There may be a few Tea Party types who are just old style republicans who aren't paying attention.
And I'm sure that a good number of us have an otherwise sweet as pie friend or family member who treats us with respect, etc - but get them in with a bunch of fellow Faux viewers or Rushbots, or expose them to a group of people who aren't "like them" or belong to their clan, they are a totally different person.
There are some of those types in my family and my husband's family, and yeah - I call them out when I can, so they don't make the off-color jokes and racist comments in front of me. To keep the peace just "agree not to talk social policy, politics or religion" and they go on with their own bad selves thinking I'm the flawed Liberal while they vote against their own interests and wonder why they are constantly losing money and falling down to the level of those minorities they look down on.
Because of medical bills and the constant premium increase she has been seeing since 2002 when she got divorced, my step-sister-in-law living in San Antonio TX couldn't hire a regular cleaning lady this year. Horrors!
To her, it's the fault of the illegals, the welfare cheats and socialist Obama that are causing this. No the fact that her youngest child just went off to college and she no longer gets the additional child support and extra comfort support her very thoughtful and generous ex was giving her on top of the alimony. Why should she have to modify the standard of living when half her income is not earned through her work as an function organizer at non-profit? That's what Fox news channel, and CNBC and the Wall Street Journal tell her, after all.
Just remember this:
You shall know them by their works, not their words to friends and family.
If they actively propose and support actions that hurt people, if they are not willing to compromise their position when considering facts instead of "truths", then they are willing to hurt people for the comfort of their beliefs, or because they're afraid, or hateful.
These are people who are willing to cut Social Security, TANF, LIHEAP, Section 8, Medicare, or deny equal protection under the law to their fellow citizens because someone else who has pretty much nothing might somehow scam the system, or because Glenn Beck or their own preachers says it's immoral or "Soshalism" is basically setting themselves up to be better than "The Others".
These are people who have no problems racking up the debt and deficit when it benefits them or to fit their personal world view, but if someone else is in charge, then all debt or deficit is suddenly evil and those "other people" are doing it all wrong, even when they are following the same budgetary policies as the "good guys"
So, to conclude - telling someone strolling out of the restroom exposing their "privates" to the world that they left their shorts in the stall is does not mean that you were sneaking around the facility trying to get up-skirt photos.
Haele
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