Rachel Maddow hilariously slams conspiracy theorists, including infowars dating site

LightinDarkness · 27th April 2013, 04:05 AM

I just saw this and was laughing (sometimes out of sadness/shock at the stupidity) the whole time. Rachel Maddow apparently found out that there is a Alex Jones "Freedom Lovers" dating website, and covers it along with the recent rise of conspiracy theories due to current events.

I know Rachel Maddow is political but I think even those who disagree with her politics will find this amusing and even agree with her. I don't normally agree with Maddow at all - but she admits that while there are left wing nut conspiracies, at least for the moment they are rising on the right wing lunatic fringe at an alarming rate.

Link: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/#51683482

LightinDarkness · 27th April 2013, 04:09 AM

Example of the Alex Jones dating site: Maybe your a guy looking for a special girl...a special girl who understands the evil, manical plot by Monsanto to kill us all with GMOs. A special girl who knows how to spend her free time - searching for gold, since as we all know that silly federal reserve note fiat will be worthless any day now. Someone who is committing to living off the grid, so that when FEMA camps come to slaughter all Americans you two love bird can be safe.

If your looking for her, look no further:
http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Pl...ml?sort=3&o=21

Call Me Crazy But · 27th April 2013, 04:37 AM

How exactly does she think electricity is generated for her car and what companies are producing it? The same could be said for her 'off-grid' house.

ehcks · 27th April 2013, 08:59 AM

A whole website for me to use the Barney Stinson Hot-Crazy scale on? I'm going in!

carlitos · 27th April 2013, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Call Me Crazy But How exactly does she think electricity is generated for her car and what companies are producing it? The same could be said for her 'off-grid' house.

On screen, your username works really well with comments like this. Was that the plan?

Bishop · 27th April 2013, 12:09 PM

If I may be shallow for a moment (seeing how all we have are pictures and descriptions, it's hard not to be), a few of them aren't bad-looking. I'm trying to imagine actually signing up for this to get in contact with one of the ladies. Of course, the fact that they're using this service in the first place leads to the natural assumption that they're looking for people who share their beliefs. So I would probably have to pretend to be a fellow conspiracy nut to have any chance of dating them.

This sounds like a great setup for a romantic comedy. I'm totally selling this idea to Hollywood.

Orphia Nay · 27th April 2013, 06:11 PM

That was a great segment, LightinDarkness!

"Glenn Beck Freedom Pants" made me

!

Orphia Nay · 27th April 2013, 06:14 PM

Link to #InfowarsPickUpLines search:

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23info...lines&src=tyah

LSSBB · 27th April 2013, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Orphia Nay

Link to #InfowarsPickUpLines search:

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23info...lines&src=tyah

Illuminaughty, heh.

beachnut · 27th April 2013, 06:46 PM

http://www.dailydot.com/lol/alex-jon...reedom-lovers/
http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/201...ating-website/

More web sites laughing at Alex Jones minded nuts.

SkepticGuy · 27th April 2013, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by LightinDarkness

I know Rachel Maddow is political but I think even those who disagree with her politics will find this amusing and even agree with her.

Hilarious.

Loved one of the Jones clips she used, made a GIF:

Brainster · 27th April 2013, 10:26 PM

Good for Rachel (although I thought the graphic version of the 9-11 Commission Report was a little wince-inducing). Boo to any conservatives who give Alex Jones any credibility at all, including Matt Drudge. Nice to see that some of the people being asked questions by the Infowars creep realized they were just dealing with a kook and moved to the next question.

Clayton Moore · 27th April 2013, 10:34 PM

I look forward to her outing of government and billionaire neocons.

Dog Town · 27th April 2013, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by SkepticGuy

Hilarious.

Loved one of the Jones clips she used, made a GIF:
http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/joneexplodes.gif

I like you, more, and more!

Gawdzilla Sama · 28th April 2013, 02:35 AM

Originally Posted by SkepticGuy

Hilarious.

Loved one of the Jones clips she used, made a GIF:
http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/joneexplodes.gif

I'm so stealin' that. I may put some words in his mouth.

threadworm · 28th April 2013, 03:09 AM

Originally Posted by SkepticGuy

Hilarious.

