Tea Party

Anyone else think this shit is out of control? Ultra-conservatives shouting racial and homophobic slurs, putting together rallies about why Obama is a communist, and complaining about America. I realize everyone has a right to their stance, however, check this article out.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/14/us/politics/20100414-tea-party-poll-graphic.html

They polled Tea Party members, things that stand out to me?

78% are more worried about economic issues rather than social, 30% think Barack Obama was born outside the US, (WOW) and 40% believe gays should have no legal recognition.

Also, the name is stupid, The motto of the Boston tea party was "no taxation without representation." But they can all vote, so, they should have representation.

They mis-interpret communism in American, communism is a terrible thing that everyone is afraid of. They don't realize that Karl Marx created the idea of communism as basically a utopia, it would be the final stages of society after all other class structures failed. Socialism over and over again, etc. When Russia was our enemy in the cold war, they were communist (you know..Union of Soviet SOCIALST Republics). During the Red Scare back in 1917, communism was our enemy. It's a big idea in America, you're supposed to just be scared of communism.

Fuck those teabaggers.
A bunch of fucking retards who never once got off their fatasses in the name of civic participation when George Bush was starting illegal wars and raping us all in the ass and then Obama gets elected and we're in a depression and he follows the basic principles of Keynesian economics and all these uneducated hick douche bags who have never opened a god damn book or newspaper start screaming communism because Fox News tells them to.
*deep breath*


There's a tea party today in Nacogdoches actually. I'm missing it...what a shame.

Damn.

Maybe I was a little harsh.

But its true.

http://www.bossiersheriff.com/public-view-news.cfm?id=781

In all seriousness, there's a lot of shit going on that sounds like what Timothy McVeigh was into and that shit's gotta stop. Like throwing bricks through windows after health care. Fuck that.

i dunno, "Don't Tax Me Bro" is a pretty punx statement.

also, have a huge problem with this whole organization.

Brendan Kelly's take no them:
"A bunch of Hillbillies who are on Medicaid and public assistance protesting the president’s tax and healthcare platforms. These teabaggers are geniuses, or at least the pundits at fox are, because yesterday they warned us to watch out for sneaky liberal-socialists POSING as teabaggers doing idiotic things that will make the whole teabag party look like a bunch of mongoloids. I mean, is there a smarter way to preempt the inevitable embarrassing moment that’s just the overwhelming destiny of bringing the stupidest five percent of the active and aggressively loud population together to protest their own best interest because of some vague notion of a god and communism? Good on ya, Fox news. That’s some crack evasive maneuvering. "

Recently there's been a lot of debate about whether or not the tea party is racist.
I don't think every single person who identifies with the tea party is racist (I do think they're ignorant, misled, and should open a goddamn history book) but there's certainly an argument to be made that the policies they advocate are insensitive to women and minorities and there are a lot of people whose hatred of Obama is motivated by racism.





(thats my favorite)

Anyway this Mark something who is apparently a big tea party dude posted this recently

"Dear Mr. Lincoln

We Colored People have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!

In fact we held a big meeting and took a vote in Kansas City this week. We voted to condemn a political revival of that old abolitionist spirit called the ‘tea party movement’. The tea party position to “end the bailouts” for example is just silly. Bailouts are just big money welfare and isn’t that what we want all Colored People to strive for? What kind of racist would want to end big money welfare? What they need to do is start handing the bail outs directly to us Colored People! Of course, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the only responsible party that should be granted the right to disperse the funds.

And the ridiculous idea of “reduce[ing] the size and intrusiveness of government.” What kind of world would we have is I ever to control and be responsible for my life own? As Colored People we must have somebody care for us otherwise we would be on our own, have to think for ourselves and make decisions and if you do not agree than there is not enough Colored in your People, as we labeled Ken Gladney [source]

The racist tea parties also demand that the government “stop the out of control spending.” Again, they directly target Colored People. That means we Colored People would have to compete for jobs like everybody else and that is just not right.

Perhaps the most racist point of all in the tea parties is their demand that government “stop raising our taxes.” That is outrageous! Totally racist! The tea party expects Colored People to be productive members of society, especially when our mission is to convince them that progress is impossible for them based on the color of their skin?

Mr. Lincoln, you were the greatest racist ever. We had a great gig. Three squares, room and board, all our decisions made by someone else. Please repeal the 13th and 14th Amendments and let us get back to where we say that belong.

Sincerely

Ben Jealous, Tom’s Nephew National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Head Colored Person"

So yeah...wow.

I agree with the tea partiers as far as small government.

I also understand why less than 30% are concerned with social justice, because the whole thing started is more about how the government is ruining small businesses. Which it is.

I've recently lost all trust in NY times, and MSNBC (which is good about calling the tea party groups racist) because they show misleading videos on purpose. So anything from either of them is pretty much gone into my 'don't believe until you do research pile'

This group started about the time that the health care bill passed, yes, and as far as I've found it's pretty much because the new bill requires actions that small businesses can not pay for.

Then again, maybe my understanding falls from the fact that I do not support Obama and his socialist ways.

Also, maybe because I'm conflicted between individual freedom and Social welfare and where each should stop.

Also, people telling me to stop smoking because they'll have to pay for my medical bills. Or eating, or drinking, etc.


I mean, is it hard to understand a group of people who do not trust that their government knows best?

yeah, i'm agreeing with Kam.
i know some people that are in a local tea party and they aren't racist or "fucking retards..."
the few i know are original members of the local party and one is a small business owner. they are for a smaller government. they have had a few "crazies" (the latest being their secretary who they heard throwin' the "n word" around) and have politely asked them to resign to avoid getting a bum rap. the "crazies" do so and then bad mouth the tea party.
every political group has their down fall.
but seriously, hating on one side is not fair. like all the hate towards FOX News because it's bias... like the other news stations aren't just as bias in the other direction? but wait it's okay for them because they share the same view as you...

hyperballad wrote:

Being biased is one thing. Being hateful is another, and if you don't think that much of the Tea Party (note: I said much, not all), well I really don't have much to add.

I'll so post links on how Rattigan of MSNBC treated a leader of the Sacramento Tea Party member/leader? Both sides are ridiculous, especially if you try to have CNN as the middle ground, but lately it feels that you have to wait a couple of days to make sure CNN has gotten the facts straight.

That aside, I read your Tea Party Rant and all I have to say is that Glenn Beck is now calling Obama the anti-christ because of mass salvation? He's pretty damn creepy to watch.

I would like to argue that I think the tea party are people who are disheartened, scared people. The economy is in scatters and they see the government telling them what is right and what will work after we just got rid of Bush. These are normal people whose political views are fluid and uncertain, which doesn't make them uneducated.

Okay, screw it. Here's the video mainly because past Rattigan being a douche the dude answers his question.