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In response to "geez, Al Franken. You were halfway to redemption, now you're back to square one (at best) -- (link)" by mud

I wonder if he thought it was funny because it looks kinda like "weasel", but totally whiffed on the obvious antisemitic interpretation? -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Aug 18 '22, 12:38

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He was aiming at Trump's penchant for racists/anti-semites. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 12:40
Errr, he's saying Trump is anti-Semitic and would be making that comment. - Reagen Aug 18, 12:39 17
- I can imagine it working well as a standup bit. On Twitter, notsomuch. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 18, 12:59 1
  - He was flat AF when he filled in for one of the Jimmy's this week. Last week? -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 18, 13:01
- So he's making up an antisemitic quote and attributing it to trump. Why put words in his mouth when the actual words are just as bad, if not worse? -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:40 14
  - no he's citing a faked post as if Trump actually said it. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:41 1
    - That's what I was trying to say, thanks. Phrased it poorly. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:42
  - It's a time honored bit. People need to fucking chillax. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 12:41 11
    - I guess the litmus test is "Would Colbert do it?" ... if he did, I think he'd make it much more clear that it was a fiction. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:43 10
      - Good lord. He's not responsible for dense people falling for an obvious joke and not checking their sources. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 18, 12:45 9
        
        wait, so you're saying AF knew it was a faked post and just went ahead and repeated it. I thought he believed it was real. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:48 8
        
        I'm saying he make the jokey joke and people took him seriously for who knows what fucking reason. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 12:49 7
        
        it works better as an audible joke than in text. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 12:59
        
        he's not making any joke, he's repeating a fake for a laugh. Trump Reality is horrible enough. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:51 5
        
        You're fucking with me, right? - Reagen Aug 18, 12:55 2
        
        he's the originator of it? .. oh. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 12:56 1
        
        Yes. It's just context. Colbert would totally make that joke in his monologue and everyone would know it was a joke. Twitter is a more complicated - pmb Aug 18, 12:58
        
        Others are repeating Franken. Franken made the joke by faking Trump -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 12:54 1
        
        [sigh] -- nm - mud Aug 18, 13:11

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