# The Tea Party is not socially conservative my ass **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 11, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760 "2010-10-11T06:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 44
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/861 "2010-10-22T19:48:39Z")
> [@Morella](#): > > What a stupid comment. What I like most about this is that you followed it up with: > [@Morella](#): > > Nope, no way. Until I see what is going to happen, **whether or not the legitimate government is going to be restored to the United States** , You’re an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/862 "2010-10-22T20:00:46Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > This is what we here call a “whoosh”: someone made a joke and it went over your head. See, \*\*emacknight \*\*was _mocking you_. I thought we all were, _nes pas_? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/863 "2010-10-22T20:06:47Z")
_Oui oui._ (Homophonously appropriate, given that I’m sure that \*\*Morella \*\*is just taking the piss.) ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/864 "2010-10-22T20:17:07Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > _Oui oui._ (Homophonously appropriate, given that I’m sure that \*\*Morella \*\*is just taking the piss.) Non non, I’m sure she’s very busy and on her want to Vegas as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/865 "2010-10-22T20:54:27Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m getting tired of all the robot hatred in this thread. You know how many times the “turnip truck” slur gets thrown around here, right in front of my face? Go cry me some big, salty, digital tears, Tin Man. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/866 "2010-10-22T20:56:55Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > I thought we all were, _nes pas_? _N’est-ce pas._ Sorry. Personal peeve and it’s not like I’m using my French degree for anything else. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/867 "2010-10-22T21:55:59Z")
That’s _French_? Oh. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/868 "2010-10-22T22:21:48Z")
You know what’s funny. There is a good chance **Morella** will drive over the new Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge, saving hours by avoiding the Hoover Dam. I wonder if she’ll be thankful for the $240million in taxes that went to its construction. Probably not. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/869 "2010-10-22T23:59:36Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > You know what’s funny. There is a good chance **Morella** will drive over the new Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge, saving hours by avoiding the Hoover Dam. I wonder if she’ll be thankful for the $240million in taxes that went to its construction. > > Probably not. Fuckin’ dam shouldn’t be in the way in the first place. Nothin’ but a commie socialist New Deal tax boondoggle. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/870 "2010-10-23T00:58:52Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Fuckin’ dam shouldn’t be in the way in the first place. Nothin’ but a commie socialist New Deal tax boondoggle. Trudat. Probably built with Russian generators, and illegal immigrant labour. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/871 "2010-10-23T01:32:45Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Personal peeve and it’s not like I’m using my French degree for anything else. _Tant pee_. Well, we _were_ headed there. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/872 "2010-10-23T02:23:47Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > _N’est-ce pas._ I’m fond of Hershey’s myself. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/873 "2010-10-23T02:37:46Z")
The tongue, she is sooo biting of herself ! ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/874 "2010-10-23T03:00:57Z")
Would she be liking to bite my Hershey’s instead? It is better than N’est pas and also it will not to bleed on your chin and your dress. ---
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/875 "2010-10-24T02:13:11Z")
> [@Gustav](#): > > That _is_ pretty solid evidence. Strong enough for me to do some investigating of my own to find out the truth. So I checked the wikipedia page for Barack Obama, and it explicity states he is a native of Hawaii, and under “religious views” it says he is a christian. That should settle the issue, I think. Oh my Gawd! I didn’t realize that Wik had checked it out, or there wouldn’t have been any reason to discuss it. I beg forgiveness. ---
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/876 "2010-10-24T02:23:34Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Again, you’re making the typical conservative fallacy. You think that by eliminating social security, you won’t have to pay x% for each employee, meaning you’ll have more money to hire more employees. You might have a point, if social security hadn’t been raided, and if it were anything but a Ponzi scheme that is about to blow up. I don’t mind paying an employee enough to save for retirement. Why does the government need to be involved in that? Why pay the extra money for the government overhead? > [@](#): > > Taking away a tax funded service simply transfers it a direct cost for either you or your employee. Direct cost is fine. Direct cost + government overhead + government interference + government incompetence + government fund raiding is too much of a price for anyone to bear. > [@](#): > > Removing the gas tax means there is less money for roads. You think you benefit because it seems like gas is cheaper, but instead it means snow doesn’t get cleared–costing you money. I don’t use gas. I use diesel fuel and Jet A, which is, basically, kerosene. My fuel taxes are refunded, because I pay the IFTA tax instead. You are following this discussion enough to know what IFTA taxes are by now, right? I am paying the IFTA taxes, as are all truck operators, and the roads are not being fixed. If you want to defend your socialist government and taxation, answer me the following: Where is my IFTA tax money going? Since I am paying IFTA to repair the roads, why do we need Stimulus money to repair the roads? > [@](#): > > Which then brings out the selfish nature by saying, “I don’t drive in the north, so I don’t need snow removal, let them pay for it.” That’s your strawman argument. I never said anything of the kind, never even brought up the subject. > [@](#): > > Windmills generate a small amount of power without producing air pollution. So you can either pay for that, or pay to subsidize Chinese coal production. Chinese coal production? Yeah, right…since we don’t have any coal in the US…those are imaginary coal miners who are out of work because the government won’t let them run the mines, imaginary coal trucks that are parked, imaginary mines that are closed. And those windmills that are sitting up on the hills, not turning…are they really turning, and I’m just imagining that they aren’t? ---
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/877 "2010-10-24T02:33:40Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > So WTF, exactly, is your race? What mixed with what? Because you have repeatedly insulted Muslims in this thread, and coyly acted like you have a pass, strongly implying that you are at least descended from Muslims. > > Are you “mixed” Irish and English? > > Generically Anglo-European with some Cherokee at some ambiguous point in your genetic past? > > A quarter Mexican? > > Blasian with a Canadian big toe? > > You claim to be a straight shooter, so shoot straight. I don’t actually know what race I am. I have brown skin…as for the hair, only my stylist knows for sure. I speak with a French accent, and some of my relatives are Muslim, although, as it was mentioned earlier in this thread, the Muslims that you have to fear the most are white. And I did fear my grandparents very much, especially during the 80’s when I was taken to France and subjected to Sharia law. I actually had to escape to the United States, back to where I was originally born! But the grandparents are dead now, I am safely back in Les Etats-Unis, Mom and I have made up (she has brown skin too), and my sex change was successful, despite rumors to the contrary, so I’m feeling much better now. OK, maybe this is all bullshit, but…what difference does it make what race I am anyway? Can’t you find a way to insult me without picking on my race? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/878 "2010-10-24T02:37:11Z")
> [@Morella](#): > > Oh my Gawd! I didn’t realize that Wik had checked it out, or there wouldn’t have been any reason to discuss it. I beg forgiveness. He’s posted his birth certificate online. He had two birth announcements at the time. His mother had never been out of the country when he was born. You are a fucking retard. I know you’re just trolling, but seriously, at least try to sound sane. ---
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/879 "2010-10-24T02:40:17Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Non non, I’m sure she’s very busy and on her want to Vegas as we speak. Yes, where I am paying $12 a day for internet access that is free everywhere else in the free world, so, please…do me a favor and say something intelligent. I’m having buyer’s remorse so far. ---
**Author:** ![Morella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/880 "2010-10-24T02:42:36Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > _N’est-ce pas._ > > Sorry. Personal peeve and it’s not like I’m using my French degree for anything else. _Tu m’a fait du nickel, chou!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760.md?page=45)