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RB TexLa

(17,003 posts) Wed Jun 12, 2013, 11:15 PM Jun 2013

Teabagger today didn't like my calling his unemployment benefits welfare [View all]

I played it up a bit, finally ending with "ok, I mean really you get a unemployment check, not a paycheck. So are you a "maker?" or a "taker?"

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Teabagger today didn't like my calling his unemployment benefits welfare [View all] RB TexLa Jun 2013 OP

Doncha know? His check came from a private corporation, not the gubmint! muntrv Jun 2013 #1

Its only welfare when black people get it...you must have missed the teabagger memo. t HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #2

Rick Santorum sez: "You mean BLAH people!!!" nt MADem Jun 2013 #27

alas there are black people who think this way too booley Jun 2013 #45

Unemployment? Why that's paid for by the same job creators demwing Jun 2013 #3

The open acceptance of classism on DU never ceases to amaze me. hamster Jun 2013 #4

Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2013 #5

Who's trying to deny blacks or browns, hamster Jun 2013 #7

Presumably ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2013 #9

I do know the exact type you speak of, and they disgust me hamster Jun 2013 #10

I understand ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2013 #11

To me, it sounds like hamster Jun 2013 #13

I don't see it that way ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2013 #16

Good point. hamster Jun 2013 #19

Sound Like He just got a wake up call. Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #28

What a great argument... a teaching moment. DCKit Jun 2013 #39

My son told me his father, who swears by fox screws.. Cha Jun 2013 #25

The RW. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #18

Rush Limbaugh. Shrike47 Jun 2013 #51

Huh? hrmjustin Jun 2013 #6

It's "classism" if you don't want to accept a false premise? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2013 #37

why isn't Romney on unemployment ? maybe he should work as hard as Romney JI7 Jun 2013 #8

Because of his stock dividends, pension, and maybe his rich daddy too. alp227 Jun 2013 #50

Or maybe he is a faker. Rex Jun 2013 #12

Semantics homegirl Jun 2013 #24

Should've asked him lpbk2713 Jun 2013 #14

That is what THEY do. It is not welfare and your use of welfare as a derogative Dragonfli Jun 2013 #15

How long have you been sarcasm-impaired? kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #20

I don't think he was being sarcastic I believe he really used right wing shaming on a guy Dragonfli Jun 2013 #22

He was talking to a TEABAGGER. They have no shame. nt MADem Jun 2013 #29

And apparently we are the same, right down to looking down on those using benefits Dragonfli Jun 2013 #40

You need to pull the string. For some reason, you stubbornly refuse to so do. MADem Jun 2013 #47

Shaming the guy's concepts, IMO LondonReign2 Jun 2013 #38

by emulating and reinforcing a bagger meme? I take it he would call a gay bagger something nasty Dragonfli Jun 2013 #41

By showing him exactly how ridiculous his postion was LondonReign2 Jun 2013 #43

Slight difference MyDearMsOwl Jun 2013 #17

Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin Jun 2013 #21

I Heard My T'Bagger Neighbor Talk About Getting FOOD STAMPS otohara Jun 2013 #23

Fine, but don't ragging on anyone else getting Cha Jun 2013 #26

here in CA Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #30

Im pretty sure that is incorrect quakerboy Jun 2013 #32

There's no difference FBaggins Jun 2013 #33

I dont think that is accurate quakerboy Jun 2013 #46

Very good post! nt MADem Jun 2013 #48

there is a deduction on your Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #34

I don't think so. As an employer, BlueToTheBone Jun 2013 #36

Not the last time I did taxes for a Californian quakerboy Jun 2013 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author ejpoeta Jun 2013 #31

It is a bit like welfare. The employer, not the employee pays BlueToTheBone Jun 2013 #35

They're 'takers' if they don't wear teabags on their hats and carry misspelled signs. Myrina Jun 2013 #42

He's a maker as long as he qualifies for the checks. Baitball Blogger Jun 2013 #49