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Post by Amaranth on Aug 16, 2011 15:13:48 GMT -5
But they're a totally nonviolent movement. I wouldn't say that they're nonviolent. They're the ones with the "don't retreat, reload!" mentality. Have they practiced violence yet? No, because they are cowards. Do they have the potential to become violent? Certainly. It was sarcasm. |
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Post by Old Viking on Aug 16, 2011 15:43:35 GMT -5
Uneducated, semi-literate dullards enjoying the company of their peers.
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Post by Thejebusfire on Aug 16, 2011 15:46:32 GMT -5
Also, I'd like to act like a 13 year old for a moment and point out how funny (yet oddly appropriate) it is that the effective founder of the Tea Party has a name like Dick Armey. What's his wife's name, Vagina Coast-Guard? I was drinking kool-aid. Now it's all over my keyboard. |
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Post by discoberry on Aug 16, 2011 15:51:48 GMT -5
The danger with that is when it goes too far you get violence and death in the streets. But they're a totally nonviolent movement. Well, these fuckers make me want to buy a gun...because they have them and they lack mental stability. |
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Post by Bezron on Aug 16, 2011 15:56:47 GMT -5
I was drinking kool-aid. Now it's all over my keyboard. And now we know why you are an Obama supporter! /teatard |
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 16, 2011 16:01:17 GMT -5
I hereby move that we change the title of this thread from the current one to Wisdom From Sandman.Sounds more fitting for a blog, which I would read. YES. I'd read that bastard daily. |
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Post by Smurfette Principle on Aug 16, 2011 19:30:50 GMT -5
I wouldn't say that they're nonviolent. They're the ones with the "don't retreat, reload!" mentality. Have they practiced violence yet? No, because they are cowards. Do they have the potential to become violent? Certainly. It was sarcasm. Oh, sorry. |
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Post by Amaranth on Aug 16, 2011 19:45:45 GMT -5
You are forgiven. >.>
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Post by D Laurier on Aug 16, 2011 20:52:26 GMT -5
But they're a totally nonviolent movement. I wouldn't say that they're nonviolent. They're the ones with the "don't retreat, reload!" mentality. Have they practiced violence yet? No, because they are cowards. Do they have the potential to become violent? Certainly. It's only a matter of time. |
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Post by kzn02 on Aug 16, 2011 22:36:20 GMT -5
So, what about comparisons to the original Tea Party?
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Post by ltfred on Aug 16, 2011 22:44:27 GMT -5
So, what about comparisons to the original Tea Party? The comparison is appropriate, but for one element. Both the current and the original tea parties were ill-disciplined mobs of criminals willing to employ violence to intimidate (or just force) fellow Americans into agreeing with them. Both were manipulated by powerful oligarchies for largely personal reasons. And both were unreasonable, disproportionate and disingenuous in their proclaimed objectives, really seeking a different, unstated, conclusion. The one difference is that the original Tea Party was actually facing real, legitimate concerns (press ganging, destructive free trade policies and inefficient colonialism) while the present lot do not have legitimate concerns. |
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Post by MaybeNever on Aug 16, 2011 22:51:18 GMT -5
I don't pretend to be wise. The shit I don't know or understand would fill one very large library. I just try to be observant and understand as much as I can, and when I don't or I get it wrong, I admit it. That was pretty much why Socrates thought he was a bad ass. "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." The danger with that is when it goes too far you get violence and death in the streets. I do solemnly swear to uphold the Constitution and defend the People from all enemies, both foriegn and domestic. Let them come. Too bad lots of your former compatriots seem to confuse a flag-wrapped Bible for the Constitution. Also, I'd like to act like a 13 year old for a moment and point out how funny (yet oddly appropriate) it is that the effective founder of the Tea Party has a name like Dick Armey. What's his wife's name, Vagina Coast-Guard? A reference that had to be made. And for saying it, John, I award you one Internet. the present lot do not have legitimate concerns. If you think having a black man as President isn't a legitimate concern, then, sir, I shall bid you farewell! |
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Aug 16, 2011 22:52:32 GMT -5
Also, I'd like to act like a 13 year old for a moment and point out how funny (yet oddly appropriate) it is that the effective founder of the Tea Party has a name like Dick Armey. What's his wife's name, Vagina Coast-Guard? Brofist. My knowledge of Socrates is a bit rusty, but didn't he, or rather Plato since Socrates rarely-if-ever wrote anything himself, claim that he was told that by the Oracle? |
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Post by chad sexington on Aug 17, 2011 0:17:24 GMT -5
I thought it was Diogenes actually, although it's been a good fifteen years since I last studied classical philosophy.
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Post by verasthebrujah on Aug 17, 2011 0:30:27 GMT -5
I would actually say that the fact that they were founded by an extremely wealthy PAC would give them stronger roots than an actual grassroots movement. Money is (almost) everything in politics, and as long as there is a rich guy standing by to fund everything they have a chance to survive (if not thrive). Also, I'd like to act like a 13 year old for a moment and point out how funny (yet oddly appropriate) it is that the effective founder of the Tea Party has a name like Dick Armey. Well, the problem here is that this "grassroots" movement "of the people" is founded on a lie. This means that the "movement" can never be really truthful about anything from its origins to its agenda. That level of dis-ingenuity will rot it from the inside. Maybe I'm just cynical, but I don't think that the truth has much to do with politics. It's the perception of the truth that matters. If Dick Armey's army of dicks are seen to be a grassroots movement, then they will continue to exist as one. Yes, you could argue that eventually people will realize that the Tea Party was founded on a lie, but remember that Reagan is widely remembered as a patriotic, fiscally responsible hero, despite his being responsible for massive deficits and providing aid to the enemies of the United States during the Iran-Contra Affair (note that the Constitutional definition of treason is providing aid or comfort to the enemies of the United States). Sometimes reality doesn't matter. |
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