As for those people that were negative about the joke, get over yourself!! Get a sense of humor! that's part of godliness, being spiritual and godlike. Not to mention, what happened to forgiveness and understanding!! HAH! Forgot that one didn't you?! if you could not be understanding, accepting, and forgiving of a joke! what are you going to do when some one does something really bad to you?!!

You better ask God and Sojourners for forgiveness for being so insulting over a joke!! Leave the hatefulness to the Repugnants <republicans>.

As for those people that were negative about the joke, get over yourself!! Get a sense of humor! that's part of godliness, being spiritual and godlike. Not to mention, what happened to forgiveness and understanding!! HAH! Forgot that one didn't you?! if you could not be understanding, accepting, and forgiving of a joke! what are you going to do when some one does something really bad to you?!!

You better ask God and Sojourners for forgiveness for being so insulting over a joke!! Leave the hatefulness to the Repugnants <republicans>.

As for those people that were negative about the joke, get over yourself!! Get a sense of humor! that's part of godliness, being spiritual and godlike. Not to mention, what happened to forgiveness and understanding!! HAH! Forgot that one didn't you?! if you could not be understanding, accepting, and forgiving of a joke! what are you going to do when some one does something really bad to you?!! You better ask God and Sojourners for forgiveness for being so insulting over a joke!! Leave the hatefulness to the Repugnants <republicans>.

As for those people that were negative about the joke, get over yourself!! Get a sense of humor! that's part of godliness, being spiritual and godlike. Not to mention, what happened to forgiveness and understanding!! HAH! Forgot that one didn't you?! if you could not be understanding, accepting, and forgiving of a joke! what are you going to do when some one does something really bad to you?!! You better ask God and Sojourners for forgiveness for being so insulting over a joke!! Leave the hatefulness to the Repugnants <republicans>.

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If anyone was still clueless after reading the posts, the notes should have made it clear.

The response to the original Limbaugh post “crashed the server.” I have seen previous topics here at this site that attracted over 200 comments that did not crash the server. Therefore, I'm assuming that when Ryan tabulated the responses and reported 50% negative that he was telling the truth.

OK.

So I looked again.

Fifteen persons commented (including yourself):

Thirteen accepted the post as a joke.

One person (JRZ715) was ambivalent: “……but I'm not sure what to think of this. I don't visit this website much but I have been familiar with (and mostly supportive of) sojourners for years.”

One person did not like it (brgulker):” If you're simply going to make fun of people who don't agree with you, then what makes you any different from them (other than your particular convictions)?”

The breakdown: 50 percent negative, 20 percent positive, 30 percent don’t realize or aren’t sure that it’s a joke. (Ryan Broderick Beiler's tabulation of the response to the original Limbaugh post)

But maybe I missed the posts you are talking about….LJRD

Given the millions of people who have ceded their brains to Limbaugh, I'm not surprised at the 50% negative reaction. However, for the 20% who did not realize that it was a joke – well, it reminds me of one of the characters who followed Dorothy down the Yellow Brick Road.

I went back to figure out who you are talking about. I found one commenter, who I do not recall seeing on the site before state, “If you're simply going to make fun of people who don't agree with you, then what makes you any different from them (other than your particular convictions)?”

The best I can tell is that proved to you there are many dittoheads offended anyone would make fun of their conservative icon.

That seems a big jump in my mind. But maybe I missed the posts you are talking about.

Since that commenter was not engaged in the conversation about James Dobson–I am not sure comparing responses to the two pieces is even possible.

I don't mind your expression of your sentiments and how things look to you. I just didn't see a connection to any real people and real comments on this blog.

On April Fools Day of 2009, Sojo posted five April Fools Jokes. Three of the five poked fun at liberals. It was quite obvious that all of them were jokes, and we liberal read the ones that poked fun at Biden, Obama, and Wallis – and we laughed. Apparently Rush's many dittoheads were truly offended that anyone would have the nerve to make fun of their conservative icon. The nerve of Sojo! The nerve of those of us who regard Limbaugh as both a hypocrite and a big *** ****.

Now, what does all of this have to do with Dobson? Simply this. If you ignored all of the **** coming from Dobson. If you were truly not offended by the venom that Dobson unleashed, then why would anyone take umbrage at an April Fools Day post. Are there really conservative icons that one dare not write one critical word about – even if it is in an April Fools Day post which included three such posts which parodied the other side? Is a post that makes light of Rush equivalent to the unpardonable sin? Give me a break!