Snowed In's Theory: Anyone who uses the term "teabagger", or any form of that word, to refer to Tea Party or other protesters who are concerned about the direction taken by government is not interested in having a meaningful discussion about issues.
Its corollary was along those lines, as corollaries usually are:
Corollary: Statements, articles, and/or interviews in which this theory comes into play may be ignored as a whole.
Recently Jim Hightower wrote some tripe at his website, jimhightower.com, entitled "Goofing Up Health Care Reform". If you know anything about Jim Hightower, you know he is no fan of conservatives. However, in his first paragraph, you can almost imagine the spit flecking from his mouth as he decries those evil tea partiers:
America's shouting match over health care reform has turned completely goofy and I'm not talking about confused seniors at teabag rallies getting red-faced with anger after being told by the right-wing scare machine that "government is trying to take over Medicare."
The rest of the column decries the Democrat senators who don't lean far enough left to suit Mr. Hightower, but since, as far as I can tell, the use of the phrase "teabag rallies" is done by people who want to imply the more offensive "teabaggers" but can't bring themselves to use the actual term, the theory still applies, and thus the whole column is not worth my time, and possibly yours, as stated by the corollary to my theory.
And so, Jim Hightower, you are officially the second dishonoree who has run afoul of Snowed In's Theory. However, given what I know about your extreme political leanings, you might be proud of this.
(Still no dishonoree graphic. If anyone wants to make one, I'd be happy to consider it.)
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