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Ariel Castro is dead... Now Cuba can be free! (Original Post) MrScorpio Sep 2013 OP
Not sure who is serious and who is trolling there... n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #1
Unfortunately, a couple of those might be serious. -nt CakeGrrl Sep 2013 #11
* DJ13 Sep 2013 #2
Can't tell you how many times I have done that IRL and at the DU. Silent isn't Consent. It's Sanity. freshwest Sep 2013 #15
JHTFC, are people so stupid??! Rochester Sep 2013 #3
Hooray! Cuba is FREE! Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #4
OK, now that is funny. n/t fasttense Sep 2013 #30
Seriously. I checked the time on my iPhone at around 4am and saw the breaking news from nytimes.com onehandle Sep 2013 #5
... NuclearDem Sep 2013 #6
Fidel, es el Comandante:-) Janecita Sep 2013 #20
heh RandiFan1290 Sep 2013 #7
Has anyone ever seen Fidel and Ariel awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #8
I see what you did there. longship Sep 2013 #13
You know, when this Ariel Castro story surfaced the first time.... jberryhill Sep 2013 #9
End the blockade!!11! lpbk2713 Sep 2013 #10
....sheeze.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #12
Wow! backscatter712 Sep 2013 #14
The Kingdom of Doh advances! No escape from the Idiocracy. Sigh. freshwest Sep 2013 #16
Haha Iliyah Sep 2013 #22
Whaaaaaaat? erpowers Sep 2013 #17
Are you freaking kidding me - LOL Iliyah Sep 2013 #18
Whaaaat? You mean there's more than one family Ilsa Sep 2013 #19
PLEASE tell me this is from the Onion!! niyad Sep 2013 #21
It's not... MrScorpio Sep 2013 #27
Ignorance is frightening. Long live Fidel Castro. jwirr Sep 2013 #23
I'd bet on this being a trolling joker. Lucky Luciano Sep 2013 #24
I think we might be losing the argument that we are the intelligent race Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #25
American education at work. nt valerief Sep 2013 #26
people aren't that dumb. heaven05 Sep 2013 #28
Oh, you mean FIDEL Castro? edbermac Sep 2013 #29
Thanks for that memory. freshwest Sep 2013 #32
Bummer. I didn't know the little mermaid had a last name. n/t lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #31

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
15. Can't tell you how many times I have done that IRL and at the DU. Silent isn't Consent. It's Sanity.
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 07:01 PM
Sep 2013

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
5. Seriously. I checked the time on my iPhone at around 4am and saw the breaking news from nytimes.com
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 05:58 PM
Sep 2013

...popped up on my screen. It took me a second or two to discern the multiple Castros.

I did not tweet about it. I went back to sleep.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
9. You know, when this Ariel Castro story surfaced the first time....
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 06:06 PM
Sep 2013

...I was thinking "Is that the lesbian cousin or something?"

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
17. Whaaaaaaat?
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 07:08 PM
Sep 2013

I am very sorry, but, for me, this is both funny and sad at the same time. It is shocking that some people can be so misinformed. How can someone confuse Fidel Castro and his brother with Ariel Castro?

Lucky Luciano

(11,257 posts)
24. I'd bet on this being a trolling joker.
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 08:07 PM
Sep 2013

I have been known to tell stupid jokes like that in person. On the Internet, it may cone out poorly.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
25. I think we might be losing the argument that we are the intelligent race
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 08:08 PM
Sep 2013

on the Earth. I really do sometimes..........

Well. guess I'll wipe out the last of the tequila.......

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