Is Belichick a Teahadist?

[ChosenUnWisely]

I saw something that said he was wearing the don't tread on me shirt popular with the Teahadists

No picture and I did not watch the game so anyone know?

I don't follow football but I do watch the news so I have seen him on tv and know he is a coach for the Patriots.

[Agschmid]

1. No.

[AgingAmerican]

62. He is a tea party hero

According to the Tea Party website

This explains all the cheating and the unsportsmanlike behavior of his team during their parade.

[yeoman6987]

2. Please delete this OP. it is silly.

[Agschmid]

3. Yup.

[ChosenUnWisely]

7. Why is it silly?

I personally like knowing who is an enemy to freedom and who is not.

I don't care if they are a football coach or the old lady across the street.

[Agschmid]

17. Because you made a baseless accusation just to "stir the pot"...

Facts are cool.

[Dawgs]

57. The OP is wrong, but asking a question is not making a baseless accusation.

No need to be a dick about it.

[LanternWaste]

50. If I am suspicious that someone is an enemy of freedom

If I am suspicious that someone is an enemy of freedom, I make it a point to do some actual research on my own, because yes Virginia, there are stupid questions.

However, I can readily understand that doing that research would undermine my flame bait

[Iggo]

60. ^^^

[Nuclear Unicorn]

54. "I personally like knowing who is an enemy to freedom"

"I have here, in my hand, a list."

[bigwillq]

4. I wouldn't care if he was a Repub or a Tea Party Supporter.

He's free to be whatever he wants to be.

[ChosenUnWisely]

5. So you are saying you would provide economic support to those committed to destroy you?

[Agschmid]

6. What type of computer are you using right now...

Because someone built it and I bet it's not in any kind of working condition you'd support.

Pot calling the kettle much?

[ChosenUnWisely]

11. One I built myself with parts I sourced myself Any other questions?

[Agschmid]

12. I call bullshit.

But that's all you wanted from this thread huh? Let me know how testing your wafer of chips went...

[NightWatcher]

14. and whittled your moniter from ol piece of hickory branch from out back too

[Agschmid]

18. Lol.

[HappyMe]

23. By the light of an oil lamp.

[Throd]

36. Oil?

[zappaman]

42. Yes I'm sure you built your own computer...

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

52. IDK if he is or he isnt.

I do know whoever sent in that pass play with Seattle with 2nd and goal from the 4 yrd line MUST be fired instantly.

You have the best running back for short yardage in the business and you dont take up to 3 runs to get it in?



If I found out any given person was a teapartier, I would have zero respect for them, so I get your reason for posting this, since he is New England, he is the enemy regardless

[madokie]

8. sounds like someone just wants to argue

We really don't need that or this kind of shit for a post here on DU if you ask me

[HappyMe]

16. Another one that likes to stir the pot.

[madokie]

19. How do they get in here past the guards is what I want to know

Fuck!!!

[HappyMe]

21. And seem to last a looong time.

Maybe they have new protocol in MIRT. When I was on MIRT, we didn't put up with too much.

[Bobbie Jo]

43. Somebody left the back door unlocked again.

[madokie]

46. Yup thats it

O.T. My oldest sisters name is Bobbie Jo and every time I see your name It puts a smile on my old mug. She be 84 years young and is a real sweet heart

[Bobbie Jo]

48. Well...

You just made me smile too.


Not my real name, it was a nickname back in the day that has just stuck with me all these years.

(((Hugs))) to your dear sister.

[NightWatcher]

9. Did you hurt your back, straining to reach for that one?

It seems a long way to go for an 'a ha'


We must now hate the Patriots coach, and thus, the entire team. To the streets, let's march on this.

[bigwillq]

10. No.

Although I am sure most, if not all, do that unintentionally everyday.

I'm just saying he can support whatever political party or candidate (s) he wants. As can I.

[HappyMe]

13. LOL!

Oh ffs! The only thing that coach did was win the Super Bowl.



What's your point with this silliness?

[MineralMan]

15. There's a photo of him wearing such a shirt before the game.

So what? It doesn't necessarily mean anything about his politics. That imagery has other meanings as well. In any case, he didn't wear any such thing at the game. Your post is just silly, really. Football isn't politics. It's just football. Go see if you can find any political statements by the man and post those, if you wish. Who cares what t-shirt he wore in the locker room?

Here's the image and a link:



http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25015960/look-bill-belichick-wore-dont-tread-on-me-shirt-to-super-bowl-49

[HappyMe]

20. Whodda thunk somebody that coaches

the PATRIOTS would have a shirt like that!



This person is just trying to whip up fake controversy.

[MineralMan]

22. So I suspect. Oh, well.

As far as I know that coach hasn't really said anything at all about politics. A Google search seems to confirm that he's not a political voice.

[MineralMan]

31. The Gadsden Flag is a Revolutionary War symbol.

Let's see: The Patriots are based in BOSTON! Who knew? Just because the teabaggers have co-opted that symbol doesn't mean that its history has been revised. For pete's sake, it's a symbol of our Revolutionary War and Boston is right in the heart of that war's history. I'm betting that shirt is based on that, not on some fantasy of teabaggers.

[HappyMe]

32. Of course.

Some like to reach so far to stir the pot, they need medical assistance afterward.

[MineralMan]

34. Or they fall right in the pot and stew in their own juices.

C'est pour rire!

Don't speak French, OP? Google does.

