'Joe The Plumber' Describes His New Union Job, Contemplates The Meaning Of 'Tea Bagger'

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – FEBRUARY 18, 2014, 7:12 AM EST

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And as Wurzelbacher described Sunday in a blog post that was flagged by The Toledo Blade, things have been plenty awkward at his new job with Chrysler.

"I had three days of orientation, and now I’m 'on the job' over here at Chrysler and on Day 4, I’m outside on a break smoking a cigarette and right on cue – some guy calls me a 'teabagger,'" Wurzelbacher wrote.

The insult underscored what Wurzelbacher sees as a double-standard. It also left him a bit confused.

Now, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that Democrats and liberals, who are supposed to so tolerant and enlightened regarding homosexuals have for three or four years now, have been using a gay slur to describe people who they think are associated with the Tea Party. “Tea Bagger” has traditionally been a derogatory slur used to intimidate, put down, humiliate and otherwise taunt, smear, bully or just discriminate against gays – usually gay men – based on a sex act that gay men apparently made popular.

Decorum prevents me from describing it – they got this thing called “Google” now for that – but suffice it to say that the double-standard for what Democrats can say and what conservatives can say continues unabated, but still I thought to myself, did this guy think I’m gay, or was he making a statement of my political affiliation? I tried talking to him, but he went off about how he was a “journeyman” and started walking away.

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[RKP5637]

1. Joe, what goes around comes around. Face it, many just think you're a flaming asshole! n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Dumbass. The "teabaggers" called themselves that

until they learned what it meant. And it's not specifically a gay thing, either. It was just funny that the original teabaggers named themselves after a certain sexual act and didn't know about it - that's the whole joke.

[Berlum]

12. + 1 - The TeaBaggers can't handle their own stupidity

"...as Jay Nordlinger at National Review admits, the term "teabagger" was introduced to the political lexicon by Tea Party movement leaders:

"The first big day for this movement was Tax Day, April 15. And organizers had a gimmick. They asked people to send a tea bag to the Oval Office. One of the exhortations was “Tea Bag the Fools in D.C.” A protester was spotted with a sign saying, “Tea Bag the Liberal Dems Before They Tea Bag You.” So, conservatives started it: started with this terminology. But others ran with it and ran with it."

Tommy Christopher at Mediaite has it about right:
"...the Tea Partiers not only invented the term, they did so in order to inflict a similar double entendre onto the President, the Democrats, and liberals in general..."

Now, they’re trying to re-cast the term as a slur, on a par with the “n-word,” hurtful to all the Tea Party members who are just ordinary moms, dads, sons, and daughters. The latter point has some resonance, but the former is ridiculous in the extreme.

Pretty pathetic to whine about your own stupidity, TeaBaggers.

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/enough-whining-teabaggers-actually-i

[catbyte]

3. Boo fucking hoo, bagger.

TP buffoons called themselves that before they realized what they were doing. They're just baggers to me. Sorry, but I just can't tolerate intolerance.

[gordianot]

4. So very sensitive. When he fails at this job it will be someone else's fault. n/t

[riderinthestorm]

5. Is it wrong I laughed at the schadenfreude?

Poor Joe... having to actually deal with people who disagree with him. It always seems so hard for teabaggers to have face to face conversations about the issues - nope, gotta manufacture an insult in order to avoid having a substantive conversation about real issues.



K&R

[lpbk2713]

6. Oh the poutrage.

      " WAAAH!! No fair!! Union Bullies!! "


Joe the Dumber is such a fish out of water here in so many ways.

I'll be surprised if he makes it six months.

[freshwest]

7. Perfect! n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

8. +1

[Rex]

9. How can he be confused, if it was right on cue?

Um...I think we got his name wrong, it should be Joe The Dumber.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

10. I thought teabagging was an activity that both gay men and very generous straight women engaged in.

.

[ismnotwasm]

11. Not to be crude

But how is "tea bag" a Gay slur? Hetero's have been known to participate in all kinds of sexual variations. Is there a history here I don't know about?

[Sheepshank]

13. Apparently Joe needs to be introduced to the

"Tea bagging for Jesus" picture.

nothing gay about that.

I'm pretty sick of the RWers trying to shut down Progressives, calling them out by using historically well documented issues with tolerance and "enlightenment". I guess they confuse tolerance with pablum, mild disinterest, and being spineless. They are just not used to fairness being "strong and outspoken"

[ladyVet]

14. I call them teabaggers because that's what they named themselves.

The fact that they were too stupid to research (that good old Google) the term beforehand is not my problem.

Suck it up, Joe.