I find it offensive, but, meh. I put up with a lot worse here.
Of course, that claim is completely false. There were perhaps a handful of Tea Party protesters who had signs early on with references to tea-bagging, and they clearly were aware of the sexual allusion (which is not exclusively gay by the way). And of course, tea bags were prominently on display at Tea Party rallies, because, you know, tea bags are actually related to tea and tea parties. But it was Tea Party detractors who actually coined the term in an attempt to mock and disparage a growing political movement. Personally, I find the use of the epithet to be extremely immature, but also desperate. It makes me feel more pity than offense when I see it being used, although I do admit to being annoyed when very prominent people, including the President, use the term with impunity.
For certain definitions of discussing. Like 1 poster on a soapbox, making 1/3 of the 3000 posts in the thread and the last 8 to 10 consecutively with no response (read: discussion) from any other forumite since early March.
