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Chipper Chat
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:28 AM Original message |
Why are Tea Party folks called 'Activists' while OWS supporters are labeled 'Protesters' ? |
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Warren Stupidity
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. Their asses are on average 50% larger? |
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NRaleighLiberal
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because the Tea stuff was astro-turfed/sanctioned by corporate... |
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hack89
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. I suspect because they are actively involved with the political process |
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FarCenter
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. The Tea Party are political activists trying to take over the Republican Party grassroots apparatus |
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The Doctor.
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Sun Nov-20-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Fox talking points aside, |
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hack89
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Sun Nov-20-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I was just referring to how the media generally uses the terms. |
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The Doctor.
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Sun Nov-20-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Woah, slow down there trigger. |
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hack89
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Sun Nov-20-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. So "Fox talking points" is not an insult? Pull the other one. |
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The Doctor.
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Sun Nov-20-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. See, that wasn't so hard to answer, was it? |
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hack89
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Sun Nov-20-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The Civil Rights movement succeed because it directly influenced the political process. |
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The Doctor.
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Sun Nov-20-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Hah. What a crock. |
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hack89
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Sun Nov-20-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Believe what you wish |
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The Doctor.
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Mon Nov-21-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I believe in demonstrable reality and what can be arrived at through sound reasoning thereupon. |
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hack89
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Mon Nov-21-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. If you say so. nt |
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The Doctor.
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Mon Nov-21-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I just did. |
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hack89
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Mon Nov-21-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Would you like another opportunity for the final word? nt |
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The Doctor.
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Mon Nov-21-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Sure, why not? |
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hack89
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Mon Nov-21-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No - just curious how far I can string you along. nt |
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The Doctor.
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Mon Nov-21-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Or I you. |
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hack89
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Mon Nov-21-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. After your bombastic boast of reality and reason |
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The Doctor.
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Sun Nov-20-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Dupe. |
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Tippy
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. And too, the 1% can buy anything they want.... |
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NNN0LHI
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ever notice the wealthy who are mentally ill are never described that way? |
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baldguy
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. Because if the Teabaggers understood they were promoting the interests of the corporatocracy |
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The Doctor.
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. That's a joke right? |
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RoccoR5955
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. Because they're RepubliCONs, of course! n/t |
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Martin Eden
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. Anti-Capitalist Activists |
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City Lights
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. The corporate media manipulators are part of the 1%. |
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Occulus
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. For the same reason Yahoo News called African Americans "looters" after Katrina |
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Chipper Chat
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Here it is. I remember this shocking story. |
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mmonk
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. Simple answer. The people OWS are protesting fund the "Tea Party", |
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txwhitedove
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Sun Nov-20-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. Pfft, cause they didn't have an awesome drum circle. |
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Arkana
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Sun Nov-20-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. Better to be called "protesters" |
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Youth Uprising
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Mon Nov-21-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. I hadn't noticed that subtle framing by the MSM. |
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RZM
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Mon Nov-21-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. How much does it really matter? |
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