Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[Jacob]

Not how I parsed it. I read it as only the first line (God + truth = life) and the rest is the memer making fun of it.

Granted, the format leaves it a bit ambiguous, but I'd assume that I the entire text after the initial colon was supposed to be on the t-shirt, then it would say "you" instead of "they".

Also, it seems more in line with usual meme formats of taking one line by someone else (real or imagined) and then mocking it.

Yeah, that was my take too. So while the meme originator is probably not hardcore religious, the mockery is about not thinking through your facile equation than explicitly saying God is not real. It's "you don't realize you're saying God is a lie, you friggin' doofus" not "God is a lie".

[Malthus]

Not how I parsed it. I read it as only the first line (God + truth = life) and the rest is the memer making fun of it.

Granted, the format leaves it a bit ambiguous, but I'd assume that I the entire text after the initial colon was supposed to be on the t-shirt, then it would say "you" instead of "they".

Also, it seems more in line with usual meme formats of taking one line by someone else (real or imagined) and then mocking it.

Yeah, that was my take too. So while the meme originator is probably not hardcore religious, the mockery is about not thinking through your facile equation than explicitly saying God is not real. It's "you don't realize you're saying God is a lie, you friggin' doofus" not "God is a lie".

The maker of the tee shirt was either: (a) ignorantly making a statement that they did not realize said the opposite of what they thought; or (b) were cleverly spreading the gnostic message (the god of this world is a lie). 

[grumbler]

The maker of the tee shirt was either: (a) ignorantly making a statement that they did not realize said the opposite of what they thought; or (b) were cleverly spreading the gnostic message (the god of this world is a lie). 

Never assign to cleverness that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

[Jacob]

That would make languish significantly less interesting

[Malthus]

A person wearing a religious slogan on a tee shirt being stupid? That's just unpossible.

[Berkut]

This was posted by a fellow official who was an ex-cop. When I pointed out that the actual data *directly* contradicts every single point other then the high taxes, I was told I was demented, and he was pleased his meme worked to "trigger a lib".

[Josquius]

He missed georgia.

[Eddie Teach]

And Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia, etc.

[DGuller]

This was posted by a fellow official who was an ex-cop. When I pointed out that the actual data *directly* contradicts every single point other then the high taxes, I was told I was demented, and he was pleased his meme worked to "trigger a lib".

This level of mean spirited spite is something that I see all the time in people I know of that persuasion, and it's very creepy.  It's even more creepier when they start talking about guns.  It seems like they've already dehumanized their opponents, in the right circumstances they'll start a massacre with no hesitation.

[garbon]

In response to some twitter trolling of Republicans (photo sent to Republicans of Lee Harvey Oswald as poster's grandfather and asking them to reply to honor their grandfather), Candace Owens posted the following:

Candace Owens @RealCandaceO
Replying to @kenklippenstein
It is not "political correctness" to have a soul and a modicum of decency.

Reminder: These men DIED— the majority of them on foreign soil—so that you could be free. You do not photoshop murderers into their uniforms so that you can have a laugh.

I think that first line is very interesting.

[Valmy]

She is not aware Lee Harvey Oswald was a US Marine?

Anyway interesting that being respectful is not "political correctness". Not offending people by being respectful is kind of one of its key components.

[The Minsky Moment]

She is not aware [FILL IN BLANK HERE]?

Yes.

[Syt]

[Josquius]

Sigh.

[Valmy]

The fifth amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to due process before the government deprives you of your life. Even for people with bad parents.

Also I did not realize the only people concerned with this issue were people who had children who had been shot by the police.