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Black Tea Party Protester Endures Racist Heckling at Pro-Union Colorado Protest

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by Tommy Christopher | 3:34 pm, February 23rd, 2011

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A series of videos making the rounds on conservative websites shows a black Tea Party protester engaging pro-union protesters at the Colorado Statehouse Tuesday, and at least one such exchange was unmistakably racist. Complicating matters, though, is the fact that the initial report the report failed to ascertain pertinent details, greatly undercutting the news value of the footage. We filled in some of the blanks, with a little help from the site that originally posted the videos. (h/t The Blaze)

What is evident is that at least two of the people at the protest (and to a lesser extent, a third) made remarks to a black Tea Partier that ranged from racially tone-deaf (“get behind that fence where you belong“) to out-and-out reprehensible (“Do you have any children…that you claim?”): (video from RedWhiteBlueNews)

Pretty disgusting, and conservative sites like The Blaze and Gateway Pundit rightly jumped all over it. The clips also led Gateway Pundit‘s Jim Hoft to ask this odd question:

So just who are the racists again?

I say odd for several reasons. First of all, racism is not a football, that only one team can possess at a time. What’s odder, though, is that GP and The Blaze are rightly outraged at the treatment received by this Tea Partier, yet never think to ask what the guy’s effing name is. I’m not saying that simply identifying him as “black guy” is racist, just that it undercuts the outrage significantly, revealing it for the tit-for-tat that it obviously is.

They also make the unsubstantiated leap that the woman who asked him if he has any kids is an “SEIU protester” (The Blaze appends “alleged” to the phrase).

I contacted the proprietor of RedWhiteBlueNews.com (who asked that his real name not be used), and he informed me that he’s working on posting more video. He is a retired police officer, not a professional journalist, and he’s working to get a lot of content posted in a short time. Although not in his original report, he did make a commendable effort to get pertinent details.

He told me that the woman in red who asked if the man had any kids was actually not a protester, but rather, a random buttinski who just happened to be in the capitol that day.

That doesn’t make what she said any less reprehensible (nor does it mitigate the self-identified teacher who called the Tea Partier “son” and threatened to stick his sign in an undisclosed location), but it is a fact, and facts are important. (For the record, she later explained her comment to RWBN by saying that “the black conservative was such a “free spirit” that she assumed he would possibly not own up to the responsibility of being a father.” No sale here, but take it for what it’s worth.)

RWBN also put me in touch with the Tea Partier in question, Leland Robinson. The Denver video has turned Leland into something of a celebrity, as he told me his phone has been ringing off the hook all morning.

Robinson, as it turns out, is a 52 year-old entrepreneur, interior designer, and limousine driver who was attending his first Tea Party protest. As he reveals in one of the videos from the protest, he’s also gay, and while he supports legalizing gay marriage, believes that “we can get everything we want from gay marriage, without gay marriage.”

He also said that he takes comments like those he heard at the Denver protest would have bothered him as a younger man, but now he takes them “as a compliment. They’re holding me in high esteem in their minds.”

I also asked Robinson why he thinks it is that so few black people are members of the Tea Party, as compared to the rest of the population. He replied, “Because between our education system, and our churches, they’re being run by a few people…how do I put this…Everyone wants to belong. Hispanics are suffering the same problem. You’re born Hispanic, that means you’re born liberal. If you’re born into a Catholic family, that makes you Catholic. You can’t think for yourself, and you can’t be a Christian, you can’t be a Jew, you can’t be anything else, because you were born that way.”

“As far as black people are concerned,” he continued, ” we are being denied the truth. Martin Luther King was a Republican. How many black people know that?”

Leland recommends that people challenge leaders in their communities, and think for themselves. He also says that being within such a small group of black conservatives makes him even more sure that he’s right. “You can’t get 98% of black people to believe in anything.”

As is often the case, there’s much more to this story than meets the eye, but one thing that everyone should be able to agree on is that Leland Robinson didn’t deserve to be treated the way he was.

Denver, Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, Leland Robinson, SEIU, Tea Party, The Blaze, Union protest, Wisconsin

cjd ohio 1

could this article being written the way it is a chance to mitigate the incident?
BadGenome

“The clips also led Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft to ask this odd question:

So just who are the racists again?”

