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Hmmm, when the Muppets seem more electable than the republicans and more reliably accurate than the news, we have a real problem.

nich0lai: Hmmm, when the Muppets seem more electable than the republicans and more reliably accurate than the news, we have a real problem.

Nah, it's just Fox. Nobody takes them seriously.

Somehow I don't think Henson would have done nor allowed this. I am not saying that the puppeteers are wrong. I am simply saying that Henson appeared to be above all of that.

/shrugs and walks away

goes the dynamite

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Whodat: Somehow I don't think Henson would have done nor allowed this. I am not saying that the puppeteers are wrong. I am simply saying that Henson appeared to be above all of that.

/shrugs and walks away

The Muppets were ALWAYS socially relevant and up on pop culture. That's what sets them apart, and makes them the first real form of children's entertainment that's also fully satisfying to adults.

PizzaJedi81: nich0lai: Hmmm, when the Muppets seem more electable than the republicans and more reliably accurate than the news, we have a real problem.

Nah, it's just Fox. Nobody takes them seriously.

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The only response to give in a situation like that is, "Who cares what Fox News says? They're an entertainment company. Not a news outlet. Next question."

PizzaJedi81: nich0lai: Hmmm, when the Muppets seem more electable than the republicans and more reliably accurate than the news, we have a real problem.

Nah, it's just Fox. Nobody takes them seriously.

Sadly, 45% of folks responding to this recent PPP poll trust Fox News.

Hey, their microphones weren't plugged in!

Please, Fark, don't become another political echo chamber.

littlebeartoe: Please, Fark, don't become another political echo chamber.

Like Fox News? I don't really think that's something we need to be concerned about; to begin with disagreement is actually encouraged on this site, not censored out of existence.

Heron: littlebeartoe: Please, Fark, don't become another political echo chamber.

Like Fox News? I don't really think that's something we need to be concerned about; to begin with disagreement is actually encouraged on this site, not censored out of existence.

No, it's not! We must all slavishly conform to the same political ideology!

FormlessOne: PizzaJedi81: nich0lai: Hmmm, when the Muppets seem more electable than the republicans and more reliably accurate than the news, we have a real problem.

Nah, it's just Fox. Nobody takes them seriously.

Sadly, 45% of folks responding to this recent PPP poll trust Fox News.

*facepalm*

That's unreal considering you have to go out of your way to avoid the truth about fox news.

nyseattitude: *facepalm*

That's unreal considering you have to go out of your way to avoid the truth about fox news.

You mean what the liberally-biased, lamestream media would have you believe is the truth? You're really going to take the majority's opinion over a fair and balanced one?

Remember what Mark Twain said: "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect)."

/amidoinitright?

Via Infinito: Krymson Tyde: PizzaJedi81: nich0lai: Hmmm, when the Muppets seem more electable than the republicans and more reliably accurate than the news, we have a real problem.

Nah, it's just Fox. Nobody takes them seriously.

Sadly a large chunk of voting Americans take Fox News very seriously.

It's sad and scary. My dad for example. We're both from AL, but have always been at odds with our worldview. Once, after he launched into a particularly hateful tirade about liberals on the phone, I tried to tell him that Glenn Beck was a pundit and he was basically paid to lie. Also he is insane and nobody should be listening to him, much less spouting his drivel. Dad got so mad at me for "talking bad 'bout" Glenn Beck that he stopped taking my phone calls for 2 months.

This is what we're up against folks.


Sounds like my Dad. My son had a chance to do a trip through Europe (its a bit too expensive right now). I told my Dad about this and he started ranting about how he would not go anywhere, especially 'over there', as things are just awful and you don't know what those people over there are going to do. He said the same thing about my recent business trips to England and Chile.

I doesn't matter that I literally work with people all over the globe daily and have friendships with many of those coworkers. It does not matter that I tell him what is on the news is mostly BS and that the fear that everyone in the UK is a raging socialist, just waiting to force evil socialized medicine on us is just crap to keep him watching the news. Nope, Fox and whatever crap conservative sites that keep putting wonderful 'antimalware' software on his machine are the correct ones.

Its really sad as he always has to start ranting about this crap nearly every time we talk. So I don't talk to him as much.

Honest Bender: The only response to give in a situation like that is, "Who cares what Fox News says? They're an entertainment company. Not a news outlet. Next question."

how can I tell that you didn't watch the video?

Heron: littlebeartoe: Please, Fark, don't become another political echo chamber.

Like Fox News? I don't really think that's something we need to be concerned about; to begin with disagreement is actually encouraged on this site, not censored out of existence.

Unless you comment in a Photoshop thread.

Bamhammer in 3...2...1...

Via Infinito: Dad got so mad at me for "talking bad 'bout" Glenn Beck that he stopped taking my phone calls for 2 months.

Sounds like you got the better end of that deal.

/conservative

dumbobruni: how can I tell that you didn't watch the video?

Because we're on Fark?

You think your family situations are bad? My dad has graduated from FNC and is listening to Prison Planet.

Via Infinito: Krymson Tyde: PizzaJedi81: nich0lai: Hmmm, when the Muppets seem more electable than the republicans and more reliably accurate than the news, we have a real problem.

Nah, it's just Fox. Nobody takes them seriously.

Sadly a large chunk of voting Americans take Fox News very seriously.

