Tea Party Fail

[MattShizzle]

One of their tshirts. LOL.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e162/MattGo74/socilismfail.jpg

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Who could possibly have a problem with the philosophy of the Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living?

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Haha....this reminds me of that video they made where they tried to convince people that they weren't racist. Meaning that at the end of the day they just end up making themselves look even more laughable than they already are.

[Mac]

http://unrepentantoldhippie.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/moran1.jpg

[Ose]

http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/o/0/4/no-pubic-option-sign.jpg

[Klaatu]

A question:

Do Americans KNOW what Socialism is?

[Mythbuster]

A question:

Do Americans KNOW what Socialism is?

Sadly, most Americans do not. They attack it and fear it and have all these misconceptions from their schools using straw men arguments.

[Rafiq]

Americans think Socialism is the same as the European welfare state.

[Mythbuster]

Americans think Socialism is the same as the European welfare state.

And it is a dictatorship like Stalin, hitler and those other evil men.

[LegendZ]

And it is a dictatorship like Stalin, hitler and those other evil men.don't forget the muslims.

[Agent Equality]

don't forget the muslims.

this made me lol. I'm sorry :D Yes for americunz, Socialism is pretty much the empire from Star wars with an added twist: they (the socialists) want to take ur freedumz and giv it to tha "poor uneducated lazy disgusting peasants"

[Tablo]

I live in Alabama and most people I've talked to at this point have no qualms with socialism. The main issue they've brought up is the practicality of it/achieving it and the lack of time/energy to focus on politics. So, I don't think the common perception of socialism is necessarily bad in the US. It is actually getting a lot better with the younger generations that didn't live during the cold war.

[Coach Trotsky]

A question:

Do Americans KNOW what Socialism is?
Fuck no they don't.
To them, it's whatever 'Americans' aren't supposed to like, as told to them by the mass media, preachers, politicians and their bosses.

[Rooster]

Some people on here don't know what socialism is so you can excuse the majority of people for not knowing.

[Tablo]

While a lot of people in the US don't know what socialism, a lot here don't know what it is either. When you explain socialism most Americans, even in the south. support it.

[redhotpoker]

http://unrepentantoldhippie.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/moran1.jpg

That's an understandable typo.....even if the sign is bollocks as the english say.

[Susurrus]

That's an understandable typo.....even if the sign is bollocks as the english say.

You didn't notice that that sign also misspells "Amercia."

[gendoikari]

You didn't notice that that sign also misspells "Amercia."

Dude i can't even read america in that sign.

[Thirsty Crow]

No pubic option :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Fulanito de Tal]

I saw a bumper sticker the other that said, "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."

[MattShizzle]

Not too many Americans know what Socialism is. I believe most who do are actually Socialists themselves. Hell, look how many people call Obama one, and he's obviously far from it.

[Fulanito de Tal]

Go on the politics section of yahoo answers. You'll see some pretty stupid people. It's fun to troll them when I'm bored sometimes.

[Dzerzhinsky's Ghost]

"I think it's clear we need to infrom the people about Socilism so the Mueslughms can't take over Amuriqa with their evil geehud."

What I got out of this thread. Winning.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Americans think Socialism is the same as the European welfare state.

Many do, yes. And that goes both ways. Even many people who claim to support socialism in reality advocate a copy of their idealized image of Swedish capitalism.

Of course there are socialisms, corresponding to different classes. This was mentioned by Marx and Engels many times (including prominently in the Communist Manifesto), but has been largely buried in the years since, largely by the advocates of bourgeois, petty-bourgeois and clerical socialism who seek to mobilize working people under their leadership.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Hell, look how many people call Obama one, and he's obviously far from it.

That's tied in with the history of the right and nativism in the United States. Here, for many years now, "socialism" has been a code word for "un-American," un-White, foreign, etc. ... sort of how "states' rights" is a code word for racialism.

[Fulanito de Tal]

sort of how "states' rights" is a code word for racialism.

please elaborate

[Susurrus]

please elaborate

"The Civil War was a war over states rights." "The federal government should have left desegregation to the state governments." etcetc

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

That's an understandable typo.....even if the sign is bollocks as the english say.

How can a hand-written sign have a typo?

In any case, it's obvious that these people don't put a whole lot of thought into them.

[Sam_b]

Because everything on the left is correctly spelled and acurate, right?

[Quail]

^ Well when I'm making a banner I make sure it's spelled correctly and looks good.

[Agent Ducky]

Because everything on the left is correctly spelled and acurate, right?

acurate. Lol.

[ColonelCossack]

from now on my new tendency is socilism.

oh my god!!!! I'm gonna make a group of that...

Edit: there! done :D

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Because everything on the left is correctly spelled and acurate, right?

