Confederate Teabaggers

There are people in America who want Sarah Palin to be President. Some of our compatriots don't believe that the earth is older than a few thousand years. Many of them think that our government is too large. They are taking to the streets in Teabag 'uprisings.' They think that our overgrown government spends too much money on "programs" and "special interests". Meanwhile, they also send their kids to public schools, get to work and church by driving on public roads and highways, live in relative comfort and safety with public police and firefighters, and know that their own freedom and that of their families has been earned and is preserved by the US military, by far the largest (and most expensive!) public institution in the history of the world. When they are interested in fueling their righty knowledge by reading a book like "The Wealth of Nations" or "Atlas Shrugged", they head to their public library and check it out for free.
One of their biggest complaints is that the government infringes on their liberties. These same provincialists want to determine what goes on between a woman and her doctor from their own remote locale somewhere in the middle of the country (far far from where most Americans actually live--and make such decisions--on the coasts).
And some of these folks are moronic, confederate-romanticizing jerks who think that post-Civil War American history is a story of the "Nawth" stealing the wealth of the South. The idea that taking anything using any degree of force from slaveowners in the South could ever be remotely wrong is just ludicrous, but the argument (see below) that Lincoln was basically conspiring to steal from the South is positively insane. These are basically the same teabagging people who want to keep our country far behind the curve as far as: health care, global warming, education, public infrastructure, economic recovery, etc. "Which horrible idiots?" you say. Oh, here's one now:



If someone is hanging teabags from their ears, they qualify as an official "teabagger". I think that's more than fair. But, seriously. These people suck. I'm tired of them getting to talk and everyone pretending like we have to care what garbage comes out of their mouths. Yes, everyone is entitled to their opinions. Yes, we are all free to express whatever crazy idea or belief we have--especially unpopular political ones. But, I really think we need to make one thing clear: Normal, sane, not-crazy America is a whole lot bigger than these Teaparty morons. AND we don't have to listen any more. For my own mental health, I'm going to try to stop listening to this crap. It's disturbingly interesting, I know, like seeing an accident on the freeway or something. But, like real accidents, the thought process here is just kinda gross. Apparently, it's so gross that it sometimes grosses out other drivers and causes minor fender-benders and the like, tying up our political traffic for a while.
Let's stop listening to their stupid ideas and their stupid arguments. We don't need to engage them. They have made this much obvious: they don't know what they're talking about.