Tea Partiers Mobilize To Take It 'To The Next Level'

XBoxWarrior said:
Not really. It's been 20 years since I was there, but this place was built to replicate the architecture of a southern plantation.


So maybe they like most of their "plantationy" on the inside?

Opryland

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No--this is not a good criticism of the Tea Party.

Do you suppose that every person who stays in this motel and every organization that meets there is racist (or longs for the days of slavery)?

You were really making a strong case for how extreme the Tea Party's views are, but their choice of a hotel isn't part of it.
 
ponderingturtle said:
Hey their idolization of the french shall not be limited to general strikes.
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This could be fun!

I might even turn out to heckle Tea Bag protestors with lines like, "Why do you hate America?" and "Get a job!" and "America, love it or leave it!" and "Get a haircut!"

(When I was participating in the protests against Bush's ill-conceived plans to invade Iraq when we knew pretty much all the "evidence" of WMDs being cited was bogus, someone once shouted that last one at me. I buzz my hair every couple of weeks with a 1/2" deep guard on the clippers. In fairness, I was wearing a hat, so the guy's assumption that I had long hair was. . . . well, completely unfounded.)
 
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I'd like to invite some Tea Partiers to come over to this site and let us know how they really feel, but I'm sure I'd be banned in a heartbeat, and they wouldn't want to debate issues with folks that don't hold their beliefs. (think jesus)

In any case, I'll post another Tea Party Blog view point, from the TPN!!1111

I Have Seen the Enemy, And He Is Us

Tea Party Nation was started with the best of intentions. Read the FAQ's. The founders of this site saw a genuine need for like-minded conservative individuals to come, learn, ask questions, start discussion forums and chat with one another about important issues.

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We have had a large uptick in membership lately. Some are liberals who lurk quietly in the background, watching the Chat. They then select the most absurd things said and gleefully report back to their liberal membership that indeed, it is as they suspected. We aren't serious constitutionalists, but a bunch of kooks.

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I have been as guilty as anyone of not watching what I say in Chat. I think, when we were a smaller, more intimate group, that was okay. But it's getting out of hand to the point where some sound like anarchists - and these aren't trolls.

I have seen the enemy and it is us. We are shooting ourselves in the foot and alienating people now in power and on our side, or potentially in power and on our side.

I would like to suggest that if you want to have over-the-top dialog with someone, go into private chat so it isn't out there for all the world to see and mock and alienate.

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Please keep in mind that there are some - many - independents genuinely looking for a home. We should want to give them a home here. We need their votes if we want to regain the legislative majority.

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Please think before you speak. And if you can't do that, go private.
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Now this is well thought out and sounds rational. If you need to get a little too mavericky, don't let your crazy show in the general chat, hide the anarchist lingo. Yet, on their front page they proudly display the female black slave with a rifle, that references the klan. :confused:

What I don't understand is their duplicity, on one hand they want to regain the majority, on the other they want to start a new national party.

What the hell, perhaps I'll invite the TPN chatroom over here to explain these questions. I'll get banned, and that's a shame, cause I am the "TruePatriot" over there. ;)
 
JoeTheJuggler said:
Do you suppose that every person who stays in this motel and every organization that meets there is racist (or longs for the days of slavery)?
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No, I stayed there in '87, I was in my mid twenties, and had never been exposed to southern culture. (I'm from Los Angeles) It felt odd at the time that they would build a hotel/theme park/convention center/theater that seemed so proud of their "Southern Heritage" that used the "Plantation Theme" to convey that idea. I think flying the "Stars and Bars" on the rear window of a pick-up truck in the south conveys a similar idea. They are both historic, and they both contain some really bad memories.

You were really making a strong case for how extreme the Tea Party's views are, but their choice of a hotel isn't part of it.
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I wasn't making the argument you perceive, just pointing out the coincidence of them hosting their convention in a "Plantation Themed" hotel, owned by, wait for it, GayLord Corp. ;)

now back to our Tea Party
 
XBoxWarrior said:
I wasn't making the argument you perceive, just pointing out the coincidence of them hosting their convention in a "Plantation Themed" hotel, owned by, wait for it, GayLord Corp. ;)
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Fair enough. I thought you were implying it was somehow significant.

Carry on!
 
Ok, I've given up trolling over there. They called me out on my first post..."No true patriot would use a login called 'TruePatriot'". I tried to discuss politics in the chat room, but there must be a 'secret handshake' to open the bat cave or something. Perhaps I didn't misspell enough words, in any case, they don't want more Tea Partiers. (they have exactly enough)

I was truly asking relevant questions like, "Is it the goal of the Tea Party to start a new National Political Party". "How do we regain control of the legislature with this movement". "I am a college student interested in your political philosophies, concerning the conservative movement in America".

meh. They don't want to proselytize their politics like they do their religion.

