The new Facebook for Teabaggers site is up & running today, and someone has noticed something funny

[kpete]

Assbook Update

The new Facebook for Teabaggers site is up and running today, and someone has noticed something funny about its inner workings:

"That awkward moment when your Tea Party website chooses to entrust its encryption certificate to Great Britain."

LOOK HERE:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4376371940692&set=a.1036479885478.5538.1629920692&type=1&theater


Yes, that says GB -- Great Britain. The very same Great Britain that the Sons of Liberty were protesting being taxed by when they held the Boston Tea Party protest, which happens to be the namesake for the whole teabagger movement.

more:
http://www.dependablerenegade.com/.a/6a00d8341bf82953ef017ee82a35b1970d-500wi

[Still Sensible]

1. Teabaggers don't do irony.... lol n/t

[longship]

5. It's Irony Deficiency Disorder! nt

[virgogal]

2. Ummm,the original tea party was over 200 years ago. Who cares now?

[starroute]

6. The second amendment was also over 200 years ago

So who cares about that?

[TeamPooka]

9. and that idea is up there with keeping slavery. Good thing the Constitution can be fixed. nt

[madrchsod]

3. google warned me about that site......

[JaneyVee]

4. The Teabaggers were the Loyalists.

[NYC Liberal]

7. "If you like FB, you're going to love the Tea Party Community"

(from their homepage)

I'm confused. I thought this site was for people who DIDN'T like Facebook.

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Zuckerman's lawyers are going to be all over them for look-and-feel similarity to FB.

Same color scheme, similar layout.... yeah, this is gonna be good.

[Jim Lane]

10. The issue of "trade dress" protection for websites is unclear.

Sometimes, imitating a competitor's look and feel is permissible. Discount drugstore chains often sell house-brand equivalents of well-known brands and use similar colors on the packaging. One key test is likelihood of confusion.

Here, I'd think the teapartycommunity people have the legal edge. Who would think they were on the real Facebook if the URL is teapartycommunity.com? On top of that, their site says "DISCLAIMER: Tea Party Community is not associated or affiliated with Facebook© or Facebook.com."

Anyone who really wants to delve into the law in this area can start with this 43-page article.

[Gormy Cuss]

11. Thanks. Interesting info.

Curious that of all the color schemes and layouts possible they chose to make it look so much like Facebook.