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OnionPatch

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Sat Dec 28, 2013, 11:46 AM

Dec 2013

I can't help noticing a recent trend among very conservative, tea-party-type men to sport not just beards, but ZZ Top - style beards in particular. I suppose this could just be anecdotal in my circle of acquaintances, but I can't help thinking it's become a statement of some kind among their ilk.

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The secret conservative message of the �Duck Dynasty� beards [View all] Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 OP

Check out the beard image quote on the link below Tx4obama Dec 2013 #1

You do know that they didn't always have that look, it's an A&E fabrication... NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #2

Yep, I'm pretty sure Jeb Stuart didn't look like Donny Osmond up until the time he realized he could TrollBuster9090 Dec 2013 #17

One wonders...where are the stars and bars?.. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #23

Does This apply to ZZ Top? yuiyoshida Dec 2013 #3

... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #16

If you enlarge the photo pipi_k Dec 2013 #26

Or the 2013 Boston red Sox? K.O. Stradivarius Dec 2013 #43

Yet another commonality the Christian right has with Islamists. BainsBane Dec 2013 #4

Thats an excellent observation. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #7

. jsr Dec 2013 #13

too funny .... SummerSnow Dec 2013 #37

Salon publishes inane crap like this for clickbait mathematic Dec 2013 #5

Think deeper my friend... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #8

True, but I heard it is a requirement to join the cast and appear. quaker bill Dec 2013 #52

And for some reason, all of that reminds me of this... TlalocW Dec 2013 #6

Reading WAY too much into it Scootaloo Dec 2013 #9

BainsBane nailed it. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #10

I really think that's reaching. Scootaloo Dec 2013 #11

When you get together with your buds do you all look like twins? Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #12

Given I'm in the Seattle area? Yeah, likely so Scootaloo Dec 2013 #14

It's really about groups that enforce the beard... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #15

I've had my beard since the sub-cult of bellbottoms. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #50

Gays and unix programmers: "both groups not the most welcoming to women" bananas Dec 2013 #55

"(Still working on where hippies fit in to this theory)".. I'm one of those hippies, ask me anything Ghost in the Machine Dec 2013 #20

Agree. Reading WAY too much into it......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #25

I just figured their day jobs were ZZ top tribute band. AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #18

Yep. OnionPatch Dec 2013 #66

I'll keep my nice, well trimmed goatee thanks.... rppper Dec 2013 #19

Sounds like you have found your tribe. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #21

The beauty of it is.... rppper Dec 2013 #47

WOW that's a lot of words spent talking about beards... and I don't really buy it. groundloop Dec 2013 #22

On Doctor Who, the Master used to have a beard, but the Doctor has never had one. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #24

Actually Matt Smith had a beard briefly and the war doctor had one Arcanetrance Dec 2013 #28

OMG how could I forget John Hurt so quickly? Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #35

I would have really liked to have seen more from that time line with him Arcanetrance Dec 2013 #42

Here's another bearded rightwing traditionalist: Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #27

You would have a point if the only people Jerry hung out with also had beards... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #31

Oh, come on. Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #32

I need to lighten up sometimes.. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #33

I get it -- I get riled up easily too sometimes. Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #34

no man with facial hair has been elected president arely staircase Dec 2013 #29

Who was the last bearded serious Presidential candidate? Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #36

supreme court justice nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #44

Sometimes a beard is just a beard. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #30

Pretty silly bit of psychobabble... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #38

But... But there's proof! The moon was full, the tides turned, the cat farted! Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #51

The Beverly Hillbillies and the Dukes of Hazard were clean-shaven bananas Dec 2013 #56

try these google searches Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #63

These are the authentic people the Robinsons are pretending to be. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #64

Too bad all male conservatives (and any conservative women who can) don't grow duck beards Zorra Dec 2013 #39

So true! Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #40

Having had a full beard since 1969, I must say that MineralMan Dec 2013 #41

Juanita Jean has some good comments about Robertson Gothmog Dec 2013 #45

I am not defending Duck Dynasty forthemiddle Dec 2013 #62

You make some interesting points and welcome to DU. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #65

Thanks for the welcome forthemiddle Dec 2013 #67

I Really Like This Quote: On the Road Dec 2013 #46

don't matter much to me what someones face onethatcares Dec 2013 #48

So how come hippies had beards in the 60s? n/t eridani Dec 2013 #49

Totally, man. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2013 #53

Their beards have one meaning:$$$$$$$$$$$$. Vinca Dec 2013 #54

Line these guys up against the regressive and reactionary Skidmore Dec 2013 #57

They want to make their reality TV millions and then ... dawg Dec 2013 #58

Exactly. Soundman Dec 2013 #60

Phil Robertson would have tried to kick my ass if we had met during the years I resembled his sons. retread Dec 2013 #59

a couple of AMerican traditionalists onenote Dec 2013 #61