A surprisingly good piece for the most part, Tommy, but let’s don’t be coy. It’s not that odd of a question after the Tea Party was relentlessly smeared as an expression of racial anxiety from old, fearful white people, while the left’s own festering racism has gone almost completely unchallenged. That, thank god, is finally changing.
SpineCrusher

So, once again, instead of focusing on the real issue…Unions, and are the rich going to finally wipe them out…here comes the sideshow game the media loves to play, “Who’s the racist?”

You know, I really enjoyed the honesty in pointing out to SE Cupp that focusing on who was or wasn’t getting a doctor’s note (same issue Megan Kelly is so infatuated with right now) is a way to marginalize and distract from the bigger issue facing America right now. Dividing people along lines that they do not need to be divided along and has nothing to do with the debate (because the Union issue is not partisan, but the TV babies don’t know any better so they keep regurgiating talking points and looking for things going on around the fringes to focus on) but one that effects all Amercians.

…and then you post this
Harry Flashman

So…she asked him if he had any kids he claimed because she thought he was a “free spirit”, eh?

Yeah. Okay.

She got caught being a nasty little racist. People like her and the other in the video can’t stand for a black person to come off of the liberal reservation. You’re black. You MUST be a liberal. If not, you’re an Uncle Tom or you’re stupid.

The question is valid….just who ARE the racists now?

Maybe Justice Thomas can tell us.
BadGenome

SpineCrusher said:
So, once again, instead of focusing on the real issue…Unions, and are the rich going to finally wipe them out…here comes the sideshow game the media loves to play, “Who’s the racist?”

That’s because this is Mediaite, not Mother Jones.
SpineCrusher

Harry Flashman said:
So…she asked him if he had any kids he claimed because she thought he was a “free spirit”, eh? Yeah. Okay. She got caught being a nasty little racist. People like her and the other in the video can’t stand for a black person to come off of the liberal reservation. You’re black. You MUST be a liberal. If not, you’re an Uncle Tom or you’re stupid. The question is valid….just who ARE the racists now? Maybe Justice Thomas can tell us.

It’s a sideshow question that has no answer. That’s why the media loves it…the blood boils, but the answers will never be resolved, so they can keep poking you with it over and over.

racists are racists, bigots are bigots, wife beaters are wife beaters and so on….to even attempt to point out a political, religious or any demographic manner in which to provide you an honest answer, is ludicrous.

It’s a shame that the media would waste our minds with this garbage.

Listen, if you’re so concerned about “just who ARE the racists now?”, why don’t you go out and create a racist calculator where you can put in the last name, policitical affiliation, state, job, income level…..on and on…whatever suits your “need to know” and see if it spits out ANYTHING worthwhile.

Thought so…
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

Ignorance fears no political party, race, religion, ethnicity, shape, sexuality, age or any other protected class. It infects all parts of society. There are a lot of stupid bigoted Democrats the same way there are a lot of stupid bigoted Republicans. The ONLY difference between the two is that one used a strategy to play on voters’ racial prejudices to garner votes, for decades.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Craig-Brokenburr/1442222202 Michael Craig Brokenburr

As a black man I find this wrong. I agree Racism isn’t some political football both sides do have their issues but I think its also important to point out that Union members aren’t all Dems/liberals. You have ignorant people in the ranks plain and simple.
BatBoy

“…Everyone wants to belong. Hispanics are suffering the same problem. You’re born Hispanic, that means you’re born liberal. If you’re born into a Catholic family, that makes you Catholic.
You can’t think for yourself, and you can’t be a Christian, you can’t be a Jew, you can’t be anything else, because you were born that way.”

Leland is exactly right on this…when you have the power of the Democratic party, convincing these kids that Whitey is at fault, the public education is failing them, the government program after government program that does nothing more than keep these kids in the hood…well that is what you get.

The Federal Government and the Democratic Party has failed the black community for the last 50 years. They now have their sights set on the Hispanic community – They have no idea they have just jumped in bed with the devil.
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

BadGenome said:
“The clips also led Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft to ask this odd question:

So just who are the racists again?”

A surprisingly good piece for the most part, Tommy, but let’s don’t be coy. It’s not that odd of a question after the Tea Party was relentlessly smeared as an expression of racial anxiety from old, fearful white people, while the left’s own festering racism has gone almost completely unchallenged. That, thank god, is finally changing.

