"Liberal Bandits" would be a good name for a softball team.

Unfortunately, understanding irony requires a level of critical thinking far greater than is typically found in those who fit into the neat category of "right wing blogger."

i can honestly say this is the first i've heard about this.

I wish they'd come up with a new routine, even if it's just as stupid as the current ones.

Oh Veruca Salt, thy time is now...

It seems to me that once you've used a religious symbol for a political purpose it becomes fair game for the other side.

There's an inherent problem when your cause is claiming that something gets no coverage in the media, but do no original reporting of your own.

FTA:
According to The Washington Post, the crosses were defaced with a drawing of the crucifix of Jesus, one of the crosses was hung upside down with a condom on top, and finally, one of the crosses had the name of a College Democrats leader on it.

$10 says they did it themselves.

From the link WaPo article (on the front page of the WaPo's "B" Metro Section):

Crosses used in an antiabortion demonstration at George Washington University were defaced last week, and the school's College Democrats organization has apologized for the vandalism.

The crosses had been stored in a locked office shared by College Republicans and College Democrats. The Democrats issued a statement saying one of their members had admitted responsibility and had been expelled from the group but did not name the alleged offender.

Can the offender get sent to "sensitivity training?" Goose, gander, sauce, etc.

I remember back in '99 when I was in college some douchebag vandalized a menorah set up in the campus square. He was suspended for six months and had to reapply for admission. (It was in DC, and I'm pretty sure it got mentioned in the A section of the WaPo.)

JustinCase: FTA:
According to The Washington Post, the crosses were defaced with a drawing of the crucifix of Jesus, one of the crosses was hung upside down with a condom on top, and finally, one of the crosses had the name of a College Democrats leader on it.

$10 says they did it themselves.

Any reports of backwards letters carved into the faces of the suspects?

Wingnut rag: ....a group of liberal bandits broke into the office and defaced the crosses.

WaPo: The Democrats issued a statement saying one of their members had admitted responsibility and had been expelled from the group but did not name the alleged offender.

I don't suppose we can know for sure if it was one, or a group, but notice how the horrible, evil MSM is reporting a fact (Dems issued a statement...) and the wingnut blog is reporting its own speculation, then goes on some non sequitur rant about fawning over Obama or something.

F*ck off you whiny douchebags.

FTA
I guess not in liberal America, where the assaults on our liberties and freedoms are becoming a daily occurrence.

JustinCase: FTA:
According to The Washington Post, the crosses were defaced with a drawing of the crucifix of Jesus, one of the crosses was hung upside down with a condom on top, and finally, one of the crosses had the name of a College Democrats leader on it.

$10 says they did it themselves.

Came in to say this. So, the dastardly leader of the evil College Democrats breaks in and puts his own name on one of the crosses?
I call bullshiat.

HansensDisease: It seems to me that once you've used a religious symbol for a political purpose it becomes fair game for the other side.

That doesn't mean you can bust into a locked room and use their materials. That's just vandalism.

propasaurus: So, the dastardly leader of the evil College Democrats breaks in and puts his own name on one of the crosses?

Maybe it was followed up with "...was here."

"Blogger" is another name for useless person with a made-up job.

I'm a fashion consultant.
I'm a web developer.
I'm a blogger.

I am so glad I don't go to that school anymore. Swastika girl Sarah Marshak living in my dorm was enough "religious intolerance / hate crime/ vandalism" drama to last a lifetime.

JustinCase: $10 says they did it themselves.

I'm going with this. It wouldn't be the first time(pops) that GW saw self-inflicted harassment.

ninjakirby: That doesn't mean you can bust into a locked room and use their materials. That's just vandalism.

Fark 'em.

Can I get a "Harrumph" out of these guys?

Epic fail. Thank you, subby for monitoring this POS site for the lulz.

Oh no. A condom over an anti-abortion protest.

Since when did political speech become religious speech? This is the equivalent of a counter-protest, not religious vandalism.

STFU and learn to First Amendment.

ninjakirby: That doesn't mean you can bust into a locked room and use their materials. That's just vandalism.

From the WP article...

The crosses had been stored in a locked office shared by College Republicans and College Democrats.

if they did it, they are dicks, but no breaking and entering.

Just saying.

GWSuperfan: JustinCase: $10 says they did it themselves.

