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MOBILE (The Borowitz Report)A rally featuring a racist speaker Friday night in Mobile attracted a crowd of just twenty thousand people, widely considered a disappointing turnout for a racist event in Alabama.
According to racist event planners in the state, a crowd of twenty thousand would rank the event as one of the smaller racist rallies in Alabama this year.
Organizers of the rally were quick to defend the size of the turnout. There is always a lot of competition for the racist audience in Alabama, an aide to the speaker said. There were other racists speaking at other venues in the state Friday night. Plus, a lot of racists now prefer to stay at home and stream racist content on the Internet. Given all the options available to racists, I think twenty thousand is a solid number.
Harland Dorrinson, a longtime racist event planner in Alabama, disagreed, claiming that the size of the crowd was more reminiscent of non-racist events in the state. You go around spewing hatred every chance you get, and then you only draw twenty thousand in Alabama? he said. The people who organized this event need to sit down and figure out what went wrong.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/twenty-thousand-considered-disappointing-turnout-for-racist-event-in-alabama
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...the job that they set out to do..and that's to lead the fine Christian people of the great State of Alabama completely down the wrong path. Why almost half of the crowd had NO Rebel flag or even a shotgun to protect themselves in case the darkies got uppity.
It's a sad, sad day and I can only hope the great words of George Wallace will turn this crowd back into the right-thinking people that made this place a paradise.
JustAnotherGen
(31,907 posts)On Sat Aug 22, 2015, 09:36 AM an alert was sent on the following post:
I think this just shows that the media and the Liberal Jew news outlets and newspapers are doing..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7100656
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Bigoted troll.
You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sat Aug 22, 2015, 09:42 AM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
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Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: BlueJazz is being sarcastic. You have to be familiar with Borowitz. He's bouncing off of Borowitz's mockery of the racist nature of the Trump campaign.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: The OP is satire, as is the response. Perhaps a sarcasm emoticon is needed on everything?
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I don't think it's a bigoted troll, but one poster who forgot the sarcasm thingy. If not, shame on them.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I think the alerter is sorta missing the point.
IT'S SATIRE!
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Explanation: "Liberal Jew news outlets"? Really, BlueJazz??
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I'm juror #3 - don't think everyone is familiar with Borowitz
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...what all fine folks he-ah on this sight would do.*
*and I thank you kindly.
JustAnotherGen
(31,907 posts)It cracked me up!
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Thank you!
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)I knew what it was.. now back to work. where's the Onion...
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Love the bit about racists preferring to stay home and stream their racist content!
JustAnotherGen
(31,907 posts)I follow him!
But it takes one juror with a bone to pick and someone who doesn't favorite every single one of his tweets to get a BRILLIANT post hidden.
And blue jazz's post was brilliant. My husband is acquainted with a crazy person who actually thinks shit like that.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)aggiesal
(8,924 posts)Thinking, Damn! He's getting as popular as Bernie!
Then I noticed Borowitz.
Very funny.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)I especially like the way he dressed like a cop waving the Confederate flag while riding a lion.