Poll: Fox News Tea bagging on national TV????

[Steve Dark]

"...harnessing the power of mass organized public teabagging..."

There's a phrase I'd never thought I'd here in Politics.

 

[WIUtomato]

I don't think the X-Box Live subculture is large enough or strong enough to lay any valid claim on that term.

? Thats been a pretty common gaming term since Counter Strike at least, does anyone know they exact origins of the tea bag (humiliation style, not to make a tasty hot drink)?

PS usually, I don't monitor my posts this closely, but I'm finding it much more entertaining to do this than write lesson plans... lol

Even if every multiplayer game combined used this term, its still only a minor subculture and is therefore the exception rather than the rule.

Perhaps, but take in the drunken college student demographic, and you get a pretty significant number. Beyond that, obviously MSNBC "gets" it, they could hardly do the story without laughing themselves silly, I think its entirely reasonable that someone at Fox should have said "Hey! hang on a second! Doesn't that mean..."

 

[Johnn Johnston]

This is so wonderfully stupid, I could cry tears of joy. But I won't, as that would make it harder to watch it over and over again.

 

[kawligia]

I don't think the X-Box Live subculture is large enough or strong enough to lay any valid claim on that term.

? Thats been a pretty common gaming term since Counter Strike at least, does anyone know they exact origins of the tea bag (humiliation style, not to make a tasty hot drink)?

PS usually, I don't monitor my posts this closely, but I'm finding it much more entertaining to do this than write lesson plans... lol

Even if every multiplayer game combined used this term, its still only a minor subculture and is therefore the exception rather than the rule.

Perhaps, but take in the drunken college student demographic, and you get a pretty significant number. Beyond that, obviously MSNBC "gets" it, they could hardly do the story without laughing themselves silly, I think its entirely reasonable that someone at Fox should have said "Hey! hang on a second! Doesn't that mean..."

What I'm saying is that they don't HAVE to know of it OR even give effect to it even if they did. The entire demographic is not large enough or strong enough to overpower an otherwise correct and legitimate usage of the word.

I understand what you are saying though. From the perspective of a member of that subculture, it does carry the connotation, but when you step back and look at how vastly outnumbered gamers are by non-gamers, your assumption that they could or should have taken notice of it at all, much less actually have said something else, is a little absurd.

 

[sky14kemea]

i love Fox news, its so unorganized
wish i had seen it, oh wait!
*watches link*

 

[WIUtomato]

I don't think the X-Box Live subculture is large enough or strong enough to lay any valid claim on that term.

? Thats been a pretty common gaming term since Counter Strike at least, does anyone know they exact origins of the tea bag (humiliation style, not to make a tasty hot drink)?

PS usually, I don't monitor my posts this closely, but I'm finding it much more entertaining to do this than write lesson plans... lol

Even if every multiplayer game combined used this term, its still only a minor subculture and is therefore the exception rather than the rule.

Perhaps, but take in the drunken college student demographic, and you get a pretty significant number. Beyond that, obviously MSNBC "gets" it, they could hardly do the story without laughing themselves silly, I think its entirely reasonable that someone at Fox should have said "Hey! hang on a second! Doesn't that mean..."

What I'm saying is that they don't HAVE to know of it OR even give effect to it even if they did. The entire demographic is not large enough or strong enough to overpower an otherwise correct and legitimate usage of the word.

I understand what you are saying though. From the perspective of a member of that subculture, it does carry the connotation, but when you step back and look at how vastly outnumbered gamers are by non-gamers, your assumption that they could or should have taken notice of it at all, much less actually have said something else, is a little absurd.

oh, I understand what you are saying too, and I'm not trying to start a willy waving contest over this, but I have to disagree with your supposition that they shouldn't know what the term can be taken to mean by some people. As for evidence, again, I'd cite MSNBC, generally speaking, I think it is safe to say NBC is held in higher regard when it comes to news reporting (or programing for that matter) than Fox is, yet they, the "respectable" news agency picked up on the term right away (and ran with it). Seeing that is what makes me feel that Fox should have gotten it, but, as I said I understand what you are saying, and really, at the end of the day, its just jolly good fun

 

[sheic99]

I don't think the X-Box Live subculture is large enough or strong enough to lay any valid claim on that term.

? Thats been a pretty common gaming term since Counter Strike at least, does anyone know they exact origins of the tea bag (humiliation style, not to make a tasty hot drink)?

PS usually, I don't monitor my posts this closely, but I'm finding it much more entertaining to do this than write lesson plans... lol

It came from oral sex. I don't think I need to describe that any more.

This made my day. Thank you so much for that video.

 

[Shapsters]

"Hot teabagging action."

She wants to have a group teabag.

 

[Ancientgamer]

Why isn't there a poll option for "I'm a giggling immature fox news basher who doesn't realize that tea bagging is a slang term, and it's me who's naive for not realizing that it has no place being considered the proper meaning in any case whatsoever."

 

[OneHP]

I've actually never heard any meaning for 'teabagging' other than the comedy meaning.

 

[WIUtomato]

Why isn't there a poll option for "I'm a giggling immature fox news basher who doesn't realize that tea bagging is a slang term, and it's me who's naive for not realizing that it has no place being considered the proper meaning in any case whatsoever."

Ahhh, I knew I forgot one somewhere... I'm just wondering then, what would be the proper meaning for the term "tea bagging"? As near as I can tell, no matter which way you look at it, using it as a term of protest is ridiculous.

The (probable) original meaning is an oral sex act, so thats kind of like saying "I don't like your policies so much Mr. Obama that I'm going to give you a hummer..."

The "collegiate" meaning is to place ones testicles on the face of a passed out fellow party attendee, which, while pretty nasty, seems a bit closer to what Fox News was trying to do with this protest.

