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pfft

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Durka Durka Mohammed downvote!

Who declared Jihad on your sense of humor?

Yeah, this is pretty racist.

I think your definition of racist is wrong. You may not like it, but it's just parody. It's not mocking Muslims, it's mocking extremists. So we're supposed to respect and pander to extremist Islamist murderers? Regardless of why they do it, and how fucked up our policies on the Middle East have been?

I'm a *very* socially liberal and against racism, sexism, ageism, and any other discrimination, but I still have a sense of humor and can laugh when something is funny and not get self righteous about it.

I don't see the racism (theres no evidence of any race unless you count muppet; the guy looks like an American survivalist to me)

but I think its stupid - why in the world is it "cool" to pick on Elmo? It's a KIDS thing. Elmo is representative of innocence and curiousity. If you find Elmo annoying, quit listening/watching him, fer cripessake.

It's debatable, but many may consider this a violation of Posting Guideline #2, in which case it wouldn't matter whether people find it funny or not.

Me, I'm downvoting just because it's stupid.

I don't even think it's debatable. It's not racism. Racism would be outright slandering Arabs as a whole for whatever reason. Making fun of them for just being themselves, such as "towelhead" jokes or something. Making fun of fundamentalist extremists is different; it's like making fun of ghetto thugs without being racist against all blacks.

Or making fun of religious fundies here in the US, is that racism against whites?

It may be making jokes at the expense of a subculture, but it is not representative of an entire "race". Even that term bothers me because race is a societal invention that only perpetuates racism; we're all human beings.

I don't see this as racist necessarily, rather it's offensive in that it A)isn't funny and B)is insulting to my intelligence.

Both opinions you have every right to. I only object to unfounded accusations of racism.

oh, I didnt' have the sound on.

I think it skirts the edge of racism simply because anyone, anywhere would recognize the (poorly executed) attempt at sounding "arabic" and saying "Jihad Jihad" makes it pretty darned clear who this is aimed at. But uhohzombies has a point in that if we had something that poked fun at evangelical wingnuts babbling "repent repent!" nobody would think that's racist against white people or even christians in general. So...

but it's still stupid. In fact, it's better with the sound off.

We are currently killing hundreds of thousands of people who look vaguely like the guy in the video. If Christians were facing comparable adversity, then mocking them would be taboo too. If we invaded and occupied Clearwater, Florida, I'm sure some of us might even find some sympathy in our hearts for Tom Cruise.

I promise to promote this on the day that Muslims have nothing more to fear than the harsh words of British intellectuals and mask-clad hackers playing the rickroll song.

"If we invaded and occupied Clearwater, Florida, I'm sure some of us might even find some sympathy in our hearts for Tom Cruise."

Snowball's chance in hell, my friend!

I call bullshit on anyone who can't see that this a HORRIBLE parody by someone who obviously watched a)Team America: World Police and b)any of the myriad execution videos available on the web. It sucks which is why I'm not voting for it but it's certainly not racist, and why do you have sympathy for terrorists?

Trey Parker & Matt Stone convinced me of this point (even though I'm not really a South Park fan) when they talked about why all the terrorists in Team America talk like "durka durka jihad jihad." Their point was that these people should be mocked & ridiculed.

OK, let me back off a notch on my "racist" accusation. It is perhaps better to point out the context in which this video is not acceptable. As DFT pointed out, thousands and thousands of people are being killed in the name of american people, for whom some might find this an amusing depiction of their "enemies". It is this dehumanization of Arabic people that I object to.

It doesn't help that it is blatently unfunny, too.

This is just crap. I don't get the whole "Elmo the infidel" humor. The guys not funny in the least, and the situation is even less humorous. There is nothing funny about a taped execution even if you substitute a child's toy as the victim.
The video is depolorable; For the same reasons a guy in a Nazi uniform forcing a teletubby into a gas chamber in a concentration camp isn't funny.

whaaaatever. *discard

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