ONION: Southern Sheriff Pulls Over Obama Campaign Bus For Broken Taillight

[Deep13]

"Now Barry, someone 'bout your height, 'bout your skin color knocked over a Piggly Wiggly up in New Hebron just a coupla hours ago," Clutter continued. "But you wouldn't know nothin' 'bout that, now would you?"

Clutter then turned to Obama's wife, Michelle, looked her up and down, and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/southern_sheriff_pulls_over_obama

[Essene]

1. not funny.

[Deep13]

2. Some people like dark, sarcastic humor, some don't.

:shrug:

[liberal N proud]

3. Sick

Not even as satire, that is sick and racist

[Deep13]

4. The satire is directed at redneck sheriffs.

You got that, right?

[liberal N proud]

5. Redneck Sheriffs actually do that sort of thing

Still!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. All the more reason to make fun of them.

[Kalyke]

10. But not all redneck sheriff's are Southern.

I'm actually pretty tired of the bigotry on that side of the coin, myself.

Racism is wrong.

But so is assuming all Southerners are racist hicks.

[Deep13]

11. Not all Southerners are sheriffs either.

:eyes:

Don't suppose it occurred to anyone that the stereotype might be the target of the article or even that people are uncomfortable remembering that kind of thing in the past.

And frankly, the present redness of the electoral map in the former Confederacy strongly suggests an awful lot of Sourtherners are still like that.

[nyccitizen]

7. Oh come on people, this is sharp satire. Lighten up. nt

[MattNC]

8. I thought it was hilarious

it's The Onion for crying out loud - lighten up! :)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. Hey, I've been pulled over for driving in the "wrong" side of town in Ohio and I thought

it was fucking hilarious.