Comments on: Victoria Jackson Goes to Occupy Wall Street http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 19:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Teto85 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1242591 Teto85 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1242591 The derp from Ms. Jackson and others of her ilk just keeps on flowing.   The derp from Ms. Jackson and others of her ilk just keeps on flowing.  

]]> By: Thad Boyd http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1242215 Thad Boyd Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1242215 Well, I still like UHF. Well, I still like UHF.

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1242173 LightningRose Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1242173 "If you want everyone to be equal, how are you going to make them equal in good looks and smart brains? Everyone's not created equal." Victoria Jackson is one more data point for my conjecture that while not all conservatives are stupid, most stupid people are conservative. “If you want everyone to be equal, how are you going to make them equal
in good looks and smart brains? Everyone’s not created equal.”

Victoria Jackson is one more data point for my conjecture that while not all conservatives are stupid, most stupid people are conservative.

]]> By: jowlsey http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1242090 jowlsey Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1242090 If you can't decide if she's trolling or not, take a look at her website. http://www.victoriajackson.com/ It's been like that for years.  She's either going for an epic L O N G troll, or she has gone off the deep end.  I'm leaning towards the latter. If you can’t decide if she’s trolling or not, take a look at her website. http://www.victoriajackson.com/
It’s been like that for years.  She’s either going for an epic L O N G troll, or she has gone off the deep end.  I’m leaning towards the latter.

]]> By: Daniel http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1242033 Daniel Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1242033 Did you notice how the "demands" are all still up for a vote?  Did you notice how pretty much anyone can recommend pretty much anything as a demand?  Maybe you should wait to see what the actual demands are. Did you notice how the “demands” are all still up for a vote?  Did you notice how pretty much anyone can recommend pretty much anything as a demand?  Maybe you should wait to see what the actual demands are.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241956 SamSam Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241956 I don't think that anyone who's read BoingBoing for more than two minutes is confused by Mark's position, and, in any case, he makes it pretty clear with his second-to-last sentence. I don’t think that anyone who’s read BoingBoing for more than two minutes is confused by Mark’s position, and, in any case, he makes it pretty clear with his second-to-last sentence.

]]> By: Commodore Crush http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241938 Commodore Crush Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241938 Ugggh...  I like how the 2nd guy she interviews starts with "I loved you on SNL", but I think he probably has a different opinion now. Ugggh…  I like how the 2nd guy she interviews starts with “I loved you on SNL”, but I think he probably has a different opinion now.

]]> By: Blaine Hofeling http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241870 Blaine Hofeling Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241870 Ha! I met this knucklehead once in SLC, she walked into a Mormon painting and frame shop my girlfriend was working in at the time. She was astonishingly thick and out of sorts, she wanted to buy all the religious prints, framed and numbered. So very random, so very odd. Ha! I met this knucklehead once in SLC, she walked into a Mormon painting and frame shop my girlfriend was working in at the time. She was astonishingly thick and out of sorts, she wanted to buy all the religious prints, framed and numbered. So very random, so very odd.

]]> By: Modusoperandi http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241814 Modusoperandi Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241814 <b>Joshua Zelinsky</b> >I>"You know, there's a certain point in this video where one feels sorry for Victoria Jackson because she's just so stupid."</i> It's not stupidity. It's ignorance. And that level of willful ignorance takes <i>work</i>. Imagine how many calories it takes every single day just to parse all incoming information in a Tribal ("Tribal" being "beyond partisan") manner, where every speck of data must be sifted, analysed and kept or discarded based almost entirely on its source (the Genetic Fallacy as ideological foundation rather than something to be avoided) instead of whether or not it reflects reality. Joshua Zelinsky >I>”You know, there’s a certain point in this video where one feels sorry for Victoria Jackson because she’s just so stupid.”
It’s not stupidity. It’s ignorance. And that level of willful ignorance takes work. Imagine how many calories it takes every single day just to parse all incoming information in a Tribal (“Tribal” being “beyond partisan”) manner, where every speck of data must be sifted, analysed and kept or discarded based almost entirely on its source (the Genetic Fallacy as ideological foundation rather than something to be avoided) instead of whether or not it reflects reality.

]]> By: sdaris http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241807 sdaris Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241807 Mr. Frauenfelder, please clarify your take on this for your confused readers. Are you showing this in the spirit of irony/ridonculousness or...well, the other side? (dare I ask). Mr. Frauenfelder, please clarify your take on this for your confused readers. Are you showing this in the spirit of irony/ridonculousness or…well, the other side? (dare I ask).

]]> By: zorro869 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241782 zorro869 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241782 Why? Have YOU read the demands? Why? Have YOU read the demands?

