The Glade 4.0

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Arathain:

Best I can tell it's a photoshop of a facebook page.

Monte,

"Racism" is being used as a political weapon, as evidenced recently by the NAACP. This is not a good thing. There's real, significant racism out there - on both sides. The use of "racism" as a weapon is producing a backlash - this will hurt equality in this country tremendously.

Monty - in what way is that evidence of racism? Even if it was real (which it's not), then he's calling for the deaths of whites as well.

By the way, where is the proof this is fake? It's not like this sort of stuff is new territory for the Tea Party.

Monty, where is your uproar over the New Black Panthers and their desire to kill cops, white people and white babies? They support Obama. You support Obama. My next question is why do you want to kill cops, white people and white babies Monty?

The NAACP on the Tea Party:

The reaction to this announcement has been swift and, in the main, negative. Next door, Dave Weigel, whose knowledge of the Tea Party is formidable, dismisses the resolution as "silliness" and "a stunt," and Chris Bodenner bemoans the fact that he ended Monday praising the Tea Party over the NAACP. If I'm reading this right, Michael Tomasky believes Obama should attack the NAACP because their resolution "heightens division." I think Michael McGough captures the spirit of "sensible" criticism:

The NAACP's announcement initially struck me in much the same the way. But some hours of considering this have proven to me that my initial skepticism says more about the broad American narrative of race and racism, then it does about the justness of the NAACP's charge.

I think it's worth, first, considering the record of American racism, and then the record of the Tea Party and its allies. Racism tends to attract attention when it's flagrant and filled with invective. But like all bigotry, the most potent component of racism is frame-flipping--positioning the bigot as the actual victim. So the gay do not simply want to marry, they want to convert our children into sin. The Jews do not merely want to be left in peace, they actually are plotting world take-over. And the blacks are not actually victims of American power, but beneficiaries of the war against hard-working whites. This is a respectable, more sensible, bigotry, one that does not seek to name-call, preferring instead change the subject and strawman. Thus segregation wasn't necessary to keep the niggers in line, it was necessary to protect the honor of white women.

In that same vein we confront Glenn Beck, arguably the movement's greatest and most full-throated advocate in the media. Here is Glenn Beck discussing President Barack Obama's attempt to convene Officer Michael Crowley and Henry Louis Gates for a beer-summit:

Here is Glenn Beck discussing President Barack Obama's push for health care reform:

Perhaps one considers Glenn Beck merely a minor associate of the Tea Party. I don't agree, but fair enough. It's probably better to consider those politicians which the Tea Party has embraced, presumably, as embodying their values.

Steve King has long been an ally of the Tea Party and was the keynote speaker at the Tennessee Tea Party Coalition's Convention. Here is King on President Barack Obama:

I think it's worth acknowledging that the Colorado Tea Party canceled an appearance with King after this statement. And perhaps this is still too much distance, in which case it's worth looking at the events which took place at the Tea Party's own convention. The Tea Party selected Tom Tancredo, a politician who once called Miami "a third world country," to give an opening night speech. Tancredo, true to form, claimed that Obama was elected "because we do not have a civics literacy test before people can vote in this country," and went on to assert that..

Tancredo was roundly cheered, and afterward, lauded by Tea Party Nation organizer Judson Phillips, for giving "a fantastic speech."

Given this record, I am at a loss to understand the criticism directed at the NAACP. This is a Civil Right organization who's taken as part of its mission opposing any attempt to inject racism into American politics. When the Tea Party's media advocates, when the politicians the movement embraces, when the speakers at its conventions do precisely that, and the NAACP responds by "calling on Tea Party leaders to repudiate those in their ranks who use racist language in their signs and speeches," I have trouble finding the actual problem.

Given my own initial skepticism, I'm left with the notion that many of us that like to consider ourselves sober-minded and fair, have forgotten the history of this country we love. No matter. I cannot speak for others, but I was immediately jogged back to reality by the Tea Party's response:

This is not some deluded crazy, who has infiltrated the Tea Party with an offensive sign. This is the national spokesman for the Tea Party Express claiming that one of the authors of the 20th century American revolution is actually a "vile racist" organization. This is who they are--America's far right-wing, speaking with all the emboldened ignorance that is fast becoming their stock in trade. I have had, and continue to have, my criticism of the NAACP. But the notion that they are somehow being unfair to the Tea Party, that President Obama should denounce the NAACP, says a lot about our desire to forget and their insistence that we do no such thing.

I have long been one to question the NAACP's relevance. Moments like these remind me that I have been very wrong. It is not my style to spend my days attempting to enlighten or embarrass the Tea Party. But someone has to do it. Someone has to say, "It's not OK." That is not work for "sensible" people. But it's work that has to be done. Someone must hold the line.

The New Black Panthers support Obama? Funny. The guy that the right has been howling about opposed the President. Vehemently. I don't think the President has the endorsement of the New Black Panther party, and if the President did, I doubt they would stand for it. He denounced Reverend Wright, for example. He's not really given to staying connected to racists and demagogues. Do you suppose he has the Black Panther's support because the black panthers are black?

As for your allegation that the New Black Panthers desire to kill kops, white people, *and* white babies, I'm unfamiliar with those positions. I certainly would see that as a horrid, unacceptable position. I reject the Black Panthers anyway, but that would merely compound my rejection.

But the Tea Party doesn't want to distance themselves from their racist base except for shuffling them off camera. Fox News hosted Williams, the aforementioned racist co-chair of the Tea Party Express several times and promoted his tour. They directly called for people to join him, and showcased Williams on both their main news broadcasts and their opinion shows. I see the racists in the Tea Parties greeted with open arms. I also see the Tea Party using the ever so effective "No U" defense when people dare to point these things out to them.

Arathain:

Best I can tell it's a photoshop of a facebook page.

It has recently been discovered that over forty percent of new Facebook profiles are actually fake.

One of the videos that is posted on this board has a one of the Panther members talking about killing cops, white people and white babies. Another video celebrates the fact that the black administration didn't prosecute a black man in the intimidation case. So again, if you can call the folks who support the tea party racist because of a few members, then you get to be lumped in with the Black Panthers because you both support Obama. So again Monty, why do you want to kill cops, white people and white babies? The next time you come to MS, should I be afraid you will come and try to do me and my family harm?

That guy? He vehemently opposed Obama, from what I understand.

You should do more homework. I assume we are talking about the same guy that the Obama administration got an injunction against, right? The same guy that the Bush administration declined to prosecute? He's a crazy, racist *******, but he's not an Obama supporter.

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They got an injunction against him, yes. And then, after the government outright won their case, they dropped it.

Shabazz recieved a lifetime ban from polling places, then mysteriously had it reduced to "until 2012". Several other members of the NBP recieved injunction as individuals, and the organization itself recieved one, those were thrown out entirely. As if by magic.