Tea-Baggers getting lazy

[Fr8monkey]

A Christian civil liberties organization on Thursday asked centrist Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) to move his district office to a location more favorable to protesters.
The Rutherford Institute, which was founded by conservative constitutional lawyer John W. Whitehead, penned a letter to the freshman Perriello citing the concerns of a local tea party group and the University of Virginia College Republicans that the location of his Charlottesville office interferes with their right to protest there.
“Unfortunately, it is your choice of office location that has hindered the ability of citizens to effectively communicate concerning issues of the utmost importance to you, Congress and the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia,” wrote Whitehead.
“The First Amendment clearly guarantees individuals the right to speak out publicly and address their government representatives on the important issues of the day,” Whitehead added.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/11/...fice/#comments

So these people can communicate with their representave by letter, on the phone, in person, by fax or e-mail, they have even communicated by having demonstrations inside his office....yet they can't communicate because he doesn't own the parking lot near his office??????????
So its a protest for small government and against government waste that wants the all small bits of government to waste money renting or buying open space near their offices so idiots can wave a banner.

[SteamWake]

LOL whatever I'm sure there is more to this story but its still funny.

[August]

I find the use of the term "tea bagger" to be insulting, rude and uncalled for.

First off the movement is called "tea parties", so named after the Boston Tea Party of revolutionary times, not the rude sexual slang it's opponents apply to it.

Secondly while there may be some Christians also protesting the horrible amounts of taxpayer money the government is throwing away, the movement is by no means a Christian movement and shouldn't be seen as such.

[Fr8monkey]

I think it's funny... and appropriate!

Anyway, liberal democrats have had to put up with worse name calling.

[August]

Originally Posted by Fr8monkey

I think it's funny... and appropriate!

So if I thought that calling you say a popular slang name for a human penis was funny and appropriate you'd agree?

Anyway, liberal democrats have had to put up with worse name calling.

But that's irrelevant. Tea party supporters come from all points of the political spectrum. All that they share is a healthy dislike for wasteful government spending.

I find the use of the term "tea bagger" to be insulting, rude and uncalled for.

First off the movement is called "tea parties", so named after the Boston Tea Party of revolutionary times, not the rude sexual slang it's opponents apply to it.

Tough, If they didn't like the word they shouldn't have introduced it to their movement.
Don't try and rewrite events , they themseves were calling it teabagging and inviting people to teabag politicians.
Just go to Fox broadcasts before they decided it was insulting. Listen to them talking about teabagging , watch their links to and interviews with people behind the tea parties, see them talk of teabagging.
You can go all the way to teaparties.com and hear the founder of the "grassroots" movement inviting people to a teabagging.
So it isn't uncalled for, their own choice of words is an open invitation to ridicule.
They should have chosen their words more thoughtfully.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by August

I find the use of the term "tea bagger" to be insulting, rude and uncalled for.

Agreed, quite offensive.

[Dowly]

Ow for crying out loud. As if "tea party group" is any less gay.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Agreed, quite offensive.

Heh, the way I see it, I have too much to worry about in life than to be concerned with the crass title some ideologue gives to another group.

Besides, the term says far more about the people using it than the people its describing, doesn't it?