Imagine no teabaggers

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Diogenes the Cynic said:
You didn't see war protesters saying Bush wasn't really American, carrying ominously threatening signs, bringing guns to his appearances, threatening to kill his children or openly screaming racist and homophobic profanity at US Congressmen

No, I saw them calling him a Nazi, as well as all the other LEFT wing push buttons. Different strokes for different folks, but it all equates to the same thing.

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They have made threats. They have engaged in violence. Those are facts. There's zero chance he's right.

Since you are a liar and a bigot yourself I'm not surprised to see you defend them. As for Sam; he's such a kneejerk the-Right-is-always-right sort that I'd be surprised if he didn't defend them.

You're not really calling someone a bigot are you? Pot meet kettle.
 
You're not really calling someone a bigot are you? Pot meet kettle.

I think his problem is that he's met too many pots and kettles, as they were bounced about his head. What he needs to meet is Mr. Sanity. But they live in different universes so a meeting is unlikely.
 
Progressives wishing for death to the Teabaggers is exactly what they want. They are, based on their propensity to bring guns to political rallies, a brutish breed, waiting for an overt green light to begin engaging in violent actions. We almost saw the start of it, IMO, when windows of Democratic congresspeople were being shattered.

Jesus Christ, this thread has descended into bizarro land. You guys are completely freaking blind to your own hatred. And you have the gall to keep repeating the claim that the Tea Party is hateful and violent. I've read a lot of Tea Party material, and read a lot of discussion between tea partiers, and I have never, ever seen anyone express a wish for the death of anyone on the left.

This is interesting from a sociological standpoint though. The levels of righteous indignation I'm hearing from some of you are off the chart.

It's a bit like the tantrum of a small child when mom refuses to buy the sugary cereal in the grocery store.
 
You didn't see war protesters saying Bush wasn't really American, carrying ominously threatening signs, bringing guns to his appearances, threatening to kill his children or openly screaming racist and homophobic profanity at US Congressmen.

Oh, come on...

Now, look, I'm about as left-leaning as is possible without turning into an extremist, but let's be honest here: There were PLENTY of signs with pictures of Bush with bullet holes in his head, Bush with nooses around his neck, and all that type of thing in the recent past. Hell, there was even a movie about him getting assassinated!

The Tea Partiers and right-wing fringe groups are stupid pieces of shit...but so are the left-wing fringe. Let's be honest and admit that, huh?
 
I think most people, even most intelligent people, even most intelligent people seriously interested in politics, are not political intellectuals of any kind and do not examine their own ingrained political assumptions very critically very often.

So? Willful ignorance isn't my fucking problem. And you're treading awfully close to moral relativism there. "It's how they were raised, so it's not their fault." The same argument could be used to excuse owning slaves or FGM.
 
You're not really calling someone a bigot are you? Pot meet kettle.
Let me guess, I'm a "bigot" because I disapprove of religion, right? You can hate Democrats, liberals, Nazis, Communists, vegetarians and pretty much any other ideology or belief or practice - but hate religion and that's different. No matter how many people suffer and die because of it we're all suppose to talk about how wonderful it is. :rolleyes:
 
"Look, there goes a lynch mob, bent on attacking people based on the ways in which they're different from themselves!"

*Pause*

"Let's kill them!"

:dubious: What, without preliminary torture?! Have you no heart?!
 
I don't how you get that impression. Back in Clinton's day, the right wing smear machine was still getting assembled. The internet was a mere shadow of its present self. There weren't massive anti-Clinton rallies and the Republicans weren't quite so much in lockstep opposition. I don't recall any astroturf movement in opposition to Clinton or anyone saying he wasn't one of us.

There aren't "massive" anti-Obama rallies today. They're pretty sad, really. Other than that, I have to wonder how you could forget the "impeach the communist pervert Clinton as soon as we can find something" movement that Fox, Scaife, and the rest of the RW smear machine, that you claim was "still getting assembled", somehow succeeded with. There were still a few GOPpers in Congress that they hadn't yet intimidated into lockstepping, true, but there are a few today too.

But I really would prefer to have your memories instead of my own.
 
Man, you must be really, really afraid of what's coming in November. Well, suck it up, pal, 'cause CHANGE is coming.

