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Lawrence Lessig draws ire of Rush Limbaugh and the Dittoheads

Lawrence Lessig's choice of examples to illustrate the vibrant video-mashup scene to Google employees in New York — a fabulous Jesus lipsyncing Gloria Gaynor's anthem "I Will Survive" — was picked apart by Redstate and then picked up by Rush Limbaugh. Mincing down Hollywood Boulevard and hip-bumping passers-by isn't how most Americans want to imagine their lord and savior. Lessig, who recorded a 20-minute video explaining why he's "4Barack," now serves to help Republicans paint the Obama campaign as out of touch with the mainstream. The original Redstate post goes so far as to raise the specter of Communism, painting Lessig's nuanced arguments for copyright reform as a call for the abolishment of intellectual property.

10:20 AM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Jackson West
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  • I'm a Lutheran and believe in the salvation of Christ, but this is brilliant!

    You know God has a sense of humor and I think all heaven must be laughing at this.

  • Image of sample032 sample032 at 11:45 AM on 04/25/08 *

    @Swifter: A real christian would have capitalized "salvation."

    Just another lip sync video. At least lolcatz is creative.

  • Image of Rachel Marsden Rachel Marsden at 12:01 PM on 04/25/08 *

    Let's see Comrade Lessig of Chumpsky try doing this with the Muzzies without getting his ass blown up.

  • Image of cockfightbarmitzvah cockfightbarmitzvah at 12:36 PM on 04/25/08 *

    @Rachel Marsden: And this is exactly why people compare fundamentalist bible thumpers in the right wing with Muslim fanatics. None of you people can't take a joke. If you're all so content and at peace with God, then how is this guy's joke hurting anyone. Lighten up and take the collective sticks out of your asses.

  • @cockfightbarmitzvah: Oh boo hoo, the pantywaist liberal is all frightened by the confident conservative woman who speaks her mind! Maybe you're better off tending to your organic garden while the fiscal conservatives - the ones who can make decisions - try to save our country from the disease of liberalism.

  • Image of cockfightbarmitzvah cockfightbarmitzvah at 01:08 PM on 04/25/08 *

    Are these the fiscal conservatives who've increased the national debt by $9 trillion and caused the US dollar to be looked upon as toilet paper by foreign markets? Or are you referring to some different group? Perhaps in a Bizzaro Superman dimension for instance?

  • Image of sample032 sample032 at 01:15 PM on 04/25/08 *

    @cockfightbarmitzvah: But you're leaving out how far people take it. I don't see any Christians rioting in the streets over this.

    @It Must Be Take a Worm for a Walk Week: It's funny- you say something like "I'm not sure about global warming" or a racially-oriented joke around someone like cockfightbarmitzvah, and you'll get a reaction analogous to Rush and Redstate's.

  • Image of cockfightbarmitzvah cockfightbarmitzvah at 01:36 PM on 04/25/08 *

    @sample032: "I don't see any Christians rioting in the streets over this." That's because contrary to people like Pat Robertsons and the (admittedly weak) efforts of the Bush administration, we are not living in a de facto theocracy like most of the Islamic countries that do go nuts over this stuff. We are a country founded on the idea of free speech, even if it may be seen as offensive (or sacrilegious) to someone else.

  • @sample032: You must be thinking of the Vatican. Lutherans do whatever the fuck they want.

  • Image of Rachel Marsden Rachel Marsden at 09:03 AM on 04/26/08 *

    @cockfightbarmitzvah: Wake me up with those "Christian fundamentalists" start blowing up airplanes and rioting because people draw cartoons of Jesus. Don't you have an anti-Bush rally to attend? Seems to me that you're overdue for your regular shot of law enforcement issued mace to the face.

  • Image of Rachel Marsden Rachel Marsden at 09:09 AM on 04/26/08 *

    @cockfightbarmitzvah: The comlibtardia gets more agitated over the fact that, as an "earth murderer", I throw recyclable cans in the trash than most Christians do over a silly stunt like this. In fact, most don't even care about Comrade Lessig or this issue, as evidence by the fact that not a single one has replied to this thread. LOL

  • Image of raincoaster raincoaster at 02:03 AM on 04/27/08 *

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