Jeff Foxworthy on Muslims

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Little Danny
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Nov 17, 2010 8:16pm
Somebody emailed this to me... doubt this is actually Foxworthy's list but I got some chuckles nonetheless.


1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to liquor.You may be a Muslim
2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes. You may be a Muslim
3. You have more wives than teeth. You may be a Muslim
4. You wipe your butt with your bare hand, but consider bacon unclean. You may be a Muslim
5. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide. You may be a Muslim
6. You can't think of anyone you haven't declared Jihad against. You may be a Muslim
7. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing. You may be a Muslim
8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs. You may be a Muslim
9. You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least four. You may be a Muslim
10. Your cousin is president of the United States . You may be a Muslim
11. You find this offensive or racist and don't forward it. You may be a Muslim
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rydawg5
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Nov 17, 2010 8:24pm
Doubt? There is zero chance.. this is retarded.
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Mooney44Cards
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Nov 17, 2010 10:19pm
If you can't tell the difference between a peaceful religion and a small extremist minority.....You might be a fucking racist moron.
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darbypitcher22
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Nov 17, 2010 10:20pm
some of those were pretty bad
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CenterBHSFan
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Nov 17, 2010 10:31pm
Hey, there's jokes about Christianity/Christians and Jews all the time. We must find a way to "redistribute" thick skin!
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rydawg5
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Nov 17, 2010 10:37pm
But it wasnt jeff foxworthy
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2kool4skool
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Nov 17, 2010 11:06pm
While it seems like something Foxworthy would say, meaning it's not funny to anyone that doesn't live in a trailer park, I sill doubt it's him.
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I Wear Pants
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Nov 17, 2010 11:22pm
CenterBHSFan;563562 wrote:Hey, there's jokes about Christianity/Christians and Jews all the time. We must find a way to "redistribute" thick skin!
This has nothing to do with these being about Muslims. It's just that they aren't funny.

I was just as pissed as everyone else about the Mohammed cartoon controversies. They are dumb, people should chill the fuck out about cartoons.

But these particular jokes are just not funny and definitely weren't written by Foxworthy.
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redfalcon
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Nov 17, 2010 11:23pm
There is a fine line between humor and not funny, stupid racism. This is so far past that line that the line itself is but a dot on the distant horizon.

Dumb, offensive, unintelligent, stupid, and racist.
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redfalcon
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Nov 17, 2010 11:24pm
And the OP should have had the foresight to place it in the Politics forum.
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cbus4life
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Nov 17, 2010 11:29pm
CenterBHSFan;563562 wrote:Hey, there's jokes about Christianity/Christians and Jews all the time. We must find a way to "redistribute" thick skin!

Yea, and most of those jokes are fucking stupid as well. Just like this one is.
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CenterBHSFan
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Nov 18, 2010 8:47am
I Wear Pants;563646 wrote:This has nothing to do with these being about Muslims. It's just that they aren't funny.
But these particular jokes are just not funny and definitely weren't written by Foxworthy.
redfalcon;563648 wrote:There is a fine line between humor and not funny, stupid racism. Dumb, offensive, unintelligent, stupid, and racist.
cbus4life;563663 wrote:Yea, and most of those jokes are fucking stupid as well. Just like this one is.
1. Agreed, none of the lines got me to chuckle. But, have you seen any of the stupid comments about Christianity/Jews out there? Some of them have even been said here. Hence, my comment. We can't have it both ways. Maybe I'll change my thoughts about it when I see some of you get all worked up about'em, eh? :)

2. How is it racist? I thought Islam was a mixed community of ethnicity?
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Tiger2003
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Nov 18, 2010 9:04am
This is fucking dumb. There is nothing funny about muslim.


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Nov 18, 2010 9:54am
CenterBHSFan;563916 wrote:1. Agreed, none of the lines got me to chuckle. But, have you seen any of the stupid comments about Christianity/Jews out there? Some of them have even been said here. Hence, my comment. We can't have it both ways. Maybe I'll change my thoughts about it when I see some of you get all worked up about'em, eh? :)

2. How is it racist? I thought Islam was a mixed community of ethnicity?

2. technically it's not racist, but most in this country tend to equate Muslim with Arab.

