What the fuck are firbaggers? I keep seeing it posted, but it makes no sense to me.

[madinmaryland]

:wtf:

[El Supremo]

1. You've got furburgers on your mind. n/m

[madinmaryland]

16. ...

*snort*

BTW, did you ever find that trophy the Texas Rangers got after winning a World Series???

:P

[Erose999]

2. Basically anyone who voices a critical opinion of the President.

[flvegan]

3. Firbaggers?

Furbaggers?

[undeterred]

11. Furbaggers are the dogs belonging to firebaggers

and firbaggers are the christmas trees and channukah bushes belonging to firebaggers.

Well, I'm just guessing.

[madinmaryland]

12. People that cut down trees, I guess. Now the others would be people

who put the cat back in the back??? :shrug:

[undeterred]

13. Firbaggers are the christmas trees and channukah bushes belonging to firebaggers.

[madinmaryland]

21. firbaggers are arsonists??

:wtf:

[myrna minx]

4. It's a slam against liberals who disagree with the direction that the President and congress

are taking the country.

It's using the false equivalancy that critics of the President's current policies or lack thereof are the exact same as the teabaggers.

*See Firedog Lake: Firebaggers.

[El Supremo]

9. So what's it's etymology? n/m

[myrna minx]

18. There's a bit of confusion as to its origin - I'm not sure, but here's a

speculation for whatever it's worth:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1762503&mesg_id=1763652

It's a favorite term used by the "Third Wayers" against liberals who will not concede to neo-liberal economic policies and neo-con foreign policies.

[JVS]

26. The equivocation of firedoglake with teabaggers

[provis99]

5. Firebaggers. It means liberals. So called by the third way supporters here.

particularly those that criticize corporations.

Note: conservatives and Republicans have never stooped this low.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Firebaggers are the Left's equivalent of teabaggers, as named by

the Very Serious Adults: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0811/Coinage_of_the_day_Firebagger.html

[awoke_in_2003]

15. the Very Serious Adults...

can go pound sand

[Pholus]

28. It's getting traction over on Fox news I see....

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. It is a reference to the blogs who criticize Obama's policy actions

It originated as a reference to Grover Norquest's BFF (or is that FWB) Jame Hampster's FireDogLake site.

[provis99]

8. maybe you should change that "Liberal" in your handle to "Liberal Hater".

[Ruby the Liberal]

23. Because I denounce that PUMA for partnering with the man who apparently controls Congress?

Sorry - I claim it and I'm keeping it. No thanks on the 'enemy of my enemy is my friend' strategy.

[demosincebirth]

10. I think it's misspelled. nt

[Ohio Joe]

14. Don't ask me, I'm about four or five new terms behind

I'm still trying to figure who or what the "Professional Left" is, and I got more after that I have no idea about.

[madinmaryland]

20. Question for you, Joe...

Why do you have "Ohio" in your SN while you are a New Jersey sports team fan??

Just askin!

[Ohio Joe]

25. I did not think at all when choosing my username, heh

I'm originally from Jersey (and love the Devils), born and raised there. I was living in Ohio when I joined, I first tried to get Uncle Joe (as I had just become an uncle) but it was taken. I had seen others with their state/name as an ID so I tried Ohio Joe and it was free. I've since moved to MA and then again to Denver :D

I thought about changing it the last time they let people but thought... ahhh, the hell with it, I'll just stick with it, heh.

[Ozymanithrax]

17. urban dicationary definition of firebaggers

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Firebagger
1. Firebagger

A person nominally of the political left viewed as excessively critical of President Barack Obama, especially if the tendency is to reflexively or obsessively criticize him and seemingly not other political figures. Etymology: Jane Hamsher's popular, left-leaning FireDogLake blog was regarded by Democratic moderates as having gone around the bend in being hypercritical, such as when Hamsher appeared on Fox News to denounce Obama's Health Care Bill, got involved with Neocon zealot Grover Norquist and even reportedly Tea Party activists. Thus, <b>FireDogLake + Teabagger. </b>




A term of derision used (usually on blogs) by supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama in arguments with people who criticize Obama and other Democrats from the political left. The term is a conflation of "Teabagger" the term of derision used to describe right wing Tea Party activists and Firedoglake, a left-leaning political blogging community founded by Jane Hamsher.

[scheming daemons]

30. +1..... completely accurate definition

[Tx4obama]

32. Ding ding ding - we've got a winner! n/t

[FSogol]

19. Fir? Did the War on Christmas start early this year?

:shrug:

[madinmaryland]

22. Damn straight, Sir!

[leeroysphitz]

24. It's a pejorative term used by DINOs to describe real liberals. n/t

[sabrina 1]

27. That's about it. Failing to provide counter arguments,

those who accept every move to the right by the Dem Party resort to what they think of as insults.

What I am afraid of is that this has become more than just the standard, immature internet nonsense and that there is now a real split in the Democratic Party. Where that will lead is difficult at this point, to predict, but with millions of Union members and Teachers regarded as 'firebaggers' by the President's own loyal supporters and even staff members, who knows?

All I know is people are sick of the nastiness towards members of the Democratic Party who did more to help elect this president than anyone else. It is probably the worst political strategy I have ever witnessed. Slamming millions of people whose votes you badly need to get reelected. Which makes you wonder, are they just stupid, or is it their goal to make Democrats lose?

[ixion]

31. or is it their goal to make Democrats lose?

I believe that's it.

[leeroysphitz]

37. You proceed from a false assumption.

Democrats don't OFFER to cut Social Security and democrats don't focus on austerity in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Regardless of what little letter they choose to put after their name...

End of discussion.

[ixion]

41. lol, well, not really

given you commented on something unrelated to what we were talking about.

[sabrina 1]

42. Yes, real Democrats. I am seriously thinking that is what it's all about. n/t

[scheming daemons]

29. It is a reference to the Fire Dog Lake minions who spread discontent on Democratic sites

like this one.

[SidDithers]

34. FDL minions is perfect...

That's exactly who the Firebaggers are.

It's funny when they accuse Obama supporters of worshiping a personality, while they genuflect a the feet of Saint Jane.

Sid

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[madinmaryland]

36. Oh, shit. Grovelbot is a firbagger!

:scared:

[leeroysphitz]

39. Alerted. You can't use that sort of language on D.U.

[JoseGaspar]

35. It is a nightmarish vision...

...and self-fulfilling prophecy held by Congressional Staffers, Party bureaucrats, and corporate middle-managers that the Democratic left will become so completely disillusioned with their shit that they will adopt the tactics of the tea party and start to primary ALL of the the old Democratic Party pols, and make them retire or force them to adopt extreme left-wing slogans...

...such as no more wars, and an end to torture, and New Dealish economic policies...

...which wouldn't be a bad idea, actually.

[AngkorWot]

38. I prefer the term Rahm Emmanuel used.

Direct and to the point.

[tsuki]

40. They like trees. nt