dhelix33 wrote:
There's nothing quite like the alternate reality of the Tea Party. I have seen people in this tea bag laced forum whine about me off handedly referring to the Tea Party 'movement' as "teabaggers." What I find most amusing is the notion that calling Tea Partiers "teabaggers" is a horrendous, unforgivable slur. because Tea Partiers find it offensive now
The associated term for your 'movement' - "teabagger" - was introduced to the political lexicon by your Tea Party 'movement' leaders.
On your Tax Day rally, April 15, the Koch brother funded program pushed out an astro turf group of 'organizers' with a gimmick. They asked people to send a tea bag to the Oval Office. One of the exhortations was Tea Bag the Fools in D.C. A protester was spotted with a sign saying, Tea Bag the Liberal Dems Before They Tea Bag You.
So, you so-called "conservatives" started using the teabagging reference yourselves, in terms of your "identity" - and then others ran with it, and ran with it. The origin of the term is relevant in determining the relative size of the Tea Partys violin being played. Furthermore, what needs to be pointed out is the fact that the Tea Partiers not only invented the term, they did so in order to inflict a similar double entendre onto the President, the Democrats, and progressives in general. Hence, its a violin being played so small, you'd need an electron microscope with a zoom lens to see it.
Now, you people in this forum (and you know who you are) have a hissy fit when I call you what you named yourselves, trying to re-cast the term as a slur, that I am somehow using a term hurtful to all the Tea Party members who are just ordinary moms, dads, sons, and daughters - I believe your dubious bigoted code word is "Real Americans". The latter point has some resonance, but the former is ridiculous in the extreme.
In emails, protest signs, t-shirts, and online, early Tea Party literature urged protesters to Tea Bag the White House, and to Tea-bag the liberal Dems before they tea-bag you. The suggestion is that the metaphoric tea-bags be shoved in the mouths of the President, Democratic members of Congress, and even ordinary citizens who identify as liberal Democrats. The idea that you all just didnt know the terms only (at that time) meaning is belied by the fact that you obviously knew it was negative (and non-consensual), since you didnt want it done to you, and also because it only had one meaning.
It was only after MSNBCs Rachel Maddow and David Shuster, and CNNs Anderson Cooper, turned the tables on the term teabagger that you "Tea Partiers" objected. You were perfectly satisfied to advocate the metaphoric mouth-rape of liberal men, women, and children, but had the nerve to become indignant when the insult boomeranged on you.
For all you "Tea Party" members out there (who just make the world, less) - There is a way to distinguish the validity of a 'bias' or 'opinion' or 'belief'. It's called 'objective reality'.
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The "objective reality" is that no one really cares what you think about the T.E.A. movement. You rant and rave about different "names" associated with the movement, but the movement is still there and that's what you are so angry about. Put a sock in it about the different names you libs like to associate with the group, it's not important.