Question Of The Week: Who The Hell Are You People And Where Did You Come From?
Not for nothing, this has been one of the most rancorous weeks on Philebrity in recent memory. But I guess that happens when you call your own state the most racist in the union, run a giant photo of a guy wearing a “SARAH PALIN IS A C*NT” t-shirt (yes, Virgina, there’s some words even we won’t type), and boldly suggest that “Quizzo Host” is not any kind of job for a person over 23. Even so, behavior like this isn’t new around here. What IS, however, is the influx of weird neocon commenters that say shit like this:
mas215 Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm e
Why is it only conservatives are racists. My goodness the number of liberal racists outnumber conservatives. Like it or not, Obama was once a Muslim, and he’ll not only tax us to oblivion, he support muslim countries over the great state of Israel, the only democracy in the region. He’ll be to the left of Lenin, and close to Mengele in the way partial born babies will be left to die. McCain will win easily, it won’t even be close.
What? Before we could even say it, another comment hit on what we were thinking:
Grapesoda Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 12:54 pm e
@ mas215: What in the hell are you doing here?
Seriously. There’s other examples around — like commenter jburnside pretty much outing himself as a proud middle American (again, what are you doing here?) — and there’s sure to be more. On one hand, we welcome these new voices to the fold (it sharpens our skills for when we go home on Sunday and argue with our parents), but on the other, really now: Who are you people and what the hell are you doing here?
September 12th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I don’t think this stuff is much compared to the Capitol Years weak effort to spin their getting pwned by an amputee “crazy lady” and the fallout from that.
Is your pic saying these people are from St. Louis? Can Philebrity go to war with its St. Louis counterpart? That may be more fun than making fun of the Capitol Years….
September 12th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Philebritors,
I’m with you on all of this, even though I have been known to enjoy quizzo from time to time.
Maybe these folks couldn’t log on at PhillyBlog or something.
September 12th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
This is the price you pay for talking liberal and having an RSS feed. Somewhere rightwingnuts will redirect traffic your way. No, they haven’t got the least bit of interest in our city, but the Internet isn’t run by a neighborhood association, so we’re stuck with actual ignoring the jerks rather than pointing out that they’re not actually in Fishtown/Northern Liberties/whatever.
@C. The Impaler: Easy now, I grew in St. Louis. It has many similarities to Philly, including being mostly liberal, having a deathtrap across the river to the east, and being one bookend (MO’s other is Kansas City, sorta) of urbanity on around a state that appears… rather less enlightened. So that dude doesn’t live in STL, just far enough east not to be a Royals fan. (I actually knew where that picture was taken when it first appeared–and cringed, and I think it’s a western STL exurb like St. Peters or St. Charles. Think whatever the hell that is on the other side of West Chester.)
September 12th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I’m keepin you freaks honest and on your toes.:)
I still wouldn’t pick up a dollar off the ground in front of you though.
NOBAMA IN 08
September 12th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
gr, but finding the St. Louis equivalent of Philebrity and going to war with it would be FUN. My character in Urban Dead has pretty much played all options for intrigue so I’m bored now.
jburnside I think said he at least works in Philadelphia, but takes some sort of 100 mph blackwater escorted armored caravan to get to his office and back.
September 12th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
@C. The Impaler: Well, let’s see the Riverfront Times = Philly Weekly, Pageant = TLA, vanishingstl.blogspot.com = phillyskyline, … I’m having trouble finding a philebrity analogy, though. Smirking auto-fandom isn’t really something the midwest does.
September 12th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
http://blog.52ndcity.com/ maybe? But, you know, without much snark. Or regular content. Or ads (but only because they don’t have any takers apparently). But that’s probably good, since you’re talking about sending a horde of malnourished, pale, northeastern hipsters out to war in the hale and hearty midwest. Probably oughtta start small and work your way up.
September 14th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
“jburnside I think said he at least works in Philadelphia, but takes some sort of 100 mph blackwater escorted armored caravan to get to his office and back.”
Blackwater turned me down. Too dangerous
September 19th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
“I still wouldn’t pick up a dollar off the ground in front of you though. ”
Bwa ha ha ha. Who says that? You’re like the dude who flipped on me in the septa station for bumping into him saying “you’ve met your match”. I just shake my head and move along. Y’all are so in your heads about what other people are or could be doing.