I did read the rest of what you had to say, and didn’t find it much more insightful.
There you have the flaw in your logic, which, I suppose, is what I should concentrate on pointing out. I am not affiliated with the Tea Party in any way…I seriously doubt that they would want me…and so blaming the Tea Party for my comments is somewhat ludicrous, isn’t it?
In fact, blaming the Tea Party for the comments of any individual, or small group, who claim to be affiliated with it, is ludicrous.
Thank goodness the stench of Robert Byrd has finally been silenced, eh?
Actually, what I said was that black people are getting smart and figuring it out, and are working to better themselves. It would be nice if liberal whites could do the same. As for “nigger”, it’s just a word. Try listening to ten seconds of urban rap music without hearing it.
Have you ever been to a Tea Party event, or are you relying on quick shots and sound bytes from CNN?
What about individuals or small groups which the major Tea Party associations have endorsed? Carl Paladino, for example.
I would say that Carl Paladino is the “Bill Clinton” of the Tea Party. A lot of people must be wishing that he would shut up.
That much you’re right about. Gives you more plausible deniability.
I see your problem!
(No, I have not read the rest of the thread.)
I wrote: “people like you”, not YOU. It matters not one whit whether or not you’re affiliated with the Tea Party, but rather that the Tea Party is full of people like you. Idiots.
One or two, I’d give you. Three, maybe. Four, possibly. But from the articles linked in this thread, from your posts, from the news accounts, the signs at the rallys, the actions of its leaders before they tried to mainstream, all are good evidence.
You still don’t get it, do you? Don’t worry, I think a vast majority of the Tea Partiers don’t get it either. Statements that “black people are getting smart” and “working to better themselves” are simply prejudiced inanities, spouted by an ignoramous. The underlying assumptions, that “black people” are just now “getting smart and working to better themselves” and “liberal whites” aren’t are simply divisive rhetoric that appeals to the stupid. No wonder they appeal to you. Try to look beyond the color of someone’s skin, it will open up a whole new world for you.
I think anyone who uses that term outside of specific exceptions is a mental incompetent. That includes you.
There are two lengthy articles in this thread alone. There are likewise dozens of other articles about interviews with people who show up at these events. There are photos of the leaders with racist signs, there’s video of the interviews. There are all kinds of source material that I’ve read.
And yet the Tea Party Express hasn’t withdrawn its endorsement, and nor have any other TP groups.
Hear hear. And let’s hope this line proves more robust, or it’s back to the laboratory.
So they are racist?
Yeah… and they just suddenly got interested when a Black guy got the corner office gig??
In the words of the great Bears Head Coach Mike Ditka… 'Starving Artist? … Who you crappin?"
One Tea Party candidate says Homosexuals are sick and dysfunctional and has sent out racist and horse fucking emails… Another Tea Party beneficiary stated that she was a practicing witch as a teenager and stated that if Hitler came for Ann Frank she would turn the Frank family in… Another standard bearer has said that Government assistance is technically illegal and then it was later revealed that his wife received unemployment insurance. Another stupid fuck supported by the Tea baggers has stated that instead of Medicare we should institute some sort of barter system for health care… like when they use to trade a doctor for a chicken to come care for the sick…
You guys aren’t fooling anyone. You are using these dumbfucks to get other dumbfucks to come vote for them. The only reason most of these dumbfucks even found their way to Washington was because a black dude won. Once you’ve used these dumbfucks to take back the stick you’ll send them back to their trailer parks to enjoy their meth and oxy and figure out important issues like if Jeff Gordon is really a fag…
You might want to come in again…
I’m going to go with:
4.) Cut taxes for the rich, raise taxes on the poor and middle class, and cut government benefits to everyone but the rich and corporations.
Oh, I dunno. Stuff like this, maybe?
I’d say the irony is astonishing, but it’s actually *exactly *what I’d expect from a fucking teabagger, and thus not ironic at all.
Except for all the time you spend advocating for them online, you mean.
You’re a fucking liar.
