April 15th Tea Party

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

i'm just trying to get the conversation away from angry fits. they're fairly useless as persuasive tools. should i have responded by calling you a douche?

are you angry because I associated you with your liberal brothers and sisters? Are you embarrassed by them? Why the anger God?

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

are you angry because I associated you with your liberal brothers and sisters? Are you embarrassed by them? Why the anger God?

(sigh)

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

douche.

Ah namecalling, very liberal of you.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Ah namecalling, very liberal of you.

and very unaware of context for you.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

You know, I used to think that maybe I made too many generalizations and grouped people together too often.

Then I met Chuck.

"If you don't like war, you're anti-American! If you're smart, you're a fag! If you're artistic, you're even gayer!"

Benjamin Moore himself couldn't fathom a brush this broad.

Another liberal who seems to not actually like being called a liberal. Funny how BWS makes the generalizations about conservative=anti-black or anti-gay yet the ridiculousness is directed at me. Oh you idealistic intellectual you! Since journalism is seemingly dead you are already sharpening your skills to take over for Olberman when he gets canned! I knew you were sharp despite your implied left leanings.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Cardus

There is a strong connection between ad hominem attacks and liberalism.

the counter argument:

Liberalism is a sickness. It may not be your fault that you are infected. Hits you early when you are young and dumb. Starts to wear off as you realize the world is not flat and kumbaya is not the national anthem. Remember Nancy Pelosi is your leader. Jim Jones was cut from the same cloth. Smooth Operator is on your side. The good Reverends Al and Jesse and Louis and Wright are your spiritual guides. Blago is a Dem. Ted Kennedy. Al Gore. Tipper. These are your people. And yeah we know all about Bush and Rush....

[Cannon Shell]

Hey at least you guys are seemingly all Bushed out!

except for Smooth operator and he is a USC man so we will forgive him...

[hi_im_god]

at the very least i hope steve is making bank off off this clarence darrow vs. william jennings bryant debate.

it should be carved in marble.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Another liberal who seems to not actually like being called a liberal. Funny how BWS makes the generalizations about conservative=anti-black or anti-gay yet the ridiculousness is directed at me. Oh you idealistic intellectual you! Since journalism is seemingly dead you are already sharpening your skills to take over for Olberman when he gets canned! I knew you were sharp despite your implied left leanings.

Call me a liberal all day, I don't give a sh it. What I don't like is this ridiculous anti-intellectualism and hypocrisy perpetuated by people like you. You blame us for changing the subject, but how did we get here in the first place (talking about the CNN reporter)? By Jim changing the subject from how god damn stupid this whole 'protest' was.

See what I did there? I called it stupid. Not 'anti-american'. Just because I disagree with someone, I'm not gonna be a complete dipshit and call them treasonous or some other nonsense for exercising basic American rights.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Call me a liberal all day, I don't give a sh it. What I don't like is this ridiculous anti-intellectualism and hypocrisy perpetuated by people like you. You blame us for changing the subject, but how did we get here in the first place (talking about the CNN reporter)? By Jim changing the subject from how god damn stupid this whole 'protest' was.

See what I did there? I called it stupid. Not 'anti-american'. Just because I disagree with someone, I'm not gonna be a complete dipshit and call them treasonous or some other nonsense for exercising basic American rights.

So you admit you are aiming for Olberman?

Hypocrisy is our sides gig, man. Your side loved the Cindy Sheehan show and all the other professionaly protested antiwar and anti bush productions. Now when people are protesting taxes (which is far more traditional in this country than any of these other protests) it is somehow stupid? That would be hypocrisy.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Cardus

There is a strong connection between ad hominem attacks and liberalism.

Yeah a guy from NY and liberals, there ya go!

Originally Posted by Cardus

There is a strong connection between ad hominem attacks and liberalism.

The whole dad gummed board
operates by this method,
not just liberals.

And an Ab/Ex uno disce omnes
back atcha.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Did you guys figure out how to reform the tax code?
I would like to hear some ideas on that. What did they
come up with at the rally besides we pay too much in
taxes. (I got wacked this year)

Lets make this thread into a true tea party type discussion.
Since maybe a lot of us just finished doing our taxes and are
pondering/thoughtful types, how
did you guys decide to make it simple and fair?

