Bob Cesca: The Tea Party Is All About Race

[Turborama]

The Tea Party Is All About Race

Bob CescaPolitical Writer, Blogger, and New Media Producer
Posted: March 3, 2010 01:38 PM

I was going to open this piece with an analogy about the tea party groups and why they're treated seriously by the press and the Republicans. The analogy would go something like: "Imagine getting a serious profile in a mainstream newspaper, and imagine serious Democratic politicians appearing at their convention."

The problem is, when I really evaluated what the various far-left activist groups are all about and compared them with the tea party movement, there really wasn't any equivalency. At all.

Because when you strip away all of the rage, all of the nonsensical loud noises and all of the contradictions, all that's left is race. The tea party is almost entirely about race, and there's no comparative group on the left that's similarly motivated by bigotry, ignorance and racial hatred.

I hasten to note that I'm talking about real racism, insofar as it's impossible for the majority race -- the 70 percent white majority -- to be on the receiving end of racism. That is unless white males, for example, are suddenly an oppressed racial demographic. But judging by the racial composition of, say, the Senate or AM talk radio or the cast members playing the Obamas on SNL, I don't think white people have anything to worry about.

Full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/the-tea-party-is-all-abou_b_484229.html

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[Cha]

1. They certainly act like they're

racists with their friggin signs.:silly:

They're also mad as hatters.

[OHdem10]

2. All along I have wondered aloud if these were not the same "Angry

White Men" of 70s and 80s with all the old resentments.

CNN did a profile of the Tea Party Activist. White Male
Above Average Income, Christian, some college or some type
of training beyond H.S.

[Number23]

3. Hell yes!

"By way of a postscript, one of the many faceless radio talk show wingnuts, Jim Quinn, this week called President Obama a "Kenyan wuss" who should be "slapped silly." The Kenyan lie and the "slap silly" insult aside, this president is no wuss. You know how I know? He's a black man who ran for president and won despite the growing mob of gun-toting militant white bigots like Jim Quinn who are sucking air in America. President Obama achieving this despite the hatred and threats against him takes serious guts. Guts that Jim Quinn and the tea party movement will never understand."

Kicked and rec'd

[Blue_Tires]

4. +1