I was able to pull up googles/bing cache of Patrick O’Pedobom / @Paddy0pedobom
twit page:
http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=Patrick+O’Pedobom&d=4936087082046733&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=lHGsJlqyCk3ErDtH0GBvLOX3BmnGokH_
Last post is about 6 hours old and he/she “seems” to be a troll so…
OK serious question about Arabic Iconography. i don’t read Arabic, but it looks as though the ISIS flag is not in keeping with the traditions of Arabic Calligraphic flags.
Compare.
The latter still stands for something vile, but treated graphically, it has its merits.
the isis flag also contains an image of a seal attributed to Muhummed.
But wouldn’t this sort of thing contradict the iconoclasm seen in other Salafist movements?
So then it is highly probable that while the reporter was a fool and demonstrated extreme stupidity in her initial erroneous non-journalizing, she probably didn’t lie about it on Twitter.
Maybe that’ll save her career?
Her initial dumbness (prompted by someone else’s stupidity) was what drew the clever troll to her though, so it’s somewhat just deserts throughout.
It obviously only applies to people who mock Islam.
I agree with the tweeter who said the best thing to come of all of this is another twitterer’s creation “Weapon of Ass Destruction”
Although I would have gone with “Weapon of Ass Obstruction” since… I’m not exactly sure that destruction is the point…
It’s easily confused with the flag of the Taliban, and they’re trying to set themselves apart from other Islamic movements. They’re Islamic paleo-paleo-fundamentalists, and so they need iconography to match. Using what’s basically the Saudi flag minus a sword somewhat defeats the purpose.
If we’re talking aesthetics, you’re right, it’s not great, but they don’t care about that. I will say this about the Nazis: I hate that they used what to me is a very aesthetically pleasing symbol, thus depriving me of its use. ISIS can keep what they’ve got.
You guys are coming up with great titles for porn movies.
Gave up on me too soon:
https://twitter.com/w0nderwoman108/status/614885657635217409
or my screenshot:
Fear of Clothing in Las Vegas.
I’m sorry, but it looks totally like an ISIS flag. With all the rightful hatred of the confederate flag recently why would anyone think this is a good joke? ISIS is a crazy evil cult that is killing and rampaging through the Middle East. If something should instil actual fear, this should, and does to thousands of people who’s lives are in imminent danger.
I don’t care that it’s made of dildos, it is in irresponsiblly poor taste. I think it’s too close a resemblance to be seen as a parody, much less in the context of in a gay pride rally. I wouldn’t want any association whatsoever with that group, it’s obviously easy to mistake. Honestly, I’d rather see it being burned, then we’d be having the discussion on how burning the flag is lowering ourselves to their level instead of giggling at CNN at being stupid for not seeing the silly dildos.
If it’s not reprehensible, it’s at very least bad bad terrible taste.
Everyone has different tastes in humor.
/parody seems to elude you
I for one welcome our silicone dong shaped overlords!
Let’s see…
ISIS hatez teh gayz ver much…
Teh Gayz: Should we satirize teh ISIS?
Teh Other Gayz: That would offend… who again?
All Teh Gayz and Everyone Else Except CNN and ISIS and a few others: HAHAHHAHHAH
Making fun of ISIS in the worst possible taste (to paraphrase Kenny Everett For Those Who Know 
)is valuable public service if you done arx me.
Grew up watching him. Utter brilliance.
I think that’s kind of the point of parody.
All of those examples contain the same words. (There is no god but God. Muhammad is the messenger of God.[) Some are distinctively different.
It should be possible to create a flag containing those words that appeals to both distinctiveness and aesthetic merit. The fact that ISIS has chosen a rather shitty looking flag to accompany a rather shitty state throws their utopian message into further doubt.
Parody does not elude me. Thanks for the insult anyway, your humor is very advanced.
I’m just saying that it was obviously too subtle to be recognized as parody, even in this post someone had to put a closeup of the image to better appreciate the dildos. And they decided to match the actual characters almost perfectly, so it’s like they just didn’t know how to paint.
The confederate flag example is a better example of the use of a dildo motif.
Just being a humor critic, they could have at least had it say ‘gay pride!’ or something more recognizable while being ‘Arabic’ looking, that’s probably its biggest problem. Or have it in a more thematically appropriate color like pink or rainbow… That would all be a matter of taste.
Basically, ask yourself if you would fly that flag outside your house to show your support for gay rights, or your condemnation of Isis?
I srsly doubt very many people around here are going to find it anything other than what it was, or imagine themselves doing what someone else did as a test of tastefulness/whatever.
But just for fun, expand on how it is irresponsible. You left it at “too close a resemblance” and “poor taste” but I can’t see how either is irresponsible.
It looks like it was designed by a finger in the sand and then directly transferred to print.
I’m sure it will just sound like gobbledygook!
