Freedom: Is defined as the rights of any individual to do anything, without government interference, as long as those things do not include falling in love with a member of one's own gender, or deciding to get an abortion.
ObamaCare: Is the evil tool by which Government, the Mainstream Media and ACORN will take over the country and turn it into a filthy, foreign place like Europe where people have access to medical care even if they cannot afford it and are almost never pushed into abject poverty by the misfortune of getting sick.
Patriotic: Any American, preferably a Real American, who supports all wars, decries all foreigners and attempts to help the poor, even if poor themselves, is patriotic.
Read 'em all at the above link, with some amazing signs. And by "amazing" I mean that I am amazed that people are really this hateful and rabidly insane.
Someone send these people a dictionary - both for the actual meanings of words (which they very clearly have just made up) and for spelling purposes (which they very clearly need). Then maybe someone will take you seriously.
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ReplyDeleteArrgh! 2nd try... You know the worst part is that they print much more neatly than I do, yet can't spell for shit. I write like a 4-year old, but at least the spelling and syntax are there.
ReplyDeleteI do get on my wife about her poor English language skills, but as she says, she's not really interested in being an American.
I suppose that's the instinctive line that these folks are trying to define... being here, taking without contributing, vs. inclusive membership, dues-paying, if you will, in the society.
I am VERY hesitant to credit the authors of these awful signs with membership in the Tea Party. People with contrary perspectives are very prone to attempt to discredit the Tea Party movement by sandbagging. There are plenty of examples, unfortunately.
As for the hyperbolic labeling, name-calling isn't the exclusive behavior of Tea Party members. I can't remember the last time I heard the words "Tea Party" spoken by someone with a left-of-center political view. Rather, they substitute a crude name with an exclusively sexual connotation. Classy... and also sadly a great example of how lowbrow most of America has become on both sides of the fence.
Excuse the iffy writing... been a long time since I wrote something that didn't refer to maritime-y things.
If you notice, the title of the article does say "Tea Party" and nothing else, but it makes sense that others might call them teabaggers since that's what they called *themselves* for a while. And that's hysterical.
ReplyDeleteAs far as others learning English as a second language, I'm not so concerned if they don't speak well. As far as people who haven't had certain opportunities for good schools, I'm not so concerned if they don't speak/write well. As far as people messing up privately, I'm not so concerned.
But it kills me when people attack others hatefully and set themselves up publicly as the perfect standard or the rightful American, and then act like buffoons. In that case, I get to point out their acts of idiocy in whatever ways they are demonstrated.
Absolutely. someone wants to be an ass, they need to be ready to pay. I'm with you there, especially when they screw up something crass in the first place, which makes goofing on them a civic duty.
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