia, because her daddy takes her to the Outback Steakhouse for dinner.

Rolf Harris should write a song about the NewtBot.

[LTR]

112. This poor girl does not deserve to be attacked like this

Look, she's just a kid. And yes, I consider 18 to be 'just a kid'. And we all say and do stupid things at that age. I don't. care what she believes, she doesn't deserve this massive worldwide pile-on.

Obviously, she's absorbed some bad info from her family, her peers and her church. She's too young to really process it all, and I wouldn't be surprised to see her become a flaming lefty in a few years.

Ironically, the thread I was reading before this concerned bullying. And yet here is everyone bashing the shit out of her. Disgusting.

[Doctor_J]

118. Boo-hoo

you are free to delete this thread and/or leave the premises if you don't like the bashing of stupid Republicans.

[LTR]

120. Hey, as long as you're getting your jollies out of it

After all, that's what bullies do. And this girl is not a celebrity, she's just a misinformed kid . What if this was your own daughter?

And you are free to tell me where to go, just as I'm free to tell you what you can do to yourself.

[Doctor_J]

123. My own daughter???

I raised them to think. My daughters are first of all not stupid enough to believe Fox "News", and second not stupid enough to send their ridiculous rants to the world. Since you brought up the subject, I will give myself a vigorous pat on the back for not raising a Limbecile like Ms. Neel's parents did. Ahh...that felt good.

[whathehell]

196. Thank you. Somehow I think the instance of a teenaged boy saying this

would get a LOT less ridicule, not to mention sexual inuendo...Ya think.

[Major Nikon]

240. No

[Major Nikon]

239. But it's not

The problem with using the "What if this was your own daughter?" card is that it simply reduces the discussion to an appeal to emotion rather than one based on reason.

I might consider a lot of things differently if this were my daughter. The reason is because I have an obvious emotional attachment to that person which is almost certainly going to affect my objectivity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion

There's probably a few very good reasons why this person doesn't necessarily deserve all the rhetoric being hurled at her, but "What if this was your own daughter?" isn't one of them.

Cheers!

[newspeak]

124. i understand what you're saying

she is young. did one of our blowhard talking heads mention something on the airwaves about moving to australia? in one of the tweets, it says something about other wingers saying the same thing. like parrots, are they repeating what their beloved media gods have told them? giving their dittoheads false info about australia? because the fans would believe every word, every fabrication that their media gods sputtered, without looking up the facts for themselves.

[hifiguy]

128. No excuse for not knowing that Australia

does not have a President, much less a "male Christian president."

There's this amazing thing called Google out there. 18 is old enough to know how to use it. Hell, ten is old enough to know how to use Google. Check a couple of basic facts before exposing your monstrous ignorance to the world.

If you don't want to be called an idiot in public, don't say monumentally idiotic things in public.

[whathehell]

197. Bullshit. There are adults who don't know such things and they're NOT just in the US

and if you don't believe me, I'm afraid you'll have to go abroad as often as I have.

Stop looking for an excuse to attack this kid. Were she were a boy,

I DOUBT you'd all find it so monumental a source of amusement,

not to mention sexual innuendo.

[hifiguy]

210. Like I said, there's Google and Wikipedia.

Ten year olds know how to use them.

And precisely where is anything remotely resembling sexual innuendo in my post? Jeebus wept. Every day is Festivus for some people, apparently.

If you say something ignorant in public expect to get called on it.

[whathehell]

212. And if you say something Sexist on a progressive site, expect to get called on That..

and, no, dear, I didn't accuse YOU of saying anything specifically sexist but the ridicule IS

a tad MUCH, more extensive for sure that it would be were it a dumb BOY,

and I think if you're at all honest, you'll admit that.

Beyond that, It seems you missed the "concumbine" discussion.

[hifiguy]

219. No, I didn't. And it was ridiculous.

I for one would brutally mock anyone who displays that kind of ignorance.

[whathehell]

226. Yeah, too bad a DU jury thought otherwise and HID the thread that complained about it.

[Major Nikon]

241. Well that settles it then

Who could possibly dispute the fact that DU juries are completely infallible?

[redqueen]

136. I didn't see anything that bad right away... the Twitter responses seemed to me

to be more joking than bullying.

But then I scanned this thread and saw one post that makes me kinda agree with you.

There is a difference between joking and bullying. People disagree where that line is of course. AFAIC, it was crossed at least once in this thread.

[muriel_volestrangler]

149. "we all say and do stupid things at that age" - what, like vote Republican?

She's old enough to vote, and she's old enough to stand up for her political beliefs. She thinks she's old enough to decide for herself which country to live in. And she's old enough to have her ignorance, which she proudly made public on Twitter, to be corrected and then laughed at.

