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« on: October 11, 2014, 12:07:51 AM »

There is a moderator here who has as his .sig a photograph of a sign that allegedly reads,

"Libety or Tranny?"

In the background is a trailer park.

The sign is a rather obvious work of Photoshop. [The background color changes between the words, which can't be explained by differences in lighting because the shadows, and areas around the shadows are quite uniformly lit. The handwriting is quite different for "T's" and "R's." And, the coloring for Libety is in the patriotic scheme of alternating red and blue letters on a white background while Tranny is in Black lettering.]

Is presenting Photoshopped images without labeling them as such acceptable behavior here?

Does the fake quote appeal to bigoted prejudices against folks who live in trailer parks? Would the same technique of assigning embarrassing quotes by use of Photoshop be deemed acceptable if the neighborhood featured homes with Menorahs in the windows, or such?

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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2014, 12:39:47 AM »

...is it yours?
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« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2014, 12:40:55 AM »

Are you okay?
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« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2014, 01:24:19 AM »

LOL
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« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2014, 02:51:43 AM »

So, you live in a trailer park. We got it. My condolences.
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« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2014, 06:42:52 AM »

The sign is a rather obvious work of Photoshop. [The background color changes between the words, which can't be explained by differences in lighting because the shadows, and areas around the shadows are quite uniformly lit.

The sign seems to be bent.
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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2014, 08:05:30 AM »

Honestly, my main problem with that sig is the use of a transphobic slur.
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« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2014, 08:37:25 AM »

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« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2014, 10:09:46 AM »

http://www.joeydevilla.com/2014/08/05/when-fox-nation-makes-signs-hilarity-and-spelling-mistakes-ensue/
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« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2014, 10:55:23 AM »

Is that you or the liquor talking, Mr. Lahey?

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« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2014, 02:14:39 PM »


But it's clearly a Photoshop job, you see.  B.S.Boob can tell because of the pixels.
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« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2014, 02:15:54 PM »

This is a weird thing for someone to be so outraged about they return for their first post in three months.
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« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2014, 07:35:18 PM »

So, you live in a trailer park. We got it. My condolences.

That is exactly the prejudice that I wonder is acceptable.

You would think that the partisans here would consider it counter-productive to gratuitously insult entire classes of people for reasons of expediency if nothing else. My point is that there are folks here who simply don't seem to care. Had a sign with misspellings been taken in front of a homeless encampment folks here would be outraged to be mocking these poor unfortunate souls. By all accounts mobile homes are more substantial shelter than cardboard boxes. My condolences would be for the folks who live under bridges or over steam grates.
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« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2014, 07:38:33 PM »

So, you live in a trailer park. We got it. My condolences.

That is exactly the prejudice that I wonder is acceptable.

You would think that the partisans here would consider it counter-productive to gratuitously insult entire classes of people for reasons of expediency if nothing else. My point is that there are folks here who simply don't seem to care. Had a sign with misspellings been taken in front of a homeless encampment folks here would be outraged to be mocking these poor unfortunate souls. By all accounts mobile homes are more substantial shelter than cardboard boxes. My condolences would be for the folks who live under bridges or over steam grates.

Nobody cares. Stop whining.
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« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2014, 07:38:54 PM »

The sign is a rather obvious work of Photoshop. [The background color changes between the words, which can't be explained by differences in lighting because the shadows, and areas around the shadows are quite uniformly lit.

The sign seems to be bent.

An explanation that simply doesn't make sense. Presumably, the variations in shading would be fairly uniform left to right, while in the Photoshopped image the transition from gray to a whiter background color magically circles around the top of the "T" before dropping up and down.
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« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2014, 07:44:09 PM »

So, you live in a trailer park. We got it. My condolences.

That is exactly the prejudice that I wonder is acceptable.

You would think that the partisans here would consider it counter-productive to gratuitously insult entire classes of people for reasons of expediency if nothing else. My point is that there are folks here who simply don't seem to care. Had a sign with misspellings been taken in front of a homeless encampment folks here would be outraged to be mocking these poor unfortunate souls. By all accounts mobile homes are more substantial shelter than cardboard boxes. My condolences would be for the folks who live under bridges or over steam grates.

Nobody cares. Stop whining.

If "nobody cares" then why don't they just admit that the image is Photoshopped?
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« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2014, 07:44:22 PM »

The sign is a rather obvious work of Photoshop. [The background color changes between the words, which can't be explained by differences in lighting because the shadows, and areas around the shadows are quite uniformly lit.

The sign seems to be bent.

An explanation that simply doesn't make sense. Presumably, the variations in shading would be fairly uniform left to right, while in the Photoshopped image the transition from gray to a whiter background color magically circles around the top of the "T" before dropping up and down.


Take it up with the moderators. If you're going to whine about having to deal with political views different from your own, go hang out in the comments section at TownHall.
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« Reply #17 on: October 11, 2014, 07:47:38 PM »

The sign isn't photoshopped, and you're really strange.
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« Reply #18 on: October 11, 2014, 08:32:06 PM »
« Edited: October 11, 2014, 08:36:38 PM by Torie »

Bob, my man, just how deep do you want to dig your grave here, as it were? If you want to mix it up with Joe, you need more careful placing of your pieces on the chessboard than this - much more. This is amateur hour. Your end might be worthy here, your means pathetic.
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« Reply #19 on: October 11, 2014, 10:16:46 PM »

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« Reply #20 on: October 11, 2014, 11:06:42 PM »

It's not photoshop, Joe clearly made such a low-quality forgery in Microsoft Paint
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« Reply #21 on: October 18, 2014, 04:46:11 PM »

I haven't seen a photoshop this bad since 0bummer's birth certificate.
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« Reply #22 on: October 19, 2014, 07:35:03 AM »

This is possibly the most significant issue ever discussed on this board.
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« Reply #23 on: October 19, 2014, 08:26:48 AM »

This is possibly the most significant issue ever discussed on this board.

Given all the other stuff that is being discussed on this board, you are probably right.
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« Reply #24 on: October 20, 2014, 01:03:23 AM »

It's actually not misspelled, it's just spelled foneticly according to the speech patterns of its author.
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