Look how tastefuL the freepers are

[sniffa]

it just warms my heart.

[sniffa]

1. so cLassy

[johnfunk]

20. Pathetically lame

... as is common for FReeptrash...

[Tesla]

2. They have no idea what karma is or means, do they???

[GreenPartyVoter]

31. But Karma knows all about THEM

[Hugin]

42. .

That's a great expression!

"You may not know Karma, but, Karma knows you."

Very good GPV!

:)

[GreenPartyVoter]

47. :^) Well, ok.. you get half credit though, for phrasing it just right

[Hugin]

51. I like this much better than the Irony version...

It's got an implied comeuppance.

[GreenPartyVoter]

52. Yeah. I admit to having an emotinal need for knowing that

somehow, some way, bad people get theirs. (Of course, I believe in an afterlife that starts with a purgatory where you relive all your sins from your victims' point of view.)

[sniffa]

3. ha ha - Look at her grief

[mandomom]

4. Mocking the heroic American families.

This brings to mind the purple heart bandaids during the GOP convention, and the many candid moments when Bush and Cheney speak what they really feel, but the negligent press of America refuses to expose them.

[Hugin]

5. The worse it gets for them...

The stupider their graphics get.

How could *anyone* but a Cross Crusher think that
either of these is in any way "funny"?

[ProfessorGAC]

25. I Have A Question About That!

How could they or anything they do get stupider? That seems impossible.
The Professor

[SeanQ]

33. Cross Crushers!!

:mad:

I'd love to see that meme spread. What a perfect term for them!

[skypilot]

6. It's pathetic when freepers try to be funny.

There is something missing in their makeup that prevents them from 1)Actually being funny. 2)Realizing when they are simply being tasteless jackasses.

[YOY]

7. They really think it's all about the politics 100% of the time don't they?

Sick, sick, sick, sick,....

[magellan]

9. Yes, they do. Gives new meaning to "political animal", doesn't it? (nt)

[Hugin]

12. Yup... It's all a flipping "sporting event" or "reality show"...

But, don't worry God is waiting in the wings to
forgive your stupidity.

I doubt it.

[formerrepuke]

8. It's obvious from the photo what they are really crying about-

what callousness it must take to trivialize their grief into a lame Hillary-bashing joke.

[displacedtexan]

10. These people obviously do not believe in God.

There is no way that this could be called "a Christian act."

How absolutely pathetic!

[Modem Butterfly]

43. That's a shitty thing to say about people who don't believe in your god

Which includes a number of non-Freepers, myself included.

And just so you know, I have never engaged in a Xian act in my entire life, and would never DREAM of doing something like that.

[trotsky]

49. I don't believe in god.

And I would never do such a thing.

Retract your bigoted statement.

[onager]

55. Remember, we atheists can't be patriots or citizens!

Poopy Bu$h said so, back in 1988. Atheists can't be patriots and shouldn't be citizens.

Odd to see a DU'er agreeing with him, though. Isn't it?

[beam me up scottie]

60. Right.

And since christians don't do anything wrong, the person who perpetrated the act couldn't be one of them.

I knew I felt guilty about something this morning...

[Modem Butterfly]

63. He directly smeared atheists and indirectly smeared all non-Xians

This, to me, is a very big deal.

[beam me up scottie]

65. Exactly. Jews, Muslims, Buddhists...

kind of a one-size-fits-all slur.

Very efficient.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

56. I think what he's trying to say is......

....these people like to think they DO believe in God, and are the most rightous about it as far as holding themselves above everyone else. But clearly, they don't live the life that would make any good-hearted person's God OR moral values proud.

[Modem Butterfly]

59. He was quite clear in saying associating this act with atheism

Even his post title said as much.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

66. It was clearly a poor choice of phrasing

I got what the guy was trying to say without seeing it as a slam on atheists. "These people don't believe in a moral compass" may have been a better way to say it.

Either way, let's save the scorn clearly for where it belongs, on the POS freeper who should rot in hell, purgatory or the ground, whichever you prefer.

[Modem Butterfly]

67. "These people don't believe in a moral compass"

So not believing in god = lacks morality.

Got it.

:eyes:

You know what? Me and my godless lack of morality will take offense wherever we find it, whether you like it or not.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

72. See, now you are jumping to conclusions about what I'm trying to say

Every GOOD person has a moral compass. Atheist, Jew or Gentile. If you have another term for it, feel free to let me know, and I'll use that term instead. That's just myy term. It has nothing to do with religion.

