Comments on: Tea Party Family Values and the World’s Greatest Freak Show

By: Kiki

Kiki — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:33:48 +0000

I think the problem here is that we’re trying to generalize Teapartiers into one homogeneous group, when they’re really not. Different small groups around the country that identify themselves as Teaparty groups can skew both conservative and libertarian, and depending on what people you personally know who are affiliated with the ‘Tea Party’ your ideas of them are probably going to be quite different. For what it’s worth, the Teapartiers I know personally are all very conservative, homeschooling, sexism, no evolution, etc. but that’s only a *very small* group of people I know, who live in my particular county, in my particular state, and they have actually been known to clash with other local Teaparty groups. (As a side not, all these Teaparty-affiliated people I know personally are complete asshats, but that’s kind of beside the point.)

By: SoBehind

SoBehind — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:04:50 +0000

I have to agree here that most teapartiers I’ve seen are more Libertarian than fundie conservatives and seem a lot more relaxed socially. Still, the fundies like to hide out there just as much as communists in occupy groups, so yeah, valid points still.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:21:52 +0000

Dana, Bush’s supporters HAVE been yelled at for years now, while Obama’s are still running at the mouth. It’s time for THEM to grow up.

Vyckie, I love what you stand for, but you’re simply wrong about the Tea Party, or regular Republicans. My immediate family and many extra members are Republicans, who would and do find QF stuff insane. But we hate the liberal stuff too: I hate to tell you, but society IS mixed up. Homosexual parades, porn, taking God out of everything, and YES, Muslim extremists who are given the pass by liberals, ALL these things are signs of a very unhealthy society. One that hasn’t resembled anything QF for some time, but instead adopted a new kind of sickness. Rabid feminism, male bashing, and anti-Christianity ARE wrong. Believe it or not, there are more healthy and balanced people who dislike homosexuality but still embrace gay people, who neither hate men nor women, and who hate feminism but love education and freedom for women, than you think. Kids are different individuals and freedom of thought is essential, and I enjoyed reading your article about your kids being blessings. Nevertheless, I hope you do still keep scissors away from the little ones and encourage the kids to keep from calling their sisters bitches or cussing out older siblings.

By: April Galamin

April Galamin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:06:44 +0000

Some church cults teach that one has to “deny & or hate” mother, father, brother….therefore these types of religious leaders/groups, DO advocate the fracturing of the family of origin. They want to replace that “flesh family” with a new “spiritual family”…namely their church/cult.

There is nothing wrong with “staying near home”…but many controlling religious systems will try to separate people from their family of birth = their mantra is to leave your “flesh family” for your “spiritual family”.
If the pastor/leader separates the person/s from their family & support system, they will be able to control them better & make them dependent on the cult & cultic system.

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:54:56 +0000

You sound like a hater! Why did you need to talk about the Tea Party? You are so judgemental!

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:50:34 +0000

Dana said: “History has shown quite clearly that the rich and business owners are not willing to police themselves”.

Neither is the government willing to police the business. What seems to be the case now is that the government is giving a hand to the largest businesses, which is of course not leading anywhere near an actual free market.

What would do the trick might be to make it illegal to donate large amounts of money while lobbying so that politicians would listen more to their constituents. Of course, politicians won’t ever vote for such a rule without massive pressure.

By: Lilah

Lilah — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:21:20 +0000

Coming to this site has been really educational for me. I’ve always wondered what draws people (especially women) to movements like Quiverfull. Reading the stories here has made me a little more empathetic and a little less judgmental towards such people. And reading stories about people breaking away also makes me a little more hopeful.

By: Lori

Lori — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:26:59 +0000

When did Ron Paul come out against evolution?

Someone else said this same thing on a blog, and I asked a friend about it who said that during one debate the candidates were asked to raise their hand if they believed in evolution and Ron Paul raised his hand.

By: nolongerquivering

nolongerquivering — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:58:42 +0000

That front page is driving me crazy! LOL It’s been like that for a couple of days now and I cannot figure out why it is happening or how to fix it.

Anyway – hopefully you’ve figured out that the text is only cut off on the front page and if you click on the full-post view, there’s no problem.

Best,

Vyckie Garrison

By: JustKat

JustKat — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:35:49 +0000

I clicked over to your site from the comment left at Slate – your front page chops off the text of the posts on the right side. It looks like the middle bar is overlapping the articles.