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socialist_n_TN

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23. Thank you QC.......

Reply to QC (Reply #12)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 12:26 PM

Oct 2013

Yep, if we're going to rename, let's rename with and for accuracy. These guys are MUCH closer to the fascists than they are to any Red. Even Stalin. And that tough for this Trotskyist to say.

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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