Federal Judge Rules NAACP Parody Not Funny

Breitbart ^ | 05-06-2014 | Austin Ruse

[PaulCruz2016]

A federal judge has ordered Ryan Bomberger to stop making fun of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Court effectively ruled that Bomberger and his group, The Radiance Foundation, are not very funny.

Bomberger, who founded The Radiance Foundation, created a series of ads for billboards and websites calling attention to what he sees as the support of the NAACP for abortion. In them Bomberger referred to the NAACP as the “National Association for the Abortion of Colored People.”

[Cyman]

Did Putin appoint him?

[lowbridge]

Bump

[ExCTCitizen]

Hey Judge...it is true...put humor in your life.

[Fido969]

I don’t think it’s funny either - but it’s true.

[rjsimmon]

1st Amendment, your ‘honor’. Protects speech of all sorts, not just the stuff you like.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I thought SCOTUS cleared the deck for the absolute right to parody anything when they told Larry Flynt it was OK to slander Jerry Falwell’s mother.

[Rusty0604]

So now a judge can rule what is funny? I can think of a lot of things I see and hear that are not funny to me, but I didn’t know I could take it to court.

[Fledermaus]

I thought this was a satire piece. Judges like this should be impeached.

[FlingWingFlyer]

So this moronic “judge” has found, SOMEWHERE IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, that if a parody is not funny, it’s no longer eligible for First Amendment protection? The taxpayers are supporting way too many of these loony buffoons with way too much free time on their hands. We need to fire 90% of the so called “judges” in this country.

[falcon99]

NAACP supporters were confused by his ads? Their supporters must be really dumb so I guess the judges are protecting the dumb from themselves so they won’t be confused.

[fungoking]

It amazes me how stupid the left must think the average black person is. They argue that blacks are too stupid to get a picture ID to vote, too stupid to know the difference between the real NAACP and a pro-life group.

Yet the black community looks up to their heroes who are “fighting for them”....CRAZY

[MeshugeMikey]

I LOVE IT..

judges pouty contempt for parody be durned!

[MeshugeMikey]

MY KUDOS to:

“National Association for the Abortion of Colored People.”

[Blood of Tyrants]

I hope he appeals this. I like his creativity. The National Association for the Abortion of Colored People is right on the money.

[MeshugeMikey]

[tophat9000]

Freedom of speech is now ranked on a comic scale?

[Lurking Libertarian]

So now a judge can rule what is funny? I can think of a lot of things I see and hear that are not funny to me, but I didn’t know I could take it to court.

The "not funny" part is the author's snark. The ruling was that he violated the NAACP's trademark.

[lee martell]

I think their main beef was not that he used satire on blacks, as much as his use of the acronym was very close to their use of letters. They wanted no ambiguity, or confusing of the issue as to what their goals are. Disney and McDonald do the same thing when parodies get a little too close to creating a separate identity. He was and is correct though.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I can think of a lot of things I see and hear that are not funny to me, but I didn’t know I could take it to court.

If you can I'm going to file against Jerry Seinfeld's Super Bowl ad.