I’m practicing those words tonight, in anticipation of having to look for a new job. It would seem that the mere act of criticizing teabaggers can cost you your job:
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 21, 2010 — Los Angeles actor, D.C. Douglas, says he was dropped from the upcoming GEICO “Shocking News” campaign after a group of Tea Party members harassed him and the insurance giant over a private voicemail the actor left for FreedomWorks. Matt Kibbe, President and CEO of FreedomWorks, posted Mr. Douglas’ cell phone number in a blog post on biggovernment.com, instructing readers to “Feel free to contact (him)… call his employer too. Let them know that you…are now in the market for car insurance.” The next day, GEICO held auditions to replace Mr. Douglas’ voice on the campaign.
Mr. Douglas’ message hardly warranted the mobilization of the Tea Party Movement. Upset by the recent gay and racial slurs slung by Tea Party members at Congressman Barney Frank and Representative John Lewis during the Health Care Reform Weekend, Mr. Douglas left his opinion of FreedomWorks’ staff and followers on their company voicemail and included his phone number.
“I called as a private citizen to make a complaint,” explains Mr. Douglas. “Racism and homophobia are my Achilles heal, but unfortunately my message included inappropriate words and I am sorry for that. However, telling their members to harass my employer to get me fired is an egregiously disproportionate response to my actions.”
Notice carefully, that Mr. Douglas does not go after GEICO for having a lack of intestinal fortitude-in fact he is very complimentary of the company. It is just a further reinforcement that the flow is one way. It’s “hate” when one says something douche teabaggers don’t like-but it is “honest dissent” when they do something totally uncalled for and reprehensible-and cost a guy his job.
Guess former President Clinton was right: There can be real consequences when what you say animates people who do things you would never do.”
Well, since I am probably be going to be flipping burgers anyway-might as well go all in.
The Tea Party is largely the creation of sleazy Republican lobbyists, easily manipulated by Republican office-holders, and entirely dependent on Fox News for their messaging………. I know that the “tea” in the Tea Party is supposed to stand for “taxed enough already.” The only problem is that you aren’t, as evidenced by the existence of your deficits and national debt. If you were taxed enough already, you wouldn’t be borrowing upwards of a trillion dollars from the Communist Chinese to sustain capitalism.
Drive on up to the window, that will be $7.75. Exact change would be most appreciated ( as would a couple bucks in the tip jar!).