Teabagging Jokes Offend Conservatives

One of the things that emerged in the run-up to the Tax Day Teabaggings is that the Tea Party participants helpfully opened the door to allowing everyone to think about their movement in terms of a sex act, common to prisons, which in turn gave rise to some wonderfully detailed bawdy talk and punny double entendres on the teevees. And this was a great, good thing, indeed! And yet, surprisingly, not everyone has managed to find the joy in this! Take the Washington Times' Amanda Carpenter, who has a big old sad about it:

Ms. Maddow has taped two segments with Air America's Ana Marie Cox, who made her bones penning the often-lewd blog Wonkette before becoming a White House reporter, making fun of the protesters in this manner over the last week. In both segments, the first of which was 13 minutes long, the ladies endlessly mocked the tea parties, in what Ms. Maddow called "a double entendre palooza."

MSNBC said this was fair because Ms. Maddow and Ms. Cox were merely playing on words the protesters were using themselves. MSNBC spokesman Alana Russo noted that Ms. Maddow used clips of activists talking to Fox News and made references to Facebook groups and Twitter accounts being used by the protesters.

Many conservatives were angered by the segment's bathroom humor, while others merely shrugged it off as par for the course among progressive personalities like Ms. Maddow.

Yes, commenters, please go ahead and make the obvious joke on the subject of conservatives and "bathroom humor." Just remember that "Tea Party" fans are the sort who prefer their humor to be a bit more elevated!

"I'm not offended by it. I expect it. They have responded to popular sentiment across the country by acting like kids on a playground," said RedState's Erik Erikson, who just days ago was earnestly speculating that Levi Johnston and his sister were in an incestuous relationship. As in, STRAIGHT UP BONIN' AND TATTOOIN' ONE ANOTHER, WITH SEX.

Anyway, my great big heart is moved with pity for all of you who cannot enjoy these racy jokings, which, unless you actually enjoy parsing the prion-addled political mind of this movement -- is the only pleasurable product these tea parties have offered anyone.

Also, if you aren't a fan of things like the Maddow/Cox back-and-forth, be warned: you REALLY won't appreciate this article in Detour Magazine, entitled, "Protest Taxes By Stuffing Your Balls Into Sam Wurzelbacher's Mouth."

RELATED:
Protest Taxes By Stuffing Your Balls Into Sam Wurzelbacher's Mouth [Detour]

PREVIOUSLY...on the HUFFINGTON POST:
"Tea Bagging" Rallies Ruthlessly Mocked On Maddow Show
David Shuster: GOP "Going Nuts" For Teabagging, But They "Need A Dick Armey"
Levi Johnston Incest Insinuation Made By Right-Wing Blogger

Comments

[BroMan]

Common to prisons ???

[wcgmilf]

All I can say about the right is they've swallowed their rhetoric hook line and sinker.

[TheLar]

I simply must see a round of "Tea Bag dems before they tea bag you." The image is fascinating, like thumb-wrestling. Only with crotches and testicles and mouths. Ultimate Fighting meets - wow. Just WOW!!!

[PresidentRobertBooth]

The hateful signs comparing Obama to Hitler don't offend conservatives, but references to their laughable use of the word "teabag" does?

[dawn9476]

Poor, poor conservatives. My heart bleeds for them.....N­ot. This is their Karma for making fun of Iraq war protesters by calling them Anti-American and anti-troops.

[cloudmaker]

Leave it to conservatives to be totally freaked out about a sexual act
which brings great pleasure to the recipient and no lesser joy to the
performer. So much more fun and far more popular than that other
silly tea-bagging thing about wasting perfectly usable potables.

[Ma Ratl]

I think the whole thing was to have some place where the Obama haters from the election could get together solely to express their hatred as a group. They're too scared to stand alone. That's why there was no cohesion in their message. All the meetings were so reminiscent of Palin's rallies during the campaign.

[cloudmaker]

Great quote: "Too scared to stand alone." You are so right.

[CindyKay]

I Love Rachel Maddow , She's Awesome on the Teevees !