The people who created that graphic, they have zip.

[Modem Butterfly]

73. He said "these people obviously do not believe in god"

You said you would have substituted "don't have a moral compass" as an alternate way to say that these people don't believe in god.

I think the original post, in this case, was probably exactly what this person meant to say. Maybe they didn't want to express their bigotry so freely, but it came out all the same.

[Straight Shooter]

68. I read it the way you read it, too, ProudToBeBlue

I do not believe in the "God" of the Bible, although I love the idea of Jesus as a Master Teacher.

The post did not offend me, nor did its title. I read it as those who approve of the desecration of the crosses are hypocrites because they speak of believing in God and thump their Bibles over our collective heads, but their actions clearly show they have no respect for God's word and thus must not believe that God exists, else why would they provoke him by destroying a universal symbol of sacrifice?

[Modem Butterfly]

69. Since when is the cross a universal symbol of sacrifice?

[beam me up scottie]

That "universal symbol of sacrifice" is a christian symbol and it

should not have been used to represent dead soldiers who were not christian.

That is about as offensive and disrespectful of the dead as you can get.

It is NOT a universal symbol of sacrifice unless everybody in the universe is christian.

[trotsky]

91. "...they have no respect for God's word..."

Well, that "word" is subject to MUCH interpretation now, isn't it? If their interpretation differs from yours, and theirs also says that they SHOULD disrespect other interpretations (as corruptions from Satan), then they very well DO believe in God and are acting just like they think God wants them to.

[displacedtexan]

97. Thanks. That's exactly what I was trying to say.

Sorry I wasn't around today to clear up the misunderstanding.

Religious hypocrites (of any variety) really frost my cookies! I am just so damned mad about how this grieving widow is being treated that I'm just not taking enough time to clarify my statements.

[trotsky]

98. But exactly what you said was:

"These people obviously do not believe in God."

What made you decide to use those words? Is it only people who don't believe in God that can be cruel or heartless?

[beam me up scottie]

64. No, what he said was: "These people obviously do not believe in God.

There is no way that this could be called "a Christian act.""

christian = "good"
non-christian = "bad"

We know what it means, it's not exactly the first time we've heard this.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

71. Anything Jesus would not endorse is not a "Christian" act

And certainly, mocking relatives of a dead person is on that list. I would think that any immoral thing would be a "non-Christian" act. That doesn't mean you as an atheist engage in "non-Christian" acts.

And considering the type of person who created that graphic probably thinks they follow Jesus's word and like to beat their chest about how "Christian" they are, they are only shaming the religion they supposedly have so much faith in. Hence it's not a "Christian" act.
It doesn't mean that people who don't believe in Christ can't have better values than these folks, or live the life that Jesus would want.

And if your name is Scott, or John, or Cindy, then it's a "non-Scott" or a "non-John" or a "non-Cindy" act.

And before you think otherwise, I am an agnostic/with Calvinist leanings who has had debates with many rabid born-agains about how an atheist, or a Jew, or a Muslim who followed the teachings of Christ and lived a good life could burn in hell simply because they didn't pray to him or go to his church. I happen to think you can lead a "Christian" life, and not be a practicing Christian or even think he existed. Most of these scum in freeper land would spit on Jesus if they ever saw him. After all, he was the first liberal.

[beam me up scottie]

74. Christian is NOT the definition of good.

No matter what you were taught.

I'm sick of people substituting that name for all that's good and pure in the world.
Anyone who commits an indecent act is automatically "not a christian".

Bullshit.

You don't get to arbitrarily ban people from your club and put them in ours because their acts might reflect badly on you.

[Modem Butterfly]

76. Thank-you!

I'm not sure how much more clear-cut you can be than to attribute these acts to atheism based solely on their distastefulness. How that escapes people I don't know.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

79. So, they are "Not a Jew" or "Not a Buddhist" either.......

.....but just answer the question......Would Jesus of Nazareth endorse act of running over those crosses (and maybe a Star of David or two, I'm not sure) with a truck?

[beam me up scottie]

82. WWJD?

Are you fucking kidding me?

Do I need to start listing all of the atrocities committed by christians in the past 2000 years?

Like I said, you don't get to cast members out of your club based on whether or not they're a nice person.

Using your logic, any christian who does ANYTHING Jesus wouldn't have done is not a christian.

Wow, your club's down to almost nobody now.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

84. MY club?

I guess you didn't read what I said before about me and religion.

But actually, yeah. I don't know how anyone can claim to be something when they don't follow the teachings. Like Zell Miller saying he's a Democrat and voting for Dumbya and every Republican resolution he can find.

