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In reply to the discussion: It's almost time for a big "Welcome Back" to Willy T [View all]whatchamacallit
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It's a lame cartoon, but a lamer hide.
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it was a right wing attack on the pres and the poster just thought it was hilarious
JI7
May 2014
#16
who said they didn't ? again, this is a democratic site, why are some always upset at how unfair
JI7
May 2014
#34
I will bet your posts of "W" would get a real chuckle over at "Republican Underground."
MADem
May 2014
#144
that's how BBI slipped up... he got desperate and couldn't help himself from using RW sources...
dionysus
Jun 2014
#368
That's flat out bullcrap. The Third Way dont like him and look to hide his posts.
rhett o rick
May 2014
#177
Yep, you are correct. They are NOT 'liberals'. Willy is a Liberal. They are Third Wayers and as we
sabrina 1
May 2014
#290
Sounds like Over Reactive Alerters...doesn't it? After all "Willy T" has huge amount of posts
KoKo
May 2014
#174
skinner addresed that once in ATA and said the daily amount of alerts is much smaller than we think.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#371
sure. i can't disagree on that. at least activate the alert percentages in the profiles that are
dionysus
Jun 2014
#383
it's only biased to the opinion of the 7 randomly chosen people to serve on that particular jury.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#373
at least we don't post rightwing attacks from rightwing Republicans like willy did.
geek tragedy
May 2014
#213
not everything, just rightwing garbage. you're free to join free republic or discussionist
geek tragedy
May 2014
#227
That's low, even for you. It looks like the Third Way'ers have declared a war on the left. nm
rhett o rick
May 2014
#180
that's going a little too far. i'm not a fan of Willy, but i don't see him as malicious as other
dionysus
Jun 2014
#394
It wasnt a right wing cartoon. But you dont care. Any chance to hide a lefty.
rhett o rick
May 2014
#302
if you look the post linking to a bunch of the guys other work, he appears to be quite RW. nt
dionysus
Jun 2014
#374
I am going to take a guess at your point. Guess 1, WillyT should have done more research
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#379
1: most likely scenario; the typical teleprompter "joke" is a RW one, but there can be a funny one
dionysus
Jun 2014
#382
I was not aware that "the typical teleprompter joke" is RW. I would hope that liberals
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#384
Edited - you can see the cartoon from the WaPo in his thread by showing the post.
Aerows
May 2014
#15
"Do you think the point of the cartoon is to say Obama is so smart that he can read Chinese
Aerows
May 2014
#94
bowing to a foreign leader is another rightwing meme attack on the president
geek tragedy
May 2014
#241
are you saying you agree with the rightwing attacks from this cartoonist?
geek tragedy
May 2014
#254
c'mon, it was a rehash of the lame old "he's not smart so he needs a teleprompter to speak" meme.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#366
maybe so, but neither of us are alone in our interpretations of the intent behind the post.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#369
Yeah, go figure, people don't want to see this place become free republic or discussionist
geek tragedy
May 2014
#224
not as upset as the people whining in this thread because rightwing garbage
geek tragedy
May 2014
#274
I don't think Willy himself was being malicious, but teleprompter jokes are RW in origin.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#393
Does it not show Obama reading, mindlessly, whatever is put in front of him?
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#196
You do realize Scott Stantis, the cartoonist, is a right-wing Obama hater, right?
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#317
LMAO. It was a rightwing Republican who drew it. the sophisticated ones are the ones
geek tragedy
May 2014
#248
Of course. I'm sure you've never heard of Obama being born in Kenya, either...
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#113
lots of people are throwing outrageous whiny temper tantrums over that post being hidden
geek tragedy
May 2014
#286
Shall I copy and paste all of the vicious attacks and conspiracy mongering
geek tragedy
May 2014
#298
you were the one talking about sock puppets being deployed to alert on posts like that, no?
geek tragedy
May 2014
#307
Intent is irrelevant, as people are reacting to their interpretation of what they see
pinboy3niner
May 2014
#295
they are feeling outrage, because it does not occur to them that they do not know everything.
geek tragedy
May 2014
#301
LOL! I bet the person who alerted is angry WillyT's post was alerted...
