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Pass the motherfuckin'

jollyroger — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:44:50 +0000

In reply to Steven Colbert, South Carolina kingmaker, being wooed for his polled 5%...

Pass the motherfuckin' popcorn! Could I have been any wronger? Huntsman is now the third party darkhorse, Paul is in the tank so Rand gets a career boost, and Santorum is charting at least a credible denial of pre convention closeout. And Newt soldiers on.

Oh, he stays in character--he

jollyroger — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:10:19 +0000

In reply to I only read parts of this

Oh, he stays in character--he testified before congress as the character!

I only read parts of this

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:02:54 +0000

In reply to Found a reference to a least

I only read parts of this recent New York Times' Sunday Magazine story profile of Colbert, his on-air persona, and the related political campaign fund, because I am just not that interested in him. But from the parts I read, it sounds to me like he doesn't want to discourage the confusion and fully intends to carry out the whole presidential run thing without clarifying anything, really intends it to be a true performance piece, with any possible reaction(s) left wide open. If he has a political effect in mind, he's not planning to say what it is, and that he's less a Jon Stewart type, and more an Andy Kaufman type, than many people might think.

Had not heard of that before.

Elusive Trope — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:45:55 +0000

In reply to An excellent study of Poe's

Had not heard of that before. For those like me, here is how the law is stated:

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing.

A corollary of Poe's law is the reverse phenomenon: legitimate fundamentalist beliefs being mistaken for a parody of that belief.

An excellent study of Poe's

Verified Atheist — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:20:18 +0000

In reply to Found a reference to a least

An excellent study of Poe's law.

(open:scrapingbrainsoffwalls)

jollyroger — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:43:52 +0000

In reply to Found a reference to a least

(open:scrapingbrainsoffwalls) I had forgotten about that, tho it crossed my radar once. The mind boggles, the senses reel...(close:scrapingbrainsoffwalls)

The best part is that the trogs still think he's funny, even when they don't get that they are the joke...

Found a reference to a least

Elusive Trope — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:21:16 +0000

In reply to There was a study done by a

Found a reference to a least one study on this matter

This study investigated biased message processing of political satire in The Colbert Report and the influence of political ideology on perceptions of Stephen Colbert. Results indicate that political ideology influences biased processing of ambiguous political messages and source in late-night comedy. Using data from an experiment (N = 332), we found that individual-level political ideology significantly predicted perceptions of Colbert's political ideology. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements. Conservatism also significantly predicted perceptions that Colbert disliked liberalism. Finally, a post hoc analysis revealed that perceptions of Colbert's political opinions fully mediated the relationship between political ideology and individual-level opinion.

There was a study done by a

Elusive Trope — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:18:54 +0000

In reply to Steven Colbert, South Carolina kingmaker, being wooed for his polled 5%...

There was a study done by a professor some time back that showed the more conservative a college student was, the more likely they were to think that he actually believed the opinions he was giving on the show. So there are probably a number of people who would vote for him thinking they're voting for a real conservative.

And that's a good thing!

Aunt Sam — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:35:07 +0000

In reply to I don't know, if you've

And that's a good thing!

I don't know, if you've

Verified Atheist — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:21:42 +0000

In reply to Actually, I'm not supportive

I don't know, if you've watched his show, he does an excellent job of pointing out the insanity of many campaign laws, most recently the stuff that sprung up after Citizens United.