Category: Society & Culture

Liberal panic! Obama supporters claim Romney plans to ban Instagram

http://twitter.com/#!/RossGee_/status/263303610354507776

Say it ain’t so! How will people offer photographic proof of the horrific mess created by the coming Tampocalypse if the eeevil!!!11!! Mitt Romney bans Instagram?

Once again, Obama supporters have discovered a cuckoo rumor that’s just too darn good to check: Romney plans to ban Instagram because he believes it’s an iPhone app for measuring illegal street drugs. Really:

Apparently Romney wants to ban instagram because he thinks its used for drugs. This is serious. VOTE OBAMA.

— Louise Marais (@LouiseJDB) October 23, 2012

apparently Mitt Romney wants to ban Instagram because he thinks it’s used for measuring drugs. TEAM OBAMA Y’ALL

— Team Jizzy (@MustachioBieber) October 27, 2012

Did Romney honestly think Instagram was a App used to weigh drugs !? and tried to blame it on OBAMA !? now, thats a republican for ya, smh!

— LittlePeppy♡ (@LovelyBeaute) October 25, 2012

Romney is talking about banning Instagram? Y’all better vote for Obama or a lot of your modeling careers are gonna be finished lol

— S. Breezy (@SimonWithAnE_) October 23, 2012

So I just read something on how mitt Romney wants to band INSTAGRAM, fucking idiot…. Get out there and go #VOTE #FOR #OBAMA !!!!!

— ‘Sweetest Lick’ (@WyteCollarCryme) October 22, 2012

This nigga Romney stupid as the fuck talm bout instagram is a app that weights drugs, and then try to link it to my homie president Obama 👎

— Truly_unruly_ (@KokaineWhite_) October 22, 2012

Mit Romney Think Instagram Is Used to Measure Drugs To Grams –______– PLZ VOTE OBAMA

— Lord Fine$$e (@LoudAttackSlim) October 23, 2012

I just dont see how in the yr 2012 someone in my age bracket could vote for someone this out of touch dailycurrant.com/2012/10/22/rom… #obama2012

— Scott Leibowitz (@Lebodome) October 25, 2012

Yo so apparently Romney thinks that instagram is an app you use measure illegal drugs. Blaming Obama #nshit. Lmao. Wat a dumb-fucking-ass!

— ♛ Queen B ♛ (@missbezababy) October 23, 2012

Yeah! What a dummy! And trust us, these Twitter users know dumb better than most.

One Twitterer has it all figured out:

Romney Theory: instagram=drugs=black people=Obama supporters=food stamp junkies=no more government funding=no more big bird= Good USA…smh

— *Pat-My-Back* (@PWeezyOnDaMic) October 23, 2012

The absurd rumor comes from an article published at The Daily Currant, an “online satirical newspaper.”

If you vote for Romney you’re just as ignorant as he is. Read this dailycurrant.com/2012/10/22/rom…

— Slevin F. Kelevra(@FLACO_757) October 23, 2012

Here’s a quote attributed to Romney in the knock-you-over-the-head obvious satire:

“I’ve just heard about this application – a mobile application for your iPhone  And what you do is place a small amount of cocaine, or marijuana, or PCP on top of your phone and the application instantly tells you how many grams you have.”

“Its called Instagram. And do you know what the really scary thing is people? I’m told this instant drug measurement tool is the 9th most downloaded app for the iPhone.”

Satire is hard. But death wishes and assassination threats? Easy peasy:

When I found out that Romney is going to take Instagram away from apple store .. LOL BITCH DO IT AND ILL KILL YA UGLY ASS BITCH , K BITCH? K

— Joelbert⚓ (@joelbert155) October 25, 2012

Romney tryna get rid of Instagram. Kill him please

— -A R M A N I- (@iMRudeAF) October 23, 2012

I think sum1 would take one for the team n pop Romney if he got elected lol u can’t kill Big Bird n Instagram n get away wit it

— Lord Zedd ⚡ (@HeirJordan_) October 23, 2012

Romney tryna get rid of Instagram. Kill him please

— -A R M A N I- (@iMRudeAF) October 23, 2012

Romney thinks ‘Instagram’ is used for drugs………. oh god hahahahahahaha kill yourself.

— SadMotherfucker. (@_baabykaay) October 23, 2012

Romney kill yourself for saying you are going to ban instagram smfh.

