The Tea Party are RACIST!!

[jillio]

Maybe draw a pic of Obama without any reference to race. You gotta admit...black people have been compared to monkeys so by using this particular animal only makes the Tea Party look like racist fools. They could have used another animal or something else if it had nothing to do with Obama being black.

Right. Too strong a correlation not to wonder. And to excuse it, or explain it away, is simply allowing racist remarks to be seen, by some, as acceptable. Certainly no way to combat racism or discrimination in any form.

 

[Reba]

Maybe draw a pic of Obama without any reference to race. You gotta admit...black people have been compared to monkeys so by using this particular animal only makes the Tea Party look like racist fools. They could have used another animal or something else if it had nothing to do with Obama being black.

Was it a Tea Party picture? Where did it say that the Tea Party created or distributed the picture?

 

[jillio]

Was it a Tea Party picture? Where did it say that the Tea Party created or distributed the picture?

Tea activist and OC County GOP official Marilyn Davenport has apologized for sending out a racist image of President Obama

Racist Obama Email: California NAACP Demands Apology From OC GOP Official (UPDATED)

 

[Reba]

Tea activist and OC County GOP official Marilyn Davenport has apologized for sending out a racist image of President Obama

Racist Obama Email: California NAACP Demands Apology From OC GOP Official (UPDATED)

The entire article from your link:

***UPDATE 4/19*** Tea activist and OC County GOP official Marilyn Davenport has apologized for sending out a racist image of President Obama.

According to KABC, Davenport issued a statement late Monday in which she apologized, but stopped short of addressing her future on the committee.

"I humbly apologize and ask for your forgiveness of my unwise behavior," the statement said. "I say unwise because at the time I received and forwarded the email, I didn't stop to think about the historic implications and other examples of how this could be offensive."

In the statement, Davenport also quoted the Bible and said she was "an imperfect Christian" who tried to "live a Christ-like honoring life."

"I would never do anything to intentionally harm or berate others regardless of ethnicity," she said. "I will not repeat this error."

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- The California NAACP is demanding an apology from an Orange County GOP official who sent out an e-mail picturing President Barack Obama's face on the body of a baby chimpanzee.

In a statement Monday, the organization called on Marilyn Davenport to resign from the Orange County Republican Central Committee.

Several other black leaders were also holding a news conference to demand Davenport be thrown off the committee.

The message shows an image, posed like a family portrait, of chimpanzee parents and child, with Obama's face superimposed on the young chimp.

The text reads, "Now you know why no birth certificate."

Davenport's number rang busy on Monday. She has sent friends and supporters an email saying she won't resign.

Q: Where does it say that the Tea Party created and sent out the email?

A: It doesn't.

The only time "Tea" appears is in the title as an identifier for Davenport. (Side note: Headlines and subheads of published articles are not usually written by the same person who writes the article.)

 

[darkdog]

I denounce people who send pictures of Obama as a monkey, although she did apologize and I have no reason to doubt her sincerity (unless I'm bound and determined to make her the object of 2 minutes hate, which I am not). I also denounce these leftist protesters taunting a black tea partier. Who's with me?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgV3PZkJmk4&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Left Taunts, Harasses and Hurls Racial Insults at African American Man Attending TEA Party[/ame]

 

[Reba]

Jerks can be found all along the political spectrum.

 

[Foxrac]

Racist Obama Email: California NAACP Demands Apology From OC GOP Official (UPDATED)




This is photo of Obama is so racist is made me sick! Is the Tea Party trying to to start a race riot!

I'm anti-Tea Party but I found that your statement in bold is pure nonsense because it isn't applies to all Tea party but just individual who did that.

It is just minority case, I agree with Alex above.

 

[Foxrac]

Jerks can be found all along the political spectrum.

True true.

 

[TWA]

I denounce people who send pictures of Obama as a monkey, although she did apologize and I have no reason to doubt her sincerity (unless I'm bound and determined to make her the object of 2 minutes hate, which I am not). I also denounce these leftist protesters taunting a black tea partier. Who's with me?

YouTube - Left Taunts, Harasses and Hurls Racial Insults at African American Man Attending TEA Party

TWO MINUTES HATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DEATH TO EMANUEL GOLDSTEIN!!!!


One thing that complicates the video you posted is the fact that all the racial epithets are coming from another black man. The comments are still racist, no doubt, but they are a different type of racism than what we saw with the Obama/chimp picture. Regardless, I denounce them just the same. Comments like that have no place in civil discourse.

 

[TXgolfer]

Still an incorrect assumption.

I didn't make an assumption nor a claim.....I said a guess.

Can you prove that guess wrong or are you merely expressing your opinion?

 

[Foxrac]

I didn't make an assumption nor a claim.....I said a guess.

Can you prove that guess wrong or are you merely expressing your opinion?

Your new psychiatrist is Dr. Jillio so congratulation on new specialist for you.

 

[TXgolfer]

Your new psychiatrist is Dr. Jillio so congratulation on new specialist for you.

