Top Clinton Donor buys "The Onion", immediately starts posting propaganda.

[Lowe0]

To me they felt less pro-Clinton than anti-Republican. The Supreme Court articles are clearly lampooning Republican stancing towards blocking Obama's nominations.

Step 10: "The Senate votes on whether they like the president or not" was clearly one of such jabs.

That's all? This is the great propaganda machine in action?

Thin. Real thin.

 

[oldpink]

That's all? This is the great propaganda machine in action?

Thin. Real thin.

Again, to you it all looks totally identical to the old Onion, but only because now they're uniformly ridiculing people you don't like, rather than being nominally equal in dishing out the ridicule.

 

[Lowe0]

Again, to you it all looks totally identical to the old Onion, but only because now they're uniformly ridiculing people you don't like, rather than being nominally equal in dishing out the ridicule.

Which is why I specifically asked for examples. What I got back was indicative of the strength of the argument - two of the links were actually making fun of Democrats, not Republicans. One was making fun of Jeb, not for his political stances, but for underperforming. If that's propaganda, then I propose that this may all be overreacting just a smidge.

And if you think Democrats are unwilling to mock their own, then clearly you don't remember Carlos Danger. John Oliver stayed fat and happy off of that one for an entire summer.

 

[Thor]

Somebody mocked someone I agreed with in the past so your complaining about being mocked everyday is invalid. Got it.

And if you disagree and can't provide sufficient clickage to prove me wrong right now you have no argument. Got it.

Ideas don't count when they disagree with ME and should be mocked.

This must be the internet or something...glad I don't live, drink and eat here.

 

[Lowe0]

Somebody mocked someone I agreed with in the past so your complaining about being mocked everyday is invalid. Got it.

And if you disagree and can't provide sufficient clickage to prove me wrong right now you have no argument. Got it.

Ideas don't count when they disagree with ME and should be mocked.

This must be the internet or something...glad I don't live, drink and eat here.

That's not even close to what was originally asserted: that the Onion was now a propaganda arm of the Clinton campaign. Propaganda would be a legitimate complaint; simply not liking being mocked is not.

 

[Thor]

Oh look, a squirrel.

 

[oldpink]

That's not even close to what was originally asserted: that the Onion was now a propaganda arm of the Clinton campaign. Propaganda would be a legitimate complaint; simply not liking being mocked is not.

The problem with you is that you're too thick to see the difference.
A good parallel analogy is Johnnie Carson vs. David Letterman.
Johnnie slammed everyone, especially politicians, and no one was safe, Democrat, Republican, moderate, conservative, and everyone in between.
Letterman was nearly uniform in slamming Republicans, especially conservatives, to the point of getting down in the gutter, e.g. when he made that "joke" about Alex Rodriguez having sex with the then 14-year-old Willow Palin.
As it turns out, Johnnie was very much a liberal, but he was an equal opportunity offender on his show.
Letterman was just a typical nasty lib.
Given your history, bet you were a fan of Letterman, too; and you probably don't even remember the great Johnnie Carson.

 

[Lowe0]

Given your history, bet you were a fan of Letterman, too; and you probably don't even remember the great Johnnie Carson.

Another rebuttal about the poster instead of the question? I wasn't a Letterman fan, and I do remember Carson, but that still doesn't somehow turn those Onion articles into propaganda.

 

[oldpink]

Another rebuttal about the poster instead of the question? I wasn't a Letterman fan, and I do remember Carson, but that still doesn't somehow turn those Onion articles into propaganda.

And, of course, you would be equally non-commital had a prominent conservative bought The Onion​.

 

[Jludo]

As long as they don't start going soft on Biden.

Biden Loses Control Of Butterfly Knife During Commencement Speech - The Onion - America's Finest News Source

 

[Lowe0]

And, of course, you would be equally non-commital had a prominent conservative bought The Onion​.

Making it personal: still not a substitute for an actual argument.

 

[Cerberus]

And, of course, you would be equally non-commital had a prominent conservative bought The Onion​.

Ain't there an old saying about wrestling with a pig?

 

[oldpink]

Ain't there an old saying about wrestling with a pig?

Stop insulting pigs by way of comparison.

 

[Lowe0]

Today's drop of "propaganda":
Clinton Credits Nevada Victory To Inescapable, Pitch-Black Tide Of Fate

Did someone over there not get the memo?

 

[oldpink]

It's hilarious watching the resident SJW constantly defend stupid.

 

[Lowe0]

It's hilarious watching the resident SJW constantly defend stupid.

And that has what, exactly, to do with whether the Onion is a propaganda arm of the Clinton campaign? Address the topic, not the poster.

 

[oldpink]

And that has what, exactly, to do with whether the Onion is a propaganda arm of the Clinton campaign? Address the topic, not the poster.

The O?Murdoch factor - Salon.com
But then, that was a big bad conservative making a buyout, so of course it was good and proper to criticize it.

 

[churchmouse]

 

[Lowe0]

The O?Murdoch factor - Salon.com
But then, that was a big bad conservative making a buyout, so of course it was good and proper to criticize it.

Still nothing to do with the Onion. What else do you have that isn't an insult or a non sequitur?

 

[17 squirrel]

Oh look, a squirrel.

What.... What did I miss ??