Oh well, that's the last time I try to back up the J-man when I'm not even convinced he was the son of God. I just feel sorry for him with all the shitheads who commit disgusting acts in his name while claiming to love him and worship him and be in his "club".

(Maybe that finally got through, but I doubt it.)

[beam me up scottie]

87. You didn't "back up the jman"

You defended an obvious slur against non-christians.

None of us insulted the "jman" so why would you need to back him up?

If you want to "get through", perhaps you should pick positions that can and should be defended.

Like tolerance.

[trotsky]

95. Would Jesus endorse blood tranfusions?

Organ donations?
Euthanasia?
Abortion?

Who determines what Jesus would or would not endorse, since he hasn't spoken for himself in 2000 years?

[renate]

58. forgive me for putting in my 2 cents

I don't think it was a bigoted statement, myself.
displacedtexan was only pointing out that people who think they're special and holier-than-thou because they call themselves Christian yet do all kinds of horrible, mean-spirited deeds are not following the tenets of the Christian religion.
I didn't take that as meaning that only people who believe in God refrain from running down crosses.
:pals:

[Modem Butterfly]

62. You don't think it's bigoted?

If he had written, "This must be a Jew" or "This must have been a non-white" would it still be hunky-fucking-dory with you?

[trotsky]

93. What's a true Christian?

How do you determine whether someone really is a Christian? I mean, if it's that simple, why don't you just go visit churches from the umpteen hundred sects in existence today and straighten them all out as to what a true Christian is? After all, they have some pretty significant disagreements about faith vs. works, baptism, communion, salvation, etc., etc., etc.

What I object to is the automatic assumption that if someone does something bad, they obviously AREN'T a Christian. Sez who?

[Modem Butterfly]

94. You throw them in a pond and if they float, they're a true Xian

Oh wait, that's witches...

[trotsky]

96. But what *else* floats in water?

Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science? ;-)

[Bill McBlueState]

78. on the contrary, I bet they do believe in that god

A number of people have called you out on your bigoted smear against people who don't believe in the Christian god. And others are trying to qualify what you said to make it sound less offensive.

Maybe you should address all this.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

81. Given the discussion on this subject...

I'm amazed that the Democratic Party has ever won an election.

[njdemocrat106]

88. Actually, this proves the Freepers put politics before God

We all know the Freepers' claim that their political beliefs are Bible-based. Well, it's obvious to me that they serve Bush before anybody else. The Freepers are the biggest hypocrites in the land.

[YankeyMCC]

89. Benefit of the doubt

When I first saw this post I felt again that I was being reminded I'm not part of the "acceptable club" so to speak. I'm an atheist and therefore I must be capable of the same sort of insensitivity and amorality.

However, I give the poster the benefit of the doubt in that I suspect they meant no specific offense to atheists and only meant either one or both of the following:

- These people are hypocrites for claiming to believe in god and still act this way
- These people don't believe in the god the original poster does or at least don't interpret the teachings of god in the same way

The OP might not have set out to offend and merely point out the hypocrisy or bad theology of the freetards but the problem is both of these things have an underlying assumption that you must believe in god to be moral or at least the god the god as imagined by the original poster.

But it just goes to show the sort of insidiousness and subtlety of prejudice and bigotry that is so ingrained in this heavily religious community. The original statement clearly indites anyone who does not believe in god and no one (at least no theists) even those who do not hold active easy to spot biases against atheists don't even notice it, perhaps not even the original poster. But we - at least this atheist and apparently a few others who've posted in response - do feel the offense.

[beam me up scottie]

90. You're right, Yank.

I've been seeing comments like this all over DU and was doing my best to give the posters the benefit of the doubt.

But this went WAY beyond ignorance of offense.

We're supposed to be progressive liberals, would a racist be allowed to make that kind of slur?

And would others jump to their defense so easily?

[Modem Butterfly]

100. "the sort of insidiousness and subtlety of prejudice and bigotry "

I had a great-uncle who used to refer to any kind of negotiations as "Jewing", as in "Don't let that car lot Jew you down on the value of your trade-in". He also used to refer to peope getting "Chinese-eyed" when they were stoned or drunk, and doing a "ring and run" (i.e., ringing the doorbell and running away) was called "n***** knocking". I don't think he ever thought about any of these phrases for more than five minutes total in his entire life. We made excuses for him because he was elderly and he was family. I believed then, and I continue to believe, that this was a mistake. It is never too late to become sensitive to the feelings of others and no one is too old to think about what they're saying.

