Why does Germany have a better PR than the Tea Party?

Started by Martinus, September 17, 2011, 03:00:30 AM

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Viking

#15
September 17, 2011, 10:44:59 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 17, 2011, 10:39:33 AM
The Germans have resisted the urge to go in historical dress.  For which we should all be thankful.

Don't be stupid
Be a schmarty
Come and join
The Tea Party
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Ed Anger

#16
September 17, 2011, 10:48:10 AM
Quote from: Viking on September 17, 2011, 10:44:59 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 17, 2011, 10:39:33 AM
The Germans have resisted the urge to go in historical dress.  For which we should all be thankful.

Don't be stupid
Be a schmarty
Come and join
The Tea Party

Somebody was inspired by the recent Lettow thread.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

garbon

#17
September 17, 2011, 11:19:46 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 17, 2011, 10:39:33 AM
The Germans have resisted the urge to go in historical dress.  For which we should all be thankful.

I'd love a Prussian helmet.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Viking

#18
September 17, 2011, 11:22:49 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 17, 2011, 10:48:10 AM
Quote from: Viking on September 17, 2011, 10:44:59 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 17, 2011, 10:39:33 AM
The Germans have resisted the urge to go in historical dress.  For which we should all be thankful.

Don't be stupid
Be a schmarty
Come and join
The Tea Party

Somebody was inspired by the recent Lettow thread.

eh? What does a "The Producers" reference have to do with Lettow's Czech and Nipponese Poetry?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

DGuller

#19
September 17, 2011, 12:17:19 PM
The difference is that Germany has renounced fascism.

citizen k

#20
September 17, 2011, 01:15:44 PM
Quote from: DGuller on September 17, 2011, 12:17:19 PM
The difference is that Germany has renounced fascism.

How is that the difference? The tea party precepts seem to be antithetical to fascism.
The crony capitalism of the Old Guard in both parties seems to be closer to fascism.

The Larch

#21
September 17, 2011, 01:20:20 PM
Quote from: citizen k on September 17, 2011, 01:15:44 PM
Quote from: DGuller on September 17, 2011, 12:17:19 PM
The difference is that Germany has renounced fascism.

How is that the difference? The tea party precepts seem to be antithetical to fascism.
The crony capitalism of the Old Guard in both parties seems to be closer to fascism.

I think he was referring to Lettow and his poetry.  :P

DGuller

#22
September 17, 2011, 01:23:28 PM
Quote from: citizen k on September 17, 2011, 01:15:44 PM
Quote from: DGuller on September 17, 2011, 12:17:19 PM
The difference is that Germany has renounced fascism.

How is that the difference? The tea party precepts seem to be antithetical to fascism.
The crony capitalism of the Old Guard in both parties seems to be closer to fascism.
Precepts may be, but the actual Tea Party is anything but.

MadImmortalMan

#23
September 17, 2011, 01:47:20 PM
uhhhh


All right. The next time there is a Tea Party rally, I'm going to go to see if any of that stuff is actually true.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Razgovory

#24
September 17, 2011, 01:56:11 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on September 17, 2011, 01:47:20 PM
uhhhh


All right. The next time there is a Tea Party rally, I'm going to go to see if any of that stuff is actually true.

We already know you go to Tea Party rallies.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

MadImmortalMan

#25
September 17, 2011, 02:07:58 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 17, 2011, 01:56:11 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on September 17, 2011, 01:47:20 PM
uhhhh


All right. The next time there is a Tea Party rally, I'm going to go to see if any of that stuff is actually true.

We already know you go to Tea Party rallies.

Yeah, I'll be rockin' with Glenn Beck and Siegebreaker.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Zanza

#26
September 17, 2011, 02:08:53 PM Last Edit: September 17, 2011, 02:10:44 PM by Zanza
Quote from: DGuller on September 17, 2011, 12:17:19 PM
The difference is that Germany has renounced fascism.
Some of the bad press Germany got during this crisis directly alluded to a Fourth Reich.

MadImmortalMan

#27
September 17, 2011, 02:10:37 PM
Fascism is just an ad-hom in modern times.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Zanza

#28
September 17, 2011, 02:13:47 PM
I would generally agree, but some of the more hysterical EU criticism seems to see the EU as being pretty close to the real thing.

Iormlund

#29
September 17, 2011, 02:32:13 PM
Has there anyone seriously suggested the Eurozone is a Neonazi scheme to dominate Europe? Other than insane conspiracy theorists, I mean.

Unlike what Marti seems to think Germany does bear some responsibility in this whole mess, but let's not go overboard.
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