Comments on: The Tea Party movement should not be ignored by the President

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:31:23 +0000

Why inject politics into a high school newspaper? Can’t you just report on the cafeteria food or student stress or something less controversial?

By: Silas Jones

Silas Jones — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:11:21 +0000

The tea partiers argued against taxes being raised after Obama signed a tax cut bill, so that argument is out of the window. Next they said Obama is “coming for your guns” but Obama signed a bill that extends gun rights. Now that argument is out of the window. Now their only argument is complaining against a health care reform bill that will help the same people that oppose it. It’s so sad that the republican party has used misinformation and racial hatred to get people to rally against something that is good for them. Wake up people the republicans don’t give a fuck about you, only the profits that are made by insurance companies from people paying premiums year after year and then being told “sorry now run along and die”. Seriously people wake up!!!

By: the REAL taylor

the REAL taylor — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:51:51 +0000

IM TAYLOR, WHO ARE YOU?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:25:33 +0000

AHHHH! SO MUCH FIGHTING IS UNHEALTHY

By: Taylor

Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:38:18 +0000

It’s unfortunate that the only conservative columnist gets defensive about her articles rather than trying to show how her point is correct. Oh, and the logic of this piece actually doesn’t make any sense. If you didn’t believe the one line of the other commenter here is what we mean:

1. You put things in quotes and don’t attribute them to anyone i.e. you are trying to be sarcastic but just coming off as rude. Example, you ask?

“Tea Partyers are just a bunch of crazy, right-wing ‘nut jobs’ like Sarah Palin. I don’t know why anyone is actually taking them seriously.”

You wrote this. No liberal said this. This may be how you interpreted what they said but putting it in quotes just diminishes the validity of your argument and makes your position less respectable (especially when you open the article with it).

2. You say “It’s strange that a movement which should intrinsically appeal to all Americans through its mission is actually dismissed with arrogant disgust and condescending laughter, perhaps by those who seem to think themselves above patriotism.”

Not only do I have no idea what that means, but you italicize the fact that supposedly the Tea Party movement speaks to ALL Americans. Haha. You must be kidding me. They hate gay people. There goes over 10% of the country. They vehemently oppose abortion. That alienates half the country. They misspell their signs. That loses the respect of another chunk of the country. The list goes on and on.

While this clearly isn’t a list of all the examples of logical fallacies in the story. You get the point. Not hatin’ just sayin’

By: Beatriz Forster

Beatriz Forster — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:43 +0000

Why can you equate conservatism with stupidity? Actually, don’t you think that I should be able to voice my opinion as a member of a small group of conservatives in a liberal school and as a part of a liberal newspaper? I think so. You’re welcome to disagree, but saying that my political views tarnish the whole paper is ignorant and quite frankly, illogical.

By: Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:17:32 +0000

Your articles characterize the entire newspaper as ignorantly conservative.