So I talked to some Teabaggers today.

They were in Niagara Square today... about 60 of them when I was walking by.

So I got out my cell and took a few picks. Unfortunately it's only 2 megapixels, so they didn't turn out too well.

Then I went up and looked at some of their signs. One 'lady' had a sign that claimed Obama 'talked trash' about America to the rest of the world.

Me; "Wow! When did he do that?"

'Lady'; "Just recently".

"Wow... what did he say?"

"He put America down in front of the world!"

"Ok, what did he say?"

"He said we're arrogant."

"What was the quote? He just said "America is arrogant"?"

"I don't know what the quote was."

"Did he say anything else? Did he say anything good about America?"

"I don't know, that's not important! What are you doing here? This is our event!"

"Well, it's a public square, and I was curious. You want people to know what this is about, right?"

"Just leave!"

I know... how dare I ask about the merits of their claims. :eyes:


Soon there was a wing of harpies on me. One woman said that Obama didn't understand the Constitution. I told her that he was a Constitutional scholar who likely understood the Constitution better than we did. Then she said that 'No! He wants to interpret it as a socialist document. It's NOT a living document! He doesn't think we're a Christian nation!'

I got "You're Michael Moore's brother."

"You're probably sent by ACORN!"

"You don't belong here!"


But I stood, and calmly explained that I was merely asking questions, because discourse, discussion are how we achieve understanding.

"No it isn't!" Screeched the first harpy. "Oh, I suppose next you'll say that 'words mean things'".

:wtf:

The level of ignorance and beligerance was amazing.

But then, a young man who was standing in front of me asked what I thought. :think:

I said that I was disgusted by the bailouts and that there were plenty of big players that should simply fail, and whose CEOs and upper management should be fined or jailed. We went on to talk about the good and bad aspects of the spending package, and he admitted that he couldn't be sure which parts of the plan had a worthwhile return on investment. He was generally interested in what I had to say about corporate control of government. We had a good chat while the mouth-breathers looked on figuring that the kid was 'handling' me or something. Oh, and it was really cool that I got to talk about the negative return on investment we got for the trillion spent on Iraq, and then watch their faces when the one intellect among them said that at least this spending package wouldn't be as big a waste. Then of course the chorus of "But we were kept safe!" erupted. I couldn't help it... I said, "well... except for that nasty attack on the skyscrapers." But then I just ignored them and talked to the kid some more.

Oh well.

It's just really something to actually be in the midst of people who are so deeply brainwashed in anger, but it was neat to find one rational person among all the freeptards.

...ball garglers is just an exercise in futility.

:rofl:

Damn... there mouths were full their.

"Ball garglers"

:rofl:


You kill me man.

That's the part that frightens me. A lot of it is simple bigotry - they're racists who hate Obama because of the color of his skin - but it's effectively cloaked in this pseudo-political crap that's designed by creeps like Glenn Beck and Hannity and the others to exploit that anger and present it as a legitimate political uprising.

They know nothing. Your post is amazing, and shocking, and sad, but not surprising. Because they are so caught up in their anger, nothing else matters.

They may be laughable, but they scare me. Beck or Hannity or someone is gonna crank some of these lesser souls up to a point where they'll act out, and if that involves a gun, I don't want to see what happens..............

:wow:

:rofl:

Their poor little pea brains can only process just so much.

It was like being in freeperville. They think anger and volume are good substitutes for intellect and reason.

God save us from this corporate-sponsored ignorance.

like Bush wearing a cowboy hat and jeans, and living on a 'ranch'- but being afraid to ride a horse.

There is nothing more than a bag of leaves that ties them to the colonists they pretend to be copying.

:)

I salute you :patriot:

I have tried to talk to them at anti war rallies but they always come back to that "BUT WE'RE SAFE!" crap and I can't get beyond the stupid.

No way was I going to go today and try to talk to these folks. I honestly think they are angry enough to be violent and I have seen too much of their violence to want to go looking for it.

So I salute you.

Didn't really think of it. I was just being genuine.

Now I feel I really missed a golden opportunity.

:dem:

-Laelth

I will always miss my home town...sigh...

Buffalo does have her charm though. Useless county/city government, unfortunately.

really sad, that they so narrow minded. These people are being fed with nothing but propaganda so it just breds ignorance, and the media does not help to educate these people. sad very sad. half truths and no truths will not help this country to recover from 8 miserable years of bush.