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Originally Posted by roachboy
it's ironic what a delicate flower you now pretend to be, cimarron.
so wounded and outraged by the arrows of fortune.
so what exactly was the tea party "movement" **for** initially? you know, before it got co-opted by the various forces of Evil.
i know what it was against.
so let's see.
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Dude, I'm not wounded. You are completely missing my point. For the last few months, every time you pop into a thread to contribute, your post will ALWAYS include some disparagement about conservatives. You will extrapolate a single statement made by a single person across ALL conservatives. This is new to you, and I don't know why you feel the need. It stifles the conversation. It places people into defensive mode - not wounded or victimized, just pissed off that they can't get a word in without some disparagement. Rather than exchanging ideas and letting those ideas bear out who has a better argument, it slams the door on constructive debate. If your position on Obama vs. Hoover is, "Obama is not Hoover and this is why...." then say it. Instead, you start with, "GOOOD LOOORD! There is no end to what conservatives will concoct in their surreal blah blah blah." Conservatives didn't suggest that, Ace did. But you still picked the fight. I would have sided with all of you on that debate, but instead I got lumped with the other side unjustly.
So, just think about. You're going to do what you want to do, but at least consider that picking a fight every time might be interfering with the threads.
As for what the TEA party is *for*, I would say that the most widely heard views at rallies were:
A balanced budget amendment.
Fund it, then spend it - not the other way around.
Fair taxation (admittedly broad).
A simplification of the income tax code.
An end to unrelated earmarks on bills and an end pork projects
Term Limit Amendment for Congress
Now, I ask you. Do those things make us horrible people? Are any of those things outrageous?