# Tea Party Summer Camp for Kids! Apparently, not a joke. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 20, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150 "2011-06-20T14:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/21 "2011-06-20T16:22:20Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > At this point, I’m having trouble distinguishing the difference between these modern day conservatives and Scientologists. Pretty soon they’ll be writing their own holy book and try to start a church. [What’s this “pretty soon” stuff?](http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/22 "2011-06-20T16:23:52Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > At this point, I’m having trouble distinguishing the difference between these modern day conservatives and Scientologists. Pretty soon they’ll be writing their own holy book and try to start a church. They’re already (always) pushing for less taxes, the next step is tax exemption for the believers I … hadn’t thought about it that way until now. You, my dear, are absolutely correct, and I, my dear, am absolutely horrified now. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/23 "2011-06-20T16:26:28Z")
Sure those kids will only be at camp for a few weeks. But they’ll learn a valuable lesson that will last them a lifetime. They’ll learn that Tea Party people are nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/24 "2011-06-20T16:32:31Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > Briefly reading the article it appears likely the children, ages 8 - 12, would likely be coming from parents who are already seriously committed to the ideals of the Tea Party. Therefore, the children probably already have a taste for what will come. This camp is not forced on the families by an outside institution, it is a choice made freely by the parents. > > Well, okay then. We’re in America, and I believe that folks have the right to exercise their belief systems as they choose. > > Personally it seems silly to me, but I do not like any alternative that destroys the ability for free people to choose to exercise their rights as guaranteed under our Constitution. > > Any attempt to do so would seem to prove the point of the Tea Party more than whatever perceived benefit disrupting the camp may bring. We had a woman that used to post here that said she was married to the Berlin Wall. She got real upset when other posters suggested she might have mental issues. She said that she was free to believe whatever she wanted to believe. I posted we’re all free to believe whatever we want to believe. She’s free to believe she’s married to the Berlin Wall. And the rest of us are free to believe she’s crazy. So people are free to be Tea Partiers. And people are free to laugh at Tea Partiers. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/25 "2011-06-20T16:38:40Z")
Please tell me you have a link to a Berlin Wall marriage thread. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/26 "2011-06-20T16:44:15Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > It seems to me that this could be turned into a very fun activity for young children. Who is up for a game of “Duck, Duck, Don’t use the long arm of liberal big government to quash my freedom to exercise my individual rights”? Just as soon as we’re done playing Pin the Blame on the Liberals. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/27 "2011-06-20T16:54:15Z")
Tea Party Tots. Got a nice ring to it! Sounds like a great way to completely turn kids off to civics class. But whatever floats your boat. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/28 "2011-06-20T17:22:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Tea Party Tots. Got a nice ring to it! > > Sounds like a great way to completely turn kids off to civics class. But whatever floats your boat. You’re right - one of the first things I thought about is how this thing is so very much not like Schoolhouse Rock! Gee, we could either set the Preamble to the Constitution to a catchy little tune for kids to remember, or we could make them pick up confetti in order to teach them responsibility. I wonder if they warn them beforehand that they will be picking up the confetti afterwards, so that they can exercise their right to not throw the confetti in the first place. Or are they required to engage in collective activities with the group? Are they required to say the Pledge of Allegiance during Tea Party Summer Camp? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/29 "2011-06-20T17:30:01Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > You’re right - one of the first things I thought about is how this thing is so very much not like Schoolhouse Rock! Gee, we could either set the Preamble to the Constitution to a catchy little tune for kids to remember, or we could make them pick up confetti in order to teach them responsibility. > > I wonder if they warn them beforehand that they will be picking up the confetti afterwards, so that they can exercise their right to not throw the confetti in the first place. Or are they required to engage in collective activities with the group? Are they required to say the Pledge of Allegiance during Tea Party Summer Camp? I’m assuming the confetti will be made out of select parts of the Constitution… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/30 "2011-06-20T17:30:02Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > … Or are they required to engage in collective activities with the group? Are they required to say the Pledge of Allegiance during Tea Party Summer Camp? Not a “collective activity”. This is a group of individuals acting in unison around a common goal. Collective activity is brain-numbed ciphers acting in lockstep unity to the demands of the hive-mind. Totally different. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/31 "2011-06-20T17:46:01Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I’m assuming the confetti will be made out of select parts of the Constitution… But nothing later than the 12th Amendment. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 20, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/32 "2011-06-20T17:51:28Z")
“Red-white-and-blue confetti will be thrown. But afterward the kids will have to clean up the confetti, learning that with freedom comes responsibility.” You mean like when you fuck up the environment and have to fix it after you…oh wait, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/33 "2011-06-20T17:52:05Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > This one time, at Lap Band Camp… When I skimmed through this thread I saw this a “Lap Dance Camp”. Well my parents never sent _me_ to Lap Dance Camp ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/34 "2011-06-20T18:00:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Awesome, indeed. For certain values of “tea.” Earl Grey? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/35 "2011-06-20T18:03:34Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Earl Grey? Close. Acapulco Gold. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/36 "2011-06-20T18:17:58Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > When I skimmed through this thread I saw this a “Lap Dance Camp”. Well my parents never sent _me_ to Lap Dance Camp ☹ It’s not that great. Turns out you have to learn how to lap dance. The instructors are fat middle aged guys. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/37 "2011-06-20T18:24:16Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > When I skimmed through this thread I saw this a “Lap Dance Camp”. Well my parents never sent _me_ to Lap Dance Camp ☹ Pssst: Actually, that was one of several futile attempts at renaming Camp Crystal Lake. (Some attempts fooled the public, but none fooled Jason.) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/38 "2011-06-20T18:49:42Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Please tell me you have a link to a Berlin Wall marriage thread. Presumably she’s a widow now. Apparently this wasn’t a joke: [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2035996/Woman-married-to-Berlin-Wall-for-29-years.html](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2035996/Woman-married-to-Berlin-Wall-for-29-years.html) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/39 "2011-06-20T18:58:25Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Please tell me you have a link to a Berlin Wall marriage thread. It appears my memory played me false. There were some threads on this board joking about the situation but the thread where she posted back was on Opal’s Fathom board not here. Here’s an [article](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2035996/Woman-married-to-Berlin-Wall-for-29-years.html) about the woman. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/40 "2011-06-20T18:58:37Z")
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