Loved one of the Jones clips she used, made a GIF:
http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/joneexplodes.gif

His oratorial style reminds me of someone...hmmm...who could it be...

Call Me Crazy But · 28th April 2013, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by carlitos

On screen, your username works really well with comments like this. Was that the plan?

So you think that she is screwing petroleum companies by buying an electric car? And how exactly is she going to take her house 'off grid'?

Ladewig · 28th April 2013, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by ehcks

A whole website for me to use the Barney Stinson Hot-Crazy scale on? I'm going in!

I just watched the short video.
Awesome joke. Awesome post.

Well, I'm off to try to balance Winona Ryder's hotness with the shoplifting conviction and her dating Matt Damon.

brodski · 28th April 2013, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by Call Me Crazy But

So you think that she is screwing petroleum companies by buying an electric car? And how exactly is she going to take her house 'off grid'?

I think you misread his post.

swright777 · 28th April 2013, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by brodski

I think you misread his post.

Either that or I misread it. It seemed to me that he was saying if you add your user name to the front of your post it makes it even better.

carlitos · 28th April 2013, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by Call Me Crazy But

So you think that she is screwing petroleum companies by buying an electric car? And how exactly is she going to take her house 'off grid'?

What the hell?

Call Me Crazy But · 29th April 2013, 11:38 AM

Apologies to Carlitos and all.

Misread message. Had a crappy day at work and shouldn't bring it here. Came across as churlish and tetchy.

kevsta · 29th April 2013, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by threadworm

His oratorial style reminds me of someone...hmmm...who could it be...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L7p5uSey-C...600/Gesch5.jpg

Did you just Godwin the "Trash the stupid CTers" thread ?

I thought only they did that?

carlitos · 29th April 2013, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by Call Me Crazy But

Apologies to Carlitos and all.

Misread message. Had a crappy day at work and shouldn't bring it here. Came across as churlish and tetchy.

No worries; I now see how it could have come across negatively. I did mean it as a compliment - it's witty.

NightStar76 · 29th April 2013, 02:35 PM

She's cute, but if she's a fan of Alex Jones, I'd not touch her with a ten foot pole.

Gawdzilla Sama · 30th April 2013, 03:40 AM

Originally Posted by NightStar76

She's cute, but if she's a fan of Alex Jones, I'd not touch her with a ten foot pole.

The whole thread just shot over your head?

threadworm · 30th April 2013, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by kevsta

Did you just Godwin the "Trash the stupid CTers" thread ?

I thought only they did that?

Hmm - it was more a humorous observation of physical similarities in his facial expressions and gestures than a comment on his views . I was hoping for a similar animated gif to make it more obvious. Is it a Godwin variant: "You look like Hitler", as opposed to "You hold repugnant and vile views, just like Hitler"?

The fact that he makes Hitler look like a liberal wet is purely co-incidental.

Part of me does think that much of his public persona is feigned, and the adoption of that fist banging apoplexy is just his shtick for the paying audience, hence the mimicry of other well known public speakers' gimics. Once the "on-air" light goes out he prefers to be known as Gwendoline and relaxes in soft lacy underwear.

Gawdzilla Sama · 30th April 2013, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by threadworm

Once the "on-air" light goes out he prefers to be known as Gwendoline and relaxes in soft lacy underwear.

But then, don't we all?

Elizabeth I · 30th April 2013, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by SkepticGuy

Hilarious.

Loved one of the Jones clips she used, made a GIF:
http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/joneexplodes.gif

It's funny, but i think the shot of him in camo and olive drab was even better. For people so suspicious of the enforcement aspects of government, they're curiously addicted to its trappings.

Gawdzilla Sama · 30th April 2013, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by Elizabeth I

It's funny, but i think the shot of him in camo and olive drab was even better. For people so suspicious of the enforcement aspects of government, they're curiously addicted to its trappings.

What better way to dress when you're fomenting open rebellion against the Constitution in order to ... save ... the ... Constitution.

Caper · 1st May 2013, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by Brainster

Good for Rachel (although I thought the graphic version of the 9-11 Commission Report was a little wince-inducing). Boo to any conservatives who give Alex Jones any credibility at all, including Matt Drudge. Nice to see that some of the people being asked questions by the Infowars creep realized they were just dealing with a kook and moved to the next question.