]]> By: zorro869 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241781 zorro869 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241781 I'm confused... Is she playing a character like Stephen Colbert, or is she really, really, really, really dumb? I’m confused… Is she playing a character like Stephen Colbert, or is she really, really, really, really dumb?

]]> By: Michael Gates http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241663 Michael Gates Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241663 Y'know, I'd watch the video, and decide for myself, except for two things. First, the still frame it catches at the front of the video. That woman is TERRIFYING. The powdery skin, the red lipstick, the bizarre-shaped reflections in the glasses. Can't play video, clown femme will eat me. Second... fifteen minutes? On Youtube? The only thing I'll sit and look at for that long, on that site, is half-episodes of "My Little Pony" or "Invader Zim." Do a best-of compilation, with two minutes of scary clown femme devouring OWS protestors, maybe speed that up and put the Benny Hill theme in the background... that, I'd watch. Y’know, I’d watch the video, and decide for myself, except for two things. First, the still frame it catches at the front of the video. That woman is TERRIFYING. The powdery skin, the red lipstick, the bizarre-shaped reflections in the glasses. Can’t play video, clown femme will eat me.

Second… fifteen minutes? On Youtube? The only thing I’ll sit and look at for that long, on that site, is half-episodes of “My Little Pony” or “Invader Zim.” Do a best-of compilation, with two minutes of scary clown femme devouring OWS protestors, maybe speed that up and put the Benny Hill theme in the background… that, I’d watch.

]]> By: balorlives http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241642 balorlives Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241642 Nope, no joke. she went down the right wing rabbit hole years ago. Here is a column she writes - http://www.wnd.com/index.php/index.php?pageId=276421 I have to say I would like to see her on The Colbert Report sometime. Poe's law might lead to a critical mass of absurdity that would take out 20 city blocks. Nope, no joke. she went down the right wing rabbit hole years ago. Here is a column she writes – http://www.wnd.com/index.php/index.php?pageId=276421
I have to say I would like to see her on The Colbert Report sometime. Poe’s law might lead to a critical mass of absurdity that would take out 20 city blocks.

]]> By: jtegnell http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241598 jtegnell Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241598 Yeah, okay, just one more reason not to automatically like every girl who can half-ass play the world's easiest instrument. Yeah, okay, just one more reason not to automatically like every girl who can half-ass play the world’s easiest instrument.

]]> By: Joshua Zelinsky http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241586 Joshua Zelinsky Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241586 You know, there's a certain point in this video where one feels sorry for Victoria Jackson because she's just so stupid. Then I get angry at her again. Then I feel sorry for her again. At some level, it isn't her fault she's an idiot. There's a certain point where I have to wonder if critical thinking is simply impossible if one is sufficiently stupid.  But, at some level this video seems to be one of the best things I can imagine for OWS protesters. They get all their talking points out and come across as reasonable and intelligent. Of course it isn't tough to come across as intelligent next to Victoria Jackson.  You know, there’s a certain point in this video where one feels sorry for Victoria Jackson because she’s just so stupid. Then I get angry at her again. Then I feel sorry for her again. At some level, it isn’t her fault she’s an idiot. There’s a certain point where I have to wonder if critical thinking is simply impossible if one is sufficiently stupid. 

But, at some level this video seems to be one of the best things I can imagine for OWS protesters. They get all their talking points out and come across as reasonable and intelligent. Of course it isn’t tough to come across as intelligent next to Victoria Jackson. 

]]> By: WillieNelsonMandela http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241584 WillieNelsonMandela Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241584 Good for her for interviewing a smart well-spoken guy and not editing him out. I disagree with many of her views but I have no problem with her playing devil's advocate at the rally. Maybe some of her conservative fans will watch the video and consider the reasoning behind the guy's answers. Thank you Victoria Jackson and thank you intelligent interview guy. Good for her for interviewing a smart well-spoken guy and not editing him out. I disagree with many of her views but I have no problem with her playing devil’s advocate at the rally. Maybe some of her conservative fans will watch the video and consider the reasoning behind the guy’s answers. Thank you Victoria Jackson and thank you intelligent interview guy.

]]> By: voiceinthedistance http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241547 voiceinthedistance Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241547 What a waste of valuable natural resources.  Isn't there a colony of single cell organisms somewhere that could put them to better use than Ms. Jackson? What a waste of valuable natural resources.  Isn’t there a colony of single cell organisms somewhere that could put them to better use than Ms. Jackson?

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241530 jimh Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241530 I would love to see Ms. Jackson and Senator Franken discuss the issues of the day. I don't think the glasses make her seem smarter, btw. I would love to see Ms. Jackson and Senator Franken discuss the issues of the day. I don’t think the glasses make her seem smarter, btw.

