Fox News: Gabby Douglas sucks for not wearing a US flag!

[North California]

Then tell your grandparents not to watch FOX.

I have, but they're of that generation that came before television, and when the television did come, the news never lied or had bias. It was just news.
And they've mistaken Fox for the same thing. And thanks to its brainwashing, I can't convince them otherwise.

I don't it's that they are brainwashed, but they are apathetic. They probably don't know the difference, or really, just don't care.

[The House of Petain]

I have, but they're of that generation that came before television, and when the television did come, the news never lied or had bias. It was just news.
And they've mistaken Fox for the same thing. And thanks to its brainwashing, I can't convince them otherwise.

I don't it's that they are brainwashed, but they are apathetic. They probably don't know the difference, or really, just don't care.

Or they just enjoy the bias Fox news has...I mean there are conservative people in the US. My father (who is politically liberal) likes MSNBC and watches it.

[Mosasauria]

I have, but they're of that generation that came before television, and when the television did come, the news never lied or had bias. It was just news.
And they've mistaken Fox for the same thing. And thanks to its brainwashing, I can't convince them otherwise.

I don't it's that they are brainwashed, but they are apathetic. They probably don't know the difference, or really, just don't care.

I'm using brainwashed as an expression here.
And if you heard what they said, you would know they aren't apathetic. They consider every issue brought up by Fox to be a major issue in the US, and the rest of the world.
Which really sucks. They're wonderful people, I just wish they hadn't fallen prey to the Christian Right.

[Mosasauria]

I don't it's that they are brainwashed, but they are apathetic. They probably don't know the difference, or really, just don't care.

Or they just enjoy the bias Fox news has...I mean there are conservative people in the US. My father (who is politically liberal) likes MSNBC and watches it.

Not that either. They genuinely believe that everything Fox News says is true.
What you said applies nicely to my parents, though.

[Typhlochactas]

YES! I am the 3% (1 vote)!

Great. You ruined my fun and joy.
You monster.
How could you?
/scorn and anguish

I voted yes just to spite you.

[Mosasauria]

Great. You ruined my fun and joy.
You monster.
How could you?
/scorn and anguish

I voted yes just to spite you.

I shall now plan to eat a scorpion just to spite you.

[Bozton]

I saw that story today, and I really do think it is bullshit to attack someone for not wearing "patriotic clothes".

[Selzburg]

Fox News sucks in general. Them and RT fling that "fair and balanced" crap around. That's a lie. No such thing as fair and balanced news. It's either left-biased or right-biased.

[Mekenamenamarifah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZrzg62Zj0

My response to Fox News.

Not sure if anyone's beat me to this.

My response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztVMib1T4T4

[Mosasauria]

Fox News sucks in general. Them and RT fling that "fair and balanced" crap around. That's a lie. No such thing as fair and balanced news. It's either left-biased or right-biased.

There is news that can be unbiased. I find other country's news sources that report on news in the US(ie: the BBC, The Guardian, and, shockingly, Xinhua) to be unbiased on those topics. Once you start going into their own national and locally-international news, things get biased, though.

[Genivaria]

I don't give a shit about what Fox News has to say about anything.
When they defend mass-murderers they are no longer merely rivals or opponents or 'Worthy Adversaries' which I consider many of my fellow Generalites to be, they are my moral enemy, and I would gladly spit in the face of these people.

[Typhlochactas]

I voted yes just to spite you.

I shall now plan to eat a scorpion just to spite you.

I shall now plan to create a mutant scorpion to eat you back, just to spite you.

[North California]

Fox News sucks in general. Them and RT fling that "fair and balanced" crap around. That's a lie. No such thing as fair and balanced news. It's either left-biased or right-biased.

MSNBC=Democrat
FOX=Republican
CNN=Incumbent
Russia Today=Russia and friends
BBC=Anglosphere (excluding the US)

[Nazi Flower Power]

I don't see what Gabby Douglas has to do with it since the whole team was wearing those leotards. I don't think Gabby Douglas can be held responsible for the design just because she happens to be one of the more visible people wearing it.

I don't personally like the outfits for the gymnasts, but I thought the grey jackets were nice.

[Napkiraly]

Who cares? It's a damn leotard, she still won the medal for America.

[Wikipedia and Universe]

That's funny, when Douglas was done with her routine (at the competition where she won gold), I remember seeing her don a tracksuit in US colors. It was very strange.

I also noticed that the lolcute Russian gymnasts against whom Douglas competed were not wearing all their national colors, either. Perhaps Putin should hunt them down and shoot them.

Who cares? It's a damn leotard, she still won the medal for America.

