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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:41 AM Original message |
What is teabaggery's appeal and is it enduring? |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. It is racist |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. yes, it's all those things |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. it's racist and gleeful ignorance |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It certainly is that |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Elites |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Example |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. reptilian! quick call David Icke |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. They appeal to people's fears |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. do you think it has "legs", as a movement or do you think |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Not unless.. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. +1, And I would also add to that, "when Black people knew their place." They just |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. "I've always found it easier to run across |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Yes, quite true, it is regional, or at least the percentages are higher in some regions IMO. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
50. Yes, they fear many of the ideas we as intellectuals are interested |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's also a place where bigotry can kick its shoes off |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Isn't that the truth! Well said! n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Media loves it & promoted it in Aug '09 |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. I agree with this. I think they are a minority... |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. it is fueled by fear |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Fear and ignorance. n/t |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. willful ignorance |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Often, yes. n/t |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
59. I think ignorance is a by-product of fear - and I'm an armchair psychologist. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. It was a tool to revive a dead political party |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. BINGO! n/t |
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VioletLake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'd argue that the anti-intellectualism you refer to, |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. IMO it's always been a part of America, sometimes it's covered up, and sometimes it |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Sometimes the religious are used. JMHO. n/t |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yes, very very true! n/t |
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VioletLake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. I agree, but I believe that they stand a chance |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Hope so! Often, anymore, it seems like one step forward and then three backward. n/t |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. It's always been a part of Everywhere.... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Good point! It appears to be endemic to the human species. Now, the question that |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. I don't know if it's a function of brain development but |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. This makes a lot of sense to me. And why the RW "fear" tactics work so well on some. n/t |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. There is a black guy in the White House |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
13. Teabillyism is empowered bullying |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. You beat me to it...... |
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Populist_Prole (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. That's quite valid. Bullies are often anti-intellectuals too. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. And there's only 2 ways to deal with a belligerent drunk |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
58. Like I keep saying: Today's bullies = tomorrow's republicans |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. It appeals to people with a bully streak...... |
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donco (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. its people pissed |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Bzzt. KInd of a wrong answer, |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. Its the foundation of the GOP. |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. When your ideology does your thinking |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. It is simple. They had the gall to stand up fight for what they believe |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Your words: "The appeal of the Teabaggers was their standing up and fighting... |
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RevStPatrick (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's the new Know-Nothingism... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Yep, they never look/sound like the sharpest tools in the tool shed IMO. n/t |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
64. Great point. The Know-Nothing movement flared up dramatically and died quickly. |
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RickFromMN (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. I told one of my mother's friends never to talk to me again. She was a teabagger. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. When you get right down to it... |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. Simple description of Teabaggers |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
43. teabagger = gop = fear |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. "they" are going to get something more than you - and you have to pay |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Yep, they are always looking for a scapegoat to blame for their own ineptness. n/t |
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lifesbeautifulmagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. racism, low paying service sector jobs |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
51. if they |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. They believe they represent the true spirit of the 18th century American Revolution |
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Klukie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
54. A false sense of self sufficiency that masquerades their overwhelming penchant for avarice |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
56. it's not about logic or policy, it's about emotions. mostly, in this case, frustration. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
57. It's for people who like to think they're anti establishment. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
60. Rich elites like the Koch brothers are appealing to their hatred and racism |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
61. A combination of a tendency to seek simple solutions to difficult problems, and plain old racism |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
62. Rember all the lower middle class and working people in this country don't have a |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
63. I think this image sums it up pretty well as well |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
68. They are Right-Wing Authoritarian Followers |
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