NAACP considers resolution decrying racist elements in tea-party movement

[Harry Dresden]

Sounds like the average IQ of both nations would have gone up.

sounds like you are one of those real americans who still order freedom fries.

Sounds like you're one of those who worship Europeans because, they're like, all European and stuff. They HAVE to be better than America.

Right?

well the guy is from Germany after all....

 

[Sky Dancer]

That's easy for you to say.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

You object to the term 'colored people' in their name? That was the term used in 1909 when they were founded. I still remember it's use in my lifetime.

When i was young I was taught not to use the term "black" because it was offensive. Negro or Colored was the prefered term
By the late 60s the required term was "black"

Since then.... "Afro-American" "Person of Color" and now "African American" were suggested

"African-American" is Politically correct bullshit as well as ALL this nationality in front of American shit ....it is a dividing tactic.....if we are all Americans then i dont need to know what ethnicity you are....its not important....we are Americans.....period....

BS, if all people of all backgrounds were treated the same then you can say we're all Americans you idiot.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Oh but it was just fine and dandy when the ANTI-WAR nutjobs carried signs of Bush as Hitler.

you people are a JOKE JOKE JOKE.

it's a FRIGGEN SIGN. GET OVER YOURSELVES ALREADY.

When did I ever say that people who compared Bush to Hitler were right and or ever stated that I condone that act? I'm not liberal nor "Republican" conservative, i occupy my own space politically and don't ally myself extremist retards.

yea...thats why you have called yourself and even have it written by your avatar ..."Right of Center True Conservative".....which the posters here have proved time and again how full of shit you are.......you ALWAYS defend the left....and NEVER defend anything even remotely Conservative.....you are just full of shit Chuckie....

I am conservative and do defend conservatives, I don't defend "Republican" conservatives, nor any of the idiots in the Senate and House who call themselves conservatives but are conservative only in name.

 

[Borat]

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

You overcomplicate things my man. Here i fixed it for you:

"To be relatively conscious in this country is to be in a rage almost all the time."

The country is f*cked and it has nothing to do with being a Negro.

 

[Harry Dresden]

When i was young I was taught not to use the term "black" because it was offensive. Negro or Colored was the prefered term
By the late 60s the required term was "black"

Since then.... "Afro-American" "Person of Color" and now "African American" were suggested

"African-American" is Politically correct bullshit as well as ALL this nationality in front of American shit ....it is a dividing tactic.....if we are all Americans then i dont need to know what ethnicity you are....its not important....we are Americans.....period....

BS, if all people of all backgrounds were treated the same then you can say we're all Americans you idiot.

so because there are still bigots around we all have to identify ourselves with our nationality first?......your a fucking idiot Bass.....its a dividing tactic that does nothing to bring different people together....how can you be treated the same when you have it pushed in your face that im this or that?....

 

[daveman]

sounds like you are one of those real americans who still order freedom fries.

Sounds like you're one of those who worship Europeans because, they're like, all European and stuff. They HAVE to be better than America.

Right?

well the guy is from Germany after all....

Ahhh. Well, that explains a great deal.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I am conservative and do defend conservatives, I don't defend "Republican" conservatives, nor any of the idiots in the Senate and House who call themselves conservatives but are conservative only in name.

NO...you dont....i have been in many of your threads and have NEVER seen you defend anything Conservative.....but i have seen you defend plenty of liberal policies....and there have been many "Conservatives" arguing with you in those threads about this.....as usuall your full of shit...

 

[Foxfyre]

You want to see fair and balanced despite the NAACP guy using the Democrat playbook to filiibuster any issue to death they can't defend?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zez6oHzYTKY]YouTube - Project 21's Borelli Debates NAACP's Shelton on Tea Party "Racism"[/ame]

 

[Sky Dancer]

Fox is anything but fair and balanced.


The fact is that I support many of the core goals of the tea party movement, not as a black American -- but as an American. Let me be very clear about what I agree with and what I find intolerable. I do not support those who hate my president because he is a black man -- and that kind of hatred is often displayed on racially charged and denigrating signs at tea party rallies. I do not support those who spew racial venom, especially when incendiary words come from leaders within the movement, as they did last week from Mark Williams, national spokesman for the Tea Party Express. And I abhor and reject anyone who would spit upon or yell racial epithets at an esteemed public servant such as Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), and other black members of Congress, as tea party supporters reportedly have done.

I wrote a commentary for the Root suggesting that blacks may want to give the tea party movement a second look on substance and perhaps even emulate it. We should, I argued, start our own tea party as a way to protest the historic loss of black wealth since 2007. This did not go over well. How could I take those racist people seriously, some asked.

Well, I don't take racists seriously. I am alarmed by the racial animus and incivility that continues to build among our citizenry -- on all sides. But such voices do not represent the entire tea party movement. And it's the movement's ideas I take seriously.

To really move forward, we don't need provocative proclamations and condemnations. We need the NAACP and the tea party leadership alike to come up with tangible solutions, ideas that lessen some of the economic and social pain we are all experiencing.