Exactly. She won a frakking gold medal for the USA, and these idiots have the nerve to call her unpatriotic or "anti-American".

[The House of Petain]

I shall now plan to eat a scorpion just to spite you.

I shall now plan to create a mutant scorpion to eat you back, just to spite you.

I think both of your ideas are really bad ones.

[Risottia]

An pundit on Fox News attacked gymnast Gabby Douglas for donning a pink leotard

Not only! She's wearing pink and she's a darkie, hence she's clearly a PINKO EUROSISSY FAG-ENABLER OBAMUNIST M00ZLEM!!!

Fox News: because when you want to fail, you've got to be a pro at it.

[Cannot think of a name]

I'm sure she couldn't hear all the broohaha over the Star Spangled Banner being played as they gave her a medal for being the best fucking gymnast in the room (I calls events what I calls 'em).

It's just as bad as CNN and MSNBC.

No. Stop it. That is lazy. Do better.

You remember when you were a kid and your mom caught you doin' shit? Ever try to get out of trouble by talking about all the bad shit other kids did? Did it work? Of course not. Because the wrongs of others do not absolve you of your own.

Furthermore, there is not just a bucket marked 'wrong' that shit goes into and if anyone has anything in that bucket, they're the same. Which is to say that CNN and MSNBC are not without their problems, but they are not the same.

"A pox on both their houses," especially when used as a poor disguise to dismiss an uncomfortable story, is at best political hipsterism as it is less concerned with any sort of analysis as it is looking like analysis by 'rejecting' both sides.

[L Ron Cupboard]

Perhaps Abbie Hoffman's ghost still protests among us.

Along with Joe Hill...dammit, now I'm going to spend the rest of the night listening to Joan Baez.

I also once mistook a cardboard cutout of Barbara Streisand for him.

That was embarrassing.

Are you sure it wasn't Albert Hoffman?

[Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f]

It's like they're not even trying anymore. This reminds of of the whole 'flag pin' debacle.

That I never understood.

I had a boss who wore one of them...working in the Netherlands. Not surprising he turned out to be a Christian fundi neocon fucktard of the highest order.

Anyone who feels the need to wear that kind of symbol on their lapels tends towards the more extreme side of the right wing. Until Democrats also started to wear them. All is it is pandering to a notion of nationalism under the guise of patriotism. I cannot listen to these people without wanting to stuff my ears full of really pissed off African killer bees.

[Dusk_Kittens]

I don't it's that they are brainwashed, but they are apathetic. They probably don't know the difference, or really, just don't care.

Or they just enjoy the bias Fox news has...I mean there are conservative people in the US. My father (who is politically liberal) likes MSNBC and watches it.

Political Conservatism is NOT the same thing as Right Wing extremism. Stop misusing words. Granted, there is some overlap between Political Conservatism and Right Wing ideals, but one's an apple, and the other's an orange.

Translation: stop conflating politics with economics, and don't fall for the usurpation of the vaguely-understood (by the masses) label "Conservative" (which a large chunk of the population was at least somewhat friendly toward, if not downright fond of) by those seeking to capitalize on the ignorance and fondness for their own economic and political gain.

Disclaimer: I'm not saying that either Political Conservatism or Right Wing economics are good or bad (well, no, I am saying that Right Wing economics is bad; as far as Political Conservatism, Political Liberalism, or Political Moderatism, though, I view each of these ideologies as self-referentially inconsistent). I just don't like the attempt to blur the distinctions between the two. Goldwater was Conservative. Mitt Romney is a Right Wing extremist.

[Ashmoria]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/06/fox-news-team-usa-uniforms-patriotic_n_1746519.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

An pundit on Fox News attacked gymnast Gabby Douglas for donning a pink leotard as opposed to the good ol' stars and stripes. Yeah, what the hell is wrong with her? I mean, I thought she was from Svalbard. According to him, this is indicative of the "soft anti-Americanism" that is prevalent in modern society.

Uhh...are Fox News commentators even serious? What the hell?

It's truly amazing that so many Americans would watch Fox more than any other news network. Do they tune in for laughs? Oh wait, I know. Go to Youtube, type in "Fox News" and look at the suggestions. Quality legs/boobs, er, uh, journalism.

its foxnews.

if it wasnt said by every host all day long its just one woman's (and her sycophantic guest's) opinion.

[Tekania]

We in America used to define patriotism by representing your country in a dignified manner.

Now we define patriotism by how many times you've gotten the American flag tattooed on your penis.

God bless motherfucking America.

You don't need a flag on your penis anymore... for example if you lost your penis due to ink poisoning from too many flag-tattoos.

[TaQud]

Its Fox News. What do you expect?