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Wilshire to Not The OnionEnglish · 3 年前

JFK Banners in Downtown Dallas Draw Blowback Ahead of 60th Anniversary

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JFK Banners in Downtown Dallas Draw Blowback Ahead of 60th Anniversary

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Wilshire to Not The OnionEnglish · 3 年前
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What's With the 'JFK Was Here' Banners in Downtown?
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The signs were erected in Dallas ahead of the 60th anniversary of Kennedy's slaying, but some aren't so sure about the slogan's effectiveness.
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  • FullOfBallooons@leminal.space
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    someone captioned a picture of one of the banners, later adding in a comment: “And then what happened.”

    😂

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      It turned out to be a pretty mind-blowing day in Dallas after all.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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        You cheeky fucker

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    Lmao holy fuck that is amazingly, comically tasteless. Like sure, it was 60 years ago, but I’m also pretty sure that’s not an element of the city’s history that most current residents are terribly proud of.

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    “Blowback Ahead”

    blow back a head

    I see what you did there.

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      It’s mind-blowing that they’d choose that for the actual article title.

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    JFK was here… and got shot in the head

    • CrazyEddie041@kbin.social
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      JFK was here… and there… and over here… and a little over there…

    • Case@lemmynsfw.com
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      Had a childhood friend visit DC once, he came back and told me he “saw the place Lincoln got JFKed”

      Still laugh about that phrase.

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    Blowback and to the left…

    • Frozengyro
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      And on ms Kennedy

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    I hate it when people say “Happy Fall” and refuse to say “Happy Day JFK Was Shot.” Starbucks doesn’t even do a cup any more.

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    Maybe “blowback” wasn’t the best word to use

    • eric
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      It was the prefect word.

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    Archive.org link below - I think the site has been hugged to death.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20231012075008/https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/jfk-banners-in-downtown-dallas-draw-blowback-ahead-of-60th-anniversary-17650461

  • Luke_Fartnocker@lemm.ee
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    Not as much blowback as Jackie got

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    Do people under 25 years old feel the same way about 9-11 the same way I feel about the JFK/RFK headshots?

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      Who is the “he” approving things in this scenario of yours?

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        • reddig33
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          JFK Jr is also dead.

          https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jfk-jr-killed-in-plane-crash

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            • AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo
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              Personally I have them all confused for KFC. Fuck me KFC used to be better 15 years ago. Not that I’m a boomer or anything. They just totally watered down their fries. Upon other crimes.

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                • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz
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                  Alright, what’s the recipe?

                  I really need to make chicken and waffles sometime. I have a great waffle maker, but I’m sure as shit not going to actually deep fry chicken.

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                It’s the switch to vegetable oils that did it, even though lard is actually healthier (way less gets absorbed)

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              Well, at least your demands for consent from the dead are funny. We should also get approval from that Kennedy that skied into a tree.

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                That was a Bono, not a Kennedy.

                • roguetrick@kbin.social
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                  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_LeMoyne_Kennedy

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                  U2 hasn’t been the same since.

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            No, he’s Trump’s vice president or something like that

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