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Dear DUers - I never do this but would you please (Original Post) malaise Oct 2015 OP
I call it the Freedom Carcase redstateblues Oct 2015 #1
+1 daleanime Oct 2015 #2
You mean Freedom Carcass. DinahMoeHum Oct 2015 #3
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahaha malaise Oct 2015 #4
Okay, Malaise. F*dom Caucus is off my list. I hate the dishonesty too. Hortensis Oct 2015 #5
ReTHUG birchers malaise Oct 2015 #6
I can toss in a Rethug now and then. :) I wish there were a term, Hortensis Oct 2015 #8
They are free from sanity MiniMe Oct 2015 #7
These days, I assume anything using "freedom","patriot" or "liberty" as an adjective is a RW con muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #9
I still refer them as tea baggers. B Calm Oct 2015 #10
My favorite too.. teabaggers forever! mountain grammy Oct 2015 #12
Don't buy ryan_cats Oct 2015 #11
Freedummers n/t librechik Oct 2015 #13
To me, they're always The Teabaggeratti. nt MrScorpio Oct 2015 #14
Every time I hear the phrase "the Democrat party" mountain grammy Oct 2015 #15
The day they abandon Democrat party malaise Oct 2015 #16

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. Okay, Malaise. F*dom Caucus is off my list. I hate the dishonesty too.
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 09:38 AM
Oct 2015

I'll probably mostly refer to them as birchers. That's what they are.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. I can toss in a Rethug now and then. :) I wish there were a term,
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 10:19 AM
Oct 2015

though, that emphasized the continuity and scary size of this problem. Dangerously authoritarian conservatives are not an aberration. They're the people next door.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,307 posts)
9. These days, I assume anything using "freedom","patriot" or "liberty" as an adjective is a RW con
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 10:24 AM
Oct 2015

[center]freedom means selfish
patriot means authoritarian
liberty means discriminatory[/center]

ryan_cats

(2,061 posts)
11. Don't buy
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 10:33 AM
Oct 2015

Don't buy into their words spin, buy mine.

I enjoy how GWB was derided as Chimpy McHitler but if someone used the same type of language against President Obama, they would be labeled as racist!

Using such terms (rethuglican) reminds me of the glory days of Jr. High School.

mountain grammy

(26,619 posts)
15. Every time I hear the phrase "the Democrat party"
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 10:44 AM
Oct 2015

I want to punch someone's lights out... then there's the famous "liberal media." I understand this is basic name calling and sticks and stones, etc., but in reality, lives are at stake here.

ReThugs, yes, that fits nicely.

malaise

(268,931 posts)
16. The day they abandon Democrat party
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 11:07 AM
Oct 2015

is the day I'll abandon ReTHUGs although they really are thugs- racist ones to boot

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