# I'm not sure why, but the "Tea Party" Tax Protests really rub me the wrong way. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 15, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149 "2009-04-15T05:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/301 "2009-04-18T12:40:49Z")
I do not believe in evil. I do not want to live in a Nazi dictatorship, but I do not ascribe supernatural origins to systems of government that I abhor. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/302 "2009-04-18T13:19:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I do not ascribe supernatural origins to systems of government that I abhor. Me either. The confusion must lie in my choice of the word “evil.” Admittedly I am using the word improperly; even though it may be incorrect to do so, I am equating “evil” with “something I think is \*\*\*extremely \*\*\*bad.” ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/303 "2009-04-18T13:21:12Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I also think Nazism, communism, totalitarianism, and fascism are evil. Why do you not think Nazism is evil? What the hell does Nazism have to do with socialism, besides the fact that both of them end in -ism? You’re like the bizarro version of my mother. Capitalism is teh evil, according to her. But this doesn’t stop her from going on shopping sprees and living in a huge McMansion in an overly manicured cul de sac. Or pigging out on pesticide- and hormone-enriched foods produced by exploitative agrabusinesses all around the world. I’m betting you had to take a public road on your way to the protest site. It must have made your blood boil to be on the Road of Evil. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/304 "2009-04-18T13:23:42Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I also think Nazism, communism, totalitarianism, and fascism are evil. Why do you not think Nazism is evil? You’re kidding with this, right? “Socialism is evil.” “Why?” “Because, duh. It’s bad.” “But why?” “Why do you love Nazis?” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/305 "2009-04-18T13:26:21Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > “Why do you love Nazis?” > > :dubious: Well, they **were** sharp dressers. That counts for something. Maybe that’s why nobody thinks the neo-nazis are cool. A screaming bald guy in fatigues and a Swastika armband just doesn’t look quite so cool as Skorzeny in his dress uniform. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/306 "2009-04-18T13:43:45Z")
Or Heyrdrich! Tall, blond, face like granite hatchet! Mmmm, I’ll be in my bunker… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/307 "2009-04-18T14:00:11Z")
Ve have vays of making you horny. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/308 "2009-04-18T15:00:44Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I am equating “evil” with “something I think is \*\*\*extremely \*\*\*bad.” Seeing how you ignored my first question, I’ll ask another, more direct querie. What are the qualities of socialism that are extremely bad to you? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/309 "2009-04-18T16:17:26Z")
"Good is better than evil 'cause it’s **nicer!"** – Mammy Yokum ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/310 "2009-04-18T20:21:02Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Well, they **were** sharp dressers. That counts for something. > > Maybe that’s why nobody thinks the neo-nazis are cool. A screaming bald guy in fatigues and a Swastika armband just doesn’t look quite so cool as Skorzeny in his dress uniform. > > -Joe [Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_August_Wilhelm_of_Prussia) was pretty hot too. **Crafter\_Man** : Communism, Nazism, and fascism are all totalitarian, tyranical types of government, that usually employ supression, torture, oppression, and hatred. Socialism does none of the above. (And please, don’t anyone pull out the old canard that the Nazis were “Nationalist SOCIALIST” and that Soviets were the Union of the Soviet SOCIALIST Republic. Because, by that logic, the Soviet Union was also a REPUBLIC.) ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/311 "2009-04-18T20:53:15Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I also think Nazism, communism, totalitarianism, and fascism are evil. Why do you not think Nazism is evil? I think capitalism, consumerism, industrialism, and altruism all end in -ism. Why do you love Hitler? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/312 "2009-04-18T22:19:40Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Maybe that’s why nobody thinks the neo-nazis are cool. A screaming bald guy in fatigues and a Swastika armband just doesn’t look quite so cool as Skorzeny in his dress uniform. [Indeed](http://www.gis.net/~cht/nazirant.html): > [@](#): > > What’s ironic is that the majority of these so-called “pure Ayrans” wouldn’t have passed the genetic purity tests of their Nazi predecessors. Chins and foreheads were a MUST for the Ayran Superman, way back when. As were a full set of teeth and ONLY 10 fingers and toes! To see some of these shallow end of the gene pool types parading around in SS uniforms strikes me as hysterically funny. The SS were the best of the best, according to Nazi genetic ideology. The real Nazis would have trucked these modern “Ayrans” off to the death camps without a second thought. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149.md?page=15)