So why can't black Americans have a tea party movement of our own? That is, why can't we get energized by politicians and proposals that would put people back to work and reduce the burden of taxes? I am all for social programs that feed and help people in rough times, but we need to do more than keep heads above water.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/16/AR2010071602730.html

 

[mudwhistle]

Fox is anything but fair and balanced.


The fact is that I support many of the core goals of the tea party movement, not as a black American -- but as an American. Let me be very clear about what I agree with and what I find intolerable. I do not support those who hate my president because he is a black man -- and that kind of hatred is often displayed on racially charged and denigrating signs at tea party rallies. I do not support those who spew racial venom, especially when incendiary words come from leaders within the movement, as they did last week from Mark Williams, national spokesman for the Tea Party Express. And I abhor and reject anyone who would spit upon or yell racial epithets at an esteemed public servant such as Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), and other black members of Congress, as tea party supporters reportedly have done.

I wrote a commentary for the Root suggesting that blacks may want to give the tea party movement a second look on substance and perhaps even emulate it. We should, I argued, start our own tea party as a way to protest the historic loss of black wealth since 2007. This did not go over well. How could I take those racist people seriously, some asked.

Well, I don't take racists seriously. I am alarmed by the racial animus and incivility that continues to build among our citizenry -- on all sides. But such voices do not represent the entire tea party movement. And it's the movement's ideas I take seriously.

To really move forward, we don't need provocative proclamations and condemnations. We need the NAACP and the tea party leadership alike to come up with tangible solutions, ideas that lessen some of the economic and social pain we are all experiencing.

So why can't black Americans have a tea party movement of our own? That is, why can't we get energized by politicians and proposals that would put people back to work and reduce the burden of taxes? I am all for social programs that feed and help people in rough times, but we need to do more than keep heads above water.
washingtonpost.com

I don't think anyone at a Tea Party proclaimed that they hated Obama because he's black.

Equating Nazi signs with racism is just about all you have. Nazi signs are supposed to be equating a person to fascism not race. And it seems that nobody can really say that those displaying those signs were even actual members.

Black Americans can join the Tea Party and do....but the MSM won't report it.

 

[Sky Dancer]

Fox is anything but fair and balanced.


The fact is that I support many of the core goals of the tea party movement, not as a black American -- but as an American. Let me be very clear about what I agree with and what I find intolerable. I do not support those who hate my president because he is a black man -- and that kind of hatred is often displayed on racially charged and denigrating signs at tea party rallies. I do not support those who spew racial venom, especially when incendiary words come from leaders within the movement, as they did last week from Mark Williams, national spokesman for the Tea Party Express. And I abhor and reject anyone who would spit upon or yell racial epithets at an esteemed public servant such as Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), and other black members of Congress, as tea party supporters reportedly have done.

I wrote a commentary for the Root suggesting that blacks may want to give the tea party movement a second look on substance and perhaps even emulate it. We should, I argued, start our own tea party as a way to protest the historic loss of black wealth since 2007. This did not go over well. How could I take those racist people seriously, some asked.

Well, I don't take racists seriously. I am alarmed by the racial animus and incivility that continues to build among our citizenry -- on all sides. But such voices do not represent the entire tea party movement. And it's the movement's ideas I take seriously.

To really move forward, we don't need provocative proclamations and condemnations. We need the NAACP and the tea party leadership alike to come up with tangible solutions, ideas that lessen some of the economic and social pain we are all experiencing.

So why can't black Americans have a tea party movement of our own? That is, why can't we get energized by politicians and proposals that would put people back to work and reduce the burden of taxes? I am all for social programs that feed and help people in rough times, but we need to do more than keep heads above water.
washingtonpost.com

I don't think anyone at a Tea Party proclaimed that they hated Obama because he's black.

Equating Nazi signs with racism is just about all you have. Nazi signs are supposed to be equating a person to fascism not race. And it seems that nobody can really say that those displaying those signs were even actual members.

Black Americans can join the Tea Party and do....but the MSM won't report it.

I'm printing part of an editorial because it raises some interesting points.

 

[mudwhistle]

Fox is anything but fair and balanced.


The fact is that I support many of the core goals of the tea party movement, not as a black American -- but as an American. Let me be very clear about what I agree with and what I find intolerable. I do not support those who hate my president because he is a black man -- and that kind of hatred is often displayed on racially charged and denigrating signs at tea party rallies. I do not support those who spew racial venom, especially when incendiary words come from leaders within the movement, as they did last week from Mark Williams, national spokesman for the Tea Party Express. And I abhor and reject anyone who would spit upon or yell racial epithets at an esteemed public servant such as Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), and other black members of Congress, as tea party supporters reportedly have done.

I wrote a commentary for the Root suggesting that blacks may want to give the tea party movement a second look on substance and perhaps even emulate it. We should, I argued, start our own tea party as a way to protest the historic loss of black wealth since 2007. This did not go over well. How could I take those racist people seriously, some asked.

Well, I don't take racists seriously. I am alarmed by the racial animus and incivility that continues to build among our citizenry -- on all sides. But such voices do not represent the entire tea party movement. And it's the movement's ideas I take seriously.

