Why Left Talks About 'White' Tea Parties

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

No, I don't think my opinion is insane. I think I am quite sane thank you. I am talking about the far left that uses the terms teabaggers and terrorists when talking about the tea party. They are bigots and racists. They see everything through a prism of race or class. Most people are not like that, only the hard left wingnuts.

The article you posted attempts to villify everyone who holds left wing views. You said that the article reflects your mindset, which is just a pretentious way of saying that you agree with it.

Either you do agree with it, or you posted it not having fully read what it was saying.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

As I mentioned to Madhouse the other day, because the OP ed stories reflect the mindset of the poster. In this case it reflects my mindset. I see bigotry and racism on the left with the "angry white guy" critisizm of the tea party. They don't want to admitt that it is a grassroots movement populated with normal everyday middle class people. They would rather play the race card in attempt to marginalize the movement. This will of course backfire on them since the tea party really is a legit movement.

With Sarah "Failin'" Palin as a poster/spokesperson, they are self marginalizing.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

The article you posted attempts to villify everyone who holds left wing views. You said that the article reflects your mindset, which is just a pretentious way of saying that you agree with it.

Either you do agree with it, or you posted it not having fully read what it was saying.

Oh I agree with it. I just reserve that opinion to refer the hard left rather than the mainstream left. Anyone that uses the term teabagger or terrorist when commenting on the tea party is a racist.

With Sarah "Failin'" Palin as a poster/spokesperson, they are self marginalizing.

To you maybe. Not to everyone.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Oh I agree with it. I just reserve that opinion to refer the hard left rather than the mainstream left. Anyone that uses the term teabagger or terrorist when commenting on the tea party is a racist.

To you maybe. Not to everyone.

Several here on VJ who are pro-Tea Party use Teabagger all the time. So do many actual Tea Party members.

No, some people appear to think Sarah is interesting. I suppose she is that...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Anyone that uses the term teabagger or terrorist when commenting on the tea party is a racist.

That seems like a bit of a stretch.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

Several here on VJ who are pro-Tea Party use Teabagger all the time. So do many actual Tea Party members.

No, some people appear to think Sarah is interesting. I suppose she is that...

Very few people that know what teabagger really means use it to describe themselves, maybe the few self depricating types. It was started and continues to be an insult thrown around by the hard left in an attempt to smear something they hate. I guess after a bit of thought hate would be a better label to hang on the hard left. They are so filled with hatred towards the tea party movement that they don't mind using racist logic to smear the object of their hatred.

That seems like a bit of a stretch.

I will qualify that statement to apply only to the truly hard left.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Who and where are these people?

[JohnSmith2007 353]

Who and where are these people?

Come on now, look around. They are everywhere.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Come on now, look around. They are everywhere.

What kind of answer is that? I thought you said that "most aren't like that", yet now you're saying "they're everywhere".

Somehow I don't think you're being honest here