SFist: HA HA HA Thousands of Gays Killed in the Holocaust HO HO HO HA HA HA HA

murphstahoe

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:47:59 -0800

Not taking offense @Elizabeth, but I expect that exit polls would show Catholics returning a higher "No" vote than the LDS crowd. I am just guessing, my only real datapoint is that Utah is currently McCain's highest polling state, so I'll just lump them all together in a big bin. I've generally felt that Catholics do a much better job of separating the unleavened bread from the chaff when it comes to Church edicts, or course the more lapsed you are, the less likely you are to control the pursestrings. Murph - one of the many (lapsed?) Catholics that thinks 8 absurd.

bluecanary

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:19:23 -0800

@pantsgolem: Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.

redseca2

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:40:54 -0800

So many take-offs from that movie, here is the motocycle version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9nrANs5Tr4

Elizabeth

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:07:59 -0800

sfmike- the Catholics are just as bad as the Mormons. To date the Knights of Columbus have contributed $1.4 million to the Yes on 8 campaign.

pantsgolem

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:20:50 -0800

@bluecanary: in theory, the CA Supreme Court still has the power of judicial review over constitutional initiatives. In this particular case, the content of Prop 8 has already been determined to be in contradiction with the CA's Equal Protection Clause. Therefore, the court theoretically has the power to invalidate Prop 8 on the grounds that it must first explicitly repeal all or part of the Equal Protection Clause. (I am not sure if this theory has been tested in court before, but this UCLA law prof seems to agree with me.)

travin

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:49:31 -0800

I think it's a waste of time to be offended by something like this. I believe the best way to handle things like this is to just simply ignore it--which means not giving it the weight of this blog and its audience. There's really no use in validating another poorly executed derivative, especially attempting to stretch it to illicit outrage. There's nothing to be outraged about. It's bad, EOS.

turtle_276

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:38:14 -0800

In addition to being offensive and unfunny, these "Hitler Dubs" have stolen footage from "Downfall" which is perhaps the greatest film about World War II ever made. It was nominated for best foreign film in 2005 and represented a watershed moment in the history of German cinema.

Brock Keeling

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:22:59 -0800

once again, sfmike, you're wrong on all accounts. (sorry you need your news and entertainment spoon fed to you, ever so gently so your petal-soft feelings aren't bruised.) but thanks for playing, grampa.

wallcloud

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:35:40 -0800

@sfmike: This is sfist blog, not topekaist blog or nazigermanyist blog. Based on the humor and norms of San Francisco, we get to decide what is funny and what is not and what crosses the line. I think the vast majority of San Franciscans would find this wildly offensive, and that even a majority of Americans would find this unfunny at best. Kudos to mattymatt for bringing it to our attention. It is shocking and absurd that you would equate this to anything SFist has posted. Please point me in the direction of the post where SFist rubbed someone's face in the mass extermination of their historical counterparts. Oh yeah, and did so to promote the elimination of their rights. As far as I can tell, the only unfunny snark right now is coming from you. Ok, it's coming from me too, but that's because I take this pretty friggin' seriously. @bluecanary: I love this @[poster name] notation.

sfmike

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:02:07 -0800

When your own site is known for "offensive humor," and which others would characterize as reactionary, unfunny snark, you don't get to define what is over the line in terms of reactionary, unfunny humor. You're part of the same continuum. Sorry, but it's true. By the way, I don't give a damn about gay marriage because I think church and state should be separated and the entire institution of state-sanctioned rights for certain kinds of couples is just absurd. But I am voting No on 8, and I'm still thinking of spending next Saturday on the Mormon Sabbath picketing in front of one of their church services with deeply offensive signage calling them out as the homophobic bigots they are. It's not that the Catholics and Orthodox Jews are any better, but at least the assholes aren't phone-banking this election. That's the line that's being crossed here, not some stupid Hitler analogy.

mark925

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:39:13 -0800

This Hitler redub, in contrast, is how to do it right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd4WZ3LqCKw

bluecanary

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:31:04 -0800

@missiondweller: once again, we get it, you're all for treating gays as second-class citizens. @katyg: what will they do? exactly what they've done. they'll try to amend the constitution. which is exactly what Prop 8 does. then eliminating marriage rights IS constitutional. Then the fight is on to the Supreme Court of the United States, where two, if not three justices will shortly retire. Now if THAT doesn't rush you to the polls to vote for Obama, nothing will. McCain in charge of nominating three more neocons to the SC? That's a thought that wakes me up in a cold sweat.

KatyG

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:06:54 -0800

If the voters decide to enact a law that is unconstitutional, then the courts will overturn that law. Whatever will you do then, missiondweller?

RinconHillSF

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:12:02 -0800

I've already added the Mormon Church to the KKK and Al-Qaida ... all hate groups.

RobInSF

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:48:49 -0800

Mormons: One "m" away from being "Morons"

missiondweller

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:39:19 -0800

Once again, we get it. You're against Prop 8. The voters will decide.

Akit

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:38:57 -0800

Using Hitler, that's going really low, like super low... to the point that someone is kicking you in the nuts and still kicking you on the ground.

Generic

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:18:48 -0800

Wow. That was really well put.

Olsonist

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:51:09 -0800

Mormons used to be below my radar, but between Nate Longshore and Prop 8, I'm going to have a hard time ever taking them seriously.