1. Just because people make stupid comments about Christianity or Judaism doesn't make it right for us to make stupid comments about Islam. That's about the last thing that YHWH or Christ would want us to do. These are extremely offensive and are the sort of thing that promote ignorance and bigotry towards 1.5 billion people (or 21% of the world wide population) because of the action of a few extremist radicals that the vast majority of Muslims denounce.
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isadore
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Nov 18, 2010 9:56am
just some jokes that reflect on the real life of the misogynistic, murderous, genocidal founding prophet of Islam
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Nov 18, 2010 10:39am
To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, these don't offend me as a religiously-tolerant person, they offend me as a comedian! They are terrible :P
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Mooney44Cards
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Nov 18, 2010 10:53am
Whats ACTUALLY funny is that people think its actually OK to share their racism and/or bigotry. Or that people think shit like this ISN'T racist (or whatever you'd like to call it, since we're nitpicking).

If you thought that was funny....you're DEFINITELY a redneck.
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Nov 18, 2010 11:26am
Stupid jokes about muslims = racist/bigot
Stupid jokes about rednecks = ok

I got it now.
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Con_Alma
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Nov 18, 2010 11:29am
Mooney44Cards;564083 wrote:Whats ACTUALLY funny is that people think its actually OK to share their racism and/or bigotry. Or that people think shit like this ISN'T racist (or whatever you'd like to call it, since we're nitpicking).

If you thought that was funny....you're DEFINITELY a redneck.

...oh the irony.
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jmog
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Nov 18, 2010 11:31am
redfalcon;563648 wrote:There is a fine line between humor and not funny, stupid racism. This is so far past that line that the line itself is but a dot on the distant horizon.

Dumb, offensive, unintelligent, stupid, and racist.

Islam is a race? I thought it was a religion.

So if anyone makes fun of Christians its racist now too? Good to know for future reference ;).
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Nov 18, 2010 12:08pm
majorspark;564121 wrote:Stupid jokes about muslims = racist/bigot
Stupid jokes about rednecks = ok

I got it now.

It's different when Jeff Foxworthy makes fun of rednecks because he is himself a professed redneck. It's like the difference between a black person and a white person using the N-word. It's completely different making fun of your own culture or religion versus another culture or religion that you're not part of. Let's also not draw comparisons between making fun of the second largest religion in the world and making fun of a small cultural pocket in America. They aren't even close.

NOTE: I'm not saying that Foxworthy is making fun of Muslims because I don't believe he wrote this. I'm just making the comparison between what he does making fun of his own culture versus what this author did making fun of Muslims.
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Con_Alma
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Nov 18, 2010 12:12pm
krambman;564167 wrote:I... Let's also not draw comparisons between making fun of the second largest religion in the world and making fun of a small cultural pocket in America.
It's the intention and spirit behind being bigoted that's the commonality. The number receiving the slur has no bearing on the mean spiritedness that resides in the offender.
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I Wear Pants
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Nov 18, 2010 12:31pm
majorspark;564121 wrote:Stupid jokes about muslims = racist/bigot
Stupid jokes about rednecks = ok

I got it now.
Stupid jokes about rednecks = mostly told by other rednecks
Stupid jokes about Muslims = mostly told by rednecks

Do you see the problem now?
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majorspark
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Nov 18, 2010 12:34pm
krambman;564167 wrote:It's different when Jeff Foxworthy makes fun of rednecks because he is himself a professed redneck. It's like the difference between a black person and a white person using the N-word. It's completely different making fun of your own culture or religion versus another culture or religion that you're not part of. Let's also not draw comparisons between making fun of the second largest religion in the world and making fun of a small cultural pocket in America. They aren't even close.
I was referring to Mooney not Foxworthy. I 2nd Con_Alma its the spirit behind it. If numbers mattered its open season on a lot of people that happen to be part or smaller groups than muslims.
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Nov 18, 2010 12:40pm
jmog;564126 wrote:Islam is a race? I thought it was a religion.

So if anyone makes fun of Christians its racist now too? Good to know for future reference ;).

Indeed. I find it bothersome that I could be labeled with the "R" word the next time I refer to Christianity as ghey.