Tea Party Federation Kicks Out Group Over Racist Writing

Post of the thread.

 

I actually think the NAACP should take a more conservative agenda of self improvement in the community. Not totally drop their liberal agenda, just focus a little more on self improvement.

 

To my knowledge, members of the NAACP have never...

Lynched a white person
Burned a cross on a white person's lawn
Burned down churches frequented by white people
Intimidated whites into avoiding voting
Forced blacks and whites to vote for a particular political party

Get back to me when the NAACP does anything but advance the cause of African Americans.

 

interesting that self-help is viewed as "illiberal" w/in some quarters of the black community.

 

First, thanks for an intelligent reply. However, I believe in empowering the disadvantaged, as you pointed out, but separating the minorities into their respective races only serves to divide rather than unite.

I agree "there's still immense tension between whites and blacks in this country - immense" -- but organizations like the NAACP and Klan thrive ... and feed ... on that tension. My younger sister's dog emits a distressed yelp if someone other than her approaches it. The NAACP is the same way, so no one in disagreement even wants to approach it.

I sincerely believe that the membership continues to rely on the same race crutch because they fear they will lose relevancy and, ultimately, funding. That in a nutshell is why I compare them to the KKK -- without racism they will die as an organization.

 

Non-sequitur ... typical for your lack of a rational thought process.

 

Yet, like Jones, you cannot articulate your objection -- you just object. My challenge is you is to open my eyes. So far you have done nothing to do that except whimper over the truth of what I wrote. Sweet Lou 4 2 has done a splendid job, but you have done nothing.

What is the mindset of the average tea bagger? I communicate with advocates every day of the week and I still don't know because the opinions are so varied. Have you ever noticed that I refer to tea parties in the plural -- because there are so fixed platforms like the major parties. There is general agreement on issues like government over-spending and love of country, but there are disagreements on forms of taxation, education and healthcare / insurance. I spend much of my time on the dialogue among advocates.

 

so, still insulting posters i see while criticizing other posters for being insulting.

hyp. o. crite.

 

Ditto with the tea parties, except for standing in front of a polling place menacing voters with a club. Get back to me when the tea paries do anything but advance the cause of the American people as a whole.

BTW, I see no difference in comparing the NAACP with the KKK as you do in comparing the tea parties with the KKK. You don't like the first, but the second is okay.

 

Dear Crite -- I respond with civility to civil posts and with vitriol to vitriolic posts. Like Jones, vlaurio and I have a history of which you may not be aware in your new role of championing the "downtrodden."

 

I would never compare the TEA Party (any of them) and the KKK. That's what you get for making assumptions.

Keep in mind that I was defending you earlier in this thread until you went off the deep end.

 

The KKK comparison devolved from this exchange:

edwardc: hum maybe the naacp was right there are racist in the tea party.

thumbs: Maybe there are more racists in the NAACP than in any other organization outside the KKK. Hmmm, maybe these two groups have become mirror images of each other.

I was combatting the original innuendo with just as unfair innuendo of my own to show the villany of making such a remark excused by a "maybe." The game started from there.

 

so who first brought the KKK into this thread?

 

You are correct, and I appreciate the original support. When dueling with multiple posters, to my great regret, I sometimes start shooting at everything that moves outside my fortifications. CaseyH was a good example of that a week or two ago. However, going into the deep end challenges adversaries to explore deeper waters themselves.

 

What doesn't drown you makes you stronger.