Agreed... I always loved drudge... but almost puke every time he links infowars.

27th April 2013, 04:05 AM	#1
LightinDarkness Master Poster Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,583	Rachel Maddow hilariously slams conspiracy theorists, including infowars dating site I just saw this and was laughing (sometimes out of sadness/shock at the stupidity) the whole time. Rachel Maddow apparently found out that there is a Alex Jones "Freedom Lovers" dating website, and covers it along with the recent rise of conspiracy theories due to current events. I know Rachel Maddow is political but I think even those who disagree with her politics will find this amusing and even agree with her. I don't normally agree with Maddow at all - but she admits that while there are left wing nut conspiracies, at least for the moment they are rising on the right wing lunatic fringe at an alarming rate. Link: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/#51683482

27th April 2013, 04:37 AM	#3
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27th April 2013, 08:59 AM	#4
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Bishop Critical Thinker Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 499	If I may be shallow for a moment (seeing how all we have are pictures and descriptions, it's hard not to be), a few of them aren't bad-looking. I'm trying to imagine actually signing up for this to get in contact with one of the ladies. Of course, the fact that they're using this service in the first place leads to the natural assumption that they're looking for people who share their beliefs. So I would probably have to pretend to be a fellow conspiracy nut to have any chance of dating them. This sounds like a great setup for a romantic comedy. I'm totally selling this idea to Hollywood.
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27th April 2013, 06:11 PM	#7
Orphia Nay Penguilicious Spodmaster. Tagger Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ponylandistan Presidential Palace (above the Spods' stables). Posts: 38,809	That was a great segment, LightinDarkness! "Glenn Beck Freedom Pants" made me !
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27th April 2013, 04:09 AM	#2
LightinDarkness Master Poster Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,583	Example of the Alex Jones dating site: Maybe your a guy looking for a special girl...a special girl who understands the evil, manical plot by Monsanto to kill us all with GMOs. A special girl who knows how to spend her free time - searching for gold, since as we all know that silly federal reserve note fiat will be worthless any day now. Someone who is committing to living off the grid, so that when FEMA camps come to slaughter all Americans you two love bird can be safe. If your looking for her, look no further: http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Pl...ml?sort=3&o=21

27th April 2013, 10:11 AM	#5
carlitos "más divertido" Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA! USA! Posts: 22,876	Quote: Call Me Crazy But How exactly does she think electricity is generated for her car and what companies are producing it? The same could be said for her 'off-grid' house. On screen, your username works really well with comments like this. Was that the plan?

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Orphia Nay Penguilicious Spodmaster. Tagger Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ponylandistan Presidential Palace (above the Spods' stables). Posts: 38,809	Link to #InfowarsPickUpLines search: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23info...lines&src=tyah
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SkepticGuy Critical Thinker Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 454	Originally Posted by LightinDarkness I know Rachel Maddow is political but I think even those who disagree with her politics will find this amusing and even agree with her. Hilarious. Loved one of the Jones clips she used, made a GIF:
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Brainster Penultimate Amazing Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 18,358	Good for Rachel (although I thought the graphic version of the 9-11 Commission Report was a little wince-inducing). Boo to any conservatives who give Alex Jones any credibility at all, including Matt Drudge. Nice to see that some of the people being asked questions by the Infowars creep realized they were just dealing with a kook and moved to the next question.
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Dog Town Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 6,862	Originally Posted by SkepticGuy Hilarious. Loved one of the Jones clips she used, made a GIF: http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/joneexplodes.gif I like you, more, and more!
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Gawdzilla Sama 121.92-meter mutant fire-breathing lizard-thingy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northern St. Louis County, Missouri. Posts: 42,180	Originally Posted by SkepticGuy Hilarious. Loved one of the Jones clips she used, made a GIF: http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/joneexplodes.gif I'm so stealin' that. I may put some words in his mouth.
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threadworm Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,644	Originally Posted by SkepticGuy Hilarious. Loved one of the Jones clips she used, made a GIF: http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/joneexplodes.gif His oratorial style reminds me of someone...hmmm...who could it be...
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Call Me Crazy But Scholar Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 69	Originally Posted by carlitos On screen, your username works really well with comments like this. Was that the plan? So you think that she is screwing petroleum companies by buying an electric car? And how exactly is she going to take her house 'off grid'?
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brodski Tea-Time toad Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 15,516	Originally Posted by Call Me Crazy But So you think that she is screwing petroleum companies by buying an electric car? And how exactly is she going to take her house 'off grid'? I think you misread his post.
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carlitos "más divertido" Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA! USA! Posts: 22,876	Originally Posted by Call Me Crazy But So you think that she is screwing petroleum companies by buying an electric car? And how exactly is she going to take her house 'off grid'? What the hell?

