Politics Apr 27, 2010 at 11:28 am

What If Tea Party Protesters Were...

Dan Savage
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Except the whole piece is based on a fantasy, the opposite of reality, so one can only conclude that it is completely irrelevant. It tells me which side is actually making the issue about skin color.
D on April 27, 2010 at 12:34 PM Report this
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@D - Do you honestly believe the Tea Party movement is not about race, at least in part?
Suburban Porn King on April 27, 2010 at 1:11 PM Report this
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Sorry D, when the Baggers are yelling Nigger and Faggot in front of a billion members of the press you take that as an indicator of their slant on race relations. I'm not saying ALL of them BUT clearly more than a (ahem) minority .
Abusive on April 27, 2010 at 2:06 PM Report this
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What evidence do these morons cite to make the claim that Obama is after their guns? I still don't understand this.
pork chop on April 27, 2010 at 2:09 PM Report this
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@ Pork Chop -

Yep. The reality is that Obama has been an NRA member for 18 years. It's all akin to the "keep your government hands off my Medicare" mentality.

Idiots.
Jackattak on April 27, 2010 at 2:11 PM Report this
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Well, you know, they've got to have guns so they can keep the government from taking away their guns. Or something like that.
ElGordo on April 27, 2010 at 4:43 PM Report this
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The above scenario already (sort of) happened in the 60s. Look up the Black Panther Party. Hell, one of their members shot a Portland police officer (who was in critical condition but made a full recovery).
el cubano on April 27, 2010 at 6:58 PM Report this
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There are certainly crazies out there in the Tea Party protests that could very well be racist, but this relentless labeling of the entire group as racist has got to stop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CLPhz0DHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y17LKXBrkk

I thought after Obama was elected will could forget about races, but it seems that it has only gotten worse.
IseWise on April 27, 2010 at 9:42 PM Report this

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