BronyMedic: The Memphis Tea Party held a protest in one of the more affluent, democratic portions of town - Germantown a few days ago. I managed to drive by it on a patient transport.

I felt sorry for these people.

The mean age of this group was no less than 50. These people were actually on rascals. Or had oxygen tanks. Or looked like death was several steps behind them. And they were holding up blatantly racist signs about Barack Obama the witch doctor.

So I have come to the conclusion that to solve the Tea Party problem, we just wait.

Ironically, they'll solve their own problem by continuing to vote against health care laws that are in their favour.

/and then when they're dead, we'll just pass them anyway

halfof33: dave2198: You were more entertaining when you pretended to be retarded. Your real self is kind of a prick, so you might want to just play dumb all the time.

Yep, people get mad at people who don't dial up the rage, and instead track down the source of the alleged slur.

Makes me a right "prick."

GOTCHA!

Right, but you were replying to a post that specifically said that the slur is actually secondary to the fact that the TEA Party paid a guy who is a member of the Family and helped sell the idea of strict legislation banning gayness from Uganda a few years back. If the guy had been *completely* respectful about his terminology he'd still be a bigoted, ignorant, medieval dick-lock of a man... who was hired by the TEA Party to talk to the crowd for a while. That guy should be uniformly denounced in every free country in the world. But here in America we don't just give him a venue to speak. We don't just avoid censoring him. We give him a nice fat podium to stand on, some TV crews, an attentive audience, and a few grand.

And then when people get upset, we have two factions. One to get mad at the guy who called these people a mean name. And another to get mad at the people who dared get upset in the first place.

Harry_Seldon:
//apparently calling people porch monkeys

Oh, I heard the Tea Party was taking that back.

Well, if one guy on Twitter says it, it must be true!! Another hard-hitting investigation by DailyKos.

I really cannot put into words how much I loathe social conservatives.

Kinda like how I feel about creationists, I wouldn't mind them if they simply held their views as personal beliefs. That doesn't bother me at all. What DOES bother me is that they insist on imposing these beliefs on others, often resorting to lying, violence, or passing asinine laws.

Seriously, fark them all. The fact that they hide their hatred and petty prejudices behind the "family" makes me sick.

/"moral majority" my ass.

yea buddy thats his own hair.

The posts by "conservatives" suddenly concerned about accuracy in rhetoric are my favorites.

Car_Ramrod: Mugato: Putting the homophobes aside for a moment....

A Tea Party tax day protest

WTF are you protesting against, you cretins????

Historically low taxes. They think they should pay more as the cost of living in a functioning society.

Wait, what's that? They think historically low taxes are too high and they've have enough of it? That's a stupid platform for a political group. There's no way a reasonable population will allow them to control the political message, let alone elect any of them into office...

Ffs. This, people.

Does anyone remember the interviews from the Tea Party protests? There was one interview in which the interviewee asserted that he was being taxed at an astronomical rate and that taxes have never been this high before. The interviewer corrected that statement and the interviewee basically shrugged.

omnibus_necanda_sunt: Jake Havechek: I would suggest that those Tea Party critics take a look at some of the things that their TAX MONEY has been paying for in the public schools. The "Fistgate" tapes. The "Little Black Book". The annual taxpayer sponsored "transgender" events for kids, where kids are brought to mingle with adult men wearing women's clothes, and adult men involved with S&M and other interesting behaviors. The "anal sex" pamphlets and material given to kids at state-sponsored events. And there's a LOT more I could mention, but can't really without making a lot of people sick.

-- Brian Camenker of MassResistance

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Seriously, where were the anal sex pamphlets when we were in school?

Bontesla: Car_Ramrod: Mugato: Putting the homophobes aside for a moment....

A Tea Party tax day protest

WTF are you protesting against, you cretins????

Historically low taxes. They think they should pay more as the cost of living in a functioning society.

Wait, what's that? They think historically low taxes are too high and they've have enough of it? That's a stupid platform for a political group. There's no way a reasonable population will allow them to control the political message, let alone elect any of them into office...

Ffs. This, people.

Does anyone remember the interviews from the Tea Party protests? There was one interview in which the interviewee asserted that he was being taxed at an astronomical rate and that taxes have never been this high before. The interviewer corrected that statement and the interviewee basically shrugged.

You didn't expect the guy to change his views because he was confronted with facts, did you?

Impossible. Tea Partiers are only concerned about taxes, the budget, and creeping Islamofascism that will Islamofascizice our youth into Muslim Islamojazzercizers.

It's in Revelations, sheeple!

This thread owns, well done farkers.

meade2001: Well, if one guy on Twitter says it, it must be true!! Another hard-hitting investigation by DailyKos.

