John Fetterman Invokes Homer Simpson To Respond To Latest Round Of Conspiracy Theories
3 years ago by Flying Squid to c/politics
Fetterman is nothing if not amusing.
That's awesome, as is everything I know about fetterman.
It is very strange how much life has changed since even this extremely dated reference was made.
My kid just started kindergarten. The principal and some of his teachers have visible tattoos.
My kindergarten teacher was an ex nun who refused to let me write with my left hand.
One of my wife's coworkers used to be in a death metal ska band and has the piercings to prove it.
Though he is considerably less badass in a 9-5 office, but it does make you wonder what he has playing on his headphones all day.
fixed it
Am I out of touch?
No! the constituents are wrong!
He already started, this is why he is the size of two mortal men. He hasn’t reached his final form
The others are too old and stiff.
Like eat him... to shreds.. you say???
I blame social media. Mainlining outrage and confirmation bias through your smart phone is one hell of a way to get high
Social media is a turbocharger to the misinformation engine that is corporate media (especially Fox 'News' and shit like Limbaugh, Beck, Infowars, Rogan, et al) post-Fairness Doctrine.
The idea that the FCC shouldn't A) reinstate the doctrine, and B) have its regulatory boundaries extend to ubiquitous cable and streaming services is fucking nutballs. Thanks, Reagan!
Some day we’ll look back at rage bait (and social media, in general) the way history looks back at opium. The tech and connectedness have remarkably advanced humanity - but unchecked, the algos and constant need for engagement have been ruinous and criminally detrimental to society.
As far as I’m concerned, tech companies are no better than Phillip Morris peddling tobacco to children. Checking your “likes” is the new age version of smoking.
I'm gonna have to disagree. No one has died because they didn't get likes.
There's a town hall video with John McCain around 2008 where an elderly woman tries to suggest to him she's worried about Obama because he's not white. John McCain shot her down and defended Obama and stressed we should only focus on the political differences of opinion, and his own supporters booed him. This all had been coming for so long.
Edit: I was corrected, she did not exactly state what her problem was with Obama, but it's clear that it was bigotry.
If we're thinking of the same clip, you're slightly misremembering it. The woman was insisting Obama was a Muslim, and that's what McCain was shutting down. But yes, the crowd booed him for clarifying that.
You are correct. I was poorly trying to say it was bigotry.
February 4th, 2004, was when the slow boil started.
It was from at least Reagan. But it was when we elected a black man that got things sped up pretty quick, and then when we elected a fuckind Cheeto that's when things really got super charged and turbocharged and all the other charging until what we have today
You could go back to Nixon and the Southern Strategy.
Feb 4, 2004, was the beginning of Facebook and the beginning of foreign powers using the platform to undermine democracy.
It actually started with Newt and his bullshit back in '96....well, actually it started with fucking Reagan and his trickle down bullshit back in '80...then again, maybe it started when
This is the correct answer. It's just that the crazies, racists, and terrorists in the Republican party stopped being scared to come out in public around 2008 and even more in 2016.
Nah, Reagan proved how far racism could destroy things long before that.
From an outsiders perspective if you really want a catalyst point I always look to the failure of the Union to subject the slaver capitalists of the Confederacy to Nuremberg style trials for sedition and treason.
Instead there was compromise and appeasement. The problem was swept under the rug.
There's a lot of truth in this. The elites at the top of the South weren't rooted out after their civil war and all of the bullshit going on in US politics today is a direct consequences of that failure.
Nah, that shit was already bubbling over during the Revolutionary War. Remember the Three Fifths Compromise? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
We can go back further, but that's where I put my finger on the map.
Fox News was a conservative news outlet until then. Overnight they went batshit crazy.
Between them and social media, we spiraled down into where we're at now.
I think it was even earlier... 9/11 really broke the safety of America (and even the "western" world) and pushed so many people down the conspiracy rabbit hole. Social media amplified this fear and brought them together giving them power.
Sometimes I think the end of the world actually did happen in 2012, it's just that the fallout is happening over a longer time scale than anyone anticipated.
That's what I keep saying. That the world ended, but to save humanity some brave but misguided hero somehow ported us all into this slightly different but really fucked up reality. This is my explanation for the Mandela effect, that we remember our old timeline but when we look things up the research shows what happened in the new timeline so it's all wonky lol
The most soul crushing part is when you realize it’s not an alternate reality; this is where you’ve been all along and you feel betrayed by everyone you’ve ever known for hiding it from you, even about their own stupidity.
As someone who came of age during Reagan's presidency, y'all just ain't been around long enough.
In a weird coincidence a show came out in 2016 before the election called BrainDead and the plot was that alien bugs are eating parts of our brains and causing hyper partisanship.
Well, Harambe died
Never went away.
For me, it started right after 9/11. Republicans were quick to use the general fear and anger from the attacks to justify wars, spying on citizens, eroding personal freedom, etc. They've been using this same playbook ever since, just with a different boogyman, e.g. Antifa, BLM, trans people.
I wish we had more of him. The OG can stay in PA and make a clone to be senator for every other state. I know I'd vote for him.