I'm going with this. It wouldn't be the first time(pops) that GW saw self-inflicted harassment.

How did I know I wold find you in this thread, Chris?

NutWrench: Can I get a "Harrumph" out of these guys?

"HARRUMPH!"

propasaurus: Came in to say this. So, the dastardly leader of the evil College Democrats breaks in and puts his own name on one of the crosses?
I call bullshiat.

Possibly but I think that the blogger, even as irrational as he is, tries to point out their double standard, if it was a civil rights or synagogue vandalized it would be on the front page and even major news channels as a lead.

It reminds me of tawana brawley, when the accusations first happened it was all over the front page then after it came out she was full of shiat that it was relegated to the back pages as was the lawsuit brought by the lawyer that won a defamation suit against sharpton. Its a double standard but the blogger is a little crazy in his assertions.

steamingpile: if it was a civil rights or synagogue vandalized it would be on the front page and even major news channels as a lead.

Two different things. The vandalism of a synagogue is a crack at a religion, not a piece of political speech. The civil rights thing is closer, since they're both political, but in the case of a racist attacking a civil rights installation, you have an instance of an empowered group attacking a disenfranchised group. That's an instance of the strong attacking the "weak," at least in terms of political capital.

This just isn't the same.

Many people claim that the media doesn't cover their particular interests sufficiently. These people are generally too dumb to understand that the media doesn't cover their interests because most media consumers don't give a shiat.

steamingpile: Possibly but I think that the blogger, even as irrational as he is, tries to point out their double standard, if it was a civil rights or synagogue vandalized it would be on the front page and even major news channels as a lead.



/hot as hell

NutWrench: Can I get a "Harrumph" out of these guys?

Its "I didn't get a harrumph out of you guys"

steamingpile: propasaurus: Came in to say this. So, the dastardly leader of the evil College Democrats breaks in and puts his own name on one of the crosses?
I call bullshiat.

Possibly but I think that the blogger, even as irrational as he is, tries to point out their double standard, if it was a civil rights or synagogue vandalized it would be on the front page and even major news channels as a lead.

It reminds me of tawana brawley, when the accusations first happened it was all over the front page then after it came out she was full of shiat that it was relegated to the back pages as was the lawsuit brought by the lawyer that won a defamation suit against sharpton. Its a double standard but the blogger is a little crazy in his assertions.

If it was my hypothetical situation then X would result in Y.

You know, I'm starting to think Fark may have a liberal lean. I'm I crazy on that?

/been to church twice in my life
//registered ind.
(The way it should have gone)
///"I'm gonna go invert a cross and put a condom on it!"
"Dude, why?"
"You're right. Let's grab a burger."

The vandalism of a synagogue is a crack at a religion, not a piece of political speech.

Not necessarily. Israel has for some time equated objections with its choices as a country as objections with judaism. Didn't like the way the Gaza strip thing was handled, well then, you must be anti-semitic.

I bet most vandalism against synagogues are really more to do with Israels foreign policy than a hatred of the Jews.

Conservatives are dumb.

"Blogger" is another name for useless person with a made-up job.

I'm a fashion consultant.
I'm a web developer.
I'm a blogger.

so we should send them off to prepare our new planet for when the evil space rabbit drives us ff ours, right?

Lane83: steamingpile: if it was a civil rights or synagogue vandalized it would be on the front page and even major news channels as a lead.

Two different things. The vandalism of a synagogue is a crack at a religion, not a piece of political speech. The civil rights thing is closer, since they're both political, but in the case of a racist attacking a civil rights installation, you have an instance of an empowered group attacking a disenfranchised group. That's an instance of the strong attacking the "weak," at least in terms of political capital.

This just isn't the same.

So as long as its the weak attacking the strong its perfectly fine? That makes no farking sense at all, well I guess it would if you are in one of the groups who regularly scream that they are discriminated against.

TofuTheAlmighty

Yes that lame pie chart is mighty funny but it doesnt change the fact that oppression happens in all forms and should not be based solely on religious choice. Acceptance of silencing one group kind of goes against the whole non discrimination policy even thought most of you accept it since you believe they are in charge just because they have larger numbers.

And to make the pie chart right you would have to divide that up into the numerous branches of Christianity and also include the Muslims as the largest group.

I read that to say that a cross was desecrated with a crucifix. Wouldn't that hypersecrate it?