[Fla Dem]

59. I'd like to see the front of the shirt. Betcha it's a Patriots shirt and the reference to "don't

tread on me" is in response to all the crazy accusations about deflate gate.

[MineralMan]

61. It is a Patriots shirt. There's a photo of the front of it downthread.

So much for the teabagger theory.

[AgingAmerican]

63. It verifies it

The Patriots are the official team of the Tea Party. That perfectly explains their penchant for cheating and their lack of sportsmanship.

[Agschmid]

64. Lol you forgot to tag your post...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. LOL

[HappyMe]

25. LOL!

That's perfect.
I'm laughing my ass off.

[Agschmid]

26. Didn't go quite how you wanted it too did it?

I'll add to the self delete chorus. That or just change your password and then forget it forever... sounds good to me.

[ChosenUnWisely]

40. If you feel so strongly put me on ignore

[HERVEPA]

27. Bythe way, he's a Democrat.

[Marrah_G]

28. It's a nod to the revolutionary war and the minutemen.....

Not everyone sees the world through such a narrow political lens.

[MADem]

29. No--in 2002 he told the Boston Globe he favors the Democrats. Good enough for you?

Rush Limbaugh was POUTRAGED, I tell ya... POUTRAGED.

I bring links, because links are cool: http://www.bear-left.com/original/2002/0210patriots.html

According to Rush, the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots are "socialists." I am not kidding. Rush not only made this claim on his radio show, but he also went out of his way later to explain his theory on both his show and web site. What caused Rush to paint the Patriots "Red?" Prior to the start of the Super Bowl, the majority of the St. Louis Rams came onto the playing field, turned, and waited for their starting offensive lineup to be individually introduced, including stars Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk. The Patriots broke Super Bowl tradition and continued what they had done all season. Instead of having individual player names announced over the loudspeaker, the Patriots elected to be announced as a team.

Rush lamented to his listeners that his immediate reaction was that this was "not good," a "bad sign," "not what football is," and "not what football represents." Rush assured his fans that "teams are made up of individuals." Stars do not "de-emphasize themselves," he continued; "to do so would be false humility." The political seemed to be getting personal for Rush. Coach Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots' players were promoting qualities that were alien to Rush and downplaying two of his favorite personality traits, arrogance and ego. On first glance, Belichick is a right-winger's wet-dream, a "defensive genius" with the "IQ of a nuclear physicist," according to followers of the NFL and an admiring press. But Rush knows a subversive when he sees one.

Belichick did admit to the Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy that he favored the Democrats over Republicans during the media craze leading up to the Super Bowl. Is there another NFL coach with the honesty and integrity to even answer that question? What would Rush do if Mr. Belichick went to Washington? In his sleep, Rush sees a studious and hard-working Belichick working with Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. If Belichick can figure out the NFL salary cap, the nation's annual budget process would be simple arithmetic. Belichick wouldn't be giving $1.6 trillion to two-percent of the nation's team. Rush knows that no one is more prepared for a press conference than an NFL coach. Belichick was asked more tough questions in one week than Bush was in over a year. Rush fears a press conference in which a credible president compares public policy to a "team concept." Belichick has Bill Clinton's intelligence, and he's as personally boring as Al Gore. How would Republicans tear down Belichick's character? What if the Democrats captured not only the soccer moms, but also the football dads?

Now, why don't you just delete this "pot-stirring" thread?

[Agschmid]

35. I LOVE links!

[DonViejo]

30. Given he'd been lambasted and accused of deflating footballs....

for the past few weeks, he easily could have been responding "don't tread (i.e., walk) on me." Even if that wasn't the message he was trying to send, so what? He's a Democrat.

[MineralMan]

33. Don't you feel foolish, now?

Why shouldn't the coach of a freaking New England football team wear a shirt with a Revolutionary War symbol on it? You're so off base on this one. You can still self-delete your OP, or you can leave it so we can all see how silly it is in context.

[ChosenUnWisely]

38. Nope that is why I asked the question

no question is stupid or silly

[MineralMan]

41. Actually, some questions are, indeed, silly.

A little research on your part would have prevented the laughter that has ensued from your post. For example, I found the image of Bellichick at the top of Google search results. I also found the history of the Gadsden Flag and its association with the New England area and the American Revolution on Google in just seconds.

But, see, your question was based on nothing at all. It was wrongly based, because it turned out to have no factual basis. By posting your question, you revealed that you had not bothered to even look up the answer yourself. So, yes, it was a silly question.

There are silly questions. There are thousands of them. Most can be answered before asking them.

[Dawgs]

45. You being so offended by this is what's pathetic.

Nothing wrong with asking the question.

[MineralMan]

47. Oh, OK. Thanks.

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I had no idea. Wait...I wasn't offended at all. Never mind.

[Agschmid]

51. No one is offended were just calling out what we all see.

[Dawgs]

55. You speaking for everyone now? n/t

[Agschmid]

56. At least the folks who are in touch with the reality of the internet.

[edhopper]

37. It's most of the owners

who are the right wing assholes.

[giftedgirl77]

39. BIGGEST FAIL EVER!!!

Run along back to your bridge, dungeon, basement, or whatever it might be, you sir/madame are not fooling anyone.

[Dawgs]

44. I'm more concerned with him being a cheater. n/t

[Iggo]

49. Wow!

[Historic NY]

53. Its a NEP shirt....

[MineralMan]

58. I'm betting that'll be a best seller now.

Ha! Still has the tag on it, too.