[dawn9476]

She is the best.

[punkindmb]

When I passed the sparsely attended tea party here in Houston, I felt so sad. Once again the rich and super rich have found rubes to do their dirty work for them. They have no idea what they are protesting, very sad. Obama is trying to repeal the tax break that was given to the super rich, not a tax increase on the middle class. But no, they stood out there (mostly white and mostly suburban) begging people to honk their horns. Maybe it picked up after I walked past, but I doubt it. Houston is blue in a red state. Oh and the parking downtown is murder!

[LORISNJ]

At least the prison teabagging had a point - there is reason for it - to show dominance and to get their balls washed.

The Teabagging protests have no idea what or why they are out there - all these people came out to protest their taxes but most of them, I suspect are going to see more money in their paychecks and not less - the only ones that are going to pay more are Hannity, Rush, and those that are promoting the protests.

I attended several protests during the Bush years and for the most part we knew what and why we were protesting - The War, Torture, and the Impeachment of George and Dick. We all came to raise our voices together - our cause was primarily to stop killing and torture in our name.

The Tea Bag protest was a disguise for those who don't want democracy, don't want a black President, and will go along with anyone that pretends to think like they do!!!!

[Joseph Upton]

The real home of hatred, mean spiritedness, bigotry and racsism in america today is the democrat left.

[greatlardini]

I didn't know Rush and his crew of wanna-bes were Democrats!!

[Peachlicious]

You flatter us, lies often do!

[LORISNJ]

I can see your point on mean spirited and hatred - we can be quite nasty when we feel strongly. We do put down the right in a not so helpful way and we make fun of those that we believe are not using common sense on the issues of the day. But bigotry and racism, not even close.

We nominated a black candidate and he won, we include all races in our party to include gays and lesbians, all religious and non-religious people and anyone else who wants to join us. So I guess your post is just your way of saying that you don't like the democrat left (your label), That's cool, you don't have to like us, but your side lost and you need to start thinking for yourself or you will continue to be "teabagged" by the right. I know it is very hard but I just spent the last 8 years watching the Bush administration do everything that I abhor at the same time knowing that Gore and Kerry both probably won their elections but were cheated out of the election - and I survived.

[Darthzero]

Right on, Lori.. I mean, Left on.. And Joseph is kinda right. Us lefties can be some smug, rude, mean, elitists; but that's because so many righties are very stupid and annoying. For example: you really believe that democrats are the "real home" of bigots and racists? Really? I'm not saying you're stupid, but you just might be a liar, and that is annoying..

[CindyKay]

Joseph , I do not hate Republicans or Conservatives , I just do not Appreciate that they want to force their Religious & Social Beliefs on the Rest Of Us !

There are More Important Issues To Deal With !

If they could put all of that aside then maybe We Could Get Along !

[LeftCoastLarry]

Really now?
You posted that gem just to get a reaction, right?
You can run along now, little boy.

[IcedTee63]

Oh PUH_LEEZE, give me a break Hannity, Cavuto and the rest of FAUX News helped create this fake movement. It's their fault that they picked a dumb name that led to the merciless mocking. And the "Original" Tea Party was about Taxation without Representation, not the Payment of Taxes.

[drewziGNY]

Like Julie London once said....Cr­y me a river. Next time, make sure the term you choose for your psuedo-grass roots, FOX-sponsored, fear-mongering "protests" isn't a term that's been used in a John Waters film, consult the Urban Dictionary. DUH!

[just4shiggles]

I just got lectured tonight by a right winger on a political forum about making fun of them with the teabagging and all. They are the ones that named it that, not me! I'm going to enjoy it for what it's worth no matter how much they cry about it.

[perpetualpessimist]

Did this right-winger complain about his like-minded comrades who wore purple heart band-aids to make fun of genuine war hero John Kerry in order to promoter deserter George W Bush?

[arniefluffkin4520]

Tea Bag the Liberal Dems Before they Tea Bag You - Priceless!!!