Slog - Comments on What's More Offensive?: The Answer(s) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers Last week, readers of The Stranger and Slog were asked to compare the offensiveness of a Barack Obama lawn jockey with a John McCain POW pinata. In the official poll, 31 percent of respondents said a Barack Obama lawn jockey is more offensive than a John McCain POW pinata, 8 percent said a John McCain POW pinata is more offensive than a Barack Obama lawn jockey, and a whopping 62 percent said Fuck you for asking. In the comments to the poll, I did the math to prove that a John McCain POW pinata is more offensive than a... Copyright 2008 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:38:43 -0800 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:19:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cemantics police I can't believe you asserted Obama is "only 50% of a man"...

]]> cemantics police http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1072988 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1072988 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:47:28 -0800 Comment by Hernandez @1 And I can't believe that you misspelled the word "semantics".

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1072994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1072994 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:54:50 -0800 Comment by Beej Shan Can you guys just quit making racist remarks about Barack Obama altogether?


Oh, and the McCain pinata was seriously troubling as well.

Comments of this type are only minimally less offensive if done in a "Wouldn't this be ridiculous if we were actually serious?" way.

]]> Beej Shan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073000 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:57:13 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Before I can make a fully informed decision, I'd have to know what the McCain pinata is full of.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073007 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073007 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:01:27 -0800 Comment by "s"emantics police (not the spelling police) @2 Ah... douché!

The irony is so thick around here you could cut it with a knife.

(and just to clarify, I spelled touché wrong on purpose)

]]> "s"emantics police (not the spelling police) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073023 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073023 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:14:13 -0800 Comment by Giffy Well the McCain one is much funnier with his arms all bound up and his little knee broken. The Obama on is just sad, like those statutes of pudgy Italians carrying books or plates or whatever.

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073024 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073024 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:14:52 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Somebody needs to tell ECB to get over the primary already ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073025 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073025 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:14:55 -0800 Comment by snarky @ 5 you misspelled idiocy ( you spelled it "irony").

]]> snarky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073037 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073037 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:25:30 -0800 Comment by Darcy @4: I asked last time; Schmader says "shit," natch.

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073049 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073049 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:36:34 -0800 Comment by clintonsarmy We won't support ball-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

]]> clintonsarmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073110 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073110 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:36:34 -0800 Comment by clintonsarmy We won't support ball-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

]]> clintonsarmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073113 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073113 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:38:25 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @11 ... you know, no matter how much you whine, McSame won't win.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073130 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073130 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:57:09 -0800 Comment by PC Slog satirizing racism against Obama w lawn jokcey: smart, suave, hip.

New Yorker satirizing racism against Obama with cover: horrible, despicable, shameless.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whats_more_offensive_the_answers#c1073154 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:19:42 -0800