Tea Party Summer Camp for Kids! Apparently, not a joke.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@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?

[purplehorseshoe]

@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.

[Little_Nemo]

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.

[Little_Nemo]

@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.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

Please tell me you have a link to a Berlin Wall marriage thread.

[tdn]

@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.

[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.

[Hentor_the_Barbarian]

@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?

[Darth_Panda]

@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…

[elucidator]

@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.

[BrainGlutton]

@Darth_Panda

I’m assuming the confetti will be made out of select parts of the Constitution…

But nothing later than the 12th Amendment.

[Guinastasia]

“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.

[Duke]

@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

[Freudian_Slit]

@BrainGlutton

Awesome, indeed. For certain values of “tea.”

Earl Grey?

[BrainGlutton]

@Freudian_Slit

Earl Grey?

Close. Acapulco Gold.

[EvilTOJ]

@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.

[BrainGlutton]

@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.)

[BobLibDem]

@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

[Little_Nemo]

@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 about the woman.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

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