 

[Steinhauer]

Nope. I still refer to Bush as a smirking chimp, mainly because of his conspicuous lack of intelligence.

Well ... ok. Finally an honest answer. Thank you.

Would your answer apply to the intentions behind Davenport's email? Why automatically assume she is a racist (for doing the exact same thing numerous democrats have done regarding Bush)?

Why is her email, specifically, being labelled as "racism"? Why not apply your answer to the motivation?

I am not saying YOU specifically .... The YOU is meant for anyone who thinks Davenport's intentions were racially motivated.


http://www.b-independent.com/reviews/monkeyforpresident.htm

 

[saywhatkid]

I denounce people who send pictures of Obama as a monkey, although she did apologize and I have no reason to doubt her sincerity (unless I'm bound and determined to make her the object of 2 minutes hate, which I am not). I also denounce these leftist protesters taunting a black tea partier. Who's with me?

Jerks can be found all along the political spectrum.

Agreed.

There are thousands of racist rants across the internet that are done in the name of politics. Nobody wins using this tactic. NOBODY.

 

[StSapphire]

Well ... ok. Finally an honest answer. Thank you.

Would your answer apply to the intentions behind Davenport's email? Why automatically assume she is a racist (for doing the exact same thing numerous democrats have done regarding Bush)?

Why is her email, specifically, being labelled as "racism"? Why not apply your answer to the motivation?

I am not saying YOU specifically .... The YOU is meant for anyone who thinks Davenport's intentions were racially motivated.


MONKEY FOR PRESIDENT

Your question has been answered multiple times. Calling a white person a monkey has distinctly different historical connotations than calling a black person a monkey. The latter has very obvious and well known historically racist overtures, where the former does not.

You can call that unfair, deplorable or whatnot, but to pretend that this isn't the case is simple ignorance.

 

[Beowulf]

Well ... ok. Finally an honest answer. Thank you.

Would your answer apply to the intentions behind Davenport's email? Why automatically assume she is a racist (for doing the exact same thing numerous democrats have done regarding Bush)?

Why is her email, specifically, being labelled as "racism"? Why not apply your answer to the motivation?

I am not saying YOU specifically .... The YOU is meant for anyone who thinks Davenport's intentions were racially motivated.


MONKEY FOR PRESIDENT

Yep, it was racist. I go by the sum of personal life experience and gut feeling, though of course I could be wrong. Not likely, though.

 

[jillio]

The entire article from your link:



Q: Where does it say that the Tea Party created and sent out the email?

A: It doesn't.

The only time "Tea" appears is in the title as an identifier for Davenport. (Side note: Headlines and subheads of published articles are not usually written by the same person who writes the article.)

And Davenport, as a representative of the Tea Party, forwarded the e-mail. What is so difficult to understand?

 

[StSapphire]

Q: Where does it say that the Tea Party created and sent out the email?

A: It doesn't.

The only time "Tea" appears is in the title as an identifier for Davenport. (Side note: Headlines and subheads of published articles are not usually written by the same person who writes the article.)

This is correct. The article doesn't claim that the Tea Party is directly affiliated with this email at all. It does, however, point out that an individual with a position of some authority in the Tea Party, is affiliated with the email. (I highly doubt she actually made it herself, she was merely responsible for propagating the offending message.)

She may be being held up as a representative for the Tea Party, essentially saying "they want people like this in charge, so they must not disagree with her". (I'm not sure I fully buy that argument either, mind you.)

Jerks can be found all along the political spectrum.

No doubt about that.

 

[jillio]

This is correct. The article doesn't claim that the Tea Party is directly affiliated with this email at all. It does, however, point out that an individual with a position of some authority in the Tea Party, is affiliated with the email. (I highly doubt she actually made it herself, she was merely responsible for propagating the offending message.)

She may be being held up as a representative for the Tea Party, essentially saying "they want people like this in charge, so they must not disagree with her". (I'm not sure I fully buy that argument either, mind you.)



No doubt about that.

Guilt by association. Well known concept. That is why it is wise to take care in the organizations that you claim to be supportive of or in agreement with.

 

[StSapphire]

Guilt by association. Well known concept. That is why it is wise to take care in the organizations that you claim to be supportive of or in agreement with.

Might be well known, but unless an actual link can be shown, I tend to remain skeptical. Post hoc ergo propter hoc is a good phrase to keep in mind whenever you start thinking of guilt by association.

The jury is still out, to me, on whether the storyline of "Tea Party = racially motivated" is true in any part or not, and the fact that it's a popular refrain amongst many media outlets makes it somewhat more suspect to me. I think there might be related concerns (ie someone who is a racist might be worried about "big bad government trying to curtail my freedom to be a racist" which is somewhat similar (but not the same) as a the Tea Party position of "big bad government is spending my money on lazy poor people instead of me".

Sounds somewhat similar to the Salem Hypothesis. Someone who is a racist and is involved in politics at all is likely to be a Tea Party member. But someone who is a member of the Tea Party isn't (necessarily) likely to be a racist.