Anyone Attend an Atlanta "Tea Party"? (sales, income)

[gaflsc]

Originally Posted by plessthanpointohfive

Tolerance is allowing you to protest at a stupid fake "tea party".

Your ilk is "allowing" me? Wow, you've got that socialism-speak down, don't you? May I suggest you next practice your goose stepping?

[gaflsc]

Originally Posted by PeteyNice

Tolerance does not mean not having an opinion. Noone in this thread said the teabaggers should be arrested or that they shouldn't be allowed to do it.

Anderson Cooper and the other media members who mocked the "protesters" gave them the respect that they deserve. David Shusters "To have a nation wide tea bagging movement you need a Dick Armey" is still my favorite though. I am glad that the media finally got around to figuring out what a farce this was. I was embarrassed that Atlanta was chosen to host one of these things.

You state the protesters should be allowed to do their thing, then show intolerance by supporting crude comments made by members of the media.

Pot, kettle.

[AcidSnake]

You know what would really make me take this "Tea Party" thing seriously? If every traditional southerner in Georgia who typically votes Republican switched their party over to the Libertarian Party. Better yet, why not have a Libertarian Governor for the first time in Georgia's history? If I remember my history right, it was the Republican party who was on the fringe 3rd party status while it was the Whig party who held a prominent role as the mainstream 2nd party back during the 1840's & '50s.

But you know what? I wonder if anyone on here got the "cahones" to do such a thing. Change is a difficult process and very few are ready for it. What do you "conservatives" have to say about that?

[gaflsc]

Originally Posted by gt6974a

It's unfortunate that the media picks and chooses what it covers and how it reports on it.

Welcome to AmeriKa.

[back2dc]

Originally Posted by gaflsc

Your ilk is "allowing" me? Wow, you've got that socialism-speak down, don't you? May I suggest you next practice your goose stepping?

You do realize that goose stepping is a FASCIST term that Mussolini and Hitler's Nazi's did? Fascism is on the complete opposite political spectrum from Socialism.

Stop playing around with ideologies until you figure out what the words actually mean.

[gaflsc]

Originally Posted by AcidSnake

You know what would really make me take this "Tea Party" thing seriously? If every traditional southerner in Georgia who typically votes Republican switched their party over to the Libertarian Party. Better yet, why not have a Libertarian Governor for the first time in Georgia's history? If I remember my history right, it was the Republican party who was on the fringe 3rd party status while it was the Whig party who held a prominent role as the mainstream 2nd party back during the 1840's & '50s.

But you know what? I wonder if anyone on here got the "cahones" to do such a thing. Change is a difficult process and very few are ready for it. What do you "conservatives" have to say about that?

You better be clear. Many Libertarians consider themselves Conservatives. Don't confuse Conservatism with automatically being a Republican. There are Conservative Democrats out there too...

I'm a Conservative Libertarian, and my vote last November reflected such.

[gaflsc]

Originally Posted by back2dc

You do realize that goose stepping is a FASCIST term that Mussolini and Hitler's Nazi's did? Fascism is on the complete opposite political spectrum from Socialism.

Stop playing around with ideologies until you figure out what the words actually mean.

Go play in traffic, young'un.

Anyone can goose step. That is not beholden to any political ideology. It refers to someone who blindy follows their leaders/party/etc without question. Someone like you I do believe....

[PeteyNice]

Originally Posted by gaflsc

You state the protesters should be allowed to do their thing, then show intolerance by supporting crude comments made by members of the media.

Pot, kettle.

That is not intolerance. Much like "socialism" and "communism", "tolerance" does not mean what you think it means.

If I was being "intolerant" of the teabaggers, I would have said that they should be arrested for treason. That is intolerant. Saying they are morons is not intolerant. It is just stating a fact.

[back2dc]

Originally Posted by gaflsc

I get my news from many sources, then I form an opinion. Now go back to your own board, troll.

Name these sources. Rush? Hannity? Drudge? Beck? Or Stormfront? I doubt there are any foreign news sources which would help counter any perceived prejudices that American news sources may have.

See that's one of the great things about having an open mind and learning about other cultures and speaking other languages. You can get news coverage from other sources that allow you to evaluate what both CNN, MSNBC and Faux tell you.

But that would be too un-American I imagine for you.

[kagmypts]

Originally Posted by back2dc

Fascism is on the complete opposite political spectrum from Socialism.

I would actually argue that fascism and socialism are not as different as they appear. In both systems, the government controls everything. True socialism has grown into fascism on many occasions.