The thing is, everybody assumes they said it because they say shiat like this all the freakin' time. This is what these mouth breathing troglodytes believe, write (poorly) on signs and at the dinner table.

OneTimed: I really cannot put into words how much I loathe social conservatives.

Kinda like how I feel about creationists, I wouldn't mind them if they simply held their views as personal beliefs. That doesn't bother me at all. What DOES bother me is that they insist on imposing these beliefs on others, often resorting to lying, violence, or passing asinine laws.

Seriously, fark them all. The fact that they hide their hatred and petty prejudices behind the "family" makes me sick.

/"moral majority" my ass.

So how do you feel about progressives pushing their beliefs onto others? Or is it only ok when the other guys do it? (BTW I have no use for social conservatives than I do for progressives)

Any audio of this?
Or did they say "fascists"?

Did Zimmerman say "cold" or "coon"?

gunga galunga: Mugato: Putting the homophobes aside for a moment....

A Tea Party tax day protest

WTF are you protesting against, you cretins????

Things they were perfectly fine with when it was a white Republican in the White House.

Duh.

The first tea parties were under George Bush, and were largely about fiscal irresponsibility. However, like any grass roots movements, and in the beginning they were, tea party protests were a diverse group of mostly conservative and libertarian people. In the beginning, they were mostly about fiscal issues. It's only latter that the tea parties were taken over by social conservatives, and just like the Republican party, fiscal conservatives and libertarians got the fark out.

So what were we protesting about? Well I was protesting against the Bush Tax cuts, and wildly unsustainable spending. I was protesting what I see as the mortgaging of my children's future for the political gain of today's politicians.

Now? The "Tea Party" my area is now closer to the westboro baptist church.

trotsky: meade2001: Well, if one guy on Twitter says it, it must be true!! Another hard-hitting investigation by DailyKos.

The thing is, everybody assumes they said it because they say shiat like this all the freakin' time. This is what these mouth breathing troglodytes believe, write (poorly) on signs and at the dinner table.

Because some signs on the internet obviously equal the majority thought of the whole movement. You know, like how those Occupiers all hate Jews and bathes.

EWreckedSean: So how do you feel about progressives pushing their beliefs onto others?

Which progressive beliefs are these?

tenpoundsofcheese: Did Zimmerman say "cold" or "coon"?

He said blah people

BigBooper: The first tea parties were under George Bush

I honestly don't recall any of that. The first I heard about the them was when Fox was pushing "Fox News Tax Day Tea Parties" after Obama's inauguration.

The first tea parties were under George Bush, and were largely about fiscal irresponsibility.

No they weren't, the Tea Party didn't exist until Obama was president. What's with this farking revisionism shiat?

Oh Carl...

EWreckedSean: trotsky: meade2001: Well, if one guy on Twitter says it, it must be true!! Another hard-hitting investigation by DailyKos.

The thing is, everybody assumes they said it because they say shiat like this all the freakin' time. This is what these mouth breathing troglodytes believe, write (poorly) on signs and at the dinner table.

Because some signs on the internet obviously equal the majority thought of the whole movement. You know, like how those Occupiers all hate Jews and bathes.

Don't forget that based on their actions and signs, all people who support OWS
- are truthers
- shiat on police cars
- sexually assault people
- throw Molotov cocktails at police
- support hanging of Wall Street execs

On the plus side, they have cute bag dogs.

BeesNuts: Right, but you were replying to a post that specifically said that the slur is actually secondary to the fact that the TEA Party paid a guy who is a member of the Family and helped sell the idea of strict legislation banning gayness from Uganda a few years back. If the guy had been *completely* respectful about his terminology he'd still be a bigoted, ignorant, medieval dick-lock of a man... who was hired by the TEA Party to talk to the crowd for a while. That guy should be uniformly denounced in every free country in the world. But here in America we don't just give him a venue to speak. We don't just avoid censoring him. We give him a nice fat podium to stand on, some TV crews, an attentive audience, and a few grand.
And then when people get upset, we have two factions. One to get mad at the guy who called these people a mean name. And another to get mad at the people who dared get upset in the first place.

Yeah, the whole First Amendment thing, what are you going to do?

Three factions actually, maybe four. There is a group that looks into whether the claims are true, and the people who get absolutely enraged at them for doing so.

Fortunately, facts have a pro-halfof33 bias.

qorkfiend: EWreckedSean: So how do you feel about progressives pushing their beliefs onto others?

