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dead0man
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« on: October 17, 2014, 11:34:56 PM »

Probably.  That said, this week's anti-union nonsense was too much for me, even. 
What?  It was making fun of the auto industry, Matthew McConaughey, Canadians and old cartoons....what's that got to do with unions?  I guess there may have been something small in there about unions, but it certainly wasn't a big part....which makes me think you were talking about last weeks, but that was about trans people....maybe the week before?  Nope, glutten....the week before that?  Nope, that was kickstarter and the Washington Redskins.
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2014, 06:25:36 AM »

Probably.  That said, this week's anti-union nonsense was too much for me, even. 
What?  It was making fun of the auto industry, Matthew McConaughey, Canadians and old cartoons....what's that got to do with unions?  I guess there may have been something small in there about unions, but it certainly wasn't a big part....which makes me think you were talking about last weeks, but that was about trans people....maybe the week before?  Nope, glutten....the week before that?  Nope, that was kickstarter and the Washington Redskins.

The whole thing about the taxi driver busting up Timmy's legs because his private Handicab service was better than the taxi service was clearly a shot at unions, with Mimzy going on later about how it's all just the free market.  Especially when he sneered, "We're from the union" at Timmy. 
Yeah, I did forget about that....but that was like 25 seconds of the show.  And 100% accurate Wink  If a group has to resort to breaking the legs of people that have done nothing other than go to work (oh, and do it better than you), then that group is full of giant douchebags.  Which is also 100 accurate when it comes to violent unions. 

You don't support union violence do you?  I can understand being pro union, unions have done a lot of good, but to support violence, especially in 2014 (much more understandable in 1914) is insane to me.
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2014, 09:42:01 AM »

Yes, Matt & Trey have some libertarian leanings, and they are not nearly as bad as BRTD makes them out to be, but even if it for a quick second I'd like to see them focus their satire on someone other than the worker. 
You say that as if the majority of their satire is aimed at the worker and it's clearly not.  They enjoy making fun of celebrities and the cult of celebrity more than anything else.  Second would be fads.  Third...Canadians maybe?  I don't know where "the worker" would come in, but it's nowhere near the top.  They certainly enjoy mocking the owners more than the workers.  The hero of the episode in question, Timmy, was a worker.
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