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Sat Feb-19-11 04:29 PM
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I still don't understand why the Teabaggers are Counter Protesting |
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has anyone been able to figure this out ? when the whore media asks them they give answers that have nothing to do with what is being protested in the first place.
i'm sure many of them are paid. i wonder how much they get paid.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:30 PM
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1. Aids the media in spreading progaganda. |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:32 PM
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8. Yep. And makes it look like Americans are divided n/t |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:30 PM
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2. That's okay - they don't either...-nt |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:31 PM
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sure would explain their behavior...
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:37 PM
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14. Two - one just before they protest, one after. |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:31 PM
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4. Because, first and foremost, they're tools. |
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That's the best answer I can give.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:31 PM
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5. They are being bussed in and paid by the Koch brothers |
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Koch brothers are behind this make no mistake.
These guys are the Robber Barrons of our time.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:32 PM
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6. Lots of their misspelled signs waiting to be displayed? |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:32 PM
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7. I doubt they understand either |
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They operate by emotion, not reason,
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:33 PM
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9. Because their masters want them to. |
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even though they don't realize they are owned.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:34 PM
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10. Properly spelled signs? |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:34 PM
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11. They are only helping unions |
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Edited on Sat Feb-19-11 04:34 PM by Lost-in-FL
by showing the kind of uncaring, belligerent selfish bastards they are.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:34 PM
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12. What kind of answers do they give? |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:36 PM
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13. one lady said how the governor won the election |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:48 PM
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22. yet, they formed because Obama won the election |
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yeah - I see what you mean
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:37 PM
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15. haha...ask a teabagger if they mounted such a passionate |
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protest the last time Blue Cross/Blue Shield arbitrarily hiked their insurance "premium" rates, and they stare at you as if they've never thought of such a thing. They are all soooooo concerned about being "taxed too much" already, but when you ask them why they so readily hand their money over to corporations - without regulation - for essential goods and services to live each day, they are often at a loss of words.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:56 PM
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28. some of them use the line that the taxes are passed along to customers |
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but that is crap because if people were already willing to pay that much more they would charge that higher free/price regardless.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:37 PM
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16. Some people will do anything for their 30 pieces of silver |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:37 PM
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17. The corporate media never asks them, |
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"Why are you against workers having good wages and benefits?"
"Why do you enjoy being a puppet of the rich in support of ever-increasing income inequality?"
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:40 PM
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18. Can you see anything truly rational |
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in ANYTHING they are doing?
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:42 PM
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19. This group are not grass roots. The union members are. Teabaggers are just |
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corporation lackies just like they were in the 30s when unions were organizing then. History is repeating itself.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:43 PM
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20. Reason and logic are not their strong points. |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:44 PM
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21. Baggers are stupid sheep. Do you really think they know?? (or care)?? |
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Someone tells them to go protest and off they go.
They will never believe they are shooting themselves in the foot until they fall on their face and see the bloody stump. And even then they will blame a liberal/socialist/commie for it.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:49 PM
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23. They're sheeple and the shepherds decided that WI looked like todays pasture |
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:51 PM
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24. Because they are loony tunes |
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just like their twit of a leader Sarah. They really believe that it is some government worker's fault that this country is in such bad shape. Not Bush, no Iraq, not Afghanistan, not Dodge, GM, or Chrysler or Fannie and Freddie, or Bank of America, or Goldman Sachs, no... this country is going down the shitter AND IT IS YOUR FUCKING MAILMAN'S FAULT!!!
I think that pretty well sums it up.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:53 PM
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25. Hoping to trigger some violence so they can video it and run to the media. |
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Simple provocation is all.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:54 PM
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26. No one knows what they want. |
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I'm guessing they're comfortable in their tight little groups where they get instant approval for their twisted way at looking at life. No one questions them, no one challenges them. It's truthyism. They're connected to the hive by a fear of outside ideas and outsiders.
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:58 PM
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29. They want their American way of life back. |
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Are they aware that the American way of life was given to us by the unions?
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Sat Feb-19-11 04:59 PM
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30. Because they can be lead around by the nose to the point they protest counter to their well being |
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Unions made the middle class The more union activity there is in an area the higher everyone's wages.
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Sat Feb-19-11 05:16 PM
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31. They're ideologically opposed, but they really have no idea why |
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I have to add: Fantastic responses so far. Such a pleasure to be a part of a community of deep thinkers here at DU.
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Sat Feb-19-11 05:17 PM
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32. Because their overlords have sent them... |
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bussed them in and most likely paid them too.
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Sat Feb-19-11 05:55 PM
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34. It's simply because they are GULLIBLE enough to believe what corporate voices are |
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feeding them. Divisiveness helps the corporate interests because every issue becomes black & white. Even if they would benefit from a certain issue, if the corporate mouthpieces tell them "it's bad!", they're willing to go up against their own self-interests.
If we were living in the days of the Holocaust, they would be the ones turning in their own Jewish neighbors.
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