The Newsroom's Will McEvoy Takes on The Tea Party

[JaneyVee]

Last edited Mon Aug 27, 2012, 01:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Here's his list of why the Tea Party is the American Taliban. From Season 1 Episode 10 Season Finale:

1. Ideological Purity

2. Compromise as weakness

3. A fundamental belief in scriptural literalism

4. Denying Science

5. Unmoved by facts

6. Undeterred by new information

7. A hostile fear of progress

8. A demonization of education

9. A need to control women's bodies

10. Severe Xenophobia

11. Tribal mentality

12. Intolerance of dissent

13. Pathological hatred of the U.S. Govt.

"They can call themselves the Tea Party, they can call themselves conservatives, but we should call them what they really are. The American Taliban. The American Taliban cannot survive if Dorothy Cooper is allowed to vote"

Season finale can be viewed here: http://free-watch-series.com/?p=18216

PLEASE NOTE: When watching free episode you may confront a series of pop-ups at first, disregard them. Also, if you pause the episode a the screen becomes an ad, to disregard the ad just press PLAY button again, not the ad.

Also, if you haven't seen the first 9 episodes some of the premise might confuse you, such as the NSA whistleblower story, the deleted voicemail, the entire side show love story, the death threats, phone hackings, & Will being high on the air during the Bin Laden raid news cast in one previous episode (he ate 2 pot cookies at a party then had to rush to studio because of late breaking Bin Laden dead news). But all in all you will recognize all the news stories from this episode.

[AngryAmish]

1. So brave, so brave.

[cthulu2016]

2. All trait's the 1994 Republicans had when Will voted for them

[JaneyVee]

3. Lets not forget that Will McEvoy is a fictional character.

[cthulu2016]

4. That cuts both ways

We are, after all, in a thread about the cool stuff that fictional character has to say.

So I am balancing that with the same fictional character's life-long identification as a Republican.

[JaneyVee]

6. True, I agree that the GOP has ALWAYS been crazy. No arguments here.

Scary part is they've become even CRAZIER.

[pokerfan]

5. Reminds me of Charles Johnson's (Little Green Footballs)

list of reasons...

Why I Parted Ways With The Right

1. Support for fascists, both in America (see: Pat Buchanan, Robert Stacy McCain, etc.) and in Europe (see: Vlaams Belang, BNP, SIOE, Pat Buchanan, etc.)

2. Support for bigotry, hatred, and white supremacism (see: Pat Buchanan, Ann Coulter, Robert Stacy McCain, Lew Rockwell, etc.)

3. Support for throwing women back into the Dark Ages, and general religious fanaticism (see: Operation Rescue, anti-abortion groups, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Tony Perkins, the entire religious right, etc.)

4. Support for anti-science bad craziness (see: creationism, climate change denialism, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, James Inhofe, etc.)

5. Support for homophobic bigotry (see: Sarah Palin, Dobson, the entire religious right, etc.)

6. Support for anti-government lunacy (see: tea parties, militias, Fox News, Glenn Beck, etc.)

7. Support for conspiracy theories and hate speech (see: Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Birthers, creationists, climate deniers, etc.)

8. A right-wing blogosphere that is almost universally dominated by raging hate speech (see: Hot Air, Free Republic, Ace of Spades, etc.)

9. Anti-Islamic bigotry that goes far beyond simply criticizing radical Islam, into support for fascism, violence, and genocide (see: Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, etc.)

10. Hatred for President Obama that goes far beyond simply criticizing his policies, into racism, hate speech, and bizarre conspiracy theories (see: witch doctor pictures, tea parties, Birthers, Michelle Malkin, Fox News, World Net Daily, Newsmax, and every other right wing source)

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/35243_Why_I_Parted_Ways_With_The_Right

[JaneyVee]

7. Yup. Charles Johnson is right on.