Which progressive beliefs are these?

back in my day we only had one flavor of pringles

qorkfiend: BigBooper: The first tea parties were under George Bush

I honestly don't recall any of that. The first I heard about the them was when Fox was pushing "Fox News Tax Day Tea Parties" after Obama's inauguration.

They certainly existed but didn't have anywhere near the numbers or influence or ideology they have now. FOX essentially decided to co-opt an existing, non-newsworthy movement and make it the monster it is today. The earlier movement is irrelevant. FOX could have adopted any somewhat right wing group. After you fill it up with FOX viewers it's all derp anyway.

Jackson Herring: sprawl15: back in my day we only had one flavor of pringles

Thanks a lot, Presidebt Fartbama.

Is there any history in which he's not the greatest monster?

odinsposse: qorkfiend: BigBooper: The first tea parties were under George Bush

I honestly don't recall any of that. The first I heard about the them was when Fox was pushing "Fox News Tax Day Tea Parties" after Obama's inauguration.

They certainly existed but didn't have anywhere near the numbers or influence or ideology they have now. FOX essentially decided to co-opt an existing, non-newsworthy movement and make it the monster it is today. The earlier movement is irrelevant. FOX could have adopted any somewhat right wing group. After you fill it up with FOX viewers it's all derp anyway.

Tea Party started in 2009.

odinsposse: qorkfiend: BigBooper: The first tea parties were under George Bush

I honestly don't recall any of that. The first I heard about the them was when Fox was pushing "Fox News Tax Day Tea Parties" after Obama's inauguration.

They certainly existed but didn't have anywhere near the numbers or influence or ideology they have now. FOX essentially decided to co-opt an existing, non-newsworthy movement and make it the monster it is today. The earlier movement is irrelevant. FOX could have adopted any somewhat right wing group. After you fill it up with FOX viewers it's all derp anyway.

Yep. It's like saying that reality tv has been around for several decades, if by reality tv you actually mean nature documentaries.

halfof33: firefly212: I agree, totally unreasonable to think that people honoring a guy who advocates the murder of gays would use such crass language.

Hmm, she couldn't answer the question whether it was Lively or not.

She also didn't get any responses when she asked her pals for help.

She also did not report it contemporaneously, but mentioned it later that night.

As I said, that is good enough to stoke up a red hot fire of Internet Rage.

I still think you're arguing the case a singular incident of bigotry from an entire demonstration honoring a bigot.

Ok, if the tweet turns out to be factually incorrect, shame on the attendee. Spreading false information makes you an uncredible witness in the future.

All of the rage still stands as it's not directed at this statement but at he sentiment expressed.

You're in a forest arguing the existing of one tree. Shall we pick another in order for you to deem the rage acceptable?

EWreckedSean: trotsky: meade2001: Well, if one guy on Twitter says it, it must be true!! Another hard-hitting investigation by DailyKos.

The thing is, everybody assumes they said it because they say shiat like this all the freakin' time. This is what these mouth breathing troglodytes believe, write (poorly) on signs and at the dinner table.

Because some signs on the internet obviously equal the majority thought of the whole movement. You know, like how those Occupiers all hate Jews and bathes.

It's an example, dipwad. I have had the unfortunate experience of seeing and talking to Tea Baggers in real life and the internet. Based on these interactions, my statement stands. The signs just help visualize it.

Jackson Herring: qorkfiend: EWreckedSean: So how do you feel about progressives pushing their beliefs onto others?

Which progressive beliefs are these?

ugh... "equality" of economic outcome.

da, comrade 0bama doesn't support gay marriage. He doesn't believe in equality of people

qorkfiend: BigBooper: The first tea parties were under George Bush

I honestly don't recall any of that. The first I heard about the them was when Fox was pushing "Fox News Tax Day Tea Parties" after Obama's inauguration.



Ten Fair Tax advocates don't really make much of a "party". They also weren't the same people pushing it when Obama was inaugurated.

Jackson Herring: sprawl15: back in my day we only had one flavor of pringles

Thanks a lot, Presidebt Fartbama.

Back in my day we had Cheese of the Year Club, not this fancy Kraft Single of the Month Club.

tenpoundsofcheese: ugh... "equality" of economic outcome

Good lord, that chicken is nothing but a bunch of bloody sticky feathers at this point.

Fart_Machine: qorkfiend: BigBooper: The first tea parties were under George Bush

I honestly don't recall any of that. The first I heard about the them was when Fox was pushing "Fox News Tax Day Tea Parties" after Obama's inauguration.

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Ten Fair Tax advocates don't really make much of a "party". They also weren't the same people pushing it when Obama was inaugurated.

But the name existed! In fact the name existed OVER TWO HUNDERED YEARS AGO!

/So St. Sarah is automagically president for life.