# The Tea Party is not socially conservative my ass

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-is-not-socially-conservative-my-ass/556760/957 "2010-10-25T01:17:47Z")

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> [@Starving\_Artist](#):
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> [Quote=emacknight]  
> In fact, you once claimed that people believe UHC is good because they’re young.

Hmm…seems to me I didn’t quite say that. Care to link to the appropriate post so we can all see what I really said?  
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Yup, it’s what you said.

> [@Sarah Palin proven right! Government tricks beautiful young mom; imposes 1st Death Panel Verdict](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-proven-right-government-tricks-beautiful-young-mom-imposes-1st-death-panel-verdict/535888/827):
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> This board skews young. And it skews liberal. And it skews, how shall we say…financially challenged, in the main.

Notice the inference to age, political leaning, and economic status that you imbue on the rest of us?

> [@Sarah Palin proven right! Government tricks beautiful young mom; imposes 1st Death Panel Verdict](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-proven-right-government-tricks-beautiful-young-mom-imposes-1st-death-panel-verdict/535888/827):
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> So the fact that people on this board who are predominantly \*\*young, liberal and broke happen to like a government system that’s “free”, \*\*even if they have to wait months on end to get it, and who think it’s just great that their government is now finished with having suddenly decided to tighten its belt and the bad things about its health care system are finally going to “get better”, really means next to nothing in terms of which system is better.

I guess in fairness I forgot to mention you also included liberal (although with you that’s a given) and broke.

How do I get my $20? Oh I know, I’m going to use a bunch of government services I don’t pay for, but that you’ve been taxed enough already for.

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