The phrase "As a taxpayer..." is a good indicator that anything that's about to follow is likely to be ill-informed, hateful, and just plain wrong.
So you pay tax, do you? Well done! This doesn't automatically entitle you to fart out your worthless opinions in public though.

Be quiet, do what you're told and leave the thinking to someone who actually knows what they're talking about. HTH xxx
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 21 Feb 2013, 20:35, 8 replies)

In a similar vein saying
I'm not racist but.. is a surefire way of declaring your racism
( Locus213 Slightly to the left of Bakunin, Thu 21 Feb 2013, 20:56, closed)

In fact, you can generalise this - "I'm not [X] but.." means you're about as [X] as can be.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 21 Feb 2013, 21:38, closed)

I'm not a lesbian, but...

( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 21 Feb 2013, 22:32, closed)

I'm not a doctor

( Peej, Thu 21 Feb 2013, 22:33, closed)

I'm not a rampant sex stud, but...

(RVD420 has his world coming down on, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 11:28, closed)

Not quite
Whenever anyone starts a sentence with "I'm not being funny but..." you can guarantee that whatever they're going to say won't be funny, in fact it will most likely be annoying and ill-informed
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:42, closed)

Got to admit I'm guilty of using that phrase myself.
I've usually used it to try and make the objection that followed it sound slightly less unreasonable.

"Not being funny here, but the deadline for submitting Product A to Customer Z was two weeks ago. Why are we still having hour-long debates about what tip-ins should go into it?"
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 22:05, closed)

Also "Speaking as a mother"
(Bill Bailley)
( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Thu 21 Feb 2013, 22:35, closed)