They don't appear to have any clue WTF they have going on over there more than I do. Yet they have the opportunity to actually create a new relevant national party, or reshape/destroy the Republican Party in a way that hasn't happened in decades.

I notice the "conservative" posters here on this forum also have no idea how to respond to this movement, like there can be no discussion about their crazy relatives in the 'other' part of the family. Only the prescribed response, "You're a Socialist".

Yes I am.

Vote Palin '12 !!11111!!!!
 
What I find funny is the idiots that use the slogan "going Galt", because they believe that work of fiction is even close to reality. My attitude is more than supportive. I really want them to strike...for a long time. Because I would be more than happy to fill in.

Though chances are they will simply take a vacation for a single day, which is nothing. Why? Because they are not as important as they think they are.
 
They state that they are for limited government, and protectionism.

I'll never understand how someone can support free market principles, but deny the benefits of free trade.

It's just so bizarre. This tea party thing is like some sort of trendy Glenn Beck pseudo-intellectual pretend libertarianism mixed with religious fervor.

So strange.
 
I think the black-woman-with-gun is being misinterpreted here.
It actually claims to stand up for a repressed minority's right to own guns and defend themselves against the KKK.

I don't like the picture either, but it's not a racist message.
 
With no exaggeration, I can attribute some specific beliefs to the "Tea-Bags"... presented as reasonably as I can

- Higher taxes are a measure of the government taking over functions that should be left to the private sector instead--thus indicate a slide towards socialism.
- Christianity should have a privileged status with respect to our government. A very few might openly state that they disagree with the Establishment clause--but not many. Some have argued that the clause is a restriction only on the US Congress and not the states. Some point out that the Constitution doesn't use the phrase "Separation of Church and State" and place the desired privileged status somewhere between their definitions of "Separation" and "Establishment".
- Welfare creates a dependency that traps the poor in a cycle of poverty. Said dependency is desired by liberals to provide a power base.
- The government cannot perform or manage any tasks competently or efficiently compared to the private sector--and thus any attempt for the government to interfere in a private industry is doomed to fail.
 
gnome said:
- The government cannot perform or manage any tasks competently or efficiently compared to the private sector--and thus any attempt for the government to interfere in a private industry is doomed to fail.
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Being in the private sector most of my life, I have to wonder where the idea that it can manage or perform tasks with competency or efficiency came from.

Further, why is the providing of health care considered a private industry?
 
You commie dupes just don't get the True Meaning of that Negr- I mean black woman with the gun! Look again!

That's a RUSSIAN rifle! It was made in RED COMMUNIST RUSSIA! It shoots commie bullets to kill Traditional Americans and their Family Values!

Don't you see the fiendish simplicity of it? Or do I mean fiendish complexity?

(Did I spell feindish right? Anyways.)

I'm going back to my double-wide and fry something.
 
JoeTheJuggler said:
This could be fun!

I might even turn out to heckle Tea Bag protestors with lines like, "Why do you hate America?" and "Get a job!" and "America, love it or leave it!" and "Get a haircut!"
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I recall that when lefties protested Rush Limbaugh would always remark how the reason they could protest is because they did not have jobs and had nothing better to do. He said righties could never protest because they were too busy running the country (govt and business).
 
XBoxWarrior said:
Now this is well thought out and sounds rational. If you need to get a little too mavericky, don't let your crazy show in the general chat, hide the anarchist lingo. Yet, on their front page they proudly display the female black slave with a rifle, that references the klan. :confused:

What I don't understand is their duplicity, on one hand they want to regain the majority, on the other they want to start a new national party.
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This is not that remarkable. It is a resolving of the cognitive dissonnnce revolving around their wanting to actualy get power and have an effect, and their strong ideology.
 
Eddie Dane said:
I think the black-woman-with-gun is being misinterpreted here.
It actually claims to stand up for a repressed minority's right to own guns and defend themselves against the KKK.

I don't like the picture either, but it's not a racist message.
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Yes it is about promoting violent insurrections against the goverment at least on a local level.
 
kevinquinnyo said:
They state that they are for limited government, and protectionism.

I'll never understand how someone can support free market principles, but deny the benefits of free trade.
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Because this way they get the best of both words. Free trade when they're selling (which maximizes the amount of sales they make), with trade barriers when their competitors are selling.

Heads I win, tails you lose.

Imagine how much money I could accumulate if I managed to have it written into law that every dollar I spend is worth $10, but everyone else spends at a dollar per dollar.
 
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