I just smacked down a Freeper. Ask me anything!

[CubsFan1982]

I was browsing the college message board, and I saw one of the College Repugs post something about Oliver North in the political forum. This is what I found.

Do you remember this??
It was 1987!
At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news video of Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan Administration.
There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree, but what he said was stunning!
He was being drilled by a senator; "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security system?"
Ollie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir."
The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, "Isn't that just a little excessive?"
"No, sir," continued Ollie.
"No? And why not?" the senator asked.
"Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir."
"Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned.
"By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered.
"Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?"
"His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied.
At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't pronounce it, which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple of people laughed at the attempt. Then the senator continued. Why are you so afraid of this man?" the senator asked.
"Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of", Ollie answered.
"And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator.
"Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin team be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth."
The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was shown of the clip.

By the way, that senator was Al Gore!

Also:

Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called "political prisoners."
However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands,
The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, "insisted" that all prisoners be released.
Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked the US by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center. This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified.
It was censored in the US from all later reports.

This is what I posted in response:

Lies! Here's the truth (something which most Republicans like X are miraculously immune to) from snopes.com:

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.htm

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/atta.htm

Care to apologize for your untruths, X? I'll be waiting for that unlikely day.

It was FUN. :D

[enigmatic]

1. Good God, that's a moldy oldie...

That email was debunked in 2001, I think...

Good job, though; I can't believe some still fall for that..

[Goldmund]

2. LOL did he respond to that?

[CubsFan1982]

3. Not yet.

And he probably won't. The dude would sooner date his mother than admit he was wrong.

[mermaid]

4. You Rock!!

They wanna dredge up shit from the past and twist it out of context...we can come up with the straight dope, and smack them down with it!!!

It's like...when these FReeper buttheads go on about this country being founded as "a Christian nation" I merely refer them to the Treaty of Tripoli, signed in 1796. That shuts them up fast.

[CanuckAmok]

5. You'll get the standard RW reply:

that the media source you're quoting (in this case it's Snopes) has a Liberal bias, just like the rest of the mass-media.

That is, if you get a reply at all.

See, there's no reasoning with these people...they prefer being uninformed but comfortable. it beats awareness and the resulting concern for what's going on.

[giant_robot]

6. WTG, Cubs Fan!

I love Snopes! There's no quicker way to debunk right-wing bullshit.

[CubsFan1982]

14. Like someone else mentioned...

It really reflects on their intelligence that they're taken in so easily by something that can be disproven in 10 seconds flat.

[Skittles]

7. next time ask them this

why are you so readily willing to fall for propaganda when ten seconds' research on the web would have shown you were posting CRAP?

[CubsFan1982]

8. LOL

That's good, but the Repugs at my school (who are pretty universally dumbass freeper douchebags) will just continue to argue their dumb statements or just not say anything. Sure makes 'em look stupid, though. :D

[realisticphish]

9. hahaha

smackdowns rule :headbang:

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Skink]

12. How's that for Blowback you little Freep.

:silly: I'd post that to warn any other freeps in his support group.

[Tweed]

10. That's awesome!

Nice one M!

Cheers! :toast:

[CubsFan1982]

13. I knew you'd get a kick outta that.

It was so fun and SO easy to do. :D

[hfojvt]

11. clearly the poster knows he was lying

since his claim was that he saw the video himself. It could not be true since there is no video to see. But spread the lie anyway as if you have really witnessed it. The Lord loves a liar.

[democracyindanger]

15. You should start calling him Jeff Gannon

Copying right-wing talking points without even making an effort to disguise his cut-and-pasting.

[CubsFan1982]

16. LOL

And this guy in particular is a major league homophobe. Can't bear to be in the same county as one. Ironic that I've posted about Gannon/Guckert in that forum and I haven't heard one righteously indignant peep outta him. :D

[Robeson]

17. You are....

...da man! :toast:

[CubsFan1982]

18. Kick

I just like people to see how stupid these kinda idiots are. :D

[elperromagico]

19. It's a shame the "liberal media" isn't smacking down Bush's lies

like you smacked down this guy's lies.

Good on ya, Blue! :thumbsup:

[UrbScotty]

20. You go girl/guy!

Now, my question: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?

[Richardo]

21. Point out to the dweeb that even OLLIE NORTH debunked this one

Moran. :eyes:

I'll tell you what: if that's the caliber of republican intellectual prowess going through college, I feel a lot better about the future.

[CubsFan1982]

22. Oh, yeah.

I posted that as a follow up yesterday. Douchebag STILL hasn't responded, although he did delete his post. Moran! :P

[DelawareValleyDem]

23. Friggin Freeps fall for that EVERY time

It's actually funny