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jmowreader

(50,560 posts) Wed May 16, 2012, 01:22 AM May 2012

I got panhandled by a teabagger today [View all]

It was laundry day. Since my place is too small to hold a laundry pair, I go to the laundromat.

When I was unloading my stuff from the car, this scroungy looking guy came up to me. After he started with the "excuse me, sir," I looked at him...he had a Don't Tread on Me flag patch sewn onto the breast pocket of his denim vest.

So I did the only respectable thing I could think of: I told him that if he chose to fail it was not my concern and went into the building.

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I got panhandled by a teabagger today [View all] jmowreader May 2012 OP

I'd do the same. Dawson Leery May 2012 #1

I dunno, madamesilverspurs May 2012 #2

The charity orgs in this area remove patches from the clothes they sell jmowreader May 2012 #3

Exactly, and he could've just been given it. The OP author sounds like an ass to me. Lionessa May 2012 #4

Proudly proclaiming his cruelty with the scantest information to base his Luminous Animal May 2012 #8

Oh, come on, what are the odds that this guy wasn't a teabagger? Zalatix May 2012 #11

Really. Many femists in the 90s wore the "don't tread on me" emblam. Luminous Animal May 2012 #12

You know how many organizations have worn this? nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #26

I'm with you. It may be the Unitarian Universalist or Liberal in me... 4_TN_TITANS May 2012 #21

Yes. I'm all for self-satisfying punches, but not on the homeless. Bake May 2012 #30

IMO Mr Dixon May 2012 #23

Better than getting teabagged by a panhandler, I guess alcibiades_mystery May 2012 #5

He's here all week, folks. jberryhill May 2012 #9

10 o'clock show is always different from the 8 o'clock show alcibiades_mystery May 2012 #18

Did you ask what about the patch? Did you ask what it meant to him? Luminous Animal May 2012 #6

IMO Mr Dixon May 2012 #24

Your smug self righteousness is quite unbecoming, especially as coalition_unwilling May 2012 #7

Well Said Sherman A1 May 2012 #14

the Gadsden flag is a lot older than the tea party 0rganism May 2012 #10

Indeed, the Teahadists don't have an exclusive claim to it at all. BUT... there is a variation of Erose999 May 2012 #16

Looks like a pile of shit in which case the words are Solomon May 2012 #19

Apparently the OP has run away. Luminous Animal May 2012 #13

But maybe your assumptions were wrong? Quantess May 2012 #15

Well you sure showed him! Robb May 2012 #17

Personally, my policy... RevStPatrick May 2012 #20

When may I expect your response to my PM? bluedigger May 2012 #22

Well, Dr. Okon... RevStPatrick May 2012 #31

WOW! Wind Dancer May 2012 #25

Given how many organizations have used this nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #27

The failing here was yours.... NCTraveler May 2012 #28

Waiting for a thread from a panhandler who got dissed by a Teabagger today. B2G May 2012 #29

Actually, the OP went home for the night, but he is back jmowreader May 2012 #32

AM radios are too cheap. JohnnyRingo May 2012 #33