Why the fuck can't we get more elected Democrats like him? He's personable. He's down to earth, and he's willing to make fun of the right wing wackos instead of cowering in fear. A good 3/4 of all the other elected Dems are a bunch of pussies who have the wit of a goddamn potato.
Why does Fetterman, the largest Senator, simply not eat the other 99?
Actually I think the plural is Fettersman. Like Attorneys General
Because at the heart of it most of them are still spineless corporate shills. Fetterman, AOC, Russ Feingold etc are outliers who snuck past the checks
And can you blame them? You get attacked from all sides if you enter the politics as a Democrat. You'll obviously get attacked by Republicans, but you also get attacked by people on the Left as well. On the other hand, elected Republicans, to a large degree, don't get attacked by their own people, and lord knows that Democrats rarely go on the offensive, so they'll rarely attack their Republican opponents.
He could just hire Michael Keaton to go to the senate and pretend that he's Fetterman.
Anyone making season 6 Simpson references should be immediately put in charge of everything.
Love that shit. I rarely have even the faintest idea what the answer is but I still have fun thinking about it. Haven't seen the Simpsons since it initially aired so the mind's a bit fuzzy.
Joe rocked the same stash and killed 100 million.
Yes. Anyone with a mustache is obviously a mass-murderer.
Uncle Joe, yes of course. John is just Lurch in a Joe Stalin costume.
What people look like is definitely a statement on their character. You can always judge a book by its cover, as they say.
Bruh, how many mustaches do you want to shun?
Any with more than a 7 figure murder count attached to it.
To be fair, the Hitler stache is pretty well ruined.
Oh yeah, I'm sure there are plenty of body doubles available out there for 6' 8" dudes with incredibly distinct facial features and skull geometry that would keep a 19th century phrenologist in business for years.
By this time next year we should 8 Fettermans Fettermen. And they, too, will be Senators. Then 16, 32, 64, 128 et celery et celery.
Soon ... no more Senators. Only Settermen.
Your theory explains the name Johns Hopkins!
Yes, the Setterwomen and the Setterchildren too.
that would be horrible.
Gisele Fetterman is a secret weapon and almost as funny as the Senator
Fetterman for VP.
Him and Biden together would be comedy gold.
Crazy how gop found so many people with the shame part of their brain disabled
Imagine not understanding the difference between inner forearms and outer forearms...
I hate it when my tattoos disappear
These people can't be THAT stupid, right? Right?!
Ugh. I want off this ride.
Crews has standards, and morals, and body image standards.
So he’d be perfect!
I honestly thought he was a former WWE performer for a decent amount of time, and by decent I mean I only recently found out that he wasn't a former WWE performer. It was a wild assumption, but at the same time I can also picture him jumping off the ring to give the peoples elbow.
I'm seeing double here! Four Fettermans!
Maybe it is too obvious, I am not sure: You all know that his name originates from the German expression "fetter Mann", which translates to "fat man"? I can vividly imagine his ancestors arriving at Ellis island and getting their new surname. :D
He involved Guy Incognito, who is different than Homer Simpson. Gee, I hope somebody got fired for that blunder.
Got it. Intitite a meme to get people to post pictures of fetterman. In a year they have a trove of fetterman pictures to meme to discredit anything he does.
He is anti-conspiracy. He's such a dysfunctional child that all conspiracy's seem reasonable when compared to reality that he's a brain damaged moron who can't dress himself.
What is the deal with this guy? He plays the every man but he's a wealthy silver spoon baby. He runs for office and immediately goes on leave, which makes me wonder if he's cut out for this. He seems like he's all talk but doesn't actually get anything done
The American hero, Mitch McConnell, can have a stroke live on air and still make it to donor and lobby events!
those boostraps AGAIN!
Healthcare worker here who has taken care of many stroke patients, you absolutely do need the fucking break after having one
I'm from England.
Lolololol you are soooo butthurt. Cope harder
American Democrats have this disease, when you criticize a democrat they immediately call you a Russian or a republican. In truth I'm not American and your Democrats are nothing but conservatives in disguise. To me, Democrats are conservatives and your country has no idea what a real liberal is. I'm so far left of you that you think I'm a Russian, that's crazy.
Not "when you criticize a democrat", more like "when you sound exactly the same as a conspiracy theory nutjob in your critique". OMG, a guy who recently had a stroke took time off! What could be the deep state mystery behind this insidious behavior?!
You don't wanna get called a shill stop saying the same stupid shit they all do.
Your country is such a disaster you guys can't even tell who is who. You're such tribalists that anyone who criticizes you is an enemy. You can't even be a democrat and criticize a democrat, or you get called a shill. What a clown show your country turned you guys into.
Lol you're calling a Canadian, socialist/person of color a Russian cause I think your country is fucked and too conservative. Way to go America, even your liberals are diseased with political tribalism and nationalism now. You've sunk to the level of the people you claimed to oppose.
@lemmy.world
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
go to feed...
@lemmy.world
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
go to feed...
Why does Fetterman, the largest senator, not simply eat the other senators?
save