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comm
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 Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:47 am Post subject: |
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Ah, I see, it's because people calling themselves Tea Party members called around saying anti-Jewish things to boot one Republican and get another Republican elected.
In the same line of thinking, here's an example of American values.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
Or maybe we shouldn't take the opinions of some members of a group to indicate the philosophical standpoints of the whole. It could go either way. |
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Fat_Elvis
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: In the ghetto
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| comm wrote: |
Ah, I see, it's because people calling themselves Tea Party members called around saying anti-Jewish things to boot one Republican and get another Republican elected.
In the same line of thinking, here's an example of American values.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
Or maybe we shouldn't take the opinions of some members of a group to indicate the philosophical standpoints of the whole. It could go either way. |
True. but when it happens repeatedly as I point out earlier it is a little alarming. Also, when the rise of the movement corresponds to the start of the presidency of the first African-American president, and seems to use a lot of coded racist language ("taking back the White House" - from who? for who?), and doesn't publicly denounce racism in many cases, it's a definite cause for alarm. I'm not saying every Tea Partier is racist, but I'm saying racism is a motivating factor in the rise of the Tea Party/Parties. |
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Fat_Elvis
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Provence
Joined: 18 Oct 2008
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| comm wrote: |
Ah, I see, it's because people calling themselves Tea Party members called around saying anti-Jewish things to boot one Republican and get another Republican elected.
In the same line of thinking, here's an example of American values.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
Or maybe we shouldn't take the opinions of some members of a group to indicate the philosophical standpoints of the whole. It could go either way. |
As Fat Elvis said, it happens more often than not. I could spend all day posting examples, but I have to work soon.
The Tea Party as it stands has very little in common with libertarians other than the fact they don�t want to pay taxes. |
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jhuntingtonus
Joined: 09 Dec 2008
Location: Jeonju
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| Provence wrote: |
| comm wrote: |
Ah, I see, it's because people calling themselves Tea Party members called around saying anti-Jewish things to boot one Republican and get another Republican elected.
In the same line of thinking, here's an example of American values.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
Or maybe we shouldn't take the opinions of some members of a group to indicate the philosophical standpoints of the whole. It could go either way. |
As Fat Elvis said, it happens more often than not. I could spend all day posting examples, but I have to work soon.
The Tea Party as it stands has very little in common with libertarians other than the fact they don�t want to pay taxes. |
... and so I now see, maybe summarized best by the last sentence above. Thank you, all, for clarifying this for me! |
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