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Morgan Freeman calls Tea Party racist

Not a very astute observation about politics in America. Anti-intellectualism is far more relevant to the Tea Party and would have deserved a mention, but race? Not really justified.
 
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Top Cat said:
Yes because he's a really stupid man. Seriously. You just proved him right. Is it possible for you righties to consider the fact that a black person is capable of making rational choices? Never mind. Clearly you're do not.
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You do realize that your comment is by far more racist? You assume that opposition to Obama is based on race. Were you not paying attention when people opposed Bush's spending policies? Were you conveniently absent when Clinton was forced to cut spending by the right? Were you not born yet when George H.W. Bush was booted out of office for raising taxes? The American People have opposed higher taxes and bigger government for as long as I've been alive. Their vocal opposition may be louder today, but it has nothing to do with the color of the skin of the President. The voices being louder has everything to do with the government's proximity to collapse. Maybe you libs don't get it, but this government...our government...the US Government in all forms (federal and local) is in such a tenuous financial position that the entire country faces collapse. Increasing spending is not a solution yet this President continues to push that very agenda. Opposing such bad policies has been and will always be a staple of our republic. Race plays no part.
 
Fiddytree said:
Not a very astute observation about politics in America. Anti-intellectualism is far more relevant to the Tea Party and would have deserved a mention, but race? Not really justified.
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Anti-intellectualism. Yes, it does seem to be rampant now days.
 
Crosscheck said:
Have a pretty good feeling that a number of blacks voted for Obama because he would be the first black president. Fairly safe with that assumption.
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I think that's a pretty bad assumption considering that blacks tend to vote for Democrats anyway. If a black Republican had run, I strongly doubt many blacks would have voted for him because he was black.
 
Goshin said:
I am disappointed that he is joining the crowd who thinks "all criticism of Obama is rooted in racism."
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Where did he say that? I thought he was talking about his perceptions of the Tea Party specifically.

My problems with Obama are rooted in policy, not race.
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Then he's not talking about you. :shrug:
 
theplaydrive said:
I think that's a pretty bad assumption considering that blacks tend to vote for Democrats anyway. If a black Republican had run, I strongly doubt many blacks would have voted for him because he was black.
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I agree some black republicans are just as distasteful to blacks as they are to whites.
But you go back to the Democrat primary, when it was Hilary vs Obama, do you feel a number of blacks voted for Obama just because he was black?
Note: I said "number" not the majority.
 
Crosscheck said:
But you go back to the Democrat primary, when it was Hilary vs Obama, do you feel a number of blacks voted for Obama just because he was black?
Note: I said "number" not the majority.
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That's true. I forgot about the primary.

I would say that holds true for the primary, but not for the general election simply because blacks overwhelmingly vote for democrats over republicans.
 
Crosscheck said:
Anti-intellectualism. Yes, it does seem to be rampant now days.
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Sort of. But you can go back to Hofstadter and read some of the same stuff, albeit during the 1950s. Some of the anti-intellectualism is exaggerated by the intellectual class (who are always sensitive toward their superiority), but much of it is not.
 
using race as a convenient scapegoat is not very intellectual.


anyways...

a quick question.
would the Tea Party support the Democratic President if he was white?

if your answer is yes, their opposition may very well be rooted in racism.
if you answer is no, it's likely their opposition is rooted in politics/policy.

I don't believe a white Democratic President would be supported by the Tea Party

but meh, keep using convenient scapegoats people...whatever makes you sleep better at night.
 
Thrilla said:
using race as a convenient scapegoat is not very intellectual.


anyways...

a quick question.
would the Tea Party support the Democratic President if he was white?

if your answer is yes, their opposition may very well be rooted in racism.
if you answer is no, it's likely their opposition is rooted in politics/policy.

I don't believe a white Democratic President would be supported by the Tea Party

but meh, keep using convenient scapegoats people...whatever makes you sleep better at night.
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A better question to test would be, would a white Democratic President in the same situation face more or less, or the same type of vitriol/criticism that Obama has. I think we can all agree that the Tea Party would likely be opposed to a liberal Dem President no matter what.
 
