But I will be down at the state capitol today. The God’s truth is, I’m kinda scared. There’s gonna be about 2,000 of them and 100 of us, and they have been known to throw rocks through windows, attack people because they thought they were state legislators, and try to HIT legislators with rocks.
If you’re not in Tennessee… I’m talking about the protest today regarding the imposition of a state income tax. You’d think that any normal responsible citizen who faces UP to their responsibilities as a human being who BREATHES AIR in this state would face up to the face that they’ve got to PAY TAXES. No, it is not fun, not a barrel of laughs, but if you’re going to enjoy the privileges of being a citizen, you have to do it! But NOOOOO…over 1,000 anti-tax protestors have decided that they don’t want to do it, egged on and financially supported by local Rush wanna be talk radio hosts. THEN they try to paint the issue as some wild eyed liberal thing, never mind that the governor who is pushing the tax plan is a REPUBLICAN!!!
Never mind that the state faces a billion dollar budget shortfall. Never mind that if the tax isn’t passed, all state parks will close, air and water quality will go to hell, schools will lose massive amounts of funding, sick people will be kicked off TennCare-- I could go on and on, but children, senior citizens, and people of color will naturally suffer the most.
Oh, but they’re white and middle class, so who the hell cares!
They are evil. EVIL! They’re evil like the mob that howled around 9 black children trying to go to school in Little Rock. They’re evil like Byron de la Beckwith shooting Medgar Evers. They’re evil like the mobs IN NASHVILLE who spit on and attacked black students trying to get served at a Woolworth’s counter. Shit, in some cases maybe they’re literally the same people!!! I am tired of being nonviolent. I am not Dr. King or Gandhi. I would like to see these obtuse, racist, evil fools dead in a ditch in front of me.
But I’m going to remain non-violent because I am a moral human being making moral choices.
Oh btw… a little sheepish after all that moral outrage… this is my first post, and I didnt’ realize until too late that diku was still logged in. I’m Anise.
I don’t live in Tennessee and don’t have a horse in this race, but this little rant is fucking stupid. You are comparing tax protestors with murderers. That is fucking stupid.
You obviously disagree with their position, but tarring another group as immoral and equating them with murderers is such a ridiculous tactic it is even unworthy of the Pit.
OK, it’s your first post so I realize saying your argument is “fucking stupid” might come off a bit harsh. I’m simply tired of people on both sides of the aisle stereotyping people they don’t agree with.
There might be a violent racist in the anti-tax group. Of course, there might be a guy who fucked an 8-year old in your counter-protest group.
The fact is you have stereotyped an entire group as racist because you don’t like their politics. You might want to add a little nuance to your reasoning.