[sabrina 1]

153. I agree with you. She is just a kid.

Thanks for trying anyhow. I hope she is not too badly affected by all of this.

[treestar]

189. Then do you think the age of majority should be raised?

Just curious.

[Violet_Crumble]

113. Heh heh. Stupid Republicans, come on down!! We've got a few surprises for you...

You'll be fleeing straight back to Dumbarseville, USA, once you get an eyeful of all the stuff we've got here that yr fighting yr hardest to stop happening or to get rid of in the US...

[hifiguy]

248. I think the fact that your PM is a leftish female atheist

who lives with her partner would be enough to send them reeling into a gorge somewhere. With luck it would have some of the more poisonous forms of Aussie wildlife - snakes, spiders, et al - in residence to greet them.

[Violet_Crumble]

249. LOL. I hope that gorge is situated in the US, not here...

We don't need a whole lot of Stupid being imported here when we have our own homegrown variety already. I'm hoping some Republican somewhere will discover that new thing called Google and discover that we're really not that desirable a destination for them, what with all the things we have that they hate

[hifiguy]

252. The average 'pubbie couldn't find Oz

on a map in half an hour. We're stuck with then, I'm afraid. I think that some of them are so damned dumb that they will just keel over one day when they forget to breathe.

[ohiosmith]

114. This post was alerted on. The jury voted 5/1 to let it stand.

At Thu Nov 8, 2012, 02:02 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Aussies laughing their heads off over anti-Obama teen girl.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021762663

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)

ALERTER'S COMMENTS:

Okay, everybody had their laugh over this. But what does it say about the people here when we launch all these personal attacks against this poor girl who didn't ask for any of this?

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Nov 8, 2012, 02:12 PM, and the Jury voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Stupid alert.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: She publicly posted! I see no problem.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT and said: Girl is a kid. Shouldn''t be held up to such scorn.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said:
Actions have consequences and she is an adult.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Does the alerter really think this idiot is reading these posts?

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[trof]

119. I will, of course, abide by the jury's decision.

[Bucky]

121. Maybe she meant the *other* Australia, you know, the one next to Switzerland.

Where the hills are alive with the Sound of Music.

[mwooldri]

122. Australia has a President now? That's news.

Last I checked, the head of state was Queen Elizabeth II, and nominal head of the Church of England... well 1/3rd right I suppose but she gonna like that Anglican religion?

She's gonna have more luck moving to a country where the British have never invaded. Not many choices there apparently either.

[Douglas Carpenter]

126. knr

[4th law of robotics]

127. She had internet access . . . which means she could have wikied it

which means she just doesn't care about the facts.

[Godot51]

130. The Golden Rule #666 :

Ignorance is golden.

[DissidentVoice]

132. Do some research before saying you're going to move to Aussie, Kristin!

First of all, Australia is an independent constitutional monarchy within the British Commonwealth with Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State, represented by Governor-General Quentin Bryce, who is female.

As has been noted, the Prime Minister is Julia Gillard, who is also female and an atheist.

The position of "president" is not used in the Australian Government...who have a slightly-modified British Westminster-derived form of government (parliamentary democracy).

If this young woman hates the Democrats, she wouldn't like the governing Australian Labor Party either.

No wonder our Australian cousins are laughing at Ms Neel.

[BigDemVoter]

139. Looks like some kind of demented porn actress about to do something unspeakable.

[whathehell]

201. Oh, I imagine You could "speak of it"

with nary a tingle.

[K-Matt]

140. Maybe it was sarcasm

I mean, she really went out of her way to get everything wrong!

[trof]

141. I think this is my first post to ever go 'viral'.

Damn.
I sent a link to my Aussie friend who emailed it to me.
Bless her heart.

[Warren DeMontague]

143. Like, Ohmigod!

[abelenkpe]

144. Pampered white upper middle class suburban willfully ignorant bigot

I'm sure she's just parroting what her parents and church taught her.

[paparush]

145. She should join the Freepers moving to Canada to avoid socialized medicine.

You can't make this stuff up.

[Douglas Carpenter]

146. almost to a person - right-wingers know absolutely nothing about other countries to the point of

willful ignorance

[Curmudgeoness]

147. Hell, I think I'd like to move to Australia.

An atheist female Prime Minister who is living in sin......now that is something I don't expect to see in this century in the US!

"I think you meant Antarctica. Move there,'' tweeted @post_rock0--------------

[tavalon]

148. Aw, how cute

I bet her rocket scientist parents taught her world geopolitics.

[DirkGently]

150. That's nearly perfect.

Careful outside the rightwing Fact Bubble, little one.

[ProSense]

151. .