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#118
with one cartoon alone, i can see that point of view.. but in this thread there's links to more of
dionysus
Jun 2014
#381
ok nostrodamus, mods would have definitely locked the thread for it being a RW toon, despite
dionysus
Jun 2014
#390
It was 100% a good hide. It was rightwing cartoon from a hardcore rightwing cartoonist.
geek tragedy
May 2014
#211
I wouldn't be too sure the raccoons aren't hatching their evil plots behind your back
pinboy3niner
May 2014
#159
I'm don't see eye to eye with hom on a lot of issues, but I hope he's back soon
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2014
#42
Hi WillyT, stay well and we'll see you soon. Obama would have laughed, I think.
Jefferson23
May 2014
#76
I thought it was funny that the Chinese hacking the teleprompter made his point
pinboy3niner
May 2014
#95
No he does not do that, agreed. It was an unfortunate hide, madfloridian. n/t
Jefferson23
May 2014
#121
I'd never heard of teleprompter jokes until Drunken Irishman posted them above.
madfloridian
May 2014
#77
really ? you have never heard of teleprompter jokes against Obama from the right wing ?
JI7
May 2014
#81
This place has been a great posting place for him, for me, and many others like us.
madfloridian
May 2014
#140
But, good "lord", mad, shouldn't they pluck their eyes out lest they view an offending passage?
jtuck004
May 2014
#354
Because it's been a common attack on the President since he became president...
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#204
It's an attack from a writer who has done anti-Obama cartoons in the past.
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#316
It's hard to miss when there's been thousands of threads about it over the years...
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#199
I understand now, but before learning it was a right wing cartoonist and about that RW
Jamastiene
Jun 2014
#362
The haters are getting desperate. Alerting, locking, hiding, censoring, that's all they got. They
rhett o rick
May 2014
#181
But the unlimited safe-harbor for hating dissenters, doesn't that count for something?
bobduca
May 2014
#188
Not if the "site's owners" are liberals. Liberals dont alert, lock, hide and hate. Just sayin. nm
rhett o rick
May 2014
#191
with all due respect MadF, are you serious? they were everywhere, well documented on DU for years...
dionysus
Jun 2014
#392
You're being too nice. It's more like junior misses being in the basement playing DD.
L0oniX
May 2014
#225
Well, call me stupid then....on the podium it said Fighting Cyber Crimes.
madfloridian
May 2014
#347
juries are random, Willy just got bad draws. i don't agree with him on some things but i see him as
dionysus
Jun 2014
#395
Dammit - I wish I'd known about so many hides and possibility of getting suspended...
nc4bo
May 2014
#185
Good hide. it was a wingnut teleprompter joke by a wingnut cartoonist, Scott Stantis
geek tragedy
May 2014
#198
Wow, Guess there's lot of us "freepers" around here. Hate to be thought of that way.
madfloridian
May 2014
#203
No, they correctly perceive him as a liberal who is very good at exposing
woo me with science
May 2014
#236
and tons of DUers who think it's a-ok to spread that rightwing, borderline racist horseshit here. nt
geek tragedy
May 2014
#242
You're way out of line and your implications are not accurate nor honorable. n/t
Jefferson23
May 2014
#278
You're absoultely correct about WillyT, he is not and never was a racist. Glad you agree.
Jefferson23
May 2014
#300
the problem is that a great many who had the wrong impression of that cartoon
geek tragedy
May 2014
#305
You were correct about the cartoon? No, the cartoon and it's meaning, motive, is
Jefferson23
May 2014
#308
In Feb 2013 the NY Times wrote a big story on the Chinese government and hacking
hack89
May 2014
#332
ya, some of the other ones were bad hides, but kinda ironically this one was well deserved
geek tragedy
May 2014
#264
they are trying to get a critic of the obama administration kicked off of here.
m-lekktor
May 2014
#266