[dogday]

11. It's not their child or spouse, why should they care?

They don't, and that is why we have to bring our troops home. Because they will use as many of them for fodder as they have to. When they say we don't care, they are telling the truth. They don't care.

[MADem]

13. This is actually a GOOD thing, in all its horror

It rips off the mask of 'compassionate conservatism" rather decisively and lets us see what is behind it--a bunch of crude, rude, moronic assholes! Assholes who hate their fellow Americans and mock Gold Star Mothers. It really is quite incredible.

And these things can't be made to disappear--they can take the pictures down, but they can never take them away. They created them, they put their clumsy foot way over the line.

We see what they are, clearly and starkly. Words and deeds MATTER.

[bertha katzenengel]

37. That's it: couple those photos with that oxymoron and post EVERYWHERE.

"Compassionate Conservatism" indeed. :eyes:

:bounce:

[Tesla]

45. just like the button says....

[aden_nak]

14. Even if you're a jerk, those still aren't very funny.

[Mutley]

15. You know what? It's okay.

These a-holes are showing the world what sick, heartless, bastards they really are. They can no longer hide behind the guise of "supporting the troops" and "patriotism". It is now plainly obvious to the blindest of sheeple what kind of people they've been supporting.

Freeper types like this are only chasing the fence sitters and moderates over to our side. What slightly rational mind would want to be associated with the the type of person who photoshopped that picture? Way to win '06 for us, freeps. :thumbsup:

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. I thought these a-holes showed the world what sick heartless

bastards they are when they put up that site "We're Not Sorry" to counter the "We're Sorry" site? That was proof enough for me.

[Mutley]

30. They tried. But no one saw it.

That site was like one of their pro-war rallies. 10 supporters, and 50 anti-war people gawking in morbid fascination.

[SammyWinstonJack]

48. Hehe

:yoiks:

[lildreamer316]

16. How desparate and sad.

That is THEIR problem.
Moving on........

[spanone]

17. ..and they want others to 'support the troops'. I say Fuck em.

[wake.up.america]

18. These captions were attached to the graphics and posted by the freepers?

I give up!!!!

This is from the people who are trying to set the moral fiber of America?

[sniffa]

21. yep

and the sight of those crosses, "sicken them"

the crosses need to be torn down (jail or not) because "they're the same as mutiLated bodies swinging from a bridge in faLujah"

i can see the comparison. :eyes:

[Hugin]

23. Whaaaat?

Geeze, they're really reaching there.

Unbelievable.

[sniffa]

27. here ya go

To: Chucky is a girlie man
I dont think its asinine.

I consider their "crosses" to be the same as terrorists hanging the dead bodies of Americans from a bridge.

Just as we would fight and die to get to those bodies to cut them down. I would risk jail to cut those disgusting displays down.

233 posted on 08/16/2005 6:19:27 AM PDT by myself6 (Nazi = socialist , democrat=socialist , therefore democrat = Nazi)
< Post Reply | Private Reply | To 68 | View Replies >

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1464124/posts?q=1&&page=201

[Hugin]

38. Cripes!

How is Cindy's display different than say... Any National
Cemetery?

These people are warped!

[deutsey]

40. "Nazi=socialist"?

I really wish these idiots would bother learning history, especially since their heritage is fascism (these goons would have all been cheering wildly for Hitler in the '30s).

I had to disabuse a conservative friend of mine of the notion that the Nazis were socialists. He was absolutely certain that they were...until I showed him the overwhelming historical evidence of the far-right origins of Nazism and fascism.

Interestingly, while that happened a while ago, I learned that recently he has torn down his "Bush/Cheney" sticker from his cubicle and no longer supports the junta. I like to think I planted a seed that's finally bearing fruit.

[Hugin]

41. Good job!

A little reason worked.

Amazing...

[ronnykmarshall]

46. Fucking pigs.

When are those assholes signing up?

[sniffa]

50. 'i'm a chickenhawk hunting for a chicken'

'i'd rather do my fighting with my keyboard cLicking'

[Cats Against Frist]

99. WHEN WILL YOU GET IT -- THEY HAVE TO FIGHT THE "WAR OF IDEAS!"

...from their dorm rooms and recliners. It's haaaaaaard work!!!

:sarcasm:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

80. Wow.....just wow........

....I guess it hurts to be a cowardly freeper.

