<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><div>I'll say it again: "Teabaggers" is at best ambiguous. It is not like calling someone a "nutjob" or a "loonjob" which have no inoffensive meanings. </div><div><br></div><div>"Teabagger" has a sexual connotation but so do several other words that we use all the time. In fact, check out the urban dictionary meaning of "nutjob."</div><div><br></div><div>I think the fact that the word bothers you so much is interesting and shows that your own attitude is a bit more juvinile than folks who use the term.</div><div><br></div><div>Your pal, Joe </div><div><br></div><div><br>On Mar 14, 2010, at 12:20 AM, "Dan Carscallen" <<a href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com"></a><a href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">areaman@moscow.com</a></a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Saundra said: (and I've edited/cut/pasted where she
applies the question to me)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">"</font>Why . . . do you expect others to speak out
about things "on the other side" you find outrageous or offensive when you
yourself fail to do so about your side???"</div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I didn't think I was being hypocritical, but then
those who are never think they are. I think there are nutjobs and
loonballs on both sides.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I was just pointing out that I thought that
descriptor sounded like something a bunch of fourth graders would use. Joe
said that the folks in the movement started using the term first. If so, I
guess they get what they deserve. I don't think juvenile name-calling
advances anyone's cause. I couldn't think of one for "the other side" off
the top of my head, and didn't want to mention one anyhow, since it really
served no purpose, other than it might foment a little more vitriol. Use
it if you want, I guess. Makes no never mind to me.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I don't identify myself with that bunch. Nor
do I with the truthers, or birthers, or little green men from Area 51. It
seems other people like to identify me with various groups and whatnot more than
I do.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">And Garrett, I *did* help you get those
turkeys into the poultry ordinance . . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">your pal</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">DC</font></div>
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