— ひ I Chill ひ (@SWERV__) October 22, 2012

This nigga Romney really fucking trippin!!! Fuck hiring a hitman..I’ll kill this bitch myself!!!🔫 instagr.am/p/RHTx41o_9r/

— Wusgood_Tone’ (@_TonyyMontana) October 23, 2012

Related:

UK satire site says Romney blames Scotland for Hurricane Sandy, some people don’t get the joke

Cuckoo rumor of the day: Romney will ban hair weaves and the Dollar Menu

Lady parts panic: Libs claim Romney will ban tampons; threaten to kill him, ‘bleed on his face’

¡Ay caramba! Satirical site says Romney branded Latinos ‘taco jockeys,’ lefties freak out

Left falls for fake Romney quote: ‘I can relate to black people, my ancestors once owned slaves’

Oops: Anne Rice uses fake Ann Romney quote to blast GOP for ‘irresponsible extremism’

Liberals fall for Daily Currant Akin breast milk satire; fall all over themselves to smear GOP with a spoof

Lefties tickled pink over sick ‘satirical’ article about Rick Santorum

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/10/30/liberal-panic-obama-supporters-claim-romney-plans-to-ban-instagram/

President, VP observe International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

http://twitter.com/#!/AprilDRyan/status/467416992853405696 http://twitter.com/#!/jbendery/status/467417512565407746

Is it a White House first? An evolved President Obama has issued a formal statement commemorating Saturday’s International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, or #IDAHOT.

Tomorrow, as we commemorate the 10th annual International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, we recommit ourselves to the fundamental belief that all people should be treated equally, that they should have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential, and that no one should face violence or discrimination — no matter who they are or whom they love.

…

At a time when, tragically, we are seeing increased efforts to criminalize or oppress LGBT persons, we call on partners everywhere to join us in defending the equal rights of our LGBT brothers and sisters, and in ensuring they are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.

Vice President Joe Biden tweeted in observance himself, as did Valerie Jarrett.

http://twitter.com/#!/vj44/status/467422896739352576

In a true show of international effort, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tweeted as well.

http://twitter.com/#!/UN/status/467077192057643009

President Obama isn’t the only one to have evolved. The organizers of IDAHOT (formerly IDAHO) are considering updating their branding. “We are currently in our communications promoting May 17th as the ‘Global Day to Celebrate sexual and gender diversities,’ which we believe is the most inclusive formulation possible.”

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/05/16/president-vp-observe-international-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia/

People Are Harassing Government MPs With Hilarious Apple iMessages

MPs are linking their work emails to Apple devices. UPDATE: attorney general George Brandis de-links email from work account.

Software engineer Justin Simon discovered that it was possible to send an iMessage to Australia’s attorney general George Brandis on Sunday.

Simon appeared to enter in Brandis’ publicly available work email, ‘senator.brandis@aph.gov.au’, in the iMessage app and discovered he had linked it to his Apple device.

Simon appeared to enter in Brandis' publicly available work email, 'senator.brandis@aph.gov.au', in the iMessage app and discovered he had linked it to his Apple device.

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It effectively means anyone can send an iMessage to Mr Brandis, who has been leading the government’s controversial mandatory metadata collection efforts.

A group of Twitter users started bombarding Mr Brandis with questions and posting the results.

— bencjenkins (@Ben Jenkins)

— elockwood_ (@Emily Lockwood)

— shoerust (@Wil Southers)

Oh god I could do this all day

— laureningram (@Lauren Ingram)

Harassing senators off the line

— LukeVurens (@Luke Vurens)

Simon even started finding other MPs who have their publicly available emails linked to an Apple device.

brandis isn’t the only one

— wordsonaplatfrm (@justin s)

A list of government MPs that have emails linked to iMessage include, health minister Sussan Ley, environment minister Greg Hunt, industry and science minister Ian Macfarlane, justice minister Michael Keenan, Nationals MP Luke Hartsuyker, Liberal MP Bob Baldwin and the prime minister’s parliamentary secretary Christian Porter.

They all have their work emails linked to Apple’s iMessage app.

BuzzFeed News obtained one message sent to environment minister Greg Hunt, suggesting the government MPs are receiving the messages.

BuzzFeed News obtained one message sent to environment minister Greg Hunt, suggesting the government MPs are receiving the messages.

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BuzzFeed News has called (and iMessaged) Mr Brandis’ office and asked for comment.

UPDATE: Attorney general George Brandis appears to have de-linked his work email from the iMessage App.

UPDATE: Attorney general George Brandis appears to have de-linked his work email from the iMessage App.

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Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/brandis-trolled