tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post5568866253913588621..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Bitter Old White PeopleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-74340472136971241802010-07-14T08:31:12.513-04:002010-07-14T08:31:12.513-04:00"If teabaggers got the country they wanted, t..."If teabaggers got the country they wanted, they'd be eaten alive."<br /><br />Indeed, and that thought occurs to me when I see all these bitter old white folk on Medicare complaining about "socialism!"Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-67412974026792902192010-07-14T00:01:16.281-04:002010-07-14T00:01:16.281-04:00What I love is that these bitter old white people,...What I love is that these bitter old white people, bitching about "socialism," would have a fit if you actually paid them only what they paid into Social Security, and took away all the underlying programs that mean they don't have to work for pennies a day in a factory until they drop dead at the machines!<br /><br />If teabaggers got the country they wanted, they'd be eaten alive.MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-84415162732258538002010-07-13T19:08:35.182-04:002010-07-13T19:08:35.182-04:00JCF,
I meant BITTER old white guys. Your dad wou...JCF,<br /><br />I meant BITTER old white guys. Your dad would not qualify; too sane and too happy.<br /><br />Mine wouldn't have qualified either for the same reasons. I doubt he would be an Obama supporter (too old school Republican), but he supported gay marriage long before it became legal anywhere.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-65643871749286057522010-07-13T18:06:32.589-04:002010-07-13T18:06:32.589-04:00My dad is the same vintage as the guy in the pic (...My dad is the same vintage as the guy in the pic (WW2 vet, "Old White Guy").<br /><br />But he's a proud Obama supporter, who <i>loathes</i> Teabagger Wingnuts (He leaves MSNBC on most of the day, the way I do! ;-/)<br /><br />In other words, it's not just age, and gender, and "melanin-deficiency". <br /><br />My dad has at least one foot left in <i>Reality</i>, and the Teabagger Wingnuts are "a sandwich short of a picnic."<br /><br />What's made the difference, I wonder?<br /><br />[JCF guesses: California Dept of Fish&Game employee for 40 years (Government good; corporations, less so!). Recently-deceased sister-in-law: African-American (so not isolated in his whiteness). Last but not least: Episcopalian! :-D (Doubt that there are very many Episcopal Teabaggers, <i>verdad?</i>)]JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-32837742349356660022010-07-13T13:45:32.768-04:002010-07-13T13:45:32.768-04:00Good post, Counterlight. I was reminded of a peace...Good post, Counterlight. I was reminded of a peace demonstration the Peace-Life Center did in front of a congressman's hometown office when I lived in Modesto in the late 70s. All the WWII conscientious objectors who were in their 70s and some young folks were there. It was a daytime demonstration. As we stood there with our signs people would drive by and honk if they agreed with them, but others would roll down their windows and yell "Get a job!" Most of the folks there were retired! It tickled the heck out of them that there weren't any more creative objections coming down the street!susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.com