You're not going to post that picture again, are you? This horse is quite dead.
Posted by Al.Jim, where in the hell do you get the idea (and the proof) that the Tea Party is racist?
Posted by AlJim, There are video tapes of the congressmen walking past the tea party members taken from several different angles. At no time did anyone say anything bad or racial to the congressmen. It's a fabrication!<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
I'm sure he'll immediately be declared a racist.
It's not open dialogue that he would have approved of.. it is the ability to label someone/something with a negative image in order to discredit their argument. It is a form of PROPAGANDA, which addie was very fond of. No facts or dialogue just innuendo and character assasination. You are correct it is not new, unfortunately it has grown to become a form of interaction instead of an undesirable exchange. The terms, gun-toter( referencing people that support gun rights in a gangster like manner) as well as tree-hugger( to characterize evironmentalist with the extreme). If I wanted to I could list many more. It is a simple and effective way to minimize someones views by casting them with the worst. It, of course, also characterizes the "worst" with the well thought individuals. They appreciate that. My main point really, is how quickly their is reaction without research, to any negative characterization. It is, in my opinion a from of "lynching", which I am not fond of. I own guns and respect those whose choice it is to not own any. I do not however respect those that wish to force their view on everyone else. Regardless of what it is. I don't smoke, but believe it is assinine that the people that buy cigarettes and pay an enormous amount of taxes in relationship the the cost of the product are then forbidden from smoking almost everywhere. I have no issue with smoking being forbidden in a govt. building, since it is owned by the people and they don't all smoke or wish to have that thrust upon them. However, on the other hand I think it is absurd that those that feel so strongly about smoking want the laws to forbid smoking in bars etc. in case they may want to, at some nebulous time, to go into that establishment. That is basicly a dictatorial philosophy that I have grown very weary of. Pendulums swing in both directions and the more extreme it gets in one direction will eventually manifest itself in the other.Dave,
I'm not sure about you'r last thought though. I think Hitler would have wanted nothing to do with open discussion of the facts as each person sees them.
Its the beauty of our Country that this exists.
Domtoni,
Once again. Why would Breitbart ask for a copy of the tape that everyone knows did not show racism?
We have allegations, not proof, of racial slurs towards black congressmen (I believe that's called Hearsay evidence). For this we are going to condemn hundreds of thousands of people to be lumped together as racist. If I accept this, a slanted media has done it's job.
Domtoni
As I see it, there are only two reasons why Breitbart would ask for the tape of a speech that everyone knows was not racist when recorded.
(1) He knew it was a good speech to edit, you know, to reverse it meaning.
(2) He heard that someone else had already edited it to reverse its meaning.
Domtoni, can you think of any other reasons?