Comments on: Tea Enthusiasts Upset With Tea Party Movement For Co-opting Their Drink

By: Joe Callan

Joe Callan — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:54:28 +0000

So long as there’s no Hot Cocoa Party, I’m good.

But if Tea drinkers are seriously upset, I have a plan. They should start a “Beer Party”. In retaliation for the Tea Partiers making “tea” synonymous with “raving idiot,” their Beer Party platform could be based in torture and baby-eating.

By: Nachi

Nachi — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:15:07 +0000

“Manners”? “Culture”? Surely you jest . Non-existent with such semi-mortal slobs.

By: rmbltmbl

rmbltmbl — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:45:54 +0000

It seems I inspire people to recognize liberty! Thanks Marcus and I hope you know it comes from God! But I fail to see where I am asking anything unreasonable.. and telling is that you label me as a conspiracy theorist immediately, while I simply ask people to consider alternative motivations for people in an AP story complaining about the Tea Party.. cause they sell tea.

By: Alicia Maravilhao

Alicia Maravilhao — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:38:18 +0000

Really, the ongoing reports about the Tea Party movement fall under the figurative category of ‘No Such Thing as Bad Publicity’ for Teas Etc, tea rooms, and the like. I’m sorry Beth Johnston is distressed.

The racist accusation is an NBC meme and is baseless (not sure why they took that tack). There are quite a few minorities in the photos of the crowds, and they have a friendly, inclusive attitude toward people who are courteous to them.

Overall, it’s good that the public is taking a strong interest in government. After all, we have a democratic republic, and it works best when people are engaged. The engagement of our president’s supporters was inspiring and positive during the campaign. Those who disagree with some of the president’s policies or causes are good people too.

So I think the purveyors of tea and coffee can benefit while we all have ‘a cuppa’ between debates. :-)

By: marcus.lewis

marcus.lewis — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:23:45 +0000

rmbltmbl: If you want to believe in conspiracy theories that is your Right to do so.

By: rmbltmbl

rmbltmbl — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:29:04 +0000

I have the same problem with the term liberal. Look at that etymology. Frankly, if your business is suffering from your customer’s ability to differentiate drinking tea from the Tea Party Movement.. wait, is that what they are trying to say? Are they saying their customers and potential customers cannot understand this? Why am I not to believe this is free publicity and they themselves are liberal progressives upset about more than tea?

By: Magister

Magister — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:14:40 +0000

The other night, I could hear a character talking about a “tea party” on some video my (young) kids were watching in the other room and I have to admit that I perked-up to listen, whether they had flipped to the news or something else that should be monitored.

Good post.

By: MartiniShark

MartiniShark — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:34:00 +0000

These tea activists are clearly straight-up racists, and frankly I’m worried about the potential violence their words may provoke.