Quail's got the right idea; it's a good idea to take extra care with the spelling and grammar of a sign or banner, because if badly done it can dilute the impact by giving an impression of stupidity and/or laziness.

[Susurrus]

Because everything on the left is correctly spelled and acurate, right?

To be fair, I've never seen a misspelled leftist protest sign

[NoOneIsIllegal]

A question:

Do Americans KNOW what Socialism is?
Americans are highly in favor of socialism.
What we oppose is socilism.

[Sam_b]

I guess I deserved to not spell 'accurate' correctly.


Well when I'm making a banner I make sure it's spelled correctly and looks good.

Congratulations on doing good at school then. Unfortunately, a lot of working class people from poorer socio-economic backgrounds wh identify with the tea party, in the same way that the far-right has been able to make gains amongst these areas in the UK, didn't do well at school, and are very impressionable to such destructive ideas. Should we be laughing at this 'fail', or trying to understand a very serious message here?

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

To be fair, I've never seen a misspelled leftist protest sign

I have. Because I made it. One of the first ones I ever made in fact. Luckily I realized it while I was still making it.

I've seen others with misspelled signs in protests. I don't think being a leftist makes you infallible.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

please elaborate

"States' rights in U.S. politics refers to political powers reserved for the U.S. state governments rather than the federal government. It is often considered a loaded term because of its use in opposition to federally mandated racial desegregation....

"Over the following decades, another central dispute over states' rights moved to the forefront. The issue of slavery polarized the union, with the Jeffersonian principles often being used by both sides—anti-slavery Northerners, and Southern slaveholders and secessionists—in debates that ultimately led to the American Civil War. Supporters of slavery often argued that one of the rights of the states was the protection of slave property wherever it went, a position endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1857 Dred Scott decision....

"During the heyday of the African-American civil rights movement, the term 'states' rights' was used as a code word by defenders of segregation. In 1948 it was the official name of the "Dixiecrat" party led by white supremacist presidential candidate Strom Thurmond. Democratic governor George Wallace, of Alabama, who famously declared in his inaugural address in 1962, 'Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!'—later remarked that he should have said, 'States' rights now! States' rights tomorrow! States' rights forever!'"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_rights

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Congratulations on doing good at school then. Unfortunately, a lot of working class people from poorer socio-economic backgrounds wh identify with the tea party, in the same way that the far-right has been able to make gains amongst these areas in the UK, didn't do well at school, and are very impressionable to such destructive ideas. Should we be laughing at this 'fail', or trying to understand a very serious message here?

You don't need to have done well at school in order to spell correctly - if you can read at all, then you can look up the spellings of words in a dictionary. If someone can't take what little time and effort is needed to make sure one's all-important message to the world doesn't have its impact blunted by sophomoric spelling mistakes, why should anyone listen to what they have to say?

[Klaatu]

I saw a bumper sticker the other that said, "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."

They should have said "liberalism."

In Socialism, however, there are no poor, no rich, no unemployment, no recessions, no greed, no theft, no war machine, no broken promises, no money-in-politics, no boom-and-bust-cycle, no illiteracy, no dropouts, no forced religion nor religious propaganda, no need for political propaganda...

did I miss anything?

[Klaatu]

You don't need to have done well at school in order to spell correctly - if you can read at all, then you can look up the spellings of words in a dictionary. If someone can't take what little time and effort is needed to make sure one's all-important message to the world doesn't have its impact blunted by sophomoric spelling mistakes, why should anyone listen to what they have to say?

HA - you should see how bad my spelling is before I actually post something (looks good after I run it through my spell-checker though)

It goes be-boop be- boop be-boop be- boop be-boop be- boop for about ten minutes :lol:

[Pioneers_Violin]

These Tea Partiers seem more and more like the good old Religious Fundamentalists I used to debate with.
The Fundies couldn't spell at all well and their grammar was atrocious.

Yes, everyone makes spelling and grammatical errors but Atheists and Lefties make far fewer.
Maybe the process of thinking about something causes one to spell it out better?


I feel that the Tea Party signs are perfect just the way they are.
The whole world can see the stunning intellect of the bearer at a glance.

I resolve to do my part by not pointing out spelling errors to Tea Party people and I will try to keep a straight face while doing so.

[Klaatu]

Yes, everyone makes spelling and grammatical errors but Atheists and Lefties make far fewer.

That's because Atheists and Lefties are usually far more educated.

I make a few spelling errors, but that's because I type too fast and carelessly. I don't make them when I write something down on paper.



Maybe the process of thinking about something causes one to spell it out better?

True. I have noticed, through many debates with Religious and Righties, is that they "parrot" everything they hear from their mentors. Makes me think that most of them are not capable of forming an original thought on their own? (maybe they are afraid to - their preachers warn them they must not do so...)