tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post3798203650875150483..comments2023-05-25T06:44:40.265-05:00Comments on The Motley Cow: Senator Grothman's epistemic closure.Mpetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18399880071535547324noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-53251626666855852892010-05-06T16:51:25.320-05:002010-05-06T16:51:25.320-05:00Debate these people? The press covered very well ...Debate these people? The press covered very well how they debate at last years townhall meetings.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00740578212883802524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-68134160989341512392010-05-05T17:58:11.720-05:002010-05-05T17:58:11.720-05:00John and Larry,
By calling these people obscene na...John and Larry,<br />By calling these people obscene names and stereotypically mocking them, you are making them stronger in their resolve. You are also allowing the same stereotyping to occur back at you. That is why I used the elitist term. Who cares if a sign said teabaggers at a rally- that doesn't allow you to mock all of them or dismiss what they think as a movement. Like I said debate these people on the merits and you will change minds and earn respect. Until them you are as bad as them.James Dionnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12842077223274364006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-65060504585823604162010-05-05T14:06:24.999-05:002010-05-05T14:06:24.999-05:00James Dionne: I gathered from Wikipedia what was m...James Dionne: I gathered from Wikipedia what was my thought exactly: "tea baggers" has been used to ridicule the movement <i>after it appeared self-referentially on signs at Tea Party rallies.</i><br /><br />"We" didn't start the fire, all elitist asses that "we" are.John Josthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475941722391501493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-58299545430660167192010-05-03T15:14:41.362-05:002010-05-03T15:14:41.362-05:00James. Thank you for your comments. You have no ...James. Thank you for your comments. You have no idea how much I enjoyed your post.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00740578212883802524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-69113778182342533422010-05-02T19:07:05.507-05:002010-05-02T19:07:05.507-05:00Take a deep breath James, your use of the term &q...Take a deep breath James, your use of the term "elitist" is part of the same epistemic closure.. we all need to find a way to get outside of this box.<br /><br />The Tea Party folks have been asking perfectly reasonable questions -- like, how is it I'm no longer in control of my country?<br /><br />But they've been getting their answers from corporations. Those on the Left have not been forthcoming with equally good answers -- the best one I can think of is the one I'm always making: it ain't the government what's the problem, it's them what owns the government is the problem.<br /><br />So there's no point in saying that the Tea Partiers haven't been made dupes by the very people they should be fighting -- and there's no point in denying that any number of Democrats are as culpable, because they too are in the pockets of the corporations.<br /><br />But elitist? No.Mpetersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399880071535547324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-22471857657538993552010-05-02T08:24:46.879-05:002010-05-02T08:24:46.879-05:00Larry,
Your multiple usage of the term "teaba...Larry,<br />Your multiple usage of the term "teabaggers" shows how closed minded and unintelligent YOU really are. You probably think you are cute or witty to use such a phrase to describe these people, don't you? The're so stupid they don't even know about the sex act that it's named for, right Larry? You're an assuming elitist Ass. Wow, you're funny. Grow up already and debate these people on the merits of where they are wrong and then possibly your opinion will be respected, until then you are just as black as the pot.James Dionnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12842077223274364006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-16314605039574604482010-05-01T17:57:07.378-05:002010-05-01T17:57:07.378-05:00Thanks Larry... you know, I always assumed that *...Thanks Larry... you know, I always assumed that *I* was just the court jester.Mpetersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399880071535547324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-41917709123761895172010-05-01T09:32:22.980-05:002010-05-01T09:32:22.980-05:00As a former newspaper reporter, I wash to thank Mo...As a former newspaper reporter, I wash to thank Motley Cow for her* exhaustively considered and well-argued posts. This latest entry is especially so. You are on to something that a few others in the blogosphere have noticed: What used to be the conservative wing of Republican politics is now bailing out, at least philosophically. It's a start. <br />_________<br />*("her" because all cows are of the feminine gender)Man MKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531054697577604925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-50078284105832126272010-05-01T09:28:55.034-05:002010-05-01T09:28:55.034-05:00I hope you raise a lot of money for the victims of...I hope you raise a lot of money for the victims of the fire. <br />when the tea baggers write their letters to the editor I will refuse to believe them when they label you as "all wet"! Those teabaggers sure are the courts jesters aren't they?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00740578212883802524noreply@blogger.com