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So you guys know about Tea Party Jesus, right? The concept is brilliant–put the words of batshit Tea Partiers into the mouth of Jesus Christ Himself (as envisioned by people who draw Jesus for those little cards that have Him looking beatific and then there’s, like, the 23rd Psalm on the back), and then you get to click on the image to find out who said what! It’s like a game! Except there’s no way to win, and the only prizes awarded are the tears you shed as you realize how truly fucking insane the people leading this growing movement really are.
It’s all very informative and the call-outs are epic, though Tea Partiers I’m sure will view these less as a series of call-outs and more spreading good wholesome American-flag waving values such as that there’s a difference between being rubbed and being raped by a priest or that, um, interracial marriage and school integration will make kids’ sexual imprinting mechanisms go all haywire. Anyways, my favorite one of late has been about the socialist implications of eating fruits and vegetables:
Now, of course, one has only to spend five minutes in the company of a Tea Partier to find out the socialist implications of goddamn near everything in the universe, but still. What? Here’s the news article and what this insane republican is ACTUALLY talking about (hint: there was never any “danger” of the CDC calling you up to tell you to eat your broccoli). Good times. By which of course I mean the worst of times.
Of course, all the vitriol the Tea Party uses to fire up indignant retirees on medicare is just that. Yet, as we all know, words have power. They have the power to influence people and their actions, and when we see Tea Party politics put into action, people suffer. Terribly. Such as, oh for example, privatizing social services, a truly stupid concept Tea Partiers uniformly agree is fucking awesome and the Right Direction for America. And yet. . . what happens when we privatize, saaaaaay, the fire department?
Firefighters Let Family’s House Burn Down Because Owner Didn’t Pay $75 Fee
Take that, moochers!
2:25 pm, 5 October 2010
Actually, if you look at this quote in context it makes a lot more sense.
Essentially the federal government is proposing a major expansion of its Obammunist policies by earmarking 28 trillion dollars of taxpayer money for the purpose of forcing hard-working Americans to become vegetarians. The CDC will be calling people and surveying their vegetable consumption, and anyone who does not eat enough fruits and vegetables will be infected with the Ebola virus. They have also attached a rider to the bill that provides for funding of the new “Don’t Be Straight, Do Be Gay” policy that the military will be adopting, with the goal of turning all current and future service men and women into big flaming homos.
So I think maybe the flippant tone of your post should be altered slightly in light of the Truth.