# Teabaggers mock man with Parkinson's **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 19, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teabaggers-mock-man-with-parkinsons/533009 "2010-03-19T14:29:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teabaggers-mock-man-with-parkinsons/533009/301 "2010-03-27T15:01:20Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Please. Liberals have been calling conservatives evil for years. You may not personally believe that conservatives are evil, but trying to aergue tjhat you are on the side that doesn’t engage in such name-calling and villifying is just ridiculous. I see lefties engaging in just as much name-calling and finger-pointing as the righties, true enough, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard an imputation that right-wingers are _disloyal_ and _unAmerican_. Doesn’t mean that that particular stone has not been cast, of course. But it seems to me that about the time that Ronald Reagan and his handlers (i.e. Lee Atwater) got into bed with the Evangelical Right, the Republican Party and the conservative movement in this country adopted a strategy of demonizing the left in a systematic manner. That, in my opinion, is the danger of mixing religion with politics - you blur the distinction between “intellectually mistaken” and “morally corrupt”. I really do so help me God believe in the concept of “the Queen’s loyal opposition”, and it’s an idea that I think is being driven out of American political discourse by people like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter. And the Republicans and Tea Baggers are letting people like that define their discourse. Very dangerous. Like I said, you want to regain some credibility, make George Will your spokesman. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teabaggers-mock-man-with-parkinsons/533009/302 "2010-03-27T16:06:00Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > But it seems to me that about the time that Ronald Reagan and his handlers (i.e. Lee Atwater) got into bed with the Evangelical Right, the Republican Party and the conservative movement in this country adopted a strategy of demonizing the left in a systematic manner. That, in my opinion, is the danger of mixing religion with politics - you blur the distinction between “intellectually mistaken” and “morally corrupt”. That was when I dropped out of the GOP. It was a good decision. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teabaggers-mock-man-with-parkinsons/533009/303 "2010-03-30T16:46:26Z")
[Dr Robert Letcher, former nuclear engineer and the “guy with Parkinson’s” isn’t overly impressed with the “apology” from his assailant.](http://www.parkinsondiary.com/2010/03/30/parky-who-sat-in-the-face-of-teabagger-anger-shares-his-thoughts/) I can’t say I disagree with him. I think the “apology” had much more to do with not liking the consequences of his actions than with any true remorse. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teabaggers-mock-man-with-parkinsons/533009/304 "2010-03-30T18:07:42Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > I think the “apology” had much more to do with not liking the consequences of his actions than with any true remorse. It did seem a lot more like “oh shit I am so scared, if I tell you what you want to hear will you promise not to hurt me” than “I’ve objectively considered my actions and come to the conclusion that I fucked up.” ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teabaggers-mock-man-with-parkinsons/533009/305 "2010-03-30T19:24:20Z")
> [@Fuji](#): > > You also forgot: > > [Gothic cathedrals](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Denis_Basilica) > [Europe’s first universities](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_university) > [musical notation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_notation#Early_Europe) > [public hospitals](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital#Medieval_Europe) > [orphanages](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage#History) > [“the first organized attempt to control civil society in medieval Europe through non-violent means”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_and_truce_of_god) > [the abolition of simony and the establishment of the principle of the separation of church and state](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_Reform) > > Yes, truly it was the very apotheosis of reactionary repression. :rolleyes: You make some good points there, but the Gregorian Reform did not create separation of church and state as we know it. It tried to set the church over the state, ideally allowing popes to depose secular monarchs at will. (Ideally to the popes) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teabaggers-mock-man-with-parkinsons/533009.md?page=15)