apedant
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Post by apedant on Feb 17, 2010 4:26:20 GMT -5
Considering that teabaggers always pick the racist image, I'm beginning to suspect they might be racist. I think you may just be on to something. Wait, this could just change the entire way we think about US politics. You don't think that the mainly white group that benefits most from lingering racism could be lingering racists? That's ridiculous!
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Feb 17, 2010 10:41:09 GMT -5
Frankly I find the picture of Obama as a witch doctor more baffling. Is the argument that Communists use witch doctors? Or that primitive shamanism is Marxist? Or that Obama is a negro? Uuh. I think it implies that using "Obamacare" is as bad as using witch doctors instead of real doctors. I'm not sure if that picture was intentionally racist, or was it just an accident but if they wanted to mock "Obamacare" they could have used all kinds of different images and metaphores but picked the one that is racist. The whole idea of the teabaggers is racist. I mean, if you wanted to protest government spending, why not during the Bush years? They spent a shit ton of money on the war and faith-based initiatives and other such nonsense, and Bush started the whole bailout thing. But as soon as a black guy gets elected all hell breaks loose and suddenly thousands of middle-aged and older white people start protesting with signs accusing him of being an African Muslim who wants to murder them? It sounds like genuine racists who are afraid that teh blacks are in power and might want to seek revenge on whitey
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Post by dasfuchs on Feb 17, 2010 11:52:33 GMT -5
Uuh. I think it implies that using "Obamacare" is as bad as using witch doctors instead of real doctors. I'm not sure if that picture was intentionally racist, or was it just an accident but if they wanted to mock "Obamacare" they could have used all kinds of different images and metaphores but picked the one that is racist. The whole idea of the teabaggers is racist. I mean, if you wanted to protest government spending, why not during the Bush years? They spent a shit ton of money on the war and faith-based initiatives and other such nonsense, and Bush started the whole bailout thing. But as soon as a black guy gets elected all hell breaks loose and suddenly thousands of middle-aged and older white people start protesting with signs accusing him of being an African Muslim who wants to murder them? It sounds like genuine racists who are afraid that teh blacks are in power and might want to seek revenge on whitey I don't think that's an example of racism as much as it is an example of party worship. Right wingers have been insanely rabid in supporting their party for decades, this is just another time when they decide to be sore losers through irrationality
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Post by erictheblue on Feb 17, 2010 12:54:00 GMT -5
Kim Jong-Il is a Muslim name? Richard Reed? (The Shoe Bomber)
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Post by Oriet on Feb 17, 2010 18:13:04 GMT -5
The whole idea of the teabaggers is racist. I mean, if you wanted to protest government spending, why not during the Bush years? They spent a shit ton of money on the war and faith-based initiatives and other such nonsense, and Bush started the whole bailout thing. But as soon as a black guy gets elected all hell breaks loose and suddenly thousands of middle-aged and older white people start protesting with signs accusing him of being an African Muslim who wants to murder them? It sounds like genuine racists who are afraid that teh blacks are in power and might want to seek revenge on whitey I don't think that's an example of racism as much as it is an example of party worship. Right wingers have been insanely rabid in supporting their party for decades, this is just another time when they decide to be sore losers through irrationality I'm of the opinion that it's both party worship and racism, as well as a heavy dose of classism. Considering that most of them are highly authoritarian it comes as little surprise.
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Post by MaybeNever on Feb 17, 2010 19:48:46 GMT -5
Frankly I find the picture of Obama as a witch doctor more baffling. Is the argument that Communists use witch doctors? Or that primitive shamanism is Marxist? Or that Obama is a negro? Uuh. I think it implies that using "Obamacare" is as bad as using witch doctors instead of real doctors. See, that would have been my conclusion if the sign had not also included the hammer and sickle in place of the C in Obamacare. Instead they conflated two distinct "arguments" and simply made asses of themselves. Which is totally a big surprise from teabaggers.
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Feb 17, 2010 19:54:44 GMT -5
Fun for the whole family:
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Post by RavynousHunter on Feb 17, 2010 21:48:27 GMT -5
Di immortales, at least 3 of those kids are waaaaay too young to be protesting.
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Post by discoberry on Feb 17, 2010 22:39:19 GMT -5
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Post by discoberry on Feb 17, 2010 22:40:27 GMT -5
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Post by Thejebusfire on Feb 18, 2010 0:31:55 GMT -5
Fun for the whole family: Why is there a nun in the picture.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Feb 18, 2010 0:46:41 GMT -5
Humor? Nuns make everything funny.
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Post by Thejebusfire on Feb 18, 2010 1:01:38 GMT -5
Humor? Nuns make everything funny. That is true.
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Post by chad sexington on Feb 18, 2010 1:57:16 GMT -5
Why is there a nun in the picture. Probably making sure they all protest appropriately, and don't start applying any of that pesky critical thinking. (Probably bussed in from school/church)
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Post by Bezron on Feb 18, 2010 9:22:53 GMT -5
Why is there a nun in the picture. Probably making sure they all protest appropriately, and don't start applying any of that pesky critical thinking. (Probably bussed in from school/church) I'm a bit more concerned about the neighborhood they have their kids out in. That looks like Chicago in the late 70's, and based on the angle appears to be West Loop, which was pretty bad at taht time. However, I could be wrong and it's Grant Park, which was fairly ok most of the time
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