Don't give them ideas!

It's a throwaway joke in a 2 minute promo for a skit show. But it does have a context it the skit it was pulled from.

Promo makers like titillation... It worked.

You make a good point - however we can't forget that we only saw 2 seconds of this kids sketch. Although it is almost completely unlikely that they'll take a stab at, let's say the UN, the possibility exists.

The Bush jab in "The Blind Side" was a minor point in a movie that seems to have been embraced by the right (I haven't seen it yet). Yet if you go back to that thread - there's countless comments of "I'll never see this movie..."

Have a sense of humor about it... that's all. Conservatives are too easily offended and constantly pick up the toys and go home. And I think there are ways to score points without "offending" Hollywood liberal sensibilities (not that I care, we just don't want the same kneejerk reaction).

We should make our own playground sketch - we'd have to get special permission for AtheistCon to be within 10 miles of a school though.

You're right, I don't hang out at HuffPo, et al.

But isn't there a shred of intellectual integrity you that just winces when the right does the same drive by tactics?

Is it okay to pull stuff out of context - to pass judgments without seeing the entire skit?

Look, I'm not a purist. I'm just saying, I don't want to start chuggin' Kool-Aid, even if it happens to a flavor I find pleasing.

Well, I'm just concerned that there's a lot of pop culture outrage moments posted here that are really just meant to fan the flames of drive-by readers -People that just read the headline, look at the picture and post a comment.

Remember the deal with "The Blind Side" over a cheap Bush joke? Anyone still really care about that? Or the outrage Stage Right created with the Blue's Clues guy. (and just to set the record straight - I like Stage Right's articles here).

I don't like that game. Maybe I'd rather not play that knee jerk reactionary game... even though I suppose it has to be played to certain degree.

Yeah... Left... Right...

No wait... what?

This show defies any explanation - what it really is is porn. Not sexual porn - but social porn. It's sold as the life and trials of a privileged and emotionally stunted group of people who live with fabulous wealth and fame. They have no responsibilities, have no consequences to their action, and, as far as I can tell, no discernible talents.

It wouldn't be a big deal, except it's sold as "reality" TV. People fall for that term even though there's not a shred of reality to it.

No, I'm saying why the outrage? It was a stupid joke - a toss away 2 seconds in a promo. On top of that, you don't really know what the message is...

I know this is a negative review magnet - but this kind of stuff is in the two wrongs don't make a right category.

I will not cast off the chains of one tyrant to enslave myself to another master.

Wow... you guys pick up one small clip from a "Funny or Die" - a "comedy" site that is notorious for its left wing politics. Was it surprise - highly doubt it. On top of that... we haven't even seen the whole scene. Unlikely that it'll turn around but still, reserve some judgment.

This how thing smacks of "So What"

Did Obama in his speech in Ohio just tell a senior citizen that we recently experience an average drop in prices about 15 minutes after giving a stump speech about how prices have been increasing?