Comments on: Scary speech by gentleman with a "masters degree in communication" http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: theyallhateme http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881922 theyallhateme Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881922 I would also like to see this video dubbed with crazy Hitler speech audio and vice-versa. p.s. words only hurt if you let them. I would also like to see this video dubbed with crazy Hitler speech audio and vice-versa.

p.s. words only hurt if you let them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881672 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881672 Wow.Scary.Scary because the man is a few cents short of a dollar in thinking this was an appropriate way to seek nomination, scary x 2 if this is what you get with a Masters in Comm wherever he went...the likes of the 'machines' run by Carville, Obama (sorry - never bothered with Republican election programs, not enough at least to learn the names of who ran them)would chew on him before breakfast...doomed to circle the drain of lower echelon micro-local politics for the rest of his life I fear.Perhaps they need a shouty, sociopathic assistant litter warden (parks 1-2/10)in Poughkeepsie? Wow.Scary.Scary because the man is a few cents short of a dollar in thinking this was an appropriate way to seek nomination, scary x 2 if this is what you get with a Masters in Comm wherever he went…the likes of the ‘machines’ run by Carville, Obama (sorry – never bothered with Republican election programs, not enough at least to learn the names of who ran them)would chew on him before breakfast…doomed to circle the drain of lower echelon micro-local politics for the rest of his life I fear.Perhaps they need a shouty, sociopathic assistant litter warden (parks 1-2/10)in Poughkeepsie?

]]> By: GrumpySteen http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881674 GrumpySteen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881674 It's like Glenn Beck and the "Snap into a Slim Jim!" guy had a baby together It’s like Glenn Beck and the “Snap into a Slim Jim!” guy had a baby together

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-882186 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-882186 Isn't a communication degree a technical thing? i.e. the internet as opposed to speaking? Not to rain on the parade ... Isn’t a communication degree a technical thing? i.e. the internet as opposed to speaking?

Not to rain on the parade …

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881679 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881679 @Davidget and muteboy: That sumbitch. You tell him, I think he's a damn fool, Ed. You tell him I said so - H.I. McDonnough. If he wants to discuss it, he knows where to find me: in the Maricopa County Maximum Security Correctional Facility For Men State Farm, Road Number 31, Tempe, Arizona! I'LL BE WAITIN'! I'll be waitin'. @Davidget and muteboy:

That sumbitch. You tell him, I think he’s a damn fool, Ed. You tell him I said so – H.I. McDonnough. If he wants to discuss it, he knows where to find me: in the Maricopa County Maximum Security Correctional Facility For Men State Farm, Road Number 31, Tempe, Arizona! I’LL BE WAITIN’! I’ll be waitin’.

]]> By: willykea http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881680 willykea Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881680 My earlier comment was deleted by the moderator. It said that "TelePrompTers are for f*gs." It was satire, not gay bashing. I meant no disrespect toward homosexuals and I think that they would understand that. More than anything, I was making fun of right wingers. Obama has been widely ridiculed by them for using a teleprompter yet this gentleman, Phil Davison, would clearly benefit from it. You overreacted by deleting my comment and hurt my feelings, boingboing. My earlier comment was deleted by the moderator. It said that “TelePrompTers are for f*gs.” It was satire, not gay bashing. I meant no disrespect toward homosexuals and I think that they would understand that. More than anything, I was making fun of right wingers. Obama has been widely ridiculed by them for using a teleprompter yet this gentleman, Phil Davison, would clearly benefit from it. You overreacted by deleting my comment and hurt my feelings, boingboing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-882193 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-882193 So in your world calling someone gay is an insult and "making fun of them"? THAT'S what makes it offensive; not your lexical choice. And claiming that 'they' wouldn't be offended is pushing it isn't it? If I were of that persuasion I would be extremely offended not only that you chose such a derogatory word but also that you felt it was an insult when used in that context. If you didn't think there was anything wrong with homosexuality then surely it would be as impactful as saying "TelePrompTers are for humans". I think you would have been better of leaving your comment deleted and not trying to explain your obvious ignorance. So in your world calling someone gay is an insult and “making fun of them”?

THAT’S what makes it offensive; not your lexical choice.

And claiming that ‘they’ wouldn’t be offended is pushing it isn’t it? If I were of that persuasion I would be extremely offended not only that you chose such a derogatory word but also that you felt it was an insult when used in that context.

If you didn’t think there was anything wrong with homosexuality then surely it would be as impactful as saying “TelePrompTers are for humans”.
I think you would have been better of leaving your comment deleted and not trying to explain your obvious ignorance.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-882452 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-882452 I am stealing your comment. It made me laugh as hard as the that speech is disturbing. I am stealing your comment. It made me laugh as hard as the that speech is disturbing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881690 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881690 The guy looks like he's being forced to give a speech while suffering from a kidney stone. The guy looks like he’s being forced to give a speech while suffering from a kidney stone.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881692 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881692 "Teleprompters are for sissies" = levity/satire. "Teleprompters are for [offensive epithet]" = try again. “Teleprompters are for sissies” = levity/satire.

“Teleprompters are for [offensive epithet]” = try again.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881697 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881697 "Not only are we going to New Hampshire ... we're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we're going to California and Texas and New York! And we're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan. And then we're going to Washington, D.C. to take back the White House, Yeeeeeaaaaaargh! “Not only are we going to New Hampshire … we’re going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we’re going to California and Texas and New York! And we’re going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan. And then we’re going to Washington, D.C. to take back the White House, Yeeeeeaaaaaargh!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881699 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881699 This just proves that Lewis Black is right, yelling does make everything funnier. This just proves that Lewis Black is right, yelling does make everything funnier.

