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backscatter712

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15. Call them the Traitor Party.

Reply to Faryn Balyncd (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 11:42 AM

Oct 2013

I'm not sure about Stalinist - the teabaggers are more fascist than communist...

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Linguistics: Should we refer, not to Tea Party but to the "Stalinist Wing of the Republican Party"? [View all] Faryn Balyncd Oct 2013 OP

#Rename-the-Tea-Party had a number of lovely suggestions Warpy Oct 2013 #1

Good one!!! GoCubsGo Oct 2013 #8

Just call them what they are Confederates... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #2

I like that suggestion... ljm2002 Oct 2013 #20

This is the correct answer. SolutionisSolidarity Oct 2013 #31

The beauty of it is that those that ARE supportive of those positions...will gladly accept that VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #38

I like it! baggers is retired in favor of the Stalinists kydo Oct 2013 #3

Stalinbagger hootinholler Oct 2013 #19

sounds like a food kydo Oct 2013 #22

Why don't we just label them appropriately as "republicans"? TBF Oct 2013 #4

Ding ding we have a winner although I go for malaise Oct 2013 #21

ReTHUGS, rePUGS, repugnant -- it all kind of TBF Oct 2013 #27

+1,000 malaise Oct 2013 #29

Very apt analogy. jsr Oct 2013 #5

I'm sorry if I'm being obtuse (it's not deliberately) Cirque du So-What Oct 2013 #6

its more of as a bagger would say "commie" that gets under their skin kydo Oct 2013 #10

Yeah, it's unfortunate comparison to Hitler has been so overused... Barack_America Oct 2013 #11

I agree that the Nazi/Hitler comparison is overused Cirque du So-What Oct 2013 #14

In addition to the Stalin->Koch->Tea Party connection, it exposes RW hypocrisy. Faryn Balyncd Oct 2013 #13

"Neo-Confederate wing" would be more appropriate. GoCubsGo Oct 2013 #7

Tea Baggers. They *hate* it and it's the TRUTH <<<---- they hate THAT even more. nt LaydeeBug Oct 2013 #9

No need to slander Trotsky by comparing him to these people. QC Oct 2013 #12

Thank you QC....... socialist_n_TN Oct 2013 #23

:) nt TBF Oct 2013 #25

Yeah, no kidding. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #30

Call them the Traitor Party. backscatter712 Oct 2013 #15

The Tyrrany Party -- because they are a bunch of dinosaurs who attempt tyrannical rule. Coyotl Oct 2013 #16

Well, they keep trying to pull the Stalinist trick of erasing inconvenient history... JHB Oct 2013 #17

More seriously, just call them what they are: Radicals JHB Oct 2013 #18

I would go with Seditionist, Anarchist, or Traitorous wing. nt Fla Dem Oct 2013 #24

The Hezbollah Wing sounds better. nt Codeine Oct 2013 #26

That has a nice ring to it. Faryn Balyncd Oct 2013 #33

New Birchers grasswire Oct 2013 #28

Are they calling for a proletariat revolution in either one country or internationally? NuclearDem Oct 2013 #32

You have a valid point. Faryn Balyncd Oct 2013 #34

Yeah, and I do see what you're aiming at. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #35

I would prefer to address them as "the Saddam Hussein wing of the GOP"..... lastlib Oct 2013 #36

I never call them the "tea party".. that's orwellian bullshit Cha Oct 2013 #37