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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
That sort of double-standard is what has people upset. Lots of people within the Tea Party have been angered by the racist fringe of their own movement from Day One and have done everything possible to distance themselves from such people, and -still- they're tarred as racists, while the people -calling- them racist have done nothing whatever to repudiate their own racist lunatic fringe.
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I can't speak much for the NAACP and how it handles or fails to handle its runaway elements, but when you have somewhat influential Tea Party supporters such as radio host Mark Williams (who was even a part of the Tea Party Express) spouting off things such as this....
...in addition to posting satire such as this....
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Dear Mr. Lincoln
We Coloreds have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!
In fact we held a big meeting and took a vote in Kansas City this week. We voted to condemn a political revival of that old abolitionist spirit called the ‘tea party movement’.
The tea party position to “end the bailouts” for example is just silly. Bailouts are just big money welfare and isn’t that what we want all Coloreds to strive for? What kind of racist would want to end big money welfare? What they need to do is start handing the bail outs directly to us coloreds! Of course, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the only responsible party that should be granted the right to disperse the funds.
And the ridiculous idea of “reduce[ing] the size and intrusiveness of government.” What kind of massa would ever not want to control my life? As Coloreds we must have somebody care for us otherwise we would be on our own, have to think for ourselves and make decisions!
The racist tea parties also demand that the government “stop the out of control spending.” Again, they directly target coloreds. That means we Coloreds would have to compete for jobs like everybody else and that is just not right.
Perhaps the most racist point of all in the tea parties is their demand that government “stop raising our taxes.” That is outrageous! How will we coloreds ever get a wide screen TV in every room if non-coloreds get to keep what they earn? Totally racist! The tea party expects coloreds to be productive members of society?
Mr. Lincoln, you were the greatest racist ever. We had a great gig. Three squares, room and board, all our decisions made by the massa in the house. Please repeal the 13th and 14th Amendments and let us get back to where we belong.
Sincerely
Precious Ben Jealous, Tom’s Nephew NAACP Head Colored Person
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...don't you think it muddies the water? That's to say the least. To me, it seems to fan the flames. If he's a leader, he should act as one. Does he want everyone in the Tea Party to act this way? To think this way?
When I see people call the NAACP racists, it's often because they support people on the basis of their being black or because they raise a flag when they see something they deem as racist against blacks (aka "playing the race card"). Well, they happen to be called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It's their raison d'etre. People consider this in itself racist. I don't get it.
How is it racist to support a racial group on the basis of said racial group being disadvantaged
by default? They do this because they see a disparity of equality between this group and the status quo. It's as though people are implying that if you don't want to be discriminated against, then don't bring any attention to your discrimination because that only adds to the discrimination's discrimination....
I don't get it.
Should we dismantle all the women's groups on the basis of their being sexist? Should we dismantle all the poverty groups on the basis of their being classist? Should we dismantle children's and senior's groups on the basis of their being ageist?
I'm sure the NAACP has its problems with racist elements, but to call the organization itself racist doesn't make sense to me. Maybe I'm missing something. It could be because I'm generally ignorant of their day-to-day operations.