I'm so sick of the fetus fetishizers.

MasterThief: From the link WaPo article (on the front page of the WaPo's "B" Metro Section):

Crosses used in an antiabortion demonstration at George Washington University were defaced last week, and the school's College Democrats organization has apologized for the vandalism.

The crosses had been stored in a locked office shared by College Republicans and College Democrats. The Democrats issued a statement saying one of their members had admitted responsibility and had been expelled from the group but did not name the alleged offender.

Can the offender get sent to "sensitivity training?" Goose, gander, sauce, etc.

I remember back in '99 when I was in college some douchebag vandalized a menorah set up in the campus square. He was suspended for six months and had to reapply for admission. (It was in DC, and I'm pretty sure it got mentioned in the A section of the WaPo.)

Thats b/c Judaism is an actual religion and not a collection of morons. Notice There's no Judaic movement to say Abraham rode dinosaurs. Case closed.



/raised catholic, so dont start an atheist vs religious debate

/wanted for questioning

absoluteparanoia: How did I know I wold find you in this thread, Chris?

LOL- "religious vandalism" + "GWU" = attention vortex?

Rapmaster2000: Many people claim that the media doesn't cover their particular interests sufficiently. These people are generally too dumb to understand that the media doesn't cover their interests because most media consumers don't give a shiat.

You and I both know that the media can make peoples opinions for them no matter how educated or stupid they are, have you not seen all the propaganda from the 30s-60s on numerous topics? Or did you not see the numerous people who believed Iraq had WMDs? Everyone can say they knew that then but they are lying most of the time because the media either had false reports or ignored other reports.

Do not kid yourself that the media does not manipulate issues, that is why you have the CNN camp, MSNBC camp, and the FOX news camp.

Dammit, Snoogit, you beat me to it.

According to The Washington Post, the crosses were defaced with a drawing of the crucifix of Jesus, one of the crosses was hung upside down with a condom on top, and finally, one of the crosses had the name of a College Democrats leader on it.

You'd have to be a complete moron not to see that as the act of an agent provocateur. But then again, right-wing bloggers are morons.

citizen905: You'd have to be a complete moron not to see that as the act of an agent provocateur. But then again, right-wing bloggers are morons.

You can't use words like "agent provocateur" around college republicans, they'll think you're french and start throwing berets full of shiat at you.

It's like John Locke said... leave the Jesus freaks alone. Nothing spurs religious extremism like persecution (or I guess perceived persecution).

However, in this case, I'd cast my vote that the dumbasses defaced their own shiat to stir up a little controversy and publicity.

MasterThief I think that was at Georgetown.

And for GW alumni- can you imagine how SJT would've handled this? That man was a PR master.

/ class of '03

I really wonder if for all this freedom of speech debate if the ner'do wells in this case had defaced a Muslim icon would the press, and for that matter, the "debate" (name calling) going on here will be so accepting?

steamingpile: Rapmaster2000: Many people claim that the media doesn't cover their particular interests sufficiently. These people are generally too dumb to understand that the media doesn't cover their interests because most media consumers don't give a shiat.

You and I both know that the media can make peoples opinions for them no matter how educated or stupid they are, have you not seen all the propaganda from the 30s-60s on numerous topics? Or did you not see the numerous people who believed Iraq had WMDs? Everyone can say they knew that then but they are lying most of the time because the media either had false reports or ignored other reports.

Do not kid yourself that the media does not manipulate issues, that is why you have the CNN camp, MSNBC camp, and the FOX news camp.


I bolded what didnt make sense. Can you relate that in a way that doesnt sound rambling and crazy?

JustinCase: FTA:
According to The Washington Post, the crosses were defaced with a drawing of the crucifix of Jesus, one of the crosses was hung upside down with a condom on top, and finally, one of the crosses had the name of a College Democrats leader on it.

$10 says they did it themselves.

THIS!

/Because when you break the law, you always leave a name and number in case the cops would like to talk to you

//Also, I've seen "Jesus Camp" So fark right-wingers, right in their judging asses

oobiedoobie: I really wonder if for all this freedom of speech debate if the ner'do wells in this case had defaced a Muslim icon would the press, and for that matter, the "debate" (name calling) going on here will be so accepting

Not much debate here. Most people are pretty unified in calling the linked blogger a moran.