The problem was that they said racist instead of bigots. They don’t necessarily hate black people or any other people of color, there’s just a general fear of those they perceive to be “not like us” .
BadGenome

Publius219 said:
There are a lot of stupid bigoted Democrats the same way there are a lot of stupid bigoted Republicans. The ONLY difference between the two is that one used a strategy to play on voters’ racial prejudices to garner votes, for decades.

And the other is the Republican Party.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-M-Dye/100000149096147 Jason M Dye

Ummm… “Martin Luther King was a Republican”?

yes, technically. Martin Luther King, SR.

Of course, the MLK that we all know and respect for shaking up the game recognized that the party of Lincoln had long since abandoned and ignored his people. In the era of Barry Goldwater, in fact, the father very nearly quit the GOP.
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

BadGenome said:
And the other is the Republican Party.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

Yup, those GD Democrats!!!
BadGenome

Publius219 said:
The problem was that they said racist instead of bigots. They don’t necessarily hate black people or any other people of color, there’s just a general fear of those they perceive to be “not like us” .

I’d actually agree with that. I believe it’s entirely cultural and political bigotry rather than racial, both among the Tea Party and the mainstream media whose coverage of the Tea Party was almost invariably something like an anthropological documentary.
JacksonGT

I watched the video and it is despicable, but I agree with Publius219 in that ignorance has not been cornered by one particular market. There are bigots on all sides. Bigots that admit that they are, and those that don’t even recognize their own bias.

As far as the protests go, this is about way more than just what the unions and protesters say or think. This goes deeper. And not all unions and union leaders are the same. Not all problems will be solved by union trashing and not all unions are playing fair. There is blame on both sides and both sides are playing their angles.
cjd ohio 1

Publius219 said:
Ignorance fears no political party, race, religion, ethnicity, shape, sexuality, age or any other protected class. It infects all parts of society. There are a lot of stupid bigoted Democrats the same way there are a lot of stupid bigoted Republicans. The ONLY difference between the two is that one used a strategy to play on voters’ racial prejudices to garner votes, for decades.

both do, that is where you missed it
JacksonGT

BadGenome said:
I’d actually agree with that. I believe it’s entirely cultural and political bigotry rather than racial, both among the Tea Party and the mainstream media whose coverage of the Tea Party was almost invariably something like an anthropological documentary.

Um, I don’t agree with that, necessarily. That guy called him son. That’s racial. That woman made a referencing to claiming kids. That’s racial. Getting behind the fence? That $%#@ is racial, people. It’s a type of bigotry, yes, but it’s pretty damn specific. I haven’t heard crap like that said so openly (with camera phones a-filimin’) in a long time. By protesters that are educators no less. That’s pretty disgusting.
BadGenome

Publius219 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

Yup, those GD Democrats!!!

Yeah, that shit was only cool when the Democrats did it. Thankfully they stopped when Republicans stole all the racists and have since made amends. Nowadays you won’t ever hear a prominent Democrat telling a particular racial group (say, I dunno… Latinos) to “punish their enemies” or anything like that.
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

BadGenome said:
Yeah, that shit was only cool when the Democrats did it. Thankfully they stopped when Republicans stole all the racists and have since made amends. Nowadays you won’t ever hear a prominent Democrat telling a particular racial group (say, I dunno… Latinos) to “punish their enemies” or anything like that.

Yes, and we’ve all decided that figurative language and literal language are now one in the same. Welcome to America in 2011!
BadGenome

JacksonGT said:
Um, I don’t agree with that, necessarily. That guy called him son. That’s racial. That woman made a referencing to claiming kids. That’s racial. Getting behind the fence? That $%#@ is racial, people. It’s a type of bigotry, yes, but it’s pretty damn specific. I haven’t heard crap like that said so openly (with camera phones a-filimin’) in a long time. By protesters that are educators no less. That’s pretty disgusting.

I was talking specifically about the mainstream media, who I don’t believe actually hate old white people (all coverage of the Tea Party to the contrary) since they are 99% old white people themselves. These union asshats do sound pretty fuggin’ racist, although maybe it’s just fear of a black person who doesn’t conform to their view of what a black person should be. White liberals often like to tell black and brown people what they should think about things.
BadGenome

Publius219 said:
Yes, and we’ve all decided that figurative language and literal language are now one in the