Why Are The Teabaggers Almost Exclusively White?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

That should tell you something.

The only things missing are hoods, robes, crosses, and matches.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Just got back from a gathering of teaklanners

And not one face that wasn't white. It was strange. This is a good sized urban community. There aren't a lot of places you can go here and not see people of color.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8127027

[chat_noir]

44. new GOP logo

Great job on those pictures, proud, also...too

[proud2BlibKansan]

47. Good one!

[LostInAnomie]

2. Most Republicans are.

That's all Teabaggers are. They are whiny ass, loud mouthed, Repukes.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Not Really

There are quite a few Asian and Hispanic Republicants. Very few in the Teabagger Movement. The Teabaggers Are The Klan Auxiliary of the Republicant Party.

[Orrex]

9. Are you kidding?

Unless a majority of the party is non-white, then the Republican party is indeed made up mostly of whites.

Sort of like the TeaBaggers, except that they're almost exclusively white.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. There Are Significant Asian And Hispanic Minorities In The Republicant Party

About 30% of Hispanics. Not sure about Asians.

I haven't seen one at a Teabagger rally.

[Generic Other]

16. Look at the make-up of the 30 % voting for GOP candidates

Conservative Hispanic Catholics who probably don't consider themselves Indian and Asians relocated in the US through Uncle Sam's Benedict Arnold Protection Program vote GOP. The rest of us vote sensibly in our own interests.

[Orrex]

18. Well, the initial claim was that the Repub Party is mostly white, to which you replied "not really"

I was pointing out that, unless white Repubs are a minority within their party, then the party clearly is mostly white.

Whether or not "there are significant Asian and Hispanic minorities in the Republican Party" doesn't change that; until those minorities--even in the aggregate--outnumber whites, then the party will remain mostly white.


It's like having a bucket containing 15 snakes and 5 eels. Perhaps eels make up a significant minority, but the bucket is still mostly snakes.

[cherokeeprogressive]

23. Isn't the Democratic Party mostly white as well?

Seeing as how 80% of Americans are white?

"White Americans overall (non-Hispanic Whites together with White Hispanics) will remain the majority, at 73.1% (or 303 million out of 420 million) in 2050, from its current, official 80%.<"[br />
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States#White_Americans

[Orrex]

28. But was that the original assertion? Or your assertion?

The original assertion: The TeaBagger party is mostly white because the Republican Party is mostly white.

Your assertion: Not really.

And you followed that assertion with a mention of the GOP's minority constituency.


If your initial intent was to point out that the US itself is mostly white, then that's what you should have said IMO. That would have been more clear than apparently trying to count the minority as the majority.

[cherokeeprogressive]

31. I think maybe you responded to the wrong post.

My original assertion, in the post you responded to (since it was my one and ONLY post on this thread) was that since the United States is populated by white people to the tune of 80%, that the majority of BOTH parties is white.

[Orrex]

33. Um. Whoops?

Couldn't you wear a big, flashy hat or something, so that I can recognize you more easily? Maybe something with pinwheels that launch colored streamers, or something?



Sorry about that...

[cherokeeprogressive]

34. I'll get right to work on that. How about a Minnie Pearl hat?

The hanging tag will be a fishing license though.

[HeavyHemi]

26. Perhaps the point is the Tea bag party is nearly entirely white.

While the GOP is mostly white. A matter of degree if you will.

[Orrex]

27. Hey, welcome to DU!

:hi:

[HeavyHemi]

29. Oh I've been around for awhile...

Matter of fact since the beginning but I was in the Netherlands for several years and lost my original membership. Several of us go way back to the beginning of the MSNBC boards over a decade ago. I just never got re-involved over here.

[Orrex]

30. In that case, welcome back!

:hi::hi:

[LeftyMom]

35. Latinos are more reliable Dem voters than Anglos.

Damned if I know where these conservative voting uber-Catholic latinos are, maybe it's because I'm in California where Republicans will probably never manage a decent shot with latino voters until Pete Wilson is dead and forgotten, but I've never met one.

I suspect any national stats that don't put Cubans in their own category are mostly going to give a deceptive impression of latino voters generally since Cubans are a reliable Republican voting bloc.

[KillCapitalism]

36. Most minorities that are repub are very moderate.

When I say moderate I mean somewhat sane, more of a traditional Eisenhower republican.

The teabaggers are to the far extreme right and basically batshit crazy. I think the teabaggers frighten minorities.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

37. That Was My Point

My poimt was there are still some Asian, Hispanic, and even Afrioan American Republicants; not as many as there used to be.

The Teabaggers frighten non-majority folks. They wouldn't feel safe or comfortable at their rallies.


