The rise of the black tea party ... We welcome you brothers

[Peikko 1,575]

Just because you avoid a news source because you don't like what they are showing does not mean that what they are showing does not exist. Your ostrich-like POV doesn't change what is out there.

I avoid media that pays lip service to news and broadcasts gossip and opinion. That pretty much rules out all tv 'news'. Any piece of journalism that starts with 'you will not believe what we have to show you' or 'this is what they are trying to suppress' etc should immediately send out a red flag warning and whatever is said next taken with a huge dose of salt. If you want to base your opinions on that type of 'news' go for it but the fox tribe seems not even question how the news is presented, let alone what's being presented. That seems a more myopic POV to me than avoiding sensationalist journalism. Silly me, obviously I should waste my time on trivia to make sure I have a fully rounded picture

[Dakine10 5,452]

All of which proves my point. Those images, which I took out of the quote as I believe them to be offensive, have been portrayed as the Tea Party having a racist agenda. I agree that there have been people with a racist bent attracted to the Tea Party, but that can be used to describe any and every political party in the USA.

The racists do not, however, define the political agenda of the Tea Party, which can be generally summarised as limiting the size and involvement of the Government. The attribution is done to obscure the core motivation of the movement, one of the few currently out there that began at a grass-roots level.

So, yes, a Black Tea Party makes sense, given the current political environment. And that's a real shame.

I'm not saying the tea party is racist, but they have attracted a disproportionate number of that element. Whether it's their aganda, their geographic support or something else, IDK. What I haven't seen is a lot of those in leadership positions stand up and say ... "we don't condone or wish to be affiliated with this racist nonsense".

IMO, if there wasn't already such a strong association between racists and the tea party agenda, we probably wouldn't be seeing a separate black tea party. Of course the media shows the most sensational aspects, as they do with anything else. But they don't make it up. That racism is there.

[Pooky 3,840]

I avoid media that pays lip service to news and broadcasts gossip and opinion. That pretty much rules out all tv 'news'. Any piece of journalism that starts with 'you will not believe what we have to show you' or 'this is what they are trying to suppress' etc should immediately send out a red flag warning and whatever is said next taken with a huge dose of salt. If you want to base your opinions on that type of 'news' go for it but the fox tribe seems not even question how the news is presented, let alone what's being presented. That seems a more myopic POV to me than avoiding sensationalist journalism. Silly me, obviously I should waste my time on trivia to make sure I have a fully rounded picture

The trouble is that it's not just the TV "news" in the USA. No media here reports news in an unbiased manner. They have forgotten how.

[Dakine10 5,452]

[Peikko 1,575]

The trouble is that it's not just the TV "news" in the USA. No media here reports news in an unbiased manner. They have forgotten how.

I agree that it has a serious side to it. Without good investigative journalism the political elite is free to run amok. That is the reality of what is happening here right now. US politics has always been heavily influenced by money, money talks and talks big. Without a responsible media the money is talking and the people are left without enough power to make real changes. That is a problem and the tea party's existence does nothing to alter that. The best thing that US could do right now is severely limit campaign funding and encourage people to demand more than sound bites from politicians. It's not going to happen though.

[Pooky 3,840]

I'm not saying the tea party is racist, but they have attracted a disproportionate number of that element. Whether it's their aganda, their geographic support or something else, IDK. What I haven't seen is a lot of those in leadership positions stand up and say ... "we don't condone or wish to be affiliated with this racist nonsense".

A disproportionate number, or have the media concentrated on that small minority to sensationalise the racism angle?

And who, exactly, are in "leadership" positions? Would the media at large report such repudiations, if they have been made?

IMO, if there wasn't already such a strong association between racists and the tea party agenda, we probably wouldn't be seeing a separate black tea party. Of course the media shows the most sensational aspects, as they do with anything else. But they don't make it up. That racism is there.

They don't make up the association, I agree. But they do drive the narrative to make it seem that racism is the policy driver, when, to anyone who cares to look deeper, that is clearly not the case.

[Peikko 1,575]

I am not looking for unbiased journalism, I am quite capable of seeing what the bias is, but I do need facts not opinion and that costs money without the same quick returns for that investment.

[lostinblue 1,989]

You have a few thousand people attend a rally. Two will bring a sign a bit off color and that person or persons will be on national TV as a representation of the movement . It fits the lefts agenda Everyone attending is racist see we proved it. ,

[Pooky 3,840]

I agree that it has a serious side to it. Without good investigative journalism the political elite is free to run amok. That is the reality of what is happening here right now. US politics has always been heavily influenced by money, money talks and talks big. Without a responsible media the money is talking and the people are left without enough power to make real changes. That is a problem and the tea party's existence does nothing to alter that. The best thing that US could do right now is severely limit campaign funding and encourage people to demand more than sound bites from politicians. It's not going to happen though.

The irony of the Citizens United ruling is that it benefited the Democrats more, at the last election. That doesn't detract from the case for its removal from the political equation.

Remove corporate funding, union funding and large donor funding. Limit individual donations to no more than $2500 per person per candidate. Take political campaigns away from big money and back to the grass roots. Then you might see this dramatic partisan divide disappear.

But you're right. The big money on both sides won't let it happen.

[Darnell 8,479]

I didn't think k the tea party was a single movement, more of an umbrella thing. Who knows what it really stands for, but the people who speak for it don't do anyone any favours.

Oopsies !! I'll remind you the Koch Brothers funded most of the Tea Party Stuff.

[Danno 1,228]

You have a few thousand people attend a rally. Two will bring a sign a bit off color and that person or persons will be on national TV as a representation of the movement . It fits the lefts agenda Everyone attending is racist see we proved it. ,

Your exactly right, the Tea party(s) make more effort to include various races..... they mad much more effort than Obama did when he was selection his campaign staff.

There are no more racists at a Tea party event than you will find down at Target or the gym.

But this is the template chosen and I chuckle at Tea Partier s who worry about it.

It's unclear to me what this Black push-back wants, the Tea-Party stands not just for more local control but limited Gov't, less taxes and rolling back the over reach of the Central Govt.

If this is what they want, wow what a break through that could really revolutionize their communities.

Why a Black-tea party?

I don't see a need for it but most tea parties are local so they might find value in forming one that reflects their area, there is nothing wrong or new about that.

[Pooky 3,840]

Oopsies !! I'll remind you the Koch Brothers funded most of the Tea Party Stuff.

Not at the outset, they didn't. There was, and still is, little organisation to actually fund. But don't let reality get in the way of another fallacious media angle.

[Pooky 3,840]

Sometimes, the essential truth behind the strategy comes out.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Why do you need a separate movement for black people?

Blacks maintain a separate everything else why not

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

It does indeed.