[Rememavotscam]

Why are we so hung up on the possibility that a tiny handful of the thousands of protesters were ******?

EDIT: Also, welcome back MrFun!

[KuevDulin]

Whats the news, that we still have opportunistic race peddlers without proof of their claim?

Indeed.

[KongoSan]

Put a thousand conservatives together in a mob setting, and I'd be surprised if the N word wasn't used by at least a couple of them. But those couple shouldn't be used to paint the entire crowd. And no different then when you get a similar mob of minorities protesting. A few will always make hate comments about whites, but you can't paint the entire mob by just a few extremists. SO I don't really see any news value here.

[gorbasevhuynani]

I more or less agree with what has been posted by the other commenters. The OP is nonnews.

[Herimoisige]

MrFun is back!

MrFun posted complete non-news!

[saerensenatljn]

Oops! I have the wrong video.

[oxixernibioge]

This article I posted just shows that it was the wrong video.

My point was that there's no proof of the allegation and the people making it have a reason to lie.

[SaLifHoq]

My point was that there's no proof of the allegation and the people making it have a reason to lie.

This.

[Helloheshess]

The irony is that that was just what DD and Sprayber were saying pre-election.

Where did I call him a communist or Muslim supporter.

[Pznrrmaf]

1. I'm guessing he finds liberal economic policy contemptible (he must be commie-inclined).

2. "their feelings about black people"... Well, another person who wants to paint them ALL because a couple of bad apples. Obviously, this smear campaign is working well despite pages of people pointing out how retarded it is to blame the whole for the actions of the very few.


I mean, COME ON! It's not like the tea party had knowledge of these actions and who committed them, then shuffled the problem members around to other demonstrations so they could do it again.



ps. It has only now occured to me that Elok was trolling. Damn-it.

[Gulauur]

Demographic make up of the tea party crowd.


Interestingly enough the 80% white composition (vs. 75% US population )and 6% black composition (vs. 12.5% US population) was reported. From media reports I would have assumed the black fraction to be much less than what this poll gives. 'Course it is Reichstagg Rasmussen.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...ibe_a_movement

[casinobonbiner]

Not so much. I assume meaningless drivel from you and have been 100% right to date regarding the quality of your posts.

[Wvq9InTM]

My point was that there's no proof of the allegation and the people making it have a reason to lie.

And you tried reinforcing your point with the video you posted in the other earlier thread. You should have verified the reliability of your "evidence" before you made your point with that video.

[arrendabomnem]

This seems like a good thread for this...

Foes of tea party movement to infiltrate rallies

ALBANY, N.Y. – Opponents of the fiscally conservative tea party movement say they plan to infiltrate and dismantle the political group by trying to make its members appear to be racist, homophobic and moronic.

Jason Levin, creator of http://www.crashtheteaparty.org, said Monday the group has 65 leaders in major cities across the country who are trying to recruit members to infiltrate tea party events for April 15 — tax filing day, when tea party groups across the country are planning to gather and protest high taxes.

"Every time we have someone on camera saying that Barack Obama isn't an American citizen, we want someone sitting next to him saying, 'That's right, he's an alien from outer space!'" Levin said.

Tea party members said the backlash comes from ignorance.

"They can't actually debate our message and that's their problem," said Bob MacGuffie, a Connecticut organizer for Right Principles, a tea party group that also has members in New York and New Jersey.

The tea party movement generally unites on the fiscally conservative principles of small government, lower taxes and less spending. Beyond that the ideology of the people involved tends to vary dramatically.

Levin says they want to exaggerate the group's least appealing qualities, further distance the tea party from mainstream America and damage the public's opinion of them.

"Do I think every member of the tea party is a homophobe, racist or a moron? No, absolutely not," Levin said. "Do I think most of them are homophobes, racists or morons? Absolutely."

The site manifesto says they want to dismantle the Tea Party by nonviolent means. "We have already sat quietly in their meetings, and observed their rallies," the site said.

Another tea party organizer said the attempt to destroy the movement was evidence its message is resonating.

"We've been ignored, we've been ridiculed. Well, now they're coming after us," said Judy Pepenella, a co-coordinator for the New York State Tea Party. "Gandhi's quote is one we understand: 'First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.'"


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100412/...party_crashers

[discountviagraman]

Wow, that was really stupid, Elok.

[Eunatis]

No. Thinking a heterogeneous populist movement that formed as a reaction to economic distress is "contemptible" because it doesn't have a coherent message and appeals to the founding principles of the country it was formed in is ****ing stupid.

[annouhMus]

It figures a dumb**** like you would think Elok made an intelligent point...

[tpdirorg]

You deserve a serious response about as much as Kiddy does.

[Narcodran]

Thankfully, those kinds of arguments simply don't exist.

[ElenaEvgeevnaa]

I admit I dislike all the populists I've heard of so far. They all seem to prize a certain level of stupidity. Didn't like Howard Dean either.