The Tea party and the faux outrage over the phrase "Teabagger" (Hispanics, gay people)

[carterstamp]

Originally Posted by sickofnyc99

You forgot their che' t-shirts.

sooo, all progressives wear Che tea shirts and carry soviet flags? How did you come up with that theory?

I'm a liberal, and don't think much of che.

Oh snap, another preconceived notion hits the poop-chute.

[Sco]

Originally Posted by MiamiRob

I remember hearing this term on the news for the first time and I could not stop laughing!
Do these people not have any gay friends?

Teabaggers with gay friends? I think that gets you kicked out of the club.

[Holdencaulfield]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch2010

yeah sure, everyone at that rally was there for the same reasons, they were all supporting each other. Birds of a feather.......

It was an anti Arizona immigration law rally. That was the common cause. It was not an anti war rally, an anti capitalism rally. That was the common cause. To assume that all members had more things in common than the immigration laws is to be willfully ignorant. I ask you again, do the tea party members wearing buttons and tea bags share a radically different ideology than the other tea party members, yes or no? If you want to play that game I can do it as well. Neo Nazis have showed up to Tea Party rallies, I guess all Tea Party members are neo nazis.

[LABART]

Originally Posted by MiamiRob

I remember hearing this term on the news for the first time and I could not stop laughing!
Do these people not have any gay friends?

I'm sure they do, but they're still in the closet.

[Maineah]

I just can't wait until all you leftist nut jobs have to crawl back under your rocks this fall when the NORMAL people of this country sweep you out of the way. You have had your day and the rest of us have had more than enough of you!

[carterstamp]

Originally Posted by Maineah

I just can't wait until all you leftist nut jobs have to crawl back under your rocks this fall when the NORMAL people of this country sweep you out of the way. You have had your day and the rest of us have had more than enough of you!

Another Real American, ladies and gentlemen.

[Sco]

Originally Posted by Maineah

I just can't wait until all you leftist nut jobs have to crawl back under your rocks this fall when the NORMAL people of this country sweep you out of the way. You have had your day and the rest of us have had more than enough of you!

Did you see the pictures the OP posted? I am not sure the word normal is what springs to mind for most people.

[wade52]

It was the tea partiers themselves who used the term to describe their gatherings.

But right wing whackos have a tendency to make things up to get angry over. This is no exception.

[Robert_J]

Originally Posted by meson

I use TeaNaggers now...

Creative and funny. I like it.

[Driller1]

I am a Teabagger. No, I am not offended.

Would I dress "funny". No, I am also a "clothes horse". I love designer items.

Do I have gay friends?? YES!!!

Many words have variable meanings. Life goes on.