Teabaggers = Terrorist?

[Holy Paradise]

Gotta love that Godwin's Law. So damn good.

The Tea Party is nowhere close to the ideological extremism that the Nazi Party advocated. Nowhere close.

Sarcasm is wasited on you

My apologies if you were being sarcastic. It is incredibly difficult to discern sarcasm via text-only.

[Sremski okrug]

The proletariat doesn't get to have spare quarters to flip, so there isn't a Communist Party on the coin.

It would just explode, because communism never works, nor do exploding coins.

Actually the coin would explode in someones pocket with a KGB in the background

[Jostedule]

It's wasted, not wasited. Spelling is wasted on you.

A. Appologies for my broken keyboard
B. I refer you to my signiture.

Apologies*
Signature*
Go back to grade school, you're just embarrassing.

[Risottia]

How come the TEA Party isn't considered a terrorist organization by now? After the Healthcare bill was pass, several members of Congress received death threats, one of them even had their office trashed. They yell racial slur at one member of congress and hold up signs saying that next time they may come armed. Some of them do come armed at these protest. However, instead of being regarded as a terrorist organization, or at least a hate organization, they're being nominated to run for political office.

Does that qualify as "terrorism" in the US?

Because in some European countries, leftist groups (so-called "Antifa") are behaving like this and worse all the time.

Source about european antifascist groups parading with firearms, please.

[Greed and Death]

Does that qualify as "terrorism" in the US?

Because in some European countries, leftist groups (so-called "Antifa") are behaving like this and worse all the time.

Source about european antifascist groups parading with firearms, please.

Where the tea baggers did it, it was legal.
To qoute the president on the manner, the laws do not change just because I come to town.

[Charvah]

I don't believe they've committed any terrorist acts, or have seriously threatened such. It's difficult for any large movement NOT to produce death threats from some of the members though.

This

[Sibirsky]

How come the TEA Party isn't considered a terrorist organization by now? After the Healthcare bill was pass, several members of Congress received death threats,

source that it was Tea Party members acting on behalf of the group.

one of them even had their office trashed.

again, source

They yell racial slur at one member of congress

So? 1st amendment

and hold up signs saying that next time they may come armed. Some of them do come armed at these protest.

So? 2nd amendment

However, instead of being regarded as a terrorist organization, or at least a hate organization, they're being nominated to run for political office.

Source that they have committed acts of terrorism, and the ones running in the elections are the very same ones waving their guns around and yelling out racial slurs.

Why am I regarding them as terrorist? Because they do use fear to get what they want, they've already proven that they're willing to intimidate and threaten members of our country if they don't get what they want, and they've already proven that they're not shy about coming to their protest armed. We have Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh egging them on ever so slightly.

Is the whole party like that? Source? That's just as bad as saying all Muslims are terrorists.

The whole thing reminds me of when the KKK had several of it's members in political power.

Thoughts?

Was the whole KKK in politics? Was everyone in politics in the KKK?

[Sibirsky]

rofl by that definition the democrats are also terrorists.

How so? Last time I've checked, I haven't seen any democrats send threats to members of Congress or vandalize their office.

The Republicans' healthcare plan is for you to die quickly.

Nope. Not using fear at all.

[Cobhanglica]

Because they haven't killed anyone or launched any attacks yet. Anyway, the whole TP is useless in my opinion. They have the ideology and the passion to return America to her roots, but they lack sufficient organization or expertise to be a considerable force at the moment.

Oh i dunno, Country is in a recession, still dealing with a war thats cost bazillions of dollars, ineffectual government that spends its time trying to appease the rest of the world rather than its own people. Oppositionist party, supported by some people in the government already. Sound familiar to anyone?


*hides ze jews*

The Tea Party isn't anti Jew (or anti black). They're not even pro-white.

[Innsmothe]

Oh i dunno, Country is in a recession, still dealing with a war thats cost bazillions of dollars, ineffectual government that spends its time trying to appease the rest of the world rather than its own people. Oppositionist party, supported by some people in the government already. Sound familiar to anyone?


*hides ze jews*

The Tea Party isn't anti Jew (or anti black). They're not even pro-white.

You never see anyone but WASPS at the events though.

[Holy Paradise]

The Tea Party isn't anti Jew (or anti black). They're not even pro-white.

You never see anyone but WASPS at the events though.

But does that imply that it is a racist organization? No.

[Sibirsky]

The Tea Party isn't anti Jew (or anti black). They're not even pro-white.

You never see anyone but WASPS at the events though.

Really? These people are WASPs?

[Poorisolation]

How can two homophobic men, gently fondling and kissing each others testicles and then getting up and marching off to some political rally to champion a fellow zealot be terrorist?

Confused, hypocritical, sometimes somewhere off far to the west of cloud cuckoo land but not terrorist.

People say all kinds of stupid stuff in and out of context but so far I yet to hear of any Tea Party sponsored bombings or murders or even that they burned down a library somewhere. If you are aware of any such incidents then please enlighten me?

Don't like the tea party set, after all what kind of historical philistines name their organisation after an act carried out in support of organised crime, but I do not simply label people I do not like terrorists.

Well at least until I change my name to robert mugabe

[Sarkhaan]

How come the TEA Party isn't considered a terrorist organization by now? After the Healthcare bill was pass, several members of Congress received death threats, one of them even had their office trashed. They yell racial slur at one member of congress and hold up signs saying that next time they may come armed. Some of them do come armed at these protest. However, instead of being regarded as a terrorist organization, or at least a hate organization, they're being nominated to run for political office.

