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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen Teabagging wingnuts attack on Twitter
Posting this pic on twitter that EarlG created and posted here really upset the wingnuts

and that is when hillarity ensued. One of my followers captured the back and forth in a pic and posted it:

buh bye
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When Teabagging wingnuts attack on Twitter (Original Post)
stevenleser
Jan 2013
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TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts)1. Dj sounds like he was giving justification for Ebonics.
Remember how Ebonics was introduced, trying to explain that intelligence was not directly related to one's proper use of the English language... that cultural differences justified the use of nonstandard English?
Dj seems to be using some of the same arguments as the proponents of Ebonics.
Whovian
(2,866 posts)2. a hearty LOL.
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)3. You want more laughs and/or facepalms, check out what's trending now...
#thingsthatpanicprogressives