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GrantDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:06 PM
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Is it wrong for Democrats to call Tea Party members terrorists?
Is it wrong for Democrats to call Tea Party members terrorists?

Help out on this poll.

Poll is about half way down the page.

http://bit.ly/eWwYbe
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:18 PM
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1. .
Edited on Sun Aug-07-11 03:19 PM by woo me with science


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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:36 PM
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8. ...
Shock doctrine.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:20 PM
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2. Personally, I think they're
"fucking terrorists"

Screw those Tealiban morans.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:22 PM
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3. Let's see...
ter·ror·ism (tr-rzm)
n.
The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.









http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_873KDzHC8dU/TSnAAsmitVI/AAAAAAAAAPM/dEoUVA6yHSQ/s1600/palin-assault+rifle.jpg

...no, it isn't wrong.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:28 PM
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4. Absolutely not.
We should call them WHAT THEY ARE. And keep doing it. Rinse and repeat. Repeat. And then do it all again. Until that seed is thoroughly implanted and taking root. The more it's heard and spread and repeated, the faster it'll permeate everywhere.

They are talking and behaving as enemies of the state.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:30 PM
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5. And this poll needs some help.
Won't take that many votes to push the "no's" over the top.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:34 PM
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6. extortionists is a good word for them and their strategies IMO nt
Edited on Sun Aug-07-11 03:34 PM by msongs
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:34 PM
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7. No. It's accurate.
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GoCubsGo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 06:06 PM
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15. No. It isn't.
Edited on Sun Aug-07-11 06:07 PM by GoCubsGo
"Treasonous sons-of-bitches" is accurate. "Terrorists" is just the tip of it.
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GrantDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:45 PM
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9. Poll looking better.
Still needs some help.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 03:59 PM
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10. Not wrong but truthfully...
they are just selfish idiots deserving all the ridicule that can be heaped upon their soft pointed little heads
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spin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 04:09 PM
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11. Well it doesn't raise the level of the discussion ...
I don't agree with their all their views especially their idiotic idea of a Balanced Budget Amendment. Also the idea of not raising taxes on the very rich and the big corporations makes little sense to me. If lower tax rates did generate jobs, we should have more jobs than workers today.

I will agree that our government is spending far too much money and we need to find ways to reduce the size of our government and make it more efficient. However we also need to increase revenues and in order to do that in our current economic situation, we may need to spend money. If the economy grows we will get more revenues as people return to work. We also need to consider revising our tax codes to eliminate all the loopholes for the rich and the big corporations.

But I definitely feel that carrying rifles and openly displayed handguns to gatherings is foolish. (Note: I am a gun owner and have a concealed weapons permit.)









And they sure don't help their cause with signs like this:





So it is not surprising that they get labeled terrorists. When you go around acting like an asshole, why would you complain when people call you one.

If the leadership of the various Tea Party groups wants to be treated with more respect, they might consider prohibiting guns and signs that call for a revolution at their gatherings.





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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 04:59 PM
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12. Is it wrong to call them idiots? Stupid? Morons?
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Drahthaardogs Donating Member (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 05:18 PM
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13. Yes, terribly, terribly, wrong.
Democrats should be calling them "crazy-asses Republican terrorists" That is much more accurate.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 06:03 PM
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14. Seems they pulled it.
Final:

Is it wrong for Democrats to call Tea Party members terrorists?
Yes
(183 Votes, 47%)
No
(205 Votes, 53%)
Close this Window

http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/?poll=1247&total=0
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Constantinno Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 06:09 PM
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16. Well if you want a lawsuit you should call one of them a terrorist
If there is no evidence that the person didn't commit any terrorism acts.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 06:10 PM
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17. My rethug roomies laughed when they heard that; course, they
'only' listen to faux now, despite my best efforts. x(
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AngkorWot Donating Member (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 06:18 PM
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18. You mean wrong technically? Yes.
Wrong in the sense that it's just stupid? Yes.
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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 07:40 PM
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19. delete n/t
Edited on Sun Aug-07-11 08:10 PM by politicasista
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rury Donating Member (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 07:54 PM
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20. Not wrong at all...
They're terrorists and extortionists.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 08:05 PM
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21. No, because they're economic terrorists.
They're holding this country hostage so they can enact an insanely stupid fiscal agenda which will destroy the country, condemn millions to poverty, and send us back to the days of breadlines. But hey, "BOOTSTRAPS!", right? Better to punish the .1% of people who actually do abuse government assistance at the expense of the 99.9% who don't!
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Proles Donating Member (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 08:08 PM
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Of course it's wrong!
These are humble, living class Americans. They simply want to have a voice in our democratic process.

They are kind, loving, and tolerant of all... oh who am I kidding.

Of course it's okay to call them terrorists!

They ain't Al Qaeda, but as far as I'm concerned, it's the Ku Klux Klan 2.0. Last time I checked, the KKK are terrorists.
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blkmusclmachine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 08:08 PM
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22. Nah, I'm sure they'd wear that label with pride:
If it came from the Progressive/Lib DEMs.
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Imajika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 08:40 PM
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23. Doesn't help us politically..
Sounds just too over the top, even though it's essentially true.
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