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241510 Halloween Jack Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241510 I'm not at all surprised that she showed up to OWS in an attempt to do ambush interviews of the protesters and ended up unable to even hear what they had to say over the right wing talk radio mixtape that plays in her head 24/7. The only reason anyone pays attention to her at all is that she happened to be part of the best SNL cast ever (and, yes, that includes the original one--heresy, I know), but she wasn't really in the league of people like Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey and Mike Meyers--sometimes it seemed like she had trouble reading off the cue cards. That video that you linked to is basically the same character that she's been playing for the last twenty-five years, and anything else that she did on SNL was the result of their wonderful writing staff, which ironically included Al Franken, one of the most liberal (and smartest) members of Congress currently. I’m not at all surprised that she showed up to OWS in an attempt to do ambush interviews of the protesters and ended up unable to even hear what they had to say over the right wing talk radio mixtape that plays in her head 24/7. The only reason anyone pays attention to her at all is that she happened to be part of the best SNL cast ever (and, yes, that includes the original one–heresy, I know), but she wasn’t really in the league of people like Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey and Mike Meyers–sometimes it seemed like she had trouble reading off the cue cards. That video that you linked to is basically the same character that she’s been playing for the last twenty-five years, and anything else that she did on SNL was the result of their wonderful writing staff, which ironically included Al Franken, one of the most liberal (and smartest) members of Congress currently.

]]> By: Red Pill Junkie http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241467 Red Pill Junkie Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241467 That 2nd gentleman made his college teachers at the University of Maryland *very* proud. That 2nd gentleman made his college teachers at the University of Maryland *very* proud.

]]> By: miasm http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241468 miasm Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241468 fgfds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RkGm4-KSDU#t=1m37s edit: click the link, not the thumbnail. fgfds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RkGm4-KSDU#t=1m37s
edit: click the link, not the thumbnail.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241449 Cowicide Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241449 <blockquote>She is as free as the protesters to debate her opinion.</blockquote> Yeah, I've seen some people on the subway debate their own opinions.  It sometimes even builds up to a one-person screaming match.  I could definitely see where Victoria is headed in that direction if she doesn't get help.... soon.

She is as free as the protesters to debate her opinion.

Yeah, I’ve seen some people on the subway debate their own opinions.  It sometimes even builds up to a one-person screaming match.  I could definitely see where Victoria is headed in that direction if she doesn’t get help…. soon.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241441 Cowicide Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241441 <blockquote>I think Victoria Jackson is the new Andy kaufman.</blockquote> For her sake and sanity, I hope you are correct.  That would be incredibly brilliant and even put Andy to shame.  But, I'm sorry... I think this reality is a sad one. She's not an anomaly, there are plenty of people that listen to rightwing radio, etc. and are actually this ignorant of reality and act just like her (without the funny voice).

I think Victoria Jackson is the new Andy kaufman.

For her sake and sanity, I hope you are correct.  That would be incredibly brilliant and even put Andy to shame.  But, I’m sorry… I think this reality is a sad one.

She’s not an anomaly, there are plenty of people that listen to rightwing radio, etc. and are actually this ignorant of reality and act just like her (without the funny voice).

]]> By: PeaceLove http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241438 PeaceLove Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241438 I just LOVE that ditzy blonde routine of hers! She is sooo convincing! I just LOVE that ditzy blonde routine of hers! She is sooo convincing!

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241386 Mark_Frauenfelder Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241386 I agree. The more she talks, the happier I get. I agree. The more she talks, the happier I get.

]]> By: greatgerbil http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241379 greatgerbil Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241379 I support her. She is as free as the protesters to debate her opinion. I support her. She is as free as the protesters to debate her opinion.

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241340 Finnagain Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241340 I'm adding her to the "Who?", tm, list. The stake through the heart for people like this is to ignore them completely. I’m adding her to the “Who?”, tm, list. The stake through the heart for people like this is to ignore them completely.

]]> By: waldowv http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241312 waldowv Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241312 Seriously, boingboing?  75% of your content comes straight from reddit and you can't reference the "Wadsworth constant"? http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/kxfxy/and_so_ends_20_years_of_frustration/c2o1cyy Seriously, boingboing?  75% of your content comes straight from reddit and you can’t reference the “Wadsworth constant”?

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/kxfxy/and_so_ends_20_years_of_frustration/c2o1cyy

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/victoria-jackson-goes-to-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1241304 Snig Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=123383#comment-1241304 What the other's said, she's really that crazy, and is generally only found on Rupert Murdoch outlets, doing commentary about Obama being a Muslim.  I could easily see people supposing that she was a female Stephen Colbert.    What the other’s said, she’s really that crazy, and is generally only found on Rupert Murdoch outlets, doing commentary about Obama being a Muslim.  I could easily see people supposing that she was a female Stephen Colbert.   

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