Change? What change?

Either the Republicans will seize the House and Senate, in which case we will get epic gridlocks and endless, pointless, baseless investigations, in which case we basically get status quo... or they won't, but gain some seats, in which case we get status quo.

Looks like same ol', same ol' to me. But enjoy your 2010 midterm. The new Know-Nothings never like to talk about what happens after, say, in 2012. I wonder why? Maybe they're afraid of the end of the Long Count! Which, given the Tea Party's intellectual bankruptcy, would not surprise me in the least.
 
Wishing death on groups, particularly when the only point of wishing them dead is to avoid hearing their viewpoints, is dumb.

Calling an entire movement racist when there is little evidence that the movement, as opposed to a few notable members, even cares about race, is dumb.

These are not the only dumb comments, but they are salient.

Since this thread started in the pits and has moved right along, I am going to give it a more appropriate home.

[ /Modding ]

Good move to put this in the Pit, where it belongs.

Horrible, horrible statement bolded above. Little evidence that the movement cares about race? When two of their major mouthpieces, whom Teabaggers (Don't like that term being used? I cried two tears in a bucket.) Glennandrush, more or less live on race-baiting? Bone in the nose picture? Spitting on black congressmen? (Oh, no video evidence, therefore the Teabaggers are telling the truth? Bite me, bitch.)

Please. Tell that story walking.
 
You're not really calling someone a bigot are you? Pot meet kettle.
Let me guess, I'm a "bigot" because I disapprove of religion, right? You can hate Democrats, liberals, Nazis, Communists, vegetarians and pretty much any other ideology or belief or practice - but hate religion and that's different. No matter how many people suffer and die because of it we're all suppose to talk about how wonderful it is. :rolleyes:

No Der. If you only "disapproved" religion I wouldn't believe you a bigot. You hate religious people the same as a racist hate people of a different race. You paint every religious person with one big brush and dismiss any possibility that there could be any good that can come from someone religious.

My Grandmother was a Christian woman who got up every fucking morning at 5:00 am for as long as I can remember, took a fucking bus to downtown Memphis and cooked food for people in need. When my mom asked her why she does this all the time my Grandmother told her she believed this was where the God wants her.

When she died there wasn't enough room in the church for her service it was standing room only. This tiny woman helped so many people.....

And for you, a person who probably never lifted a hand to help someone in need, comes in every thread and shits on good people of religion kinda pisses me off. And before you come along and say non religious people do the same work my Grandmother did, well, I already know and God bless em.

I also know that there are racists in the Teaparty movement and I know there are bad religous people out there. But I'm not stupid or narrowminded enough to believe that every teaparty member or religious person is evil.

It saddens me to see that someone as smart as you to be so hateful and narrowminded.
 
Jesus Christ, this thread has descended into bizarro land. You guys are completely freaking blind to your own hatred. And you have the gall to keep repeating the claim that the Tea Party is hateful and violent. I've read a lot of Tea Party material, and read a lot of discussion between tea partiers, and I have never, ever seen anyone express a wish for the death of anyone on the left.

This is interesting from a sociological standpoint though. The levels of righteous indignation I'm hearing from some of you are off the chart.

It's a bit like the tantrum of a small child when mom refuses to buy the sugary cereal in the grocery store.

Which part are you disputing? The guns at the political rallies or the window-breaking?
 
I sympathize, really I do. Being President, Treasurer, and Chief Box-Gobbler of the Hillary Fan Club
I was referring to BILL Clinton, you moron.:rolleyes: The President in the 90's, who the slavering right wing actually IMPEACHED after years upon years of shit. Maybe you can find a grownup to tell you about it.

Here's a sign for you too. Maybe you can get someone to read it for you.
 
How about the signs that say, "we came unarmed...this time?"

How about the Newsmax article calling for a military coup against Obama?

ETA, I do think that most of them are all talk when it comes to the threats of violence and bloviating about revoluton, but we've already seen them engaging in low level violence and vandalism when emboldened in mobs, and sooner or later one or a few them is probably going to pull a Tim McVeigh or take a shot at somebody. They have some real psychotics in their ranks.
 
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