Finally, in terms of gaming, its to stand and crouch repeatedly over a vanquashed opponents head, mimicing placing your avatar's testicles on their face to disrespect them.

Of these three meanings, the latter 2 make the most sense, so I disregarded the first in my initial post. Also, of the 2 I did mention, I can't help but think that if either had been Fox news's real intent when starting the "movement" then it was about as classy as a nice cold Natty light enjoyed in front of a trailer (EG not very).

So, please, do tell me, since I care not one wit about bashing one network over another, what was the "proper" meaning of Tea Bagging?

 

[PeterDawson]

Who cares? Its Fox News. I'm pretty sure they only still exist so when over-population becomes a concern they can just round up their viewers for a forced from of survival of the fittest.

 

[PirateKing]

I didn't laugh but I think that was because my mouth was hanging open while watching this video.
I hope this was unintentional.

 

[GonzoGamer]

I don't get poor conservatives.

I do, It's brainwashing. The poor (who are understandably religious) are distracted by all of the religious moral outrage: conservative politicians like to get them excited about things like stem cells and gay marriage rather than the important issues that affect us all.

It's like what HL Mencken said:
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

What makes these fruitcakes completely pants is the fact that they are protesting Bush's policies and they don't even realize it; they're just ready to believe whatever hateful rhetoric comes spouting out of the mouth of dbags like O'riley and Cheney.

 

[WIUtomato]

I don't get poor conservatives.

I do, It's brainwashing. The poor (who are understandably religious) are distracted by all of the religious moral outrage: conservative politicians like to get them excited about things like stem cells and gay marriage rather than the important issues that affect us all.

It's like what HL Mencken said:
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

What makes these fruitcakes completely pants is the fact that they are protesting Bush's policies and they don't even realize it; they're just ready to believe whatever hateful rhetoric comes spouting out of the mouth of dbags like O'riley and Cheney.

good analysis... aww crap, sorry, I'm doing informal assessments w/o realizing it... I'm on spring break damn it! Anyway, this is a great succinct appraisal of the situation, me like.

 

[Agayek]

Okay, so some how I missed this yesterday, probably on account of my sequestering myself to try to work ahead on spring break, but whatever, it really is worth a laugh.

Apparently Fox News was encouraging its viewers to attend "tea bagging" rallys yesterday on account of it being tax day, and they wanted to protest all the economic bollocks, I didn't really bother looking all of that up, I just got a laugh out of their repeated use of the term "tea bagging."

Being both a gamer, and former attendee of numerous drunken college rampages, I have a "special" knowledge of this term, and all its diverse meanings, but apparently neither fox news, nor the few score of angry white people they induced to turn out for these events understands the concept of humiliating your vanquished opponent and/or unconscious room mate by placing their face and your genitals (real or digital) in extreme close proximity... nice dropping of the 'ahem' balls there fox... LMFAO!

I mean, honestly, who wouldn't want to tea bag Katie Couric? Matt Laower? And who could forget them Gumbals??? (pardon my spelling on the names here, I really don't care how they are spelled.

Here is a good youtube link if you want to see the words tea bagging used a ton, and watching it, I really can't decide if fox chose the term knowing its other connotations or not, but I KNOW MSNBC gets it, so... who knows, just another confirmation that gaming culture is affecting everyone, whether they know it or not...

You do realize that they use the term Tea Bag as a reference to the Boston Tea Party and the whole "taxation without representation" bit right?

 

[rainman2203]

I really don't get how people take Fox news seriously. If you watch it and think it has any merit... I'm not even going to bother to insult you. I will tea bag you though.

How to tea bag:
1. Get a gun.
2. Shoot a (fill in group you can't tolerate) in the head.
3. Toggle crouch button
4. Repeat as necessary

Results may vary in real life.

 

[WIUtomato]

I really don't get how people take Fox news seriously. If you watch it and think it has any merit... I'm not even going to bother to insult you. I will tea bag you though.

How to tea bag:
1. Get a gun.
2. Shoot a (fill in group you can't tolerate) in the head.
3. Toggle crouch button
4. Repeat as necessary

Results may vary in real life.

LMAO, really, I just want to know if they did it intentionally or not, I can't tell!

 

[WIUtomato]

Okay, so some how I missed this yesterday, probably on account of my sequestering myself to try to work ahead on spring break, but whatever, it really is worth a laugh.

Apparently Fox News was encouraging its viewers to attend "tea bagging" rallys yesterday on account of it being tax day, and they wanted to protest all the economic bollocks, I didn't really bother looking all of that up, I just got a laugh out of their repeated use of the term "tea bagging."

Being both a gamer, and former attendee of numerous drunken college rampages, I have a "special" knowledge of this term, and all its diverse meanings, but apparently neither fox news, nor the few score of angry white people they induced to turn out for these events understands the concept of humiliating your vanquished opponent and/or unconscious room mate by placing their face and your genitals (real or digital) in extreme close proximity... nice dropping of the 'ahem' balls there fox... LMFAO!

I mean, honestly, who wouldn't want to tea bag Katie Couric? Matt Laower? And who could forget them Gumbals??? (pardon my spelling on the names here, I really don't care how they are spelled.

Here is a good youtube link if you want to see the words tea bagging used a ton, and watching it, I really can't decide if fox chose the term knowing its other connotations or not, but I KNOW MSNBC gets it, so... who knows, just another confirmation that gaming culture is affecting everyone, whether they know it or not...

You do realize that they use the term Tea Bag as a reference to the Boston Tea Party and the whole "taxation without representation" bit right?

I've already addressed this one, check the rest of the post. If all they meant by it was a reference to the Boston Tea Party, then someone dropped the ball pretty badly, don't you think?