[FieryLocks]

154. Looks like someone is stuck in the 80s

[NoGOPZone]

155. You mean her IQ? nt

[muntrv]

159. Ignorance is bliss for pukes like Kristen Neel.

[muntrv]

160. Like Mitt, no fact checker will stop her.

[muntrv]

161. Ahem, repukes...

[Berlin Expat]

193. What's even more ironic

is that guns were outlawed in Australia after the Port Arthur Massacre, by (then) PM John Howard, a conservative. He championed gun control, and got it passed, after that horrific event.

I think it's most likely the young lady may have John Howard in mind when she posted her original tweet; however Mr. Howard has been out of office since 2007. So, she's about five years too late.

[AsahinaKimi]

162. Fair Dinkum????

[W T F]

166. Maybe she should move to "the Iraq" instead.

[AnnieBW]

168. Aussies know more about U.S. Politics Than Most Americans

We were there four years ago, right after the election. (In fact, we were taking off four years ago today.) We heard lots of stories on Australian TV about Obama's Cabinet choices, and many Aussies chatted us up about the election. They were all for Obama, naturally. We even saw an Obama 2008 sign in the window of a shop on Bondi Beach.

[treestar]

224. And most Aussies would prefer Obama

win - that's what is so ironically hilarious about freepers thinking they will have a good time there.

[Crunchy Frog]

175. LOL! That's the funniest thing I've seen in ages.

Could we take up a collection to relocate her to Antarctica? The penguins must have a Christian male leader that she'd be happy with.

[Peace Patriot]

182. Unh-uh, nope! Male penguins hold the egg on their feet all winter...

...to keep it from freezing on the cold, cold ice--shared duty with mama penguins.

We'll have to look elsewhere in the animal kingdom for a Christian male!

[Up2Late]

176. Oh, it just figures that she's from Georgia, our ReThuglicans are mega stupid...

yet they think they are smart, thanks to our Diebold rigged election.

[davidpdx]

178. It's ignorant people like this that embarrass our country

I say we just deport her and her buddies. Take a C-130 full of them and push them out over the ocean. Let the sharks take care of the rest.

[dchill]

180. K & R.

[iamthebandfanman]

184. reminds me of a young wingnut guy back in 2008

who in a TV interview said he was moving to spain if obama won..
to spain that had an ACTUAL socialist government....
lol

[whathehell]

199. An ignorant "guy", numerous as they may be, will never get the play here a "girl" does

Just not as good an excuse for misogyny and ridicule, dontcha know?

[hifiguy]

211. That is a completely unsubstantiated allegation.

And you know it.

[whathehell]

213. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

My allegation is "unsubstantiated" for one or two reasons only.


1. The lack of time and/or energy to document it.

2. The lack of interest by most of the males on this site to do it.


End of Story..Goodbye.

[opiate69]

217. "An ignorant guy... would never get the play here like a girl would"

I`m sorry... you were saying??

[hifiguy]

220. + a googolplex

That moran has been a DU meme for more than seven years.

[whathehell]

235. Fail...Unless, of course, you want to recount all the sexual jibes it engendered.

Duh.

[opiate69]

236. The only Fail I see here is your semi-coherent rambling.

And your laughable attempts to defend an unhinged screed which was rightfully hidden by a jury.

[Major Nikon]

250. Well...there's this...

Right here in the same thread, no less.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1773574

Makes me wonder who is paying for your laudable command of the language and how much. If it's in the mid six figure range please let me know as I'd rather like to drop off a resume. Thanks.

Cheers!

[Major Nikon]

247. "recount all the sexual jibes"

Ah yes, memories...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1684306&mesg_id=1684366

From one of our more outspoken opponents of sexism (supposedly):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021044216#post2

And who can forget this one...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002459853#post41

I`m sorry... you were saying??

[Major Nikon]

242. Certainly no men have ever been referred to as "Limp Dick" on DU

And even if they were, a jury would have most certainly hidden it right after the inevitable alert, not that there's any misandry or ridicule associated with that term of endearment.

So yes, you make a good point here.

[pam4water]

187. Looks like she delete here account. O:>

[whathehell]

198. "Looks like she delete 'here' account"?.

She's a kid. What's your excuse?

[pam4water]

254. Sorry to see someone with FDR as an avatar has nothing better to do than snipe. :(

Put on full ignore list.

[appleannie1]

200. It went viral on facebook too. That is where I saw it.

[cecilfirefox]

232. Another priceless story post-win! lol!! nt

[Catherine Vincent]

237. I like this one:

"I think you meant Antarctica. Move there,'' tweeted @post_rock0.



She's pretty. I just wonder if she tweeted it on purpose knowing she was way off just so she could get her tweet retweeted with her pic attached.