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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

News Today In Attempting to Read Tiny Minds

Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:32 AM

Some dumb fucking bigoted pieces of shit—or "patriots," are they're known on Fox News—snuck on to a golf course in Massachusetts and carved this into a green...

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I [swastika] Obama? Um... what does that mean? Is it supposed to be a riff on that "I [heart] NY" campaign and its tens of thousands of variations? My boyfriend has an "I [club] Hippies" shirt. But hearting/loving and clubbing are things a person does; one is a feeling, the other an action. You can't "Nazi" someone the way you can "heart" them or "club" them. Unless... are the vandal making an admission here? Are they telling us that they're trying to make Obama out as some sort of Nazi? That this Nazi meme is something they're doing to him, that they're running around sliming the president by making a patently false and politically inflammatory accusation? That would make it an admission of guilt or evil intent on their part.

Or... did they leave out a comma? Did they mean "I, Nazi Obama," like, "I, Claudius"?

 

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1
A republican defacing a golf course? The apocalypse is truly upon us...
Posted by Demondog on October 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM · Report
2
Nazi's aren't republicans they're 'national socialists'
And if they're trying to reference nazis, the morons made it backwards.
Posted by D on October 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM · Report
3
The "I [object as verb] [noun]" thing has really gotten far out of hand. I was flying back from the Oakland airport yesterday and they had a slogan presumably promoting parking at OAK, but it read "I (P) OAK", with the letter P in a circle, like on a parking structure. Obviously, though, one reads it as "I pee oak", which sounds painful.
Posted by tk. on October 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM · Report
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Perhaps they intended the swastika to be interpreted as it was originally used...as a symbol for good luck!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#Etym…
Posted by McAngryPants on October 13, 2009 at 12:42 PM · Report
5
The first thing that popped into my head when I saw it was 'hate'. "I 'hate' Obama".
Posted by Wubbles on October 13, 2009 at 2:36 PM · Report
6
i can't believe you missed this part of the article...
"
Police believe the vandals meant to carve a swastika next to President Barack Obama's name on the 18th hole; however, the symbol was backwards and means hope and peace in some Eastern countries."
Posted by bp baggins on October 13, 2009 at 4:04 PM · Report
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Makes just about as much sense as 'Peace, Love and Crabs.' WhoTF wants crabs?

Nice touch though. At least they got his name right.
Posted by TE on October 14, 2009 at 8:07 PM · Report

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