http://thudfactor.com/no-wait-this-is-the-dumbest-comment-thread-on-the-internet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-wait-this-is-the-dumbest-comment-thread-on-the-internet Better times collide with now Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thudfactor.com/no-wait-this-is-the-dumbest-comment-thread-on-the-internet/#comment-3561 Fred Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:53:13 +0000 http://thudfactor.com/?p=1493#comment-3561 <p>It’s probably more accurate to say, “Guitar Hero is cool because even Mike Huckabee plays it!”<br /> Most of the pro-Huckabee comments I saw there weren’t of the “Oh my god! I had never even <strong>heard</strong> of politics before today, but I am so voting for him!” variety. They seemed more to be from people who were already intending to vote for him, or who were posting as a joke. Few seem to be basing a decision on who to vote for on what video game the candidate may have played in passing.<br /> Although I’ll agree, anyone who <strong>did</strong> that would deserve the candidate they got.<br /> </p> It’s probably more accurate to say, “Guitar Hero is cool because even Mike Huckabee plays it!”
Most of the pro-Huckabee comments I saw there weren’t of the “Oh my god! I had never even heard of politics before today, but I am so voting for him!” variety. They seemed more to be from people who were already intending to vote for him, or who were posting as a joke. Few seem to be basing a decision on who to vote for on what video game the candidate may have played in passing.
Although I’ll agree, anyone who did that would deserve the candidate they got.

]]> http://thudfactor.com/no-wait-this-is-the-dumbest-comment-thread-on-the-internet/#comment-3560 thudfactor Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:17:52 +0000 http://thudfactor.com/?p=1493#comment-3560 <p>That’s what I thought too, <span class=“caps”>GP, </span>but so many of the comments tend towards the “Oh, wow, Huckabee is my man!” message that I have to wonder how we can protect our rights if we don’t show a little more political acumen. The man plays Guitar Hero with a kid, but where does he really stand on issues of censorship? Is he really better than a Hillary Clinton? I think that’s an important question that GP could help answer. </p> That’s what I thought too, <span class=“caps”>GP, </span>but so many of the comments tend towards the “Oh, wow, Huckabee is my man!” message that I have to wonder how we can protect our rights if we don’t show a little more political acumen. The man plays Guitar Hero with a kid, but where does he really stand on issues of censorship? Is he really better than a Hillary Clinton? I think that’s an important question that GP could help answer.

]]> http://thudfactor.com/no-wait-this-is-the-dumbest-comment-thread-on-the-internet/#comment-3559 GamePolitics Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:37:42 +0000 http://thudfactor.com/?p=1493#comment-3559 <p>gosh, you’re being awfully tough on GamePolitics and its readers. The Huckabee story is a cute one, nothing more.<br /> Gamers are so accustomed to seeing political figures bash their hobby that it’s always noteworthy when one embraces it, even just a little. </p> gosh, you’re being awfully tough on GamePolitics and its readers. The Huckabee story is a cute one, nothing more.
Gamers are so accustomed to seeing political figures bash their hobby that it’s always noteworthy when one embraces it, even just a little.

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