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Having been called a "Tree Hugger" for long enough to learn to like it (Original Post) randr Apr 2014 OP
I'l take a shot at that one... 2naSalit Apr 2014 #1
Those all work rather nicely! calimary Apr 2014 #3
Why 2naSalit Apr 2014 #4
Well, I was just talking about this in another thread - being called a "tree hugger" calimary Apr 2014 #9
The best part of this whole thing with Bundy yuiyoshida Apr 2014 #17
Real nice, but improved by rock Apr 2014 #7
Agreed. 2naSalit Apr 2014 #14
How about Koch Roaches randr Apr 2014 #8
That one works too. 2naSalit Apr 2014 #15
Pro-Slavery Welfare Cowboys? Electric Monk Apr 2014 #2
And then there's 2naSalit Apr 2014 #5
I embrace my treehuggery. Helps the environment and saves a lot of critters. MoonRiver Apr 2014 #6
Do not hug telephone poles, even though they once were trees, Voice for Peace Apr 2014 #10
Liberal Tree-hugging Environmentalist here RobertEarl Apr 2014 #11
Assholes? NightWatcher Apr 2014 #12
i love being called a tree hugger. i wear my hippie badge proudly! piratefish08 Apr 2014 #13
This dirt-loving tree hugger thinks "deadbeat racist" is accurate, if not alliterative. Scuba Apr 2014 #16

2naSalit

(86,651 posts)
1. I'l take a shot at that one...
Sat Apr 26, 2014, 03:40 PM
Apr 2014

"Terrist Huggers"

"Butt-hurt Club" or "Butt-hurt Boys"

"Cow-chip Huggers"

"Bundy Huggers"

"Deadbeat Huggers"

"Land Sharks"

"Boot-in-Mouth Gang"

"Ranch Rogues"

"Wannabes"

"Range Roaches"

"Ranch Lice"

There's a healthy start, good luck!



ETA: Ooops, one more... "Chip Flingers"

calimary

(81,335 posts)
3. Those all work rather nicely!
Sat Apr 26, 2014, 03:58 PM
Apr 2014

Them-have-mores-whut-want-free-stuff do need a good bumper-sticker-style label. Easier to stick on 'em.

Well done!

2naSalit

(86,651 posts)
4. Why
Sat Apr 26, 2014, 04:03 PM
Apr 2014

Thank you, thank you... I come up with good one or two every once in a while. Since I have been familiar with this case since bundy first announced that his panties were all bunched up in '93, I just can't help myself.

calimary

(81,335 posts)
9. Well, I was just talking about this in another thread - being called a "tree hugger"
Sat Apr 26, 2014, 04:47 PM
Apr 2014

and it's meant as an insult, but one I myself wear with a fair amount of pride and joy!

In one of many threads about clivan bunny, DUer kairos12 came up with "Moooooooooocher!!!" which I thought was fucking BRILLIANT!!!!!!!

But I figured it might not be over-boring to remember why these labels are significance - hell, why ALL word manipulations are not to be taken lightly ('cause they're pretty effective)!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4874761

yuiyoshida

(41,833 posts)
17. The best part of this whole thing with Bundy
Sun Apr 27, 2014, 08:20 AM
Apr 2014

to me, at least, was knowing that SEAN HANNITY WALKED right into a cow pie, with his thing about getting behind Bundy vs the US Government. It was like watching him walk into a Utility Pole while talking to a Camera. I can't stand him, and to see him make a public fool of himself on the world wide Internet was nothing short of creamy delicious.

2naSalit

(86,651 posts)
14. Agreed.
Sat Apr 26, 2014, 08:57 PM
Apr 2014

I had thought of that but for some reason the "Tree Hugger" moniker is what I used as my guide to try and remain somewhat civil about it. Otherwise, I don't nkow what the hell got into me there.

2naSalit

(86,651 posts)
15. That one works too.
Sat Apr 26, 2014, 09:00 PM
Apr 2014

To be clear, I have been called a "Tree Hugger" for decades and I would rather that and called that than any other epithet idiots want to try and insult me with. I, too, wear as a badge of honor. Those of us who are called that can feel comforted in knowing we have our minds right about the environment... in most cases (disclaimer for anomalies!).

2naSalit

(86,651 posts)
5. And then there's
Sat Apr 26, 2014, 04:12 PM
Apr 2014

for Cliven himself...

"Buckaroo Bundy"

and then

"Bunkerville Blowhards"

"Hannity's Helpers"

"Saddle Sores"

"Fox Hounds"

oh my! Somebody stop me!

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
10. Do not hug telephone poles, even though they once were trees,
Sat Apr 26, 2014, 05:26 PM
Apr 2014

and even if you feel sorry for them.

Do NOT hug them, even if you think they might need a
hug. It's like hugging a Borg.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
11. Liberal Tree-hugging Environmentalist here
Sat Apr 26, 2014, 07:50 PM
Apr 2014

I think calling our opposition he name 'Con-cretins' may be apt.

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