Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck

[Nikki Stone1]

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/victim_in_fatal_car_accident

[Toucano]

1. Hilarious! n/t

[graywarrior]

2. Bwahahahaha!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Wanet]

4. This Onion joke isn't funny

I'm guessing that's why the un-recs. As much as I hate Glen Beck, joking about fatal car accidents isn't funny. If you had lost a friend or family member in a car crash, you wouldn't laugh either.

[Nikki Stone1]

5. But it's ok to defend child rapist Roman Polanski on this board.

Not to mention the Olive Garden. :)

[graywarrior]

7. That's how we differ here at DU

[Nikki Stone1]

8. I've actually been in a car accident and have a permanent knee injury from it

Was knocked unconscious, my car was totaled and was in and out of hospitals for 2 years. Had to hire a lawyer. And I STILL think this video is FUNNY! :rofl:

[graywarrior]

10. I'm a callous asshole, and I still think it's funny.

[Iggo]

9. Still funny.

[StarfarerBill]

11. I have to agree with this.

I'd rather see Beck slide crying into obscurity than wish his death, however jokingly...he'll suffer more from the lack of undeserved attention.

[Toucano]

12. I am not wishing his death.

The characters in the video are wishing his death. Watching them do something I would never do is virtually the core of comedy, from Chaplin and The Three Stooges to Larry David and Mr. Bean.

The grieving mother saying, "It's horrible when your child is outlived by Glenn Beck!" is FUNNY.

[StarfarerBill]

14. The Three Stooges and Mr. Bean, and Chaplin's and David's characters are fictional...

...and though I've never seen David, I love the rest. But Beck, as much of a waste as he is, is real.

I have no problem with disparaging him, and even wishing the permanent loss of his voice; but to joke about his premature death is, in my opinion, bad taste. Still, that's only my take, applicable only to me.

[Toucano]

15. I see your distinction, but I also see Glen Beck is an invented character as well.

I can't help but think politics is entering the perceptions of poor taste here, and a desire to not step over the line.

What if it were Osama Bin Laden instead of Glenn Beck?

"It's horrible to have a child outlived by Osama Bin Laden!"

Not as funny for some reason.

Maybe because the desire to see Glenn Beck dead isn't real. It's the absurdity that makes it funny.

[StarfarerBill]

16. Agreed, in the context of his role...

...as a racist/sexist/homophobic/fascistic media blowhard...and I would have no problem in seeing that role die a lingering, exceedingly painful death.

[superduperfarleft]

17. I think it's hilarious.

Fuck Glenn Beck.

"She wasn't some fat dumb mormon fuckface who should've drank herself to death when she had the chance."

:rofl:

[Nikki Stone1]

3. For the unrec'ers: this is a joke video from the Onion

...

[ddeclue]

6. Very. Bad. Taste. Even for the Onion..

:cry:

[Berry Cool]

13. How many more millions of time is someone on DU going to post this as if it were brand-new

and fresh?

"Hey look everybody, this is REAL FUNNY..."

I've seen about 100 other threads on it already. Sheesh.

[TexasObserver]

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