An actual email chain between my mother and myself:
Her:
“Also the healthcare, is not good enough for them, but for us serfs it will do, if you are going to change things then it should come from the top down. Then one of the Dems talking about immigration, saying there is a student going to school in college (on tax payers) so he can become a citizen, but excuse me, why doesn’t he just take the test like other immigrants have? Why are things all of a sudden different for them and not generations before them. It costs about $300 dollars to take the test, so waive that and let them study like all the rest of them did and swear allegiance to America. Stop bringing the mexican Flag and flying it all over and then burn ours and step on it. If you want to become a legal American then leave what your trying to escape from back where you came from! They should have to obey the Laws of this Land, just as we have to do in any other country, especially mexico. Muslims want tolerance, yet show none to others in their lands, they kill Christians because of their beliefs, so why should we show tolerance for their “Laws” in America. Two years ago, I was not aware of all these things, but by god I am now and I will not back down but will encourage and talk and write and push back as much as I can.”
ME:
I’m not asking you to “back down”, passion is good. I just hate ignorance. Be mad, but be informed first. This democrat=bad black and white thing you have going isn’t helpful or productive. It’s just going to make you even more pissed when things don’t’ pan out the way you have been led to believe.
Come November there wont be some big uprising, no repeals, nothing. just people doing what they think they should. I mean the democrats control all faces of government now and yet the Patriot Act wasn’t repealed, Gitmo isn’t closed, Dont ask dont Tell is still a law… Know why? Because somethings are good even if you wished they weren’t.
HER:
Maybe I think your way of thinking is ignorant, did you ever think of that? Yes I find MY Thing, very helpful, its made me question and realize what is happening today is not what a majority of Americans wanted, including me!!! Like I said I do not expect everything to change in one election, it took a lot more then that to get us here…I have high hopes that we can stop this madness before we become Europe before they dropped the Socialism!
You just can’t fight this type of “passion” with logic. I firmly believe this will be the norm for the republican white population until a white man/women is in the oval office.
You think you know me, do you? Or are you snapping to conclusions based on reading a day’s worth of my silly comments? Is that not the behaviour of an idiot?
Granted, I can see how the “diaperhead” comment would be insulting to some people, especially people like my grandparents, but what the hell…they’re dead. What is your beef with it? Are you Muslim? Or do you just feel an aching in your loins to defend people who put laundry on their heads?
How many of their rallies did you have to attend to reach your conclusion?
The only way to know would be to talk to them.
What color skin should I look at? I’m seeing a lovely shade of brown in the mirror.
And what exceptions do the rules of your little world allow? For instance, would it be OK for me to say nigger, if I flunked the paper bag test?
An unbiased opinion would be useful. I would suggest attending one of the Tea Party rallies, if you feel strongly about it; however, you might be the wrong color to attend one in Mississippi or Memphis. Dey ain’t nuttin’ but eyes and teeth in da night, baby! Dig?
Looks like they’re fueling me now, time to go back to work, so I will have to leave you with some links to “both” of the black people in the Tea Party. I’m sure they can speak for themselves…black folks are pretty smart these days.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38558455/
Shalom, shucran, salut!
Wow. Seriously, wow. Where the hell are you from that your mother raised you to talk like that?
Also…
http://photos.thememphisteaparty.com/GalleryThumbnails.aspx?gallery=204343
Yes. That’s all I’m going on, what you’ve posted here. That’s kinda what happens on message boards. Maybe in real life you’re an intelligent, well spoken, un-prejudiced brain surgeon with a 7 figure income. But here, on this message board, you appear to be an ignorant, prejudiced fuckwit who is wasting my time.
You ever see Monsters Inc.? There’s a throw away line where two monsters are making a bit of a fools of themselves, and one turns to the other and tells him “You’re making it worse!!!”
Can’t imagine why that popped into my head.
For one, when discussing the history and effect of the word itself. For another, using it to tell some lying sack of internet trollling loser that using that word makes them look like a blithering idiot.
You don’t need any help digging. That hole you’re in is getting deeper and deeper every time you post.
:dubious: Carl “Horse Porn” Paladino (yes, that is now his legal name) is a Tea Party candidate. For the governorship of a major state. If he cannot speak as a TP representative, then, pray do tell us, just hypothetically speaking, the names of some persons or entities whom you would recognize as speaking for the movement, such that the plausible deniability outlined above does not apply.
Because if nobody can speak for the TP to its discredit, then nobody can speak for the TP to its credit either – can anyone?