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Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This idea originated as a Stephen Colbert joke in 2010. As always I'm sure some will call this some sort of self-aware troll by Trump, but what are the odds of that.

[–] Karjalan@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Given Colbert took the absurdity of conservatism in the US and cranked it up to 11... I'm not surprised it's becoming reality now.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One of my favorite funfacts about the Colbert Report is that many conservatives couldn't tell it was satire.

So much so that Colbert earlier on was regularly invited to things like White House Dinner with Bush and Conservative Conferences. Even when he ended the show he claimed he had a lot of fan mail from Republicans saying they'd miss "Having a sane voice of reason on an otherwise liberal media network."

Some Conservative Subreddits even had to have guidelines explaining he was satire, some claiming he was a straight up "Left Wing Disinformation Agent!"

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

That’s incredible.

I was quite conservative back in 2006, having been raised that way and still years away from my “enlightenment,” but I knew Colbert was satire. I still thought he was hilarious. I’ve always thought it’s important to be able to laugh at yourself.

Bush clearly felt the same, he was laughing right along with the roast, and had just finished doing a bit with a Bush impersonator that also roasted him.

But Trump is incapable of humility, and cannot stand the traditional presidential roast at the Press Correspondents’ Dinner.