Tea Partiers Bent On Ruining Americans' Family Vacations
POSTED BY: Niki2
UPDATED: Sunday, August 8, 2010 15:40
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I'm sorry, but it's to laugh...you just GOTTA laugh: They're ACTORS, guys, y'know?? 
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http://gawker.com/5601740/tea-partiers-bent-on-ruining-americans-famil
Unsatisfied with being belligerent at town hall meetings and creating racist signs, Tea Party activists are swarming on Williamsburg, Virginia this summer to ruin educational family vacations by yelling and asking costumed reenactors how to overthrow the government. Ugh.
There's always a guy on a guided tour who's wearing a fanny pack and knee high socks, asking really stupid questions and embarrassing the rest of his family, right? Now add some loud, uninformed right wing zealotry, and you've got Colonial Williamsburg Summer 2010! The Washington Post went to Williamsburg and described the scene there these days, as Tea Party activists take in the sights and look to meet the Founding Fathers in person:Quote:
Yes, man wearing a wig and dressed up as George Washington, do tell us! The Tea Partiers travel to Williamsburg seeking answers from actors, as opposed to, say, checking out a book from the library. Fair enough. Some Tea Partiers, like Bob Rohrbacher, who was inspired by none other than Glenn Beck to visit Williamsburg, think the members of our big bad government should "all should come here and listen. They've forgotten about America." But the Tea Partiers themselves don't always hear what they want to hear:
They stand in the crowd listening closely as the costumed actors relive dramatic moments in the founding of our country. They clap loudly when an actor portraying Patrick Henry delivers his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech. They cheer and hoot when Gen. George Washington surveys the troops behind the original 18th-century courthouse. And they shout out about the tyranny of our current government during scenes depicting the nation's struggle for freedom from Britain.
"General, when is it appropriate to resort to arms to fight for our liberty?" asked a tourist on a recent weekday during "A Conversation with George Washington," a hugely popular dialogue between actor and audience in the shaded backyard of Charlton's CoffeehouseQuote:
(Sigh).
Sometimes, the activists appear surprised when the Founding Fathers don't always provide the "give 'em hell" response they seem to be looking for.
When a tourist asked George Washington a question about what should be done to those colonists who remain loyal to the tyrannical British king, Washington interjected: "I hope that we're all loyal, sir" -- a reminder that Washington, far from being an early agitator against the throne, was among those who sought to avoid revolution until the very end.
When another audience member asked the general to reflect on the role of prayer and religion in politics, he said: "Prayers, sir, are a man's private concern. They are not a matter of public interest. And nor should they be. There is nothing so personal as a man's relationship with his creator."
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Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off 
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You are an old whore...bent on ruing a site for people that hate alliance types...fuck off.
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Hello,
I like to believe that the Tea Partiers can have fun with everyone else in communicating with these historical re-enactors. I note this: ""A Conversation with George Washington," a hugely popular dialogue between actor and audience" is a hugely popular dialogue, not just for Tea Partiers, but for all comers. Why should the Tea Partiers be derided for enjoying this dialogue, and not others? Why is it the Tea Partiers who need to check out a book from the library, while all other tourists who enjoy this show are presumably normal educated persons?
Sometimes this anti-tea-party rhetoric dismays me. It smacks of 'All Muslims are Terrorists' nonsense. These are just people enthusiastic about certain aspects of American History, enjoying a show about American History. They're not ruining things for anyone.
*sigh*
--Anthony
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The only ones being belligerent and disrespectful at town hall meetings are the congressman and senators, not the citizens.
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These dumbasses in the tea parties are bent on ruining America, as well as this site.
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Ya know what made me laugh, "Newsweek" being sold for $1........funny 
Those arn't boobs, they're lies! - Stewie Griffn
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The Tea Partiers are serious about this stuff; as evidenced by the "when is it okay to take up arms" question. It's not the same, in my opinion. Using the Founding Fathers in an ad endorsing attacking the government is a prime example. I'm sorry, but I see it differently.
As to the town halls, there are tons of videos of people disrupting them, don't make me laugh.
As to SF, yup, they're a sanctuary city, and know what's weird? They haven't blown up or fallen off the Earth...nor is there more violence from all them illegal Messicans...wow.
As usual, I didn't watch the videos. "The only ones being belligerent and disrespectful at town hall meetings" was sufficient to tell me I needn't bother with the first two, given I've already seen the many videos of Tea Partiers being belligerent...AND the "instructions" for them to do so. The other one was an idjit, I certainly agree, and disrespectful...but "belligerent"? No, he was quite calm and relaxed, I saw no belligerence
Which is neither here nor there: You wanna see REAL belligerence, disruption and disrespect?
That's enough, I don't want to spend more time on it.
Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off
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Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
The Tea Partiers are serious about this stuff; as evidenced by the "when is it okay to take up arms" question. It's not the same, in my opinion. Using the Founding Fathers in an ad endorsing attacking the government is a prime example. I'm sorry, but I see it differently.
As to the town halls, there are tons of videos of people disrupting them, don't make me laugh.
As to SF, yup, they're a sanctuary city, and know what's weird? They haven't blown up or fallen off the Earth...nor is there more violence from all them illegal Messicans...wow.
As usual, I didn't watch the videos. "The only ones being belligerent and disrespectful at town hall meetings" was sufficient to tell me I needn't bother with the first two, given I've already seen the many videos of Tea Partiers being belligerent...AND the "instructions" for them to do so. The other one was an idjit, I certainly agree, and disrespectful...but "belligerent"? No, he was quite calm and relaxed, I saw no belligerence
Which is neither here nor there: You wanna see REAL belligerence, disruption and disrespect?
That's enough, I don't want to spend more time on it.
Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off
You filthy dirty rotten old hag. How dare you lump all tea partiers together. You are an old cunt of a women. Get a job. Get off of SSI. Then sit on a bike with no seat. Read what I just wrote, again, once more.....now go die.
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Annnd Kane provides us with a perfect example of the very behavior we're calling em on, how convenient.
Yanno, if I was gonna cosplay one of the founders, it'd be Patrick Henry, cause he's just awesome, not to mention he was damn near prophetic - almost every word of warning he gave em came true, often far beyond his worst-case estimates.
-Frem
I do not serve the Blind God.
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Normally I lurk on political stuff, but as a reenactor I feel compelled on this one. Please people, keep your wacka-do family at home. I've played everything from a British soldier in WWII to a confederate in the civil war, and CHRIST ON ICE SKATES do we have some crazy and moronic people in this country. People coming up to me when I'm a confederate, "I'll be right there with you guys when Arizona succeeds!" I just repress an eye twitch I've developed and move along.
This comes from the same brand of people who ask me
"it's 92 today, is that wool hot?"
"You can't really know you're being accurate, there were no cameras in WWII"
"Are those real guns?"
"Is that a real fire?"
"you actually sleep in tents?!"
and my favorite "so why are you dressed up like British guys, they weren't in WWII"
"...we need a hood ornament..."
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