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Re: Cruz, Palin join protesters at WWII Memorial
It's an interesting research product, although I suspect the authors found the conclusions very congenial. The fact remains that despite agglomerations of non-TP elements over time (probably attracted by TP success) TP ideology per se remains colorblind.
You have no idea what the argument was.
The argument was:
Which I argue is false. The bagger ideology is RWA which is inherently racist. Baggerism is extremely reactionary. Most bagger groups have slowly abandoned their libertarian roots and have become more socially conservative, focusing more and more on "traditional values":
Conclusion
The present paper examined possible causes and consequences of identification with the Tea Party movement. We measured longitudinal change in Tea Party identification and an array of constructs relevant to three approaches to the relationship between racial thinking and political judgment–namely, the outgroup-focused, ingroup-focused, and ideological perspectives.
Broadly, the data support claims that the Tea Party is–for some White supporters, at least–a racially motivated movement. Anti-Black sentiment was associated with Tea Party identification across time points. This relationship, however, appeared to be masked by assertions of national decline and the embrace of libertarian ideology.
The findings also suggest that identification with the Tea Party movement is related to racial identity, but not in the manner suggested by traditional models of racialized politics. Rather than causing affiliation with the Tea Party, White identity appears to be a product of immersion in the movement [41]. This phenomenon, which we term political racialization, merits further study to reveal the precise mechanisms by which identification with a political movement can shape racial attitudes and identities.
Our findings concerning libertarianism and social conservatism shed light on the ideological dynamics of the Tea Party movement during an important time in its history. Although support for the Tea Party movement tended to fall over the study period–from June 2010 to April-May 2011–the movement retained greater appeal for social conservatives than for libertarians. Thus, it may be that Republican attempts to exploit enthusiasm for the Tea Party succeeded in shifting the movement (in popular perception, at least) from economic to culturally conservative themes.
PLOS ONE: Race, Ideology, and the Tea Party: A Longitudinal Study
The argument was not whether there are racist elements within Democrats, the argument was whether the bagger ideology contains racist elements.
It does.
It's an interesting research product, although I suspect the authors found the conclusions very congenial. The fact remains that despite agglomerations of non-TP elements over time (probably attracted by TP success) TP ideology per se remains colorblind.