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Intershame On: Robert A. Hahn |
Fake Outrage Over Teabagging
11/09/2009
Robert A. Hahn is outraged President Obama used the term "teabag". Here's what he has to say on RedState.com...
The irony of Hahn's argument is that the "teabagging" term was coined by the Tea Party protesters themselves. It all started when the The Washington Independent posted the following picture online...
Tea Party protesters added further fuel to the fire when they started a campaign to Tea Bag the Fools in D.C..
The term "teabaggers" has entered the public lexicon in such a profound way that it's most popular definition is now to describe Tea Party protesters and not the sexual act it was once best known for.
So to Hahn I say this...
You allowed your political opponents to make a mockery of the ill-conceived name you branded yourselves with and they did it so effectively that the term has transcended it's urban dictionary meaning to now mean... you. If you're going to get mad at somebody, get mad at your leaders for not having a clue what "teabagging" meant.
If progressives ever start the "Hot Carl" movement, you'll have your opportunity for revenge. Until that happens, point the finger at your party and yourself.
According to The New York Times, on Saturday evening the President of the United States used a thoroughly disgusting gay-baiting slur to refer to people that previous presidents might have called "My Fellow Americans". Speaking with congressional Democrats, our situationally unaware, amateur-night chief executive asked,Hahn is going to pretend to be outraged because the president used the term "teabag"? He didn't even say "teabagger", he said "teabag", but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care?
Call me an old-timer, but I can remember when U.S. Presidents had class. They might have called their political opponents any number of things in private, but you would not hear of them demeaning American citizens.
It is a measure of how low-rent Professional Democrats have become that The New York Times reports this as though sexual slurs were not a new low in presidential discourse... merely another term that 'progessives' use every day to refer to their subhuman opponents.
Did President Obama intend to be disgusting in using that term? I hope so, because I sure am disgusted.
The irony of Hahn's argument is that the "teabagging" term was coined by the Tea Party protesters themselves. It all started when the The Washington Independent posted the following picture online...
Tea Party protesters added further fuel to the fire when they started a campaign to Tea Bag the Fools in D.C..
The term "teabaggers" has entered the public lexicon in such a profound way that it's most popular definition is now to describe Tea Party protesters and not the sexual act it was once best known for.
So to Hahn I say this...
You allowed your political opponents to make a mockery of the ill-conceived name you branded yourselves with and they did it so effectively that the term has transcended it's urban dictionary meaning to now mean... you. If you're going to get mad at somebody, get mad at your leaders for not having a clue what "teabagging" meant.
If progressives ever start the "Hot Carl" movement, you'll have your opportunity for revenge. Until that happens, point the finger at your party and yourself.
Comments
- 920 days agoHow is "Tea Party" ill conceived? It is entirely relevant considering important events leading up to the American Revolution. I doubt "teabag" had an urban dictionary entry in the late 1700s.
- 920 days agoTea Party is not ill conceived, referring to the individuals as tea-baggers is. You sir have missed the point.
- 920 days agoNo, "teabag" did not have a urban dictionary entry in the late 1700s. Nor was there an urban dictionary. The problem is that we live in the early 2000s where those things exist. "Tea Party" was not ill conceived. However, "Teabagging" and "Teabaggers" was not very well thought out. If you are going to reach a large audience, be sure of your message.
- 920 days agoMaybe i did miss the point. I thought there was some criticism for this group choosing the name "Tea Party". I think it is appropriate since their issues are around tax reform.
There will always be people who make that juvenile play on words in order to discredit those with whom they disagree. That said, Tea Party folks discredit themselves when they use the term and have no room to be outraged when it is thrown back at them. - 920 days agoOK. Sorry. I did not read the referenced link. Yea, choosing teabag as a campaign is pretty stupid and they asked for it.
- 920 days agoHah! The teabaggers would have taken exception if Obama HAD called them "my fellow Americans," since these idiots don't consider Obama an American.
- 920 days agoIs it their official stance that he is not a citizen? I thought only a few fringe idiots still clung to this birther thing...
- 920 days agojeFlon you are a scrotum gagging moron of the highest order. Enough of your comments
- 920 days agolovely. another keyboard warrior. I bet your one of those douchebags that plays halo or some fighting video game and actually believe in your head that you are kicking ass for real. Its easy to run your mouth when your holed up in your grandmothers basement jerking off to cartoon animal porn.
- 919 days agoIt appears to be the stance of about a dozen elected GOP members who still question his citizenship. So, in a way, yeah, that's an official stance. Come on, you may be offended at people laughing it up at clueless tax protesters, but it doesn't make the word choices of said protesters any less ironic and silly.
- 919 days agoRight, after reading the linked article, I completely see the irony. It is sad that elected officials are still on this birther kick. I would be willing to bet that most dont actually believe it, but they have voters who are idiotic and do, so they talk it up.
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