The T Word Equivalent to the N Word: Americans for Tax Reform Pres. Grover Norquis

[Sacrilege]

Note: The offending T Word is in quotations below, taken from a Washington Times article. If it is inappropriate to write it in this forum of mature, polite adults, I sincerely apologize.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/05/strong-brew/

evidence has surfaced that President Obama has added "tea-bagger" to his public lexicon

tucked in a sneak peak of Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter's new book, "The Promise: President Obama, Year One," to be released May 18.

"This remark is the equivalent of using the 'n' word. It shows contempt for middle America, expressed knowingly, contemptuously, on purpose, and with a smirk. It is indefensible to use this word. The president knows what it means, and his people know what it means. The public thought we reached a new low of incivility during the Clinton administration. Well, the Obama administration has just outdone them," ATR president Grover Norquist tells Inside the Beltway.

African Americans were the original people to define the N Word as offensive. An equivalent situation has now been declared by the victims of the T Word. There are strong geographic and social prejudices ingrained in the use of the word, as Norquist says. And, due to the Tea Party's homogeneous racial makeup, there is a strong racist element in the T Word.

I call on all forum members to cease using this offensive, crude, racist, and uncivil word. Please replace it with the appropriate term "Tea Partiers."

 

[dammitgibs]

While I think it's a bit of a stretch to compare it to the n-word I certainly associate it with the vocabulary of the Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olberman types and think it's highly inappropriate and unprofessional for the president to use it. But if that's the image he wants to portray and wants to alienate that large a percentage of people then by all means, go for it.

 

[Perknose]

As a devoted Lipton drinker I am enraged at your attempts to denigrate and even banish this upstanding and completely legitimate term.

Flo-through forever! :twisted:

 

[Greenman]

I guess he's calling a spade a spade.

 

[palehorse]

The race card is the last hope the Dems have for November and beyond; so, seriously, who didn't see this bullshit coming?

 

[her209]

Arizona Tea Baggers

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Seriously though: the metaphor of a scrotum being put into a mouth seems appropriate for serious discourse on the future direction of the country.

 

[Nemesis 1]

I guess he's calling a spade a spade.

LOL its like the wig party wigging out

 

[Throckmorton]

So what are you supposed to call them? Teabag-Americans?

 

[MikeMike]

man you guys are slow...

you are supposed to call them "Republicans"

and thus, Barack Obama has just combined the Tea baggers and all right leaning people, by declaring Tea Baggers a racist term...

 

[Rhonda the Sly]

The public thought we reached a new low of incivility during the Clinton administration. Well, the Obama administration has just outdone them," ATR president Grover Norquist tells Inside the Beltway.

Simmer down, Grover Norquist. There's just no way...

 

[heyheybooboo]

Simmer down, Grover Norquist. There's just no way...

This.

Grover Norquist is, at best, a Special Interest Looter who thinks Jack Abramoff did nothing wrong.

At worst, he is simply a Lee Atwater/Karl Rove Wannabe peddling Con Hate and Influence For Sale.

If the Tea Baggers want to advance to any type of legitimacy they could do much better than recycling this Con Job.





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[Jhhnn]

Heh. Norquist and a "dirty" "T word"- for him, that usually means "Taxes". I mean, he is out of his anti-tax mind, having compared progressive taxes to the holocaust...

I seriously doubt most tea partiers had any idea as to the alternate meaning of "teabag" before it was pointed out to them. They've often used the term themselves, rather proudly-

http://blog.reidreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/proud-teabagger.png

http://picklepumpers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tea-bagger-fun.jpg

It wasn't Obama who used the term, anyway, but one of his staffers. And, uhh, I thought Righties eschewed the whole political correctness thing, anyway...

Not to mention that sourcing is important- Both the Inquirer and the Globe probably have more honest news than the Rev Moon's rag, the Washington Times...

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Looks like the teabaggers have a bad case of being able to dish it out but not being able to take it.

 

[highland145]

Looks like the teabaggers have a bad case of being able to dish it out but not being able to take it.

Examples?

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Examples?

Of teabaggers name-calling? Are you serious?

 

[highland145]

Of teabaggers name-calling? Are you serious?

Sure. I have ignored their "protests." Not enough violence for me. Now, AZ and Greece are just titillating.

How do you say anything with a bag in your mouth?:\

 

[CitizenKain]

Maybe the teabaggers should have been smart enough to research a word before naming their movement after it, but I guess that was too much to expect.

 

[highland145]

Maybe the teabaggers should have been smart enough to research a word before naming their movement after it, but I guess that was too much to expect.

Middle aged, middle class peeps don't have any idea that terms/phrases, they grew up with, have been given alternate meanings.

At the same time, the prez should be above using derogatory terms, if that's what he did. Haven't bothered to read any articles on the subject.

 

[spidey07]

Maybe the teabaggers should have been smart enough to research a word before naming their movement after it, but I guess that was too much to expect.

It's the Tea Party.

Taxed Enough Already. Only the racist left came up with tea bagger. And I'd much rather be the tea bagger than the tea bagee.

 

[highland145]

And I'd much rather be the tea bagger than the tea bagee.

With my luck the bagee would be a left wing fruit and nut eater.

 

[RearAdmiral]

This is our word! Only we can call each other Tea baggers. I demand reparations.

 

[highland145]

This is our word! Only we can call each other Tea baggers. I demand reparations.

You must be one of those lefty infiltrators. The right doesn't believe in reparations.

 

[nobodyknows]

I call on all forum members to cease using this offensive, crude, racist, and uncivil word. Please replace it with the appropriate term "Tea Partiers."

How about "Nut Baggers"? It has more of a ring to it.

 

[xj0hnx]

It's the Tea Party.

Taxed Enough Already. Only the racist left came up with tea bagger.

Yip. The leftist medias job is to marginalize, and slander.