StillBallin75 said:
A better question to test would be, would a white Democratic President in the same situation face more or less, or the same type of vitriol/criticism that Obama has. I think we can all agree that the Tea Party would likely be opposed to a liberal Dem President no matter what.
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Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton they all get it and for the most part they all deserve it including the republican presidents, and the Tea party really doesn't like the choices we have today IMO.
 
Thunder said:
there are some damn good reasons to call the Tea Party racist.
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You mean because they are? Yes, that would be a good reason.
 
Thrilla said:
using race as a convenient scapegoat is not very intellectual.


anyways...

a quick question.
would the Tea Party support the Democratic President if he was white?

if your answer is yes, their opposition may very well be rooted in racism.
if you answer is no, it's likely their opposition is rooted in politics/policy.

I don't believe a white Democratic President would be supported by the Tea Party

but meh, keep using convenient scapegoats people...whatever makes you sleep better at night.
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No, they'd oppose anybody with ideas not originating in the 19th century. The fact that Barack Obama is black makes it extra sweet for them, however.
 
Morgan Freeman is a great actor, but an idiot of a person. The Tea Party isn't racist, that's just propaganda thrown around to try and paint them all as a bunch of uneducated redneck Obama haters that can't stand a black guy in office. I mean, it doesn't matter that their main issue is taxation and the massive debt and spending of the country :shrug:
 
deltabtry said:
Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton they all get it and for the most part they all deserve it including the republican presidents, and the Tea party really doesn't like the choices we have today IMO.
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Is that because Francisco Frano is ineligible to run, seeing as how he's dead?
 
digsbe said:
Morgan Freeman is a great actor, but an idiot of a person. The Tea Party isn't racist, that's just propaganda thrown around to try and paint them all as a bunch of uneducated redneck Obama haters that can't stand a black guy in office. I mean, it doesn't matter that their main issue is taxation and the massive debt and spending of the country :shrug:
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Yeah, we must have imagined all those racist signs at the TeaPublican rallies.
 
Wiggen said:
Yeah, we must have imagined all those racist signs at the TeaPublican rallies.
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Or racist plants. Seriously, are you going to really believe that the Tea Party is racist?
 
digsbe said:
Or racist plants. Seriously, are you going to really believe that the Tea Party is racist?
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#1. There is still not one single Tea Party organization.

#2. Many Tea Party people are indeed racist. Its overt and in your face.
 
haymarket said:
Simply because he disagrees with right wing politics does NOT mean he is not educated on politics. Agreement with far right beliefs is NOT the standard for being knowledgeable or informed on issues of the day.
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anyone to the right of clinton is called far right by you
 
Thunder said:
#1. There is still not one single Tea Party organization.

#2. Many Tea Party people are indeed racist. Its overt and in your face.
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can you prove that claim

if you support the dem party you must be racist since the dem party supports affirmative action
 
digsbe said:
Morgan Freeman is a great actor, but an idiot of a person. The Tea Party isn't racist, that's just propaganda thrown around to try and paint them all as a bunch of uneducated redneck Obama haters that can't stand a black guy in office. I mean, it doesn't matter that their main issue is taxation and the massive debt and spending of the country :shrug:
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Dr Walter Williams and Dr Thomas Sowell as well as Alan Keyes, Justice Thomas, and Herman Caine are all well liked by most tea party members. So much for the idiotic claims of racism that far lefties level at people who oppose government waste and expanding welfare-socialism
 
Thunder said:
you want me to prove that there is not one single Tea Party organization?

I guess you haven't been following the news over the last few years.
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stop being dishonest-prove your claim that tea party organizations are racist
 
Wiggen said:
Yeah, we must have imagined all those racist signs at the TeaPublican rallies.
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No, but you would have a wild imagination to connect that with the whole of the group or the cause. Or have a fascination with cats on the internet.
 
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