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Web site bans parody posts
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Posted on 04/01/2013 10:45:24 AM PDT by DManA
In an unusual move conservative chat site Free Republic announced today that it has banned all parody postings.
According to a representative of Free Republic, "We had to do something. An informal survey showed us fully 75% of all postings were amateur attempts at parody."
He went on "And it is a stretch to call these things parody. Parody isn't just making up crazy stuff and putting it into the mouths of people you don't like."
A frequent poster on the web site, DManA approves of the move. "Everyone loves to be tricked, fooled, and made a fool of. That's just human nature. But, I mean, come on. I'm just barely clinging to my sense of reality as it is."
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: aprilfool; humor; parody
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posted on
04/01/2013 10:45:24 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: DManA
To: DManA
"We had to do something. An informal survey showed us fully 75% of all postings were amateur attempts at parody."Well, that's OK. 100% of the actions of 0bama and his minions are amature attempts at leadership.
But happy 4/1
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posted on
04/01/2013 10:49:07 AM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: DManA
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posted on
04/01/2013 10:49:33 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
To: DManA
April 1st; trust nothing today!
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posted on
04/01/2013 10:51:10 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
To: DManA
AMATEUR!! ;) amateur attempts at parody
To: DManA
I’ll check this thread again, after I get out of the shower...
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posted on
04/01/2013 10:57:31 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
To: DManA
"We had to do something. An informal survey showed us fully 75% of all postings were amateur attempts at parody."
Well, when 75% of life is parody, what do you expect?
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:03:09 AM PDT
by
green pastures
(Cynicism-- it's not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: DManA
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:04:20 AM PDT
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: Mr. K
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:05:00 AM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
To: DManA
“and it’s a stretch to call these things parody...”
your post....QED
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:08:29 AM PDT
by
Nifster
To: DManA
To: gunsequalfreedom
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:08:59 AM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(Liberalism. Ideas so great they have to be mandatory.-FReeper Osage Orange)
To: DManA
Well, I’m 100% behind it. I think this whole April Fool’s thing is completely out of control. What kind of a country would we have if we started considering everything put out by our media to be phony, partisan, self-serving, and mendacious?
To: DManA
Read the fine print; it says “ALL” future posts must be of the variety known as “Vanity”. Nothing else will be accepted.
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:10:47 AM PDT
by
South40
(I Love The "New & Improved" Free Republic!)
To: DManA
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:12:46 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
To: DManA
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:13:15 AM PDT
by
svcw
(Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
To: DManA
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:26:53 AM PDT
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
To: DManA
I had to hit the abuse button as your post seems to be in violation of the new rule.
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:36:07 AM PDT
by
Colorado Doug
(Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
To: DManA
Somebody set up us the zot bomb!
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posted on
04/01/2013 11:48:40 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
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