]]> By: willykea http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881701 willykea Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881701 As a sissy, I'm offended by your use of the term "sissies," Brainspore. Try again. As a sissy, I’m offended by your use of the term “sissies,” Brainspore. Try again.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881702 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881702 If you're such a sissy why do you keep defending yourself? If you’re such a sissy why do you keep defending yourself?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-882726 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-882726 Davison surely studied Hitler and Goebbels. They did the exact same thing, shouting, rolling with their eyes, pacing back and forth, exchanging anger and pleading, screaming and yelling. He got his Masters degree from watching old Nazi Speech videos. troublesome Davison surely studied Hitler and Goebbels. They did the exact same thing, shouting, rolling with their eyes, pacing back and forth, exchanging anger and pleading, screaming and yelling. He got his Masters degree from watching old Nazi Speech videos.

troublesome

]]> By: kip w http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-882982 kip w Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-882982 I'd really like for him to move to my area and become a weather man for one of our local stations. I'd watch. I’d really like for him to move to my area and become a weather man for one of our local stations. I’d watch.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881703 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881703 What the eff?! What the eff?!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881963 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881963 Make fun of it if you want, but his tone of voice has resulted in the speech getting a whole lot more attention than I bet the Stark county treasurer's office election has ever gotten before. So who's to say he's not a very effective communicator? Make fun of it if you want, but his tone of voice has resulted in the speech getting a whole lot more attention than I bet the Stark county treasurer’s office election has ever gotten before. So who’s to say he’s not a very effective communicator?

]]> By: Crispinus211 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881708 Crispinus211 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881708 All this, and he didn't even get the nomination. All this, and he didn’t even get the nomination.

]]> By: thebonobo http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881712 thebonobo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881712 Matt Foley wants your vote! http://www.hulu.com/watch/4183/saturday-night-live-down-by-the-river Matt Foley wants your vote!

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4183/saturday-night-live-down-by-the-river

]]> By: JoshuaZ http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-883508 JoshuaZ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-883508 He seems similar to Glenn Moon who was running for the city council of Livonia: http://villagethinker.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/raving-nutbag-running-for-livonias-city-council/ He seems similar to Glenn Moon who was running for the city council of Livonia:

http://villagethinker.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/raving-nutbag-running-for-livonias-city-council/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881719 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881719 I think we found the replacement for Billy Mayes. OXYCLEAN!!!!!! I think we found the replacement for Billy Mayes. OXYCLEAN!!!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881977 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881977 As a heterosexual person, I completely agree. As would EVERY SINGLE ONE of my gay/lesbian friends. As a heterosexual person, I completely agree.

As would EVERY SINGLE ONE of my gay/lesbian friends.

]]> By: sapere_aude http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881726 sapere_aude Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881726 Okay, at long last I have finally stopped laughing and have caught my breath. And yet I'm still speechless. Okay, at long last I have finally stopped laughing and have caught my breath. And yet I’m still speechless.

]]> By: willykea http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881727 willykea Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881727 From Wikipedia: Sissy is a pejorative for a boy or man to indicate that he fails to behave according to the traditional male gender role. Generally, it implies a lack of the courage and stoicism which are thought important to the male role. It might also imply interests seen as strikingly un-masculine. This pejorative may be given to anyone as an insult. Several variations, such as "sissy boy" or "sissy baby", exist and any term can become pejorative or insulting if preceded by "sissy" and applied to a boy or a man. Sissy is the male converse of tomboy, but has none of the latter's positive connotations. Even amongst gay men, behavior thought of as sissy or camp produces mixed reactions. Other similar terms include "wimp," "wuss," "femboy," and "pussy." Pejorative = offensive. You must take down the "sissy" post if you're going to take down the "fag" post. From Wikipedia:

Sissy is a pejorative for a boy or man to indicate that he fails to behave according to the traditional male gender role. Generally, it implies a lack of the courage and stoicism which are thought important to the male role. It might also imply interests seen as strikingly un-masculine. This pejorative may be given to anyone as an insult. Several variations, such as “sissy boy” or “sissy baby”, exist and any term can become pejorative or insulting if preceded by “sissy” and applied to a boy or a man. Sissy is the male converse of tomboy, but has none of the latter’s positive connotations. Even amongst gay men, behavior thought of as sissy or camp produces mixed reactions. Other similar terms include “wimp,” “wuss,” “femboy,” and “pussy.”

Pejorative = offensive.

You must take down the “sissy” post if you’re going to take down the “fag” post.

]]> By: Blue_Jaunte http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-882496 Blue_Jaunte Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-882496 "...one of my most favorite quotes in the history of the spoken word". Priceless. “…one of my most favorite quotes in the history of the spoken word”. Priceless.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-883009 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-883009 Yes!!! That is what I heard. Yes!!! That is what I heard.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-882759 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-882759 Maybe the moderator that took his post down felt personally offended by it, non? Maybe the moderator that took his post down felt personally offended by it, non?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881737 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881737 Read the Comment Policy, please. Read the Comment Policy, please.

]]> By: sirkowski http://boingboing.net/2010/09/09/scary-speech-by-gent.html#comment-881741 sirkowski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-881741 Take your meds dude! Take your meds dude!

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