Thousands of tea party protesters were in Washington yesterday for a tax day protest. They were there to protest the misuse of our tax dollars and the irresponsible spending by politicians. But if you talked to any member of the main stream media, they would probably tell you that all the protesters were there because they don’t like the fact that we have a black president. The racism charge is starting to get a little worn out and redundant and there is no evidence to support it. Unfortunately, a total lack of evidence hasn’t stopped the media from continually pushing the idea that the tea party is founded on racism. At yesterday’s rally in D.C. two large blows were given to the racism theory.
The first blow was reported by Politico in a story about the liberals who tried to infiltrate and “crash” the tea party.
Brooks Alexander, a 23-year-old Olney, Md., hotel worker and Obama supporter who wore an Obama t-shirt to the evening rally, said infiltrators were being disrespectful.
“They’re doing a disservice not only to themselves, but to the people who are here trying to express their views,” said Alexander, who is African American and said he traveled to the rally to verify for himself liberal accounts blasting the tea party as racist.
“All my friends told me I was crazy to come down here in an Obama shirt,” he said. “Obviously I have political disagreements [with the tea party], but I cannot lie. I cannot say that people have been anything but nice to me. They have been shaking my hand. One guy told me I had a lot of [guts] for coming down here. I will definitely walk away from this with a new understanding of the tea party.”
So a black man wearing an Obama t-shirt was treated respectfully by the tea party protesters. Hmmmm… This is a far cry from the accusations we hear from liberals. Do you think a George Bush supporter would have been treated the same way a few years ago if he/she had gone to an anti-war protest wearing a Bush t-shirt?
The second blow to the racism accusation occurred when an NBC reporter asked a black tea party member if he felt uncomfortable since there were so few black people in attendance. It was obvious she was trying to encourage an answer that would provide evidence of racism in the tea party movement. His answer to her question was absolutely perfect– “No, these are my people… Americans.”
When liberals realize that we are all Americans first, regardless of race or religion, they may begin to understand the tea party movement. Until that day comes (if it ever does), they will continue to throw baseless accusations at anyone who disagrees with them. And the easiest accusation to make is that of racism.
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Ya know, the Democrats and liberals are so prejudiced that they can’t think of anything but the color of various Americans or the color of the President. They are the most color-coded group of people I have ever met. Don’t they see that? I love the American’s reply to the journalist in your video. Thank you Liberty! It’s bloggers and media like you who help get the truth out when the government controlled media refuse to do their jobs.
Great post Liberty. A wise person once told me that the people or groups that are so fixed on using the race card are sometimes the biggest racists. Because that is all they see…the color of the skin and not the content of the character. I have found this to be true on a number of occasions. Just something to think about.
This was great Liberty. They are using a narrative with the old leftist model of just “repeat as needed” until it sticks. The problem for them is that they fail to realize that the alternative media is supplanting the MSM. There aren’t just 3 networks for information anymore. They can lie all they want, but the truth is out there, and is easy to find. No wonder MSNBC and CNN have lost 50% of their audiences in one year.
Liberals don’t want to understand the Tea Party Movement. They want to stop it from overthrowing their power grabs. They want to stop it from informing the people. They want us to be racists, and violent. That would make their job easy.
So instead they attack the black people who support the Tea Parties. What a bunch of fools.
Great post. Democrats and their liberal enablers in the press are trying VERY hard to brand this grass roots uprising as ignorant and hateful but to no avail.