That was my small point.

[KillCapitalism]

45. I wish we could truly expose them for what they are.

Would be nice if some moles would infiltrate the rallies showing up in Klan regalia, or Nazi wear and it was televised.

[Generic Other]

11. And they love to blame the token .0001% token minorities for 99% of the stupid shit they say and do

That's pretty much all they are there for. Condi, Colin, Michael S., Clarence, John Y., and all the other banana, apples, Tom's, Log Cabin dicks and kitchen maids in the house!

[Generic Other]

3. They use white toilet paper

It's porous so you can see all the crap you sandwich between the layers.

[Swede]

4. Blacks usually don't hate that the President is black?

:shrug:

[rucky]

6. There's this black one they keep interviewing.

so they must not be racist at all.

[uppityperson]

7. Because they are almost exclusively racists, white power freaks

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. It's Not So Much They Are Enemies Of African Americans. It's That They Are Enemies Of Modernity

They flat out hate the other.

[LonePirate]

12. It must be difficult for them to live in the 21st century with an 18th century mindset

[marmar]

20. No, they hate African Americans pretty well too.

[EFerrari]

8. Of course. And remember to celebrate Confederate History Month.

If these dog whistles get any louder, we're going to see an outbreak of ear bleeds in our pooches.

Assholes.

[Cleita]

14. Also, at the risk of offending some white DUers, and I apologize ahead

of time, they seem to be the only demographic that is representing the stupid. I mean where are all the brown people? Is it that they can't think of the most mindless, stupid things to say and do?

[EFerrari]

32. They're in Miami.

[HockeyMom]

15. For the same reason they aren't

Poor, young, female, or gay. Discrimination is key to their party philosophy.

[abluelady]

17. What They Are are Very Frightened People

They are terrified that they are going to become the minority and then will be treated like they have treated minorities.

[MzShellG]

21. Fear and hate....

Your explanation is the root of all their protests. It's inevitable that tensions will boil over at some point soon. Their angst at having a black prez may eventually send them into a violent frenzy.

[marmar]

19. Because those of us who aren't white don't enjoy the company of racists.

nt

[Initech]

22. The teabaggers are the klan, they just don't want to admit it

[jobycom]

24. Because their only real issue is that they want the 50s back.

They come out every few years with new names, but they are still protesting desegregation, and just giving it different names. Most non-whites and even most whites just think they are disingenuous idiots. If they gave a shit about taxes or government spending they'd have been more active under Bush and less active now.

[Golden Raisin]

25. Because there's a black

family living in the White House. A sophisticated, highly-educated and successful black family. It's just killing them. These people are full of fear, guilt and hatred. I also think many of them want to go back to the imaginary/fantasy 1950s world of "Leave It To Beaver", "Ozzie & Harriet" or "Father Knows Best".

[Lagomorph]

38. LA Times report....

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/04/tea-party-obama.html

Go figure...

[mnhtnbb]

39. The Tea Party adherents broke down 28% independent, 17% Democrat and only 57% Republican.

Compare that to the headline that

Myth-busting polls: Tea Party members are average Americans, 41% are Democrats, independents


Kind of turned things around, didn't they? The smallest group is Democrats at 17%. Why not write
a headline that says "85% are Republicans and independents"?

And then notice that the numbers add up to 102%?!!! :wtf:


Maybe Sarah Palin did the math for them!

:rofl:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

40. There Wasn't Even One Mention Of The Racial Break Down Of The Teabaggers In That Article

What a crock of bullshit.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

41. Andrew Malcom Was Laura Bush*'s Press Secretary

I'm sure Juluis Streicher would say the NAZIS were average Germans

[quaker bill]

42. They have the luxury of fear

People who are actually impoverished and oppressed have little time to concern themselves with such off-the-wall theories, and no money to travel or pay the admission to these events. They spend their time trying to find work and wondering where their next lunch is coming from. Having spent some time there, I can assure you that this is the case.

It takes some measure of luxury to sit on your butt all day listening to Rush and Fox to get your head filled with these notions. It takes an even greater measure of luxury to have a dependable car to travel in and the cash to waste on admission to a Palin event. These people are not oppressed, they just like to think they are. The oppressed and impovershed among us have no time or money to waste on a collection of weapons and militia regalia. This is a hobby of the faux oppressed middle class. They may be the folks who aren't quite "keeping up with the Joneses", but they all look pretty well fed. The vast majority (nearly all) of folks I know currently in this situation are caucasian. I have been to "The Villages".

[WVRICK13]

43. Because The KKK

doesn't allow people of color. And I doubt many would want to join.

[butterfly77]

46. Because they are the REAL AMERICANS..

or so they think..