Tea Partiers demands apology from Captain America

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1. Howard Tayler

   Isn’t the hue and cry growing out of the fact that the protesters in the comic turned out to be a front for a neo-Nazi thing?

2. Howard Tayler

   (Note: I haven’t read the comic in question. Looking for clarity, not calling for a correction.)

3. Alan Gardner  (admin)

   @Howard. Of the stories I’ve read, the neo-Nazi thing hasn’t been mentioned. It might be part of the story-line, but so far everyone is fixated on the teabagger reference.

4. Pat Bagley

   Captain America is a great patriot and has nothing to apologize for.

5. Ben Paddon

   If the Tea Partiers get this bent out of shape every time someone points out how bloody stupid they all are they’re not going to have any time left for their half-assed “revolution”.

6. Allan Holtz

   Umm.. I don’t get it. Where’s the slur against the tea partiers in that reference? That’s exactly the sort of sign you’d expect to see at their events, no?

7. Tom Heintjes

   Allan, I suspect they are upset because they’re inferring some juvenile humor about “tea bagging” someone. Here’s some information about a rather high-profile such incident: http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/the_alleged_teabagging_of_reggie_love

8. Jules Rivera

   So let me get this straight. Are the Tea Partiers getting upset because the Captain America comic referenced them at all or that they made a crude reference to “teabagging” that associates with the party? If it’s the former, they need to get over it. It’s not like what was said was even all that bad or even erroneous. If it’s the latter, then maybe they should’ve considered a different name for their party. That’s like if they had called themselves the Long-Wiener party and got shocked and angry when someone would make a childish joke about it.

   Seriously, guys? Roll with the punches.

9. Jim Lavery

   This whole controversy is a title misprint. This was supposed to be in Issue #602 of Captain Europa.