Scary stuff on the right

[Max2147]

Another good column that basically says the same thing - conservatives need to stand up and put a stop to this cr*p: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/op...gman.html?_r=2

[SteamWake]

Sigh you guys just read to much into everything.

It was known early on in the planning stages of the 'tea partys' that acorn planned to have plants to make the participants look more like loony nut jobs instead of concearned citizens.

Im not saying there werent lunatics in the crowd of course there were. Hell there are lunatics in the crowd when you go to the mall.

[Frame57]

How is "What you talkin about Willis?" being racial? Let's not forget that BO is half white. Racism is present when one race deems itself superior to another and has nothing to do with referencing cultural or ancestral heritage. If someone said, "BO is only qualified to be president of the planet of the Apes." then that would be a racial slur indeed because they would be suggesting he would be an ape, which would be stupid and worthy only to be on a Klan T-shirt.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

This post has just been nominated for the "Tinfoil Hat Award of the Year".

Just google "Acorn Tea Party" and read some of the hundreds of links.

Thats an awful lot of noise for some wacko conspiricy.

But thats okay Ill put on my tinfoil hat and cower under my desk.

[SteamWake]

Okay you know what your right and Im wrong.

There is no creedince in what I say.

Acorn is pure as the driven snow.

Have a nice day

[AVGWarhawk]

Acorn is pure as the driven snow.

Yes, just like those nice gentlemen from the Black Panthers blocking, I mean, assisting votes in Philadephia

Someone said it in this thread, both sides have there nuts. If you read my original post, this is not scary crap. This is the same crap that happens when a Democratic President is elected. Nothing new at all.

[AVGWarhawk]

Currently, the far right holds the most bigoted sections of our population. So when presented with the image of an individual with a different ancestry than their own it fuels the core of their fears.

This didn't happen in the last 3 democratic presidents because Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and Lydon Johnson were all white southerners, which tends not to set off the *alarms* of most of the countries cores of bigotry. Obama is not a white southerner, so the fear, paranoia, and hate arises more vehemetly than in the previous 40 decades.

What did not happen with the last three democratic presidents?

' Acts of violence against abortion clinics and their employees have been carried out across the United States throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
There were 1,700 acts of violence against abortion providers between 1977 and 1994, with four people killed in 1994 and one in 1993, according to statistics from the National Abortion Federation. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has logged 167 attacks against abortion clinics over the past 15 years.
In 1984, there were 18 bombings against abortion clinics. In 1993, there were 78 death threats aimed at clinic employees. And, in 1996, bombings, threats and harassment affected about one-third of U.S. abortion clinics.'

The OK City Fed Bldg was bombed during the Clinton Administration. This has nothing to do with Obama and being black. Nothing new here. The only difference is these media folks are now accessible by email such as Shepard Smith. So, of course it seems more than normal when it really has not changed at all over the years.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by LoBlo

Common observation, life experience, and the professional opinion of the The United States Department of Homeland Security. http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf

Did you read the document before you posted it? That's not proof, that's a HIGHLY contested opinion.

Currently, the far right holds the most bigoted sections of our population. So when presented with the image of an individual with a different ancestry than their own it fuels the core of their fears.

In order to prove this statement, you have to show that the far left holds a less bigotted segment of the population.

Frankly, through "common observation" and "life experience" I've always found the left to be THE most bigotted segment when related to matters OTHER than race.

I don't think it's that outrageous. He's not saying that everybody on the right is bigoted, just that most of the bigoted people (at least those racist against non-whites) are on the right.

There are bigoted people on the left too, although they tend to be minorities bigoted against whites or other minorities. But I think it's pretty safe to say that the majority of people who find Obama offensive solely because of his race/ethnicity/name/background are on the right.

I think you mischaracterized what he said. All he said was that the far right has the most bigotted section of the population. The qualifications you added are not present in that statement, which is why it is outrageous.

However, the type of racist who would be offended by Obama solely because of his race/ethnicity/name/background is more likely to be on the right. There are some of them on the left too for sure, but numbers-wise they are more prevalent on the right.

I agree with this statement. But this isn't what the poster who outraged several of us wrote.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

This post has just been nominated for the "Tinfoil Hat Award of the Year".

You DID research the claim before you posted this, right?

And, I'm not quite sure how you think an opposing political group sending troublemakers to infiltrate a political rally is "tin-hatted". It's been standard practice for years, on both sides.

[mookiemookie]

Even Roger Ebert is criticizing our culture of division and opinions being screamed at each other:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009...procedure.html

[Max2147]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

If you read my original post, this is not scary crap. This is the same crap that happens when a Democratic President is elected. Nothing new at all.

Last time we had a Democratic President a domestic terrorist carried out the worst ever terrorist attack on American soil (at the time). Yep, nothing to be scared about.

[Max2147]

Originally Posted by Aramike

You DID research the claim before you posted this, right?

And, I'm not quite sure how you think an opposing political group sending troublemakers to infiltrate a political rally is "tin-hatted". It's been standard practice for years, on both sides.

But when your first impulse is to blame anything extremist at a protest on boogey man infiltrators, then it is very tin-hatted.

The thread was started to minimize the folks on the right and you (I) fell for it. Stop feeding it and it will die. Just a thought.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Max2147

Last time we had a Democratic President a domestic terrorist carried out the worst ever terrorist attack on American soil (at the time). Yep, nothing to be scared about.

Please read my post on abortion clinics and attacks. It happens through out each presidency. Man Max, they way you talk you might as well stay home and close the blinds for the next 4 years. This is what terrorism is about...terror. It seems to be working on you.

[AVGWarhawk]

Who is the lefty and who is the righty in this picture?