Why am I regarding them as terrorist? Because they do use fear to get what they want, they've already proven that they're willing to intimidate and threaten members of our country if they don't get what they want, and they've already proven that they're not shy about coming to their protest armed. We have Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh egging them on ever so slightly.

The whole thing reminds me of when the KKK had several of it's members in political power.

Thoughts?

A) It's Tea Party. Not TEA party. It isn't an acronym.
They aren't a terrorist organization until a member commits an act of terrorism and the overall organization condones those measures.

Encouraging fear via misinformation and propaganda isn't terrorism. Blowing up a building is.

[Wamitoria]

You never see anyone but WASPS at the events though.

Really? These people are WASPs?

No, but white people are the overwhelming majority at their events. There are no real demographics, but from what I've seen at the rallies, I'd have to say at least 98% of them are white. Would stormfront support an organization that had a large amount of minorities in it?

[Sarkhaan]

I don't believe they've committed any terrorist acts, or have seriously threatened such. It's difficult for any large movement NOT to produce death threats from some of the members though.

I dunno, before 2008, the Democrats and Republicans were kinda able to not produce death threats and vandalism.

That's...just not true. There have always been death threats and vandalism. They rarely make it to the papers, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

[Trippoli]

If I had any power/influence I'd ban their party. Be it violation of free speech, but frankly John Locke can kiss my ass.

That's just me. If you're the dominate party, make the minority(tea party) look up to you, if you ever have the opportunity. Again, but that's just me, I'm that kind of guy.

[Penguton]

I don't believe the teabaggers are terrorists, but they are scary. It's primarily their ignorance that scares me. They are championing, usually, against things that benefit them. Such as healthcare reform and tax cuts for everyone except the top 1%. Most teabagger's are middle-class, so they would be benefitting from both of those things, and yet the republicans have successfully convinced these people that they NEED the rich to get richer, and they NEED health insurance companies to rescind policies when people need them the most.

[Sarkhaan]

You never see anyone but WASPS at the events though.

Really? These people are WASPs?

Not to mention that, while yes, WASP technically could be anyone that is White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, it actually carries some other connotations: private schooled, Ivy League educated, wealthy, powerful, frequently from the Northeast (specifically around Boston, Connecticut, NYC, and Philadelphia) or California (specifically, the Bay Area).

[Holy Paradise]

I don't believe the teabaggers are terrorists, but they are scary. It's primarily their ignorance that scares me. They are championing, usually, against things that benefit them. Such as healthcare reform and tax cuts for everyone except the top 1%. Most teabagger's are middle-class, so they would be benefitting from both of those things, and yet the republicans have successfully convinced these people that they NEED the rich to get richer, and they NEED health insurance companies to rescind policies when people need them the most.

Every benefit has its costs, and such a wide range of benefits resulting from the current healthcare reform have a wide range of costs as well.

[Penguton]

I don't believe the teabaggers are terrorists, but they are scary. It's primarily their ignorance that scares me. They are championing, usually, against things that benefit them. Such as healthcare reform and tax cuts for everyone except the top 1%. Most teabagger's are middle-class, so they would be benefitting from both of those things, and yet the republicans have successfully convinced these people that they NEED the rich to get richer, and they NEED health insurance companies to rescind policies when people need them the most.

Every benefit has its costs, and such a wide range of benefits resulting from the current healthcare reform have a wide range of costs as well.

That should, by 2016 when the last provisions come into effect, bring our overall health spending down. THe one thing most people don't realize is that right now, with our current system, when someone is uninsured and requires emergency medical attention the tax payers foot the bill. Unfortunately, emergence care is far more costly then preventative care. So when this happens, we lose money. With everyone required to have health insurance, and the provision that insurers can not charge extra for preventative care, the cost to tax payers will decrease. That isn't the only thing the bill does, but it's one of the biggest highlights.

[The Floridian Coast]

I'd rather them be much more violent, racist, and crazy than they are, they'd be less electable then.

[You-Gi-Owe]

How come the TEA Party isn't considered a terrorist organization by now? After the Healthcare bill was pass, several members of Congress received death threats, one of them even had their office trashed. They yell racial slur at one member of congress and hold up signs saying that next time they may come armed. Some of them do come armed at these protest. However, instead of being regarded as a terrorist organization, or at least a hate organization, they're being nominated to run for political office.

Why am I regarding them as terrorist? Because they do use fear to get what they want, they've already proven that they're willing to intimidate and threaten members of our country if they don't get what they want, and they've already proven that they're not shy about coming to their protest armed. We have Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh egging them on ever so slightly.

The whole thing reminds me of when the KKK had several of it's members in political power.

Thoughts?

KKK, oh, you mean Harry Truman, Robert Byrd and others.

But in a serious answer to your question, it's not like the Mafia that you can use the RICO act on the TEA Party. There isn't a whole lot of co-ordination and the membership doesn't have a whole lot of records. But don't worry, I'm fairly certain Obama's FBI is looking into it.

[Knowlandia]

Just because you don't like them doesn't make them terrorists. Political Parties throught american history have done worse.

[Wamitoria]

Just because you don't like them doesn't make them terrorists. Political Parties throught american history have done worse.

Besides, the Tea Party is going to go the way of the Know-Nothings within 5 years.