Imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to descend upon Washington DC and Northern Virginia, just a few miles from the Capitol and White House, armed with AK-47s, assorted handguns, and ammunition. And imagine that some of these protesters – the black protesters – spoke of the need for political revolution, and possibly even armed conflict in the event that laws they didn’t like were enforced by the government? Would these protesters — these black protesters with guns — be seen as brave defenders of the Second Amendment, or would they be viewed by most whites as a danger to the republic? What if they were Arab-Americans? Because, after all, that’s what happened recently when white gun enthusiasts descended upon the nation’s capital, arms in hand, and verbally announced their readiness to make war on the country’s political leaders if the need arose.
Imagine that white members of Congress, while walking to work, were surrounded by thousands of angry black people, one of whom proceeded to spit on one of those congressmen for not voting the way the black demonstrators desired. Would the protesters be seen as merely patriotic Americans voicing their opinions, or as an angry, potentially violent, and even insurrectionary mob? After all, this is what white Tea Party protesters did recently in Washington.
Imagine that a rap artist were to say, in reference to a white president: “He’s a piece of shit and I told him to suck on my machine gun.” Because that’s what rocker Ted Nugent said recently about President Obama.
Go read the whole thing.
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 – Do you honestly believe the Tea Party movement is not about race, at least in part?
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 .
What evidence do these morons cite to make the claim that Obama is after their guns? I still don’t understand this.
@ 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.
Well, you know, they’ve got to have guns so they can keep the government from taking away their guns. Or something like that.
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).
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.