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The Tea Party Is.....

What is the Tea Party to America?

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CriticalThought said:
Apparantly you care because you not only brought it up but you know the exact percentages. Why does race matter so much to you Rev?



Then why do you react so defensively when I mention it? Why do you avoid answering the question of why the movement is composed primarily of white people?



So is that your answer of why the tea party is not composed of black folks? They are enslaved by entitlement plans and thus they won't join the tea party because they want the good old white boys to keep giving them a hand out?
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/facepalm


I was mocking your diatribe.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
The communist unionist left wing extreme "true believers" will often repeat this lie, the next we can expect is you tube videos.




When the communist far left extremist goes out of his way to build up a strawman, one should expect an asinine follow up question like this.





And then the true believer far left union apologist marxist, will in turn come to his own true believer conclusion based on the nonsensical lies he displayed at the start of his post.
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Your post makes no sense replying to what I wrote. Why would you copy my posts and then adress your comments about communists and marxists? There is no connection and its offensive for you to attempt to pretend to make one.

We have seen the actual signs of the tea party people with racist messages.

We have seen the actual video evidence of the tea party people with racist messages.

This has nothing to do with communists or unionsits of members of the Leon Trotsky Ballroom Dancing Club or any other nonsense you want to bring up. It has nothing to do with it.

This is about judging the tea party folks based on he signs they have presented publicly and proudly to the rest of the nation.

The fact is a simple one - you see these racist signs at tea party gatherings and DO NOT see them at the gatherings of doctors, lawyers, teachers and other groups that were mentioned in the post by Mellie.

Lets stick to the topic here and not attack me with childish names.
 
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Mellie said:
I really don't understand why race and skin color is such an obsession still in the US. We shouldn't be asking "why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" but "why are all of these kids (of all skin colors) failing reading?" Ask the important questions, not the ones that will keep up divided by something as trivial as skin pigmentation.
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I think Rev and lpast provided some interesting suggestions. Apparently the black folk are enslaved by entitlement programs and won't give up their hand out from the good old white boys by joining movements llike the tea party. Does that sound about right to you? Or do you have an alternative suggestion as to why the tea party is composed mostly of white people?
 
haymarket said:
Your post makes no sense replyin to what I wrote.

We have seen the actual signs of the tea party people with racist messages.

We have seen the actual video evidence of the tea party people with racist messages.

This has nothing to do with communists or unionsits of members of the Leon Trotsky Ballroom Dancing Club or any other nonsense you want to bring up. It has nothing to do with it.

This is about judging the tea party folks based on he signs they have presented publicly and proudly to the rest of the nation.

The fact is a simple one - you see these racist signs at tea party gatherings and DO NOT see them at the gatherings of doctors, lawyers, teachers and other groups that were mentioned in the post by Mellie.

Lets stick to the topic here and not attack me with childish names.
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What the unionist true believer marxist doesn't mention is that by his logic, the left are a bunch of pedophilic sociopathic killing clowns ala john wayne gacey, because the exception is the basis for the standard to the marxist far left true believer/
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
/facepalm


I was mocking your diatribe.
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I'm simply asking the same question, "Why is the tea party composed mostly of white people?"

I think I'll ask the same question in every tea party thread from here on out since it seems to bother you tea party folk so much and I find that rather funny. If race is so irrelevant then it should be a simple question to answer. I personally think race is irrelevant, but I can't wait to hear more responses from your fellow tea partiers to that question.
 
CriticalThought said:
I think Rev and lpast provided some interesting suggestions. Apparently the black folk are enslaved by entitlement programs and won't give up their hand out from the good old white boys by joining movements llike the tea party. Does that sound about right to you? Or do you have an alternative suggestion as to why the tea party is composed mostly of white people?
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Because it is mostly rural folks that disagree with funding entitlement programs...among other things. What is the majority of the US rural population comprised of?
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
What the unionist true believer marxist doesn't mention is that by his logic, the left are a bunch of pedophilic sociopathic killing clowns ala john wayne gacey, because the exception is the basis for the standard to the marxist far left true believer/
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Why are you reproducing my posts with my name and then screaming about marxists?
 
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mac said:
Because it is mostly rural folks that disagree with funding entitlement programs...among other things. What is the majority of the US rural population comprised of?
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So you are saying the tea party is composed primarily of rural people? What evidence do you have to support this notion?
 
Boo Radley said:
Or, I suppose, partisans who see it nowhere, no matter how blatant, and who see any question as the race card. Those generalities work both ways you know. :coffeepap
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there arnt partisans that see it nowhere... i don't think anyone is claiming it doesnt exist, but not near the amount the left portrays it to be.
 
mac said:
Because it is mostly rural folks that disagree with funding entitlement programs...among other things. What is the majority of the US rural population comprised of?
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farmers you mean? lol!
 
lpast said:
You kept asking for an answer I thought id give you one
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Thank you. I think your answer kind of killed the thread though. I can't tell for sure whether or not the other tea partiers agree with you.
 
