Tea Party vs Occupy Wall Street

[Svartalf]

The teabaggers are very extreme right wing - ie fascists. Obama is moderate at best. Wish he was Socialist.

The day you Merkins have anybody in charge who is not right of center by European standards is the day USA becomes the USSRA

[Schneibster]

One of the things to keep in mind about the US is that it's not like most other countries in that it's not homogenous. Even though we speak the same language, and superficially have the same culture, it's very, very different in different states. It's more like Europe as a whole than it is like any country in Europe, except we all share the same language. So when you say "Merkins" like that, it's pretty much like saying "Europeans" like that. And you'll note it makes less sense.

Several people I've met overseas have told me that this insight made it easier for them to understand how all the people they'd met who were "from the US" could be from the same country.

This is partly because the US is so large; you see these articles about how they busted some polygamist, you have to get that these people were living in a place far enough from anyone else that nobody figured out what was going on for thirty or forty years. Those militia people up in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming? Same deal. There's a reason they live way the fuck out there.

And that's also the thing about guns; there's real, actual wild animals that will kill and eat you when you're that far away from civilization. Not to mention people who are on the run. So having guns around is a necessary precaution. If you don't you probably will not make it. And no one might ever find out.

Just a few things to consider for you folks who are used to "wildlands" that haven't seen an actual wild predator in several centuries.

[Tyrannical]

Tea Party Demonstration: No crime, no mess, no problem

OWS: Property damage, rapes, stabbings, robberies, rioting, horrible smell, attacks police, etc.

What better way to judge two groups than how they behave

[Schneibster]

Tea Party Demonstration: No crime, no mess, no problem

Other than spitting on a few congresscritters.

On Earth.

[Tyrannical]

Tea Party Demonstration: No crime, no mess, no problem

Other than spitting on a few congresscritters.

On Earth.

Always a few bad apples. OWS has a bad orchard.

[Schneibster]

Tea Party Demonstration: No crime, no mess, no problem

Other than spitting on a few congresscritters.

On Earth.

Always a few bad apples. OWS has a bad orchard.

Haven't read about OWS spitting on congresscritters. Maybe you got a link.

[Mysturji]

Ian posted this elsewhere on the forum.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15246205

I got 8 out of 9 on that, so if they've purposely taken the quotes that they consider to be hardest to tell apart, then I imagine with a more random selection of quotes, or if actually talking to someone rather than being presented with out of context quotes to identify, it would be incredibly easy to tell the two apart.

5/9

[Tyrannical]

Tea Party Demonstration: No crime, no mess, no problem

Other than spitting on a few congresscritters.

On Earth.

Always a few bad apples. OWS has a bad orchard.

Haven't read about OWS spitting on congresscritters. Maybe you got a link.

The Tea Party spitting incident appears to be a lie anyways.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/pelosi- ... reet-spit/

The incident that Rep. Pelosi was alluding to took place in March 2010, when Rep. Emanuel Cleaver accused one rouge Tea Party demonstrator of spitting on him. Video of the accused incident went viral with no clear evidence of the actual spitting, other than Rep. Cleaver’s reaction to a protester appearing to yell “kill the bill” in his face, adjacent to a Capital Hill police officer who shows little reaction to the accused ejected saliva. One Tea Party group offered a $15,000 reward for proof of the spitting.

OWS spitting on a Coast Guard woman.
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/loc ... r-20111013

OWS protestor shitting on a cop car. Keep it classy
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... E-CAR.html

OWS thieves preying on fellow protestors.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manh ... rGPCaZaLRK

Hell, Google OWS crime

[Schneibster]

The Tea Party spitting incident appears to be a lie anyways.

Lie. Here's the video, and phonemail using the word "nigger" prolifically:



Not to mention Bachmann lying just like you're doing.

Don't lie. I'll post proof you're lying. It'll be embarrassing. It's pointless; I'm always gonna know, and you're always gonna get pwnt. Give it up.

[JimC]

One of the things to keep in mind about the US is that it's not like most other countries in that it's not homogenous. Even though we speak the same language, and superficially have the same culture, it's very, very different in different states. It's more like Europe as a whole than it is like any country in Europe, except we all share the same language. So when you say "Merkins" like that, it's pretty much like saying "Europeans" like that. And you'll note it makes less sense.

Several people I've met overseas have told me that this insight made it easier for them to understand how all the people they'd met who were "from the US" could be from the same country.

This is partly because the US is so large; you see these articles about how they busted some polygamist, you have to get that these people were living in a place far enough from anyone else that nobody figured out what was going on for thirty or forty years. Those militia people up in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming? Same deal. There's a reason they live way the fuck out there.

And that's also the thing about guns; there's real, actual wild animals that will kill and eat you when you're that far away from civilization. Not to mention people who are on the run. So having guns around is a necessary precaution. If you don't you probably will not make it. And no one might ever find out.

Just a few things to consider for you folks who are used to "wildlands" that haven't seen an actual wild predator in several centuries.

There are some aspects of that description that apply to Oz as well. No big predators, maybe, but many a feral, introduced pest that needs a rifle around to control the numbers...

Including pommy backpackers...



(just kidding, folks, we need the foreign currency...)

[maiforpeace]

The Tea Party spitting incident appears to be a lie anyways.

Lie. Here's the video, and phonemail using the word "nigger" prolifically:



Not to mention Bachmann lying just like you're doing.

Don't lie. I'll post proof you're lying. It'll be embarrassing. It's pointless; I'm always gonna know, and you're always gonna get pwnt. Give it up.

Denying racism and racist acts is, in my opinion a most insidious form of racism...it puts the burden on the person making the accusation to provide the evidence. If it's so subtle that only the person it's directed at experiences it, then there's no evidence.

Then it must not exist, right?

[Schneibster]

There are some aspects of that description that apply to Oz as well. No big predators, maybe, but many a feral, introduced pest that needs a rifle around to control the numbers...

Right.

Canada has even more open space than the US, and just as wild if not wilder. We are all very different from Europe, in ways that are similar, I think.

Including pommy backpackers...



(just kidding, folks, we need the foreign currency...)

Boy, you guys are vicious. We try to lure 'em in a bit first before we show 'em the knife.

[Schneibster]

Denying racism and racist acts is, in my opinion a most insidious form of racism...it puts the burden on the person making the accusation to provide the evidence. If it's so subtle that only the person it's directed at experiences it, then there's no evidence.

Then it must not exist, right?

That's what the Republican Teagagger Party and the Libertardians would have us believe, anyway. Personally I think it needs to be exposed to the light of day and those who do it as well. Sunlight is an excellent disinfectant, and I have to say that I think racists are germs.

[Pensioner]

There are some aspects of that description that apply to Oz as well. No big predators, maybe, but many a feral, introduced pest that needs a rifle around to control the numbers...

Right.

Canada has even more open space than the US, and just as wild if not wilder. We are all very different from Europe, in ways that are similar, I think.

Including pommy backpackers...



(just kidding, folks, we need the foreign currency...)

Boy, you guys are vicious. We try to lure 'em in a bit first before we show 'em the knife.

Take this you swines

[Schneibster]