[gratuitous]

19. Remember the fake controversy over Move On's ad contest?

For those of you who don't remember it, Move On sponsored an ad contest and two of the submissions equated the modern Republican party with the National Socialist party in Germany from the 1930s and 1940s. Okay, they basically called President Bush and his thieving cabal a bunch of Nazis.

Keep in mind that Move On did not produce these ads, but they were submitted to an online contest that Move On was running. However, that didn't stop the right wing shouters on radio, cable and the networks from working themselves up into their highest fake dudgeon about how scandalous it was that Move On was calling our great, popular war-time president the latter-day incarnation of Hitler.

Democrats were buttonholed on program after program, denounced day in and day out for not distancing themselves from Move On, and the entirety of their work was called into question.

I agree that this photo caption crapola is in the worst possible taste, and exposes Freeps for the mean-hearted little people that they are. But on top of that, I'd really like to hear Republicans questioned about whether they support Free Republic, and I'd like to see a little broad-brush tarring of the Right Wing Hate Machine that produces this sort of garbage without any repercussion to right wing politicians.

[symbolman]

44. What was the funniest part of that is that

DRUDGE thought one of those Nazi works was one of MINE, from Takebackthemedia.com - I DID do one that compared Bush and Hitler TWO YEARS before that and it was wildly popular, millions downloaded it for a good laugh (the music was Spike Jones) and it had an actual message in that it informed folks of the Prescott Bush Nazi Steel sales with their bank that was taken away from them by Congress..

The germans especially loved it..

My entry was called ARMY OF ONE and took Bush to task in the MoveOn.org contest and was chosen as one of 14 entries at the top of over 1500 entries..

So when I went on the Joe Scarborough show I was fully expecting to be attacked by him for making one of the Nazi entries, they all had it completely wrong.. instead Joe the Scar kissed my butt the whole show, as he knew that if he said one negative thing to me I was going to SLAM him with, "WHat's the deal Joe, don't you support the troops?"

It was a lot of fun.. I cherish the video and the experience..

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

22. im sure they are crying for the lost election

:sarcasm:

what sick fucks

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. Nominated and

:kick:

[sniffa]

28. thanks

everyone shouLd see this. :mad:

[LisaLynne]

29. That's all they've got?

Make fun of people who are actually standing for something? Who have actually lost people in this stupid war?

I tell you, they are out of ideas. They are desperate and have to resort to their own meanness as some sort of face-saving defense. It's pathetic.

[deutsey]

32. Sad. Really sad.

:evilfrown:

[Swamp Rat]

34. GROSS!!! ... THANKS TO MICHAEL GALLAGHER AND HIS BROWN SHIRTS!!!

:mad:

[Mizmoon]

35. Shameless and distasteful

and that's being generous ...

[YankeyMCC]

36. nitwits

[StaggerLee]

39. I expected no less

Everything is funny to them.

suffering
lies
wars
hunger
treason
violence
the less fortunate
the helpless
the worker
the soldier
the sailor
the marine
the airman

All the pretty crosses and stars of david

It's just a big joke to them.

[Burried News]

53. Actually they just screwed up again.

It's a great picture and they forgot or don't know how to air brush out "Support Our Troops".

The Duke Nukems of the world - shit for brains, dummer than dirt Beavis and Butthead losers.

[Burried News]

57. I am also reminded that these people who absolutely despised

New Yorkers did a complete reversal after 9/11 when it provided them with an outlet for their hatred. They're too dumb to understand their own hypocracy.

I wonder if the Cross Crusher has the chains displayed in the front yard yet.

[Ian_rd]

54. Could the phrase "Support the Troops" ...

... finally be rescued from the asswipes like the Freepers that salivate for every opportunity to send the troops to be killed and maimed? Could Cindy Sheehan save it single-handedly?

Stay tuned.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

61. More scum from the freepers

Why do they hate America so much?

[ComerPerro]

70. What does that text box even mean?

"Don't worry, Hillary will save us?"

:wtf:

[sniffa]

75. means

aLL the goLd star moms care about is getting a democrat in office.

[ComerPerro]

86. Those dirty traitors!

Why do they hate Bush and America

(Bush always comes first)

Support Bush and the USA

Support Bush and our troops

[etherealtruth]

77. I am happy ...

... That I am not as full of hate or as devoid of conscience as "they" are. Actually it is quite sad.

[demgurl]

83. They are truly disgusting.

Just when I think they can not get any worse, they sink even lower.

demgurl

[benburch]

85. We interrupt this thread...

[Mari333]

92. They hate the troops, they hate the mothers of the troops

its that simple.