The Fair Tax seems like a good plan.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

Brian this meandering response is beneath you. i know you know better.
that "interview" was a travesty. kinda judgemental of you to claim his reasoning for being there was "unimportant" and not "relevant".

Jim -- love hanging out with you at the Park, and love that we can never touch this **** when we're there... -- but also, come on, I'm loving that you have no idea how a TV interview works. If you're not into your point within 10 seconds, you're just wasting time. Everyone of every political stripe knows that. Teabaggers apparently do not.

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

i have read some **** before, but that takes the cake. it says a lot about you and nothing about the folks i saw and witnessed with my own eyes, or about me.

I'll expect that you'll look into it a bit more (a simple Google search should provide more than enough evidence that this "tea party" got hijacked by racist and homophobic groups too...and sadly, without disowning them, you're stuck with them. Pretend it's not true all you want. You either own them or you don't.....). I have much more respect for those protesting govt. spending and tax rates that are lower than Reagan's (!!!!!), as foolish as it may be, than I do for those who jumped on the bandwagon. You may wish to turn a blind eye from them and pretend this was just an anti-tax protest....but you're sorely mistaken if you don't think lots of haters jumped on board. So you may have "read some ****," but I'm not the one in control of your out of control, hate-on-everyone-different-than-you tea parties dude, that's your ****, not mine.

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Funny how BWS makes the generalizations about conservative=anti-black or anti-gay .

Wouldn't be effing hilarious if it didn't keep getting backed up every day. Maybe instead of an "Obama sucks" thread, we're long overdue for a thread full of nothing but examples of Repubs being shameless gay haters and racists.

I'm so full of examples, you could pay me $8/hr to post it and I'd be rich if I didn't need to sleep.

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Call me a liberal all day, I don't give a sh it. What I don't like is this ridiculous anti-intellectualism and hypocrisy perpetuated by people like you. You blame us for changing the subject, but how did we get here in the first place (talking about the CNN reporter)? By Jim changing the subject from how god damn stupid this whole 'protest' was.

See what I did there? I called it stupid. Not 'anti-american'. Just because I disagree with someone, I'm not gonna be a complete dipshit and call them treasonous or some other nonsense for exercising basic American rights.

I'm so tired.

These people are exhausting. Normally Chuck and Jim are tolerable...at least reasonable. Throw in a bit of teabagging and they all lose their minds....

Can't say I blame them, I've been known to lose my mind in the face of solid, public teabagging every now and then.

Since I need sleep, I'll resign myself to trophies for J

[ateamstupid]

I heart Brian and I hope it makes the conservatives mad uncomfortable.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I heart Brian and I hope it makes the conservatives mad uncomfortable.

Hate to burst your bubble dude, but a little gay political love affair is totally not even noteworthy when there is teabagging to be done....

Really, by their rule of thumb, you gotta put all your nuts in the right basket.

Not so sure I can help. But if I can, let me know, I'm willing to try.

[steve]

is not paying taxes patriotic?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Hate to burst your bubble dude, but a little gay political love affair is totally not even noteworthy when there is teabagging to be done....

Really, by their rule of thumb, you gotta put all your nuts in the right basket.

Not so sure I can help. But if I can, let me know, I'm willing to try.

From two who are in the receiving zone in income from the govt as opposed to giving, I would expect nothing less. I suppose a little revisionist history would support all the anti-gay and anti-black posts made by Jim and I, known racists and gay bashers. People are unhappy with the role of govts intrusion into their pocketbooks and that automatically makes us all anti everything that you stand for? (though I dont remember either of you having much tone when I last saw you)

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by steve

is not paying taxes patriotic?

No that is seemingly a requirement for a post in the Obama administration. It would be illogical to protest paying more taxes if you didnt pay them in the first place.

[gales0678]

is there any reason why fox news (o'rielly , hannity .. etc etc ) continue to pummell cnbc and msnbc in the ratings ?