Comments on: “Teabagging” and the Shame of MSNBC and CNN http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/ Because Common Sense Transcends Distance Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:19:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Garland http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-91671 Garland Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:15:57 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=13028#comment-91671 "Hypocrisy seems to be the #1 drug of the ideological left these days, even more than their old standby marijuana." Actually, I think it's alcohol, much as it is for the right. But go ahead and act like a jerk towards an entire swath of people. “Hypocrisy seems to be the #1 drug of the ideological left these days, even more than their old standby marijuana.”

Actually, I think it’s alcohol, much as it is for the right. But go ahead and act like a jerk towards an entire swath of people.

]]> By: CStanley http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-91670 CStanley Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:09:32 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=13028#comment-91670 <i>it really was quite widespread amongst the protestors. </i> I saw some images of actual teabags on several signs but I don't recall a single person with a sign with the word 'teabagger' on it. Quite obviously a picture of a teabag is not meant to bring up a rude sexual innuendo, and anyone who makes that inference so automatically is the one who has bit of a problem it really was quite widespread amongst the protestors.

I saw some images of actual teabags on several signs but I don’t recall a single person with a sign with the word ‘teabagger’ on it.

Quite obviously a picture of a teabag is not meant to bring up a rude sexual innuendo, and anyone who makes that inference so automatically is the one who has bit of a problem

]]> By: sigh http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-91669 sigh Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:59:17 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=13028#comment-91669 Actually it wasn't the opponents who called it teabagging - the protestors did choose it themselves. They had it on their signs; it really was quite widespread amongst the protestors. Bad research on their part; why did they stray from the "tea party" rhetoric? No idea. But they did, and so there you have it. Actually it wasn’t the opponents who called it teabagging – the protestors did choose it themselves. They had it on their signs; it really was quite widespread amongst the protestors.

Bad research on their part; why did they stray from the “tea party” rhetoric? No idea. But they did, and so there you have it.

]]> By: Jason Arvak http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-91631 Jason Arvak Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:35:14 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=13028#comment-91631 The "teabaggers" label was not chosen by the protesters. They called them "tea parties". The "teabagging" label was imposed by their opponents, specifically to mock them in a way that I GUARANTEE they would have found outrageously offensive if the partisan tables were reversed. Hypocrisy seems to be the #1 drug of the ideological left these days, even more than their old standby marijuana. They are unbelievably shameless about it on a wide variety of issues. And when it is pointed out, they won't even talk about it. They just change the subject by yelling "the Republicans are worse" again and again and again and again and again and again... The “teabaggers” label was not chosen by the protesters. They called them “tea parties”. The “teabagging” label was imposed by their opponents, specifically to mock them in a way that I GUARANTEE they would have found outrageously offensive if the partisan tables were reversed.

Hypocrisy seems to be the #1 drug of the ideological left these days, even more than their old standby marijuana. They are unbelievably shameless about it on a wide variety of issues. And when it is pointed out, they won’t even talk about it. They just change the subject by yelling “the Republicans are worse” again and again and again and again and again and again…

]]> By: Some Guy http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-91629 Some Guy Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:29:02 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=13028#comment-91629 Do you really think that if some lefties held "Rusty Trombone" or "Dirty Sanchez" rallies that people (on both side of the aisle) wouldn't make fun of them? I agree that it's not exactly professional, but TV news hasn't been anything but entertainment since Edward R. Murrow. Let MSNBC have their sophomoric sex jokes, it's not hurting anyone. Do you really think that if some lefties held “Rusty Trombone” or “Dirty Sanchez” rallies that people (on both side of the aisle) wouldn’t make fun of them? I agree that it’s not exactly professional, but TV news hasn’t been anything but entertainment since Edward R. Murrow. Let MSNBC have their sophomoric sex jokes, it’s not hurting anyone.

]]> By: DannyDeranged http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-91548 DannyDeranged Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:26:16 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=13028#comment-91548 Hey, you guys mind if I join this trolling seminar? On one side, we've got people arguing from fallacious viewpoints. On the other side, we've got people arguing from fallacious and/or blatantly uninformed viewpoints. Read the A.P. articles and ignore the rest of the garbage out there. Your life will be much easier. Hey, you guys mind if I join this trolling seminar?
On one side, we’ve got people arguing from fallacious viewpoints.
On the other side, we’ve got people arguing from fallacious and/or blatantly uninformed viewpoints.

Read the A.P. articles and ignore the rest of the garbage out there. Your life will be much easier.

]]> By: Doctorb http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-91527 Doctorb Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:58:55 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=13028#comment-91527 I haven't been this amused since Dick Armey tried to make fun of Barney Frank. I haven’t been this amused since Dick Armey tried to make fun of Barney Frank.

]]> By: Darren http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-91524 Darren Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:32:38 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=13028#comment-91524 To make a name for your group that has a sexual inuenndo so obviously in it and then expect no one to ever mention it doesn't seem overly well thought out. I have been in a similar situation on a smaller scale and having realized what I had done, I found it hilarious, and then promptly changed the name. it seems to me to be the fault of whomever came up with the name, and they(and no one else) are to blame. To make a name for your group that has a sexual inuenndo so obviously in it and then expect no one to ever mention it doesn’t seem overly well thought out. I have been in a similar situation on a smaller scale and having realized what I had done, I found it hilarious, and then promptly changed the name.

it seems to me to be the fault of whomever came up with the name, and they(and no one else) are to blame.

]]> By: Jason Arvak http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-91507 Jason Arvak Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:18:46 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=13028#comment-91507 <blockquote>anyone who considers teabagging jokes to be offensive is a fool.</blockquote> Of course, if they were directed at people on a college campus instead of at conservatives, this finding would not only be reversed, but the person telling the teabagging jokes might even find themselves expelled or forced into mandatory reeducation seminars for "offensive speech". Yes, it IS a leftist double standard. Saying it is not is in contravention of clear and easily found evidence from college campuses with speech codes all over the country.

anyone who considers teabagging jokes to be offensive is a fool.

Of course, if they were directed at people on a college campus instead of at conservatives, this finding would not only be reversed, but the person telling the teabagging jokes might even find themselves expelled or forced into mandatory reeducation seminars for “offensive speech”.

Yes, it IS a leftist double standard. Saying it is not is in contravention of clear and easily found evidence from college campuses with speech codes all over the country.

]]> By: Burns http://www.poligazette.com/2009/04/19/teabagging-and-the-shame-of-msnbc-and-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-91506 Burns Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:14:16 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=13028#comment-91506 What you seem to be forgetting is that teabagging is equally irrelevant to conservatives and feminists alike. This is not the stage for a pseudo-political argument, it's just an example of poor humour. Anybody could have made this joke in any situation, and it still wouldn't have been funny, but teabagging in itself is in fact hilarious, and anyone who considers teabagging jokes to be offensive is a fool. Teabagging's funny, but it shouldn't be on TV, because that isn't appropriate. That's all there is to it, no leftist conspiracy, no feminist outrage, just a poor quality joke. What you seem to be forgetting is that teabagging is equally irrelevant to conservatives and feminists alike. This is not the stage for a pseudo-political argument, it’s just an example of poor humour. Anybody could have made this joke in any situation, and it still wouldn’t have been funny, but teabagging in itself is in fact hilarious, and anyone who considers teabagging jokes to be offensive is a fool.

Teabagging’s funny, but it shouldn’t be on TV, because that isn’t appropriate. That’s all there is to it, no leftist conspiracy, no feminist outrage, just a poor quality joke.

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