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CriticalThought said:
Thank you. I think your answer kind of killed the thread though. I can't tell for sure whether or not the other tea partiers agree with you.
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They dont have to they all have minds of their own.
 
celticwar17 said:
there arnt partisans that see it nowhere... i don't think anyone is claiming it doesnt exist, but not near the amount the left portrays it to be.
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The amount is debatable. We're all effected by perception. It is just as possible that people preceive the "left" (whoever they area) as seeing more than they actually see. Too many generalizations always accompany such a discussion.
 
lpast said:
You kept asking for an answer I thought id give you one
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Ill give you a real answer...The teaparty is mostly white because it is fundamentally a protest against the Obama Administrations policies and spending. We all know that blacks voted for Obama to the tune of 98% and that seems to reflect the same in the teaparty. Stating that blacks almost always blindly vote democrat is not RACIST its a fact and the same reasoning applies to why the teaparty is mostly white.
 
liblady said:
you posted there were numerous blacks in the tea party. where did you prove that?
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Just a guess but I suspect that out of all the black people that actually pay taxes, a good portion of them would be tea party backers.. :)


Tim-
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
except in this case. as one who has been called a racist by many on the left for disagreeing with Obama or for being part of the tea party, I see a far cry difference than a left wing idiot suggesting that I am racist, than the strawman of stating that someone argued that racism doesn't exist anywhere.
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I think you believe that racism must be open and blatant in order to eixst. I would say that would be false. I would never argue everyone in the tea party is racist. Have no evidence to support that. But as much as some may go overboard with claims of racism, just as many go too far in their denials. There is an element of racism in the Tea Party. The only debate is how large it is. I tend to think rather small. But it's not deniable that there isn't some there.
 
Boo Radley said:
I think you believe that racism must be open and blatant in order to eixst. I would say that would be false. I would never argue everyone in the tea party is racist. Have no evidence to support that. But as much as some may go overboard with claims of racism, just as many go too far in their denials. There is an element of racism in the Tea Party. The only debate is how large it is. I tend to think rather small. But it's not deniable that there isn't some there.
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There is an element of racism in AMERICA, so it follows that your assertion is blatently obvious; and ultimately meaningless.


Tim-
 
lpast said:
Ill give you a real answer...The teaparty is mostly white because it is fundamentally a protest against the Obama Administrations policies and spending. We all know that blacks voted for Obama to the tune of 98% and that seems to reflect the same in the teaparty. Stating that blacks almost always blindly vote democrat is not RACIST its a fact and the same reasoning applies to why the teaparty is mostly white.
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So why do you suppose that black people typically vote Democrat?
 
CriticalThought said:
Now I have to repeat myself. :roll:

It is becaue I love human behavior. What people don't say often says a lot more about them than what they do say. And the fact is, there is something that neither you nor Rev will say. You won't say why the tea party is commposed mostly of white people. Instead of saying why, you choose to argue that it is irrelevant or you get incredibly defensive and argue that anyone who would even mention race is a racist or hypocrite. That says an awful lot about you even though you aren't even aware that you are communicating. It says that it bothers you and you would rather avoid it entirely than think about it.
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The Tea Party is a majoritly white group for likely a number of reasons.

The first of which is that whites make up the largest segment of the population and generally speaking national groups that do not specifically cater to an individual minority will tend to have more whites than any other singular minority.

The second is that minorities, blacks in particular, tend to be more liberal in their political ideology and as such are going to be less likely to take part in a conservative movement. The same goes for Latino's when it comes to non-social issues. This in and of itself makes up the two largest minority demographics in the country. So the base of those minorities that the Tea Party would be likely to gain membership from is already smaller percentage wise than that of Whites as there a higher percentage of those minorites identify liberla than conservative then whites do.

Thirdly, in addition with the above, whites in general are less likely to be recieving things like Welfare which is the type of big government program that is presented as something the Tea Party doesn't like. Roughly 1 in every 17 white people are on welfare compared to 1 in every 4 for blacks and 1 in every 5 for hispanics. So your base of people likely to be attracted to the Tea Party reduces itself at 3 times the rate from the Hispanic and Black communities then it does from the white community.

Fourthly, coverage. The Tea Party came into prominence opposite of the time where arguably the most popular President with minorites came into power, and came into prominence largely against his policies. It was covered almost from the start with an air of racism, and by "start" I mean its Ron Paul supporting roots. As it became larger in prominence the implication, or direct accusation, of racism grew. Message feeds upon message and acts as a deterent for some of those minorites that would've potentially been on the fence from actually taking the leap.

So in summary I would say the likeliest reasons the tea party is largely made up of white individuals is because:

1) They are the largest population in the, more than double all other minorities combined.
2) The two largest minorities groups lean liberal on fiscal and governmental issues shrinking the base of appeal
3) A higher percentage of minorities engage in the types of programs the Tea Party is depicted at being against
4) The Tea Party has been implied or flat out called racist from its inception which potentially deters on the fence minorities
 
Hicup said:
I thought you weren't talking to me anymore? :)

No, all people who vote democrat are stoooopit!! Including the colored folk.. :)


Tim-
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I told you not to talk to me. But when you say something as idiotic as black people are stupid because they vote democrat it merits investigation.
 
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