Over the weekend, political Twitterers on both sides of the aisle began tweeting their best suggestions for #RepublicanBooks and #Democratbooks.
This morning, #RepublicanBooks is trending. While both liberals and conservatives are playing, this hashtag game offers us particularly keen insight into what occupies the minds of progressive Twitterers. The hashtag is an unfortunate lesson in how to bake a liberal cake.
Add one part Race obsession:
#RepublicanBooks I'm White and You Should Be Too
— Anna M (@AGreathouse_AK) July 3, 2012
#RepublicanBooks Fifty Shades of White
— Dig (@diggaduh) July 3, 2012
One part Koch conspiracies:
#RepublicanBooks Why Koch is Our Drug of Choice
— The Intellectual Ratchet (@PettyWalker_) July 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/CJ_Politics/status/220012966572072961
Mix well with Gay-baiting:
https://twitter.com/Chaapai/status/219995403205099520
#RepublicanBooks Pray Away the Gay, With a Peen in Your Butt
— Mintedroyalty (@Mintedroyalty) July 3, 2012
Dust with a liberal sprinkling of lady bits:
Men are from Mars, and Should Control Women's Vaginas #RepublicanBooks
— Katie Halper (@kthalps) July 3, 2012
#republicanbooks Who's Afraid of Vaginas, Wolf?
— Dylan Otto Krider (@dokrider) July 3, 2012
And of course, garnish with Republican woman-bashing.
https://twitter.com/LiberallyJan/status/220008981073117187
https://twitter.com/Chaapai/status/219992669621981187
Take with a strong anti-emetic.
Conservatives are pushing back, using both #RepublicanBooks and #DemocratBooks.
https://twitter.com/BrentTeichman/status/220132816200015872
How to Provide Contraception For Less Than $3000/Year #RepublicanBooks
— Stuart (@Ringo6) July 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/aschulme/status/220155907173138432
#DemocratBooks To Kill a Constitution.
— Pete Sayek (@PeteRFNY) July 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/Roy__Rogers/status/220147402194161665
#DemocratBooks The Mediocre Gatsby
— Mattphilbin (@Mattphilbin) July 3, 2012
#DemocratBooks What Color is Your Parachute Raaaacist?
— BarbaraMcMahon((?)) (@southsalem) July 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/aschulme/status/220137961772167169
#DemocratBooks Crime and No Punishment (By Eric Holder)
— Space Woman Spiff ??? (@BellaPelosi) July 3, 2012
What are your favorite #DemocratBooks and #RepublicanBooks?
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