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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:05 AM Original message |
John Birch Society. What are they all about? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm surprised they're against the Iraq war |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Hmmm, two of the people I met were women and they were adamant |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Funny, they were strongly in favor of the Vietnam War. Against Equal Rights for women |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. They hate communists |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. Rightwing, Racist, Rabid jackasses. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Paranoid relics of the Cold War |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. They're insane right wingers |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. Picture our protectionist, isolationist, anti-anyone who isn't an American DUers with a |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I run everytime I see the guy I know better than the rest |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Amway LOL |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Why would seemingly normal people be part of that group? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. They are a splinter on the ass of humanity! |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Yes I remember a guy taking me on a date in 1976 to one of their |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. Ultra right wing group from the Cold War |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. Anti-Osha, Anti-Civil Rights Legislation, Anti-Income Tax, thought Eisenhower was a commie... |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
11. Perhaps your best source is None Dare Call It Conspiracy. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. Pat Buchanan is against the Iraq War, too. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm surprised they're still around |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
14. Do they still think Ike was a Red? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Ike wasn't a Red! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. they also said honey was a Communist plot to weaken our children. |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Why honey? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Something like that. To them sugar gave instant energy, honey didn't. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
17. My parents were Birchers |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. Nativist, racist, sexist Manifest Destiny types..... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
20. They also want us out of the UN--wow; I thought they were a relic. |
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pmorlan1 (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. John Birch Society Against Tortue |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. Most of the Ron Paul nuts that I meet are big Birchers |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
24. They're still around? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. The Chad Mitchell Trio had a great song about them |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. K&R |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I remember that wonderful song |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. The Chad Mitchell Trio singing "The John Birch Society." |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. My first encounter with those assholes: |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
33. They are libertarians |
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pmorlan1 (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. We have this in common too |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Not all progressives favor prosecuting Bush |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
36. My father was a card carrying Bircher. |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. our dads should get together and play golf. |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. "We're the John Birch Society" Youtube... circa 1962 Folk song |
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