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Call Me Crazy But Scholar Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 69	Apologies to Carlitos and all. Misread message. Had a crappy day at work and shouldn't bring it here. Came across as churlish and tetchy.
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kevsta RBL CHeck Failed Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,016	Originally Posted by threadworm His oratorial style reminds me of someone...hmmm...who could it be... http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L7p5uSey-C...600/Gesch5.jpg Did you just Godwin the "Trash the stupid CTers" thread ? I thought only they did that?
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carlitos "más divertido" Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA! USA! Posts: 22,876	Originally Posted by Call Me Crazy But Apologies to Carlitos and all. Misread message. Had a crappy day at work and shouldn't bring it here. Came across as churlish and tetchy. No worries; I now see how it could have come across negatively. I did mean it as a compliment - it's witty.

29th April 2013, 02:35 PM	#25
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Gawdzilla Sama 121.92-meter mutant fire-breathing lizard-thingy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northern St. Louis County, Missouri. Posts: 42,180	Originally Posted by NightStar76 She's cute, but if she's a fan of Alex Jones, I'd not touch her with a ten foot pole. The whole thread just shot over your head?
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threadworm Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,644	Originally Posted by kevsta Did you just Godwin the "Trash the stupid CTers" thread ? I thought only they did that? Hmm - it was more a humorous observation of physical similarities in his facial expressions and gestures than a comment on his views . I was hoping for a similar animated gif to make it more obvious. Is it a Godwin variant: "You look like Hitler", as opposed to "You hold repugnant and vile views, just like Hitler"? The fact that he makes Hitler look like a liberal wet is purely co-incidental. Part of me does think that much of his public persona is feigned, and the adoption of that fist banging apoplexy is just his shtick for the paying audience, hence the mimicry of other well known public speakers' gimics. Once the "on-air" light goes out he prefers to be known as Gwendoline and relaxes in soft lacy underwear.
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Gawdzilla Sama 121.92-meter mutant fire-breathing lizard-thingy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northern St. Louis County, Missouri. Posts: 42,180	Originally Posted by threadworm Once the "on-air" light goes out he prefers to be known as Gwendoline and relaxes in soft lacy underwear. But then, don't we all?
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Elizabeth I Philosopher Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Defending the Alamo Posts: 9,930	Originally Posted by SkepticGuy Hilarious. Loved one of the Jones clips she used, made a GIF: http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/joneexplodes.gif It's funny, but i think the shot of him in camo and olive drab was even better. For people so suspicious of the enforcement aspects of government, they're curiously addicted to its trappings.

30th April 2013, 04:30 PM	#30
Gawdzilla Sama 121.92-meter mutant fire-breathing lizard-thingy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northern St. Louis County, Missouri. Posts: 42,180	Originally Posted by Elizabeth I It's funny, but i think the shot of him in camo and olive drab was even better. For people so suspicious of the enforcement aspects of government, they're curiously addicted to its trappings. What better way to dress when you're fomenting open rebellion against the Constitution in order to ... save ... the ... Constitution.
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Caper Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,730	Originally Posted by Brainster Good for Rachel (although I thought the graphic version of the 9-11 Commission Report was a little wince-inducing). Boo to any conservatives who give Alex Jones any credibility at all, including Matt Drudge. Nice to see that some of the people being asked questions by the Infowars creep realized they were just dealing with a kook and moved to the next question. Agreed... I always loved drudge... but almost puke every time he links infowars.
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