To really move forward, we don't need provocative proclamations and condemnations. We need the NAACP and the tea party leadership alike to come up with tangible solutions, ideas that lessen some of the economic and social pain we are all experiencing.

So why can't black Americans have a tea party movement of our own? That is, why can't we get energized by politicians and proposals that would put people back to work and reduce the burden of taxes? I am all for social programs that feed and help people in rough times, but we need to do more than keep heads above water.
washingtonpost.com

I don't think anyone at a Tea Party proclaimed that they hated Obama because he's black.

Equating Nazi signs with racism is just about all you have. Nazi signs are supposed to be equating a person to fascism not race. And it seems that nobody can really say that those displaying those signs were even actual members.

Black Americans can join the Tea Party and do....but the MSM won't report it.

I'm printing part of an editorial because it raises some interesting points.

Might want to surround it with quotation marks or use a quotation box because I thought it was your own words.

There will always be those few who hate him for being black.

But most of the fears are over his policies. That's why the Tea Party was formed.

All of that spending is scaring the crap out of everyone because they know it will eventually mean huge tax increases.

Seems everything he does is ideological rather then based in common-sense.

 

[Sky Dancer]

I don't think anyone at a Tea Party proclaimed that they hated Obama because he's black.

Equating Nazi signs with racism is just about all you have. Nazi signs are supposed to be equating a person to fascism not race. And it seems that nobody can really say that those displaying those signs were even actual members.

Black Americans can join the Tea Party and do....but the MSM won't report it.

I'm printing part of an editorial because it raises some interesting points.

Might want to surround it with quotation marks or use a quotation box because I thought it was your own words.

There will always be those few who hate him for being black.

But most of the fears are over his policies. That's why the Tea Party was formed.

Fair enough.

 

[Foxfyre]

I don't think anyone at a Tea Party proclaimed that they hated Obama because he's black.

Equating Nazi signs with racism is just about all you have. Nazi signs are supposed to be equating a person to fascism not race. And it seems that nobody can really say that those displaying those signs were even actual members.

Black Americans can join the Tea Party and do....but the MSM won't report it.

I'm printing part of an editorial because it raises some interesting points.

Might want to surround it with quotation marks or use a quotation box because I thought it was your own words.

There will always be those few who hate him for being black.

But most of the fears are over his policies. That's why the Tea Party was formed.

All of that spending is scaring the crap out of everyone because they know it will eventually mean huge tax increases.

Seems everything he does is ideological rather then based in common-sense.

I think it is safe to say that there are essentially NONE in the Tea Party movement that hate him at all. Not because he is black or for any other reason. Nor do they fear him because he is black. They fear him because he doesn't seem to have a clue about any of the principles that made this country great and because they believe his policies are taking us straight into a socialist hell from which it will be extremely difficult to extricate ourselves.

The constant attempt of the Left, goaded on by the Administration, to make the Tea Party a racist movement is absurd given the growing number of black, Hispanic, and Asian participants, many of whom are organizers, speakers, and spokespersons for the principles involved.

 

[Sky Dancer]

It's not accurate to say that NONE of the Tea Partiers hate Obama. Unless, you're the Almighty, no one can say that.

The rhetoric of the Tea Party is intensely anti-Obama.

The Tea Party may have some legitimate concerns shared by most Americans but they sometimes present them in a most inflammatory way.

 

[chanel]

Or perhaps the media only reports on the most "inflammatory" elements?

 

[Immanuel]

Stephanie-

Criticise the Presiden's policies all you wish. It's the American way.

well dear I'm afraid that mold was broken wide open by the hateful lefties and the anti-war protesters during the Bush years.

probably no turning back now.

and I'll criticize him any way I want. thanks

Stupid fuck, the NAACP challenged the Tea Bastards to eliminate the racist pricks within their movement, they never said the Tea Bastards don't have a right to criticize the CINC, but you ugly fucks think your right to criticize makes you immune to being criticized, if you can't take it stop fucking dishing it out.

I'm okay with the NAACP making such a request.

Why is it so difficult to understand that there are some of us who would also like to see the NAACP denounce the racist people that speak for them and for their cause i.e. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, The NBPP etc.?

Immie

 

[Immanuel]

Bush was criticised plenty. Nobody called him a ******.

well neither have I so I have nothing to worry about. and if someone did, that is their problem, not mine or yours or the rights or the lefts.
I don't go around telling other how they should act. not my job. not like the left and the NAACP believe it is theirs.

It's the NAACP's historic job to counter racism and support civil rights. If the Tea Party wants to behave badly, they'll have to take the consequences. They won't be considered very seriously.

Here's a video:
Think Progress VIDEO: Yes, there is racism in the Tea Party movement.

I am still waiting for someone to prove to me that the people in that video and others like it and other pictures of people holding racist signs are in fact, conservatives and/or members of the tea party.

These kinds of things prove nothing except that some idiots are willing to stand up and make racist statements.

I denounce each of the racist statements made in that video, but prove to me that these people are conservatives or hold the views of the tea party. For all we know they may be Democrats attempting to smear good people who happen to disagree with their politics.

Immie

 

[JimH52]

Each time the Tea Party has a rally, the racist signs are obvious. How dare a Black Man become President!