It's sad and scary. My dad for example. We're both from AL, but have always been at odds with our worldview. Once, after he launched into a particularly hateful tirade about liberals on the phone, I tried to tell him that Glenn Beck was a pundit and he was basically paid to lie. Also he is insane and nobody should be listening to him, much less spouting his drivel. Dad got so mad at me for "talking bad 'bout" Glenn Beck that he stopped taking my phone calls for 2 months.

This is what we're up against folks.

Yep. My wife has a crazy aunt, and the first thing I heard her bleat at the Christmas gathering this year was about how the new muppets movie was anti-capitalist. For a moment I forgot who I was speaking to and I assumed she was being factitious, so I said something flippant along the lines of "I think when we start getting all bent out of shape over what a sock with a hand up it's ass says, it may be time to take a step back and reevaluate." She huffed "Well, it's in there!" (she KNOWS that for a fact, even though she's never seen the movie) and didn't speak to me for the rest of night. So, yeah, it worked out nicely, but those people do exist out there.

mod3072: She huffed "Well, it's in there!" (she KNOWS that for a fact, even though she's never seen the movie) and didn't speak to me for the rest of night.

wingnut396: Its really sad as he always has to start ranting about this crap nearly every time we talk.


Via Infinito: Dad got so mad at me for "talking bad 'bout" Glenn Beck that he stopped taking my phone calls for 2 months.


It used to be that there were fewer channels and outlets so you had to listen to the news from a source, even if you didn't always agree with the source.

Thiis led to "discussion" which made the topic of politics not such a horrible thing to talk about.

Unfortunately, now if you don't want to hear a certain opinion, you can switch the channel to another. You don't want to read a certain way of thinking on a subject? load a different site.
You can surround yourself solely with people who make you believe what you are thinking is the 100% correct thing. And then you ca use that army of support against anyone who thinks differently, before you just tune them out or stop speaking to them.

The silent treatment from family and friends is the byproduct of this. When faced with opposing opinions in public settings, the people who surround themselves 100% with those who agree with them are just schit out of luck. so, they just turn off and end up having a horrible time (if it's at a party or a dinner) or just being left alone (phone calls stop, etc.).

My sibling and parent cannot even talk about politics anymore because both of them are just as guilty of reading/listening to only those they agree with.

I admit a crapload on Fark in politics threads (or recently the OWS stuff) frightens me in how some people flat out state their belief and then get the support. But I like to at least hear it so I can go "huh, so that's how the other way of thinking is" and use that to help guide my opinion more.

But that's an exception to the rule it seems.

Via Infinito: Krymson Tyde: PizzaJedi81: nich0lai: Hmmm, when the Muppets seem more electable than the republicans and more reliably accurate than the news, we have a real problem.

Nah, it's just Fox. Nobody takes them seriously.

Sadly a large chunk of voting Americans take Fox News very seriously.

It's sad and scary. My dad for example. We're both from AL, but have always been at odds with our worldview. Once, after he launched into a particularly hateful tirade about liberals on the phone, I tried to tell him that Glenn Beck was a pundit and he was basically paid to lie. Also he is insane and nobody should be listening to him, much less spouting his drivel. Dad got so mad at me for "talking bad 'bout" Glenn Beck that he stopped taking my phone calls for 2 months.

This is what we're up against folks.

Holy shiat, I just checked your profile and saw who you were. We know each other.

Wait, FoxNews isn't supposed to be satirical parody? I thought it was a more mainstream version of TheOnion, no?

Bars put FoxNews on the TVs here as light background entertainment. Seriously.

But what does Sam the Eagle have to say about all of this?

groovykindahate: Wait, FoxNews isn't supposed to be satirical parody? I thought it was a more mainstream version of TheOnion, no?

I'm still hoping that, some day, Ailes & Murdoch appear on one of their network's fine programs and proclaim the whole notion of 'fair and balanced' and everything was a big hoax. Or just have Ashton Kutcher come running out followed by a bunch of cameras.

Don't be hating on Fox.

They gave us the Simpsons and Married. With children.

Seamer: Don't be hating on Fox.

They gave us the Simpsons and Married. With children.

So, basically what you're saying is that the only worthwhile thing that fox ever did for us, was to showcase a set of funbags that, sadly, do not exist anymore.

Sounds like a bait & switch scam to me...

Suoretilbo: Seamer: Don't be hating on Fox.

They gave us the Simpsons and Married. With children.

So, basically what you're saying is that the only worthwhile thing that fox ever did for us, was to showcase a set of funbags that, sadly, do not exist anymore.

Sounds like a bait & switch scam to me...

Well, they ARE master baiters.

Via Infinito: Krymson Tyde: PizzaJedi81: nich0lai: Hmmm, when the Muppets seem more electable than the republicans and more reliably accurate than the news, we have a real problem.

Nah, it's just Fox. Nobody takes them seriously.

Sadly a large chunk of voting Americans take Fox News very seriously.

It's sad and scary. My dad for example. We're both from AL, but have always been at odds with our worldview. Once, after he launched into a particularly hateful tirade about liberals on the phone, I tried to tell him that Glenn Beck was a pundit and he was basically paid to lie. Also he is insane and nobody should be listening to him, much less spouting his drivel. Dad got so mad at me for "talking bad 'bout" Glenn Beck that he stopped taking my phone calls for 2 months.

This is what we're up against folks.

Naturally. But then again, we all knew that the "nah nah nah nah I can't heaaaar you" approach has been the lynchpin of conservative arguments against truth and facts, which as we also know, are liberally biased. I really don't know if it's sad or if it's scary. Can it be both?