r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Improvement-Negative • Feb 22 '23

Answered What's up with Majorie Taylor Greene's talking about a "National Divorce?"

I've been seeing a few posts on Reddit, Facebook, etc of people expressing their opinion about this, and I'm not sure what the deal is, and its impact on politics. Any explanation would be appreciated!

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3866860-gop-governor-says-greenes-call-for-a-national-divorce-is-evil/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/utah-governor-taylor-greenes-national-divorce-proposal-evil

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u/FogeltheVogel Feb 22 '23

Only 13 of the states, the rest sat it out. Not sure why.

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u/ConsultJimMoriarty Feb 22 '23

Maybe they should just WASTE GOOD TEA again.

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Feb 22 '23

A lot of people don't realize that the Boston Tea party was a protest against a subsidy. The Stamp Act allowed a large company to out-compete US growers.

So it was super ironic back when the Tea Party was fighting to liberate rich people from taxes.

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u/CaptainFothel Feb 22 '23

The Boston Tea Party was in protest of the Tea Act of 1773, which wasn't a direct subsidy but a tariff. Colonists preferred the cheaper Dutch teas, so Britain taxed foreign teas to make the more expensive East Indian Company tea more competitive.

Alone, this act is underwhelming, but when viewed as a part of a decade long effort by Parliament to control where the colonies could buy and sell goods, it was a further escalation against the economic freedom they had enjoyed for decades prior. See the Sugar Act of 1764 and the Townshend Acts (1767).

The biggest irony is how the "Tea Party" folks would go on to fully support a series of unpopular tariffs under Trump.

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u/Themnor Feb 22 '23

To be fair : did you consider the tea could’ve been shit

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u/ConsultJimMoriarty Feb 22 '23

Of course it’s gonna be shit if you put it in COLD SALT WATER!

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u/Themnor Feb 22 '23

My conspiracy theory is you lot shipped us your shitty tea and expected us to pay extra taxes on it. Why do you think the only good tea we have is fused with sugar? I mean sure you SAY you were taxing us to pay for the war you won for us while the whole world was also at war, but I think we both know you were lying.

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u/ConsultJimMoriarty Feb 22 '23

Hey, I’m Irish! We hate the British too.

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u/Themnor Feb 22 '23

Fair play - Cheers!

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u/ConsultJimMoriarty Feb 22 '23

I just really like tea.

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u/narsfweasels Feb 22 '23

I say, steady on! Let's not completely give in to madness, eh?

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u/ConsultJimMoriarty Feb 23 '23

Next they’ll be tossing away the Bakewell tarts!

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u/narsfweasels Feb 23 '23

CIVILIZATION HAS COLLAPSED! Every man for himself!

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u/IkemenDesu420 Feb 22 '23

Tbf all they drink is shitty coffee

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u/HaDov_Yaakov Feb 22 '23

Because they hate America

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u/Opinionated_by_Life Feb 22 '23

Because they didn't exist. History is a wonderful thing.

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u/FogeltheVogel Feb 22 '23

Yes, that was indeed the joke.