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Excuse me OP but you ARE trying to make it out like you're an expert on this political group.
You have hung yourself with your own words. You claim these people are *not* racist and then you turn around and say you've been to only TWO meetings.
You do not have enough information to make a blanket statement.
And I see now you're trying to bolster your original story.
I've said this a thousand times but I'll say it again: if you are going to try to Propagandize for whatever cause you believe it - it helps greatly if you actually know what you're talking about.
Originally posted by ~Lucidity
reply to post by maybereal11
And speaking of candidates, which I asked about early on but probably got lost in my excited babbling, does the Tear party actually have any? With which to make a difference in November?
CANDIDATE LIST UPDATED: July 12, 2010
These are individuals who support limited government, limited spending, personal liberty, and lower taxes. These individuals represent conservative principals. No Liberal-leaning Neo-Cons or RINO's will be found on this list.
Originally posted by indianajoe77
1. The Dems want to paint the TPM as one and the same as the GOP to get their base away from the TPM and to vote against its candidates.
2. The GOP wants to be associated as one and the same as the TPM so they can keep their base that left the GOP for the TPM voting for their GOP candidates.
Don't you folks see. Its in BOTH parties collective interest to divide this group, keep people from defecting to it, and squash it. The TPM is the only threat to their monopoly of power.
As for the anger at the government, and that being a possible spark that turn the TPM into "brown shirts" or violent, I would remind you of a few ordinary citizens that were angry at their government back in 1776, started getting together, and turned violent towards that government.
Originally posted by indianajoe77
Don't you folks see. Its in BOTH parties collective interest to divide this group, keep people from defecting to it, and squash it. The TPM is the only threat to their monopoly of power.
Tea Party shouldn't be broad-brushed, but some messages are racially divisive
Not all Tea Party activists are racists. Let's get that one out of the way up front.
And disagreeing with the president, when the president is black and the dissenters are white, isn't automatically racism. Not sure anyone said it was in the first place, but some of President Barack Obama's political opponents try to make themselves look like victims and divert challenges to the substance of their arguments by wearing that chip on their shoulders.
But one would have to be willfully blind — or completely ignorant of the insidious ways that race divides us and creeps into our conversations — to not recognize the racially charged messages put forth in some of the placards and slogans at Tea Party rallies across the country, including in Plymouth.
Hometownlife.com
Originally posted by Adevoc Satanae
Originally posted by indianajoe77
1. The Dems want to paint the TPM as one and the same as the GOP to get their base away from the TPM and to vote against its candidates.
I have to ask why Dems would want that if the TPM was truly made up of people from all walks of life. Why would they not be looking to co-op these folks just the GOP wants to?
2. The GOP wants to be associated as one and the same as the TPM so they can keep their base that left the GOP for the TPM voting for their GOP candidates.
Who were the TP folks going to vote for anyway? Is Ron Paul running for every seat in both houses or were they already leaning pretty right?
Don't you folks see. Its in BOTH parties collective interest to divide this group, keep people from defecting to it, and squash it. The TPM is the only threat to their monopoly of power.
That makes no sense after the two statements you just made.
As for the anger at the government, and that being a possible spark that turn the TPM into "brown shirts" or violent, I would remind you of a few ordinary citizens that were angry at their government back in 1776, started getting together, and turned violent towards that government.
So you hope that happens again?
[edit on 29-7-2010 by Adevoc Satanae]