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| NAACP Considers Condemning Tea Party for 'Racism' |
| 2010-07-12 |
| The NAACP reportedly is about to take up a resolution to condemn the Tea Party movement for "explicitly racist behavior." The Kansas City Star reported that the organization plans to vote as early as Tuesday on the language at its annual convention in Kansas City. The resolution reportedly will call on "all people of good will to repudiate the racism of the Tea Parties" and stand against the movement's attempt to "push our country back to the pre-civil rights era." Tea Party groups have repeatedly denied allegations of racism. Gina Loudon, one of the founders of the St. Louis Tea Party, called the NAACP's charges untrue and said it was a "shame" the NAACP was going down that road. "I can't believe that the Tea Party is even going to be put in a position of dignifying something like that," she said. "This is sad because this established organization is being used by the left." She said Tea Partiers generally do all they can to give minority conservatives a platform. According to the Kansas City Star, the NAACP resolution will accuse the groups of engaging in racist behavior by displaying signs "intended to degrade people of color generally and President Barack Obama specifically." It will also accuse the activists of abusing black members of Congress -- an apparent reference to an incident in March when Tea Party protesters allegedly hurled racial epithets at black lawmakers on Capitol Hill ahead of a health care vote. Tea Party members afterward challenged that account and no evidence was produced to show any racist actions. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #18 Amen, Bro. I'm really getting pissed. |
| Posted by: Asymmetrical Triangulation 2010-07-12 22:56 |
| #17 The NAACP ceased to be relevant decades ago. Even within the lefty and civil rights movements, it's an old laggard that few Dems pay attention to. |
| Posted by: lex 2010-07-12 20:14 |
| #16 "They will lose a lot of respect from a lot of people and become an enemy of a large portion of the people." Will lose, cp? Howzabout "have lost"? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-12 20:12 |
| #15 It would be exceedingly stupid for the NAACP to condemn rank-and-file Americans for rising up and shaking off a tyrannical government. They will lose a lot of respect from a lot of people and become an enemy of a large portion of the people. They will be seen as siding with the tyrant and cast aside with them. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-07-12 19:53 |
| #14 Keep up the miss-informaion Michelle. Sound's pretty desperate when all you have is the race card to play, loser... |
| Posted by: Sonny Omomoter3353 2010-07-12 19:38 |
| #13 I suspect history will show that hateful bitc* had a larger hand in what has gone on than any of us realize. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-07-12 19:33 |
| #12 Yes, the Tea Party movement includes blacks like Kenneth Gladney, beaten and trampled and called "Nigger" by SEIU goons because he is black. Of course, the NAACP laughs at Mr. Gladney; he's just an Uncle Tom! Who are the racists here? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2010-07-12 19:28 |
| #11 It seems Michelle had a wonderful time there. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2010-07-12 19:15 |
| #10 This is expected and predictable. November election polling shows the liberal ideology running behind and losing ground; crying racism is taken from the playbook. It may not work considering the careful choice of words most Americans have been using in describing Obama the last few years. Don't be surprise if there is infiltration of Tea Party gatherings by pretenders who show racist behavior (part 2 of the playbook). |
| Posted by: airandee 2010-07-12 18:38 |
| #9 All this racism aimed at whites and conservatives is starting to use up my neighborliness. I'm getting a little closer to becoming exactly what I'm accused of anyway. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2010-07-12 18:24 |
| #8 NAACP resolution will accuse the groups of engaging in racist behavior by displaying signs "intended to degrade people of color generally and President Barack Obama specifically." Our first Mooslim president is OFF LIMITS eh? Like the New Black Panther poll watchers? Ok, I think I get it now. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-07-12 18:23 |
| #7 Ain't it funny how these guys are signing up the whole country for the same social control mechanism the Old South used? Servitude by debt? "Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go; I owe my soul to the company store." |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-07-12 18:11 |
| #6 The Tea Party has its share of blacks and hispanics. This ought to be good. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-07-12 18:04 |
| #5 My mother went to a tea party in San Mateo, the epicenter of liberalness and was very surprised at the amount of support they got from passersby. The only people that believe the Tea Partys are racist are folks so die-hard fanatical to their liberal position nothing will change their mind. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-07-12 17:44 |
| #4 Awesome news for real racists. Now racism won't be taken seriously. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-07-12 17:43 |
| #3 Oh, this will not go over well. It's an article of faith among the lefty-libs that the Tea Party is just the KKK without white sheets. It's been a demonstration to me of the efficacy of the "Big Lie." Tell it loud and often enough, and it becomes the popular belief through sheer force of repetition. And it doesn't matter that, as the quoted story says - that no evidence has actually emerged of racist actions. |
| Posted by: Sgt.Mom 2010-07-12 16:36 |
| #2 Throw in anti-Americanism and antisemitism while we are at it. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-07-12 16:25 |
| #1 The NAACP ought to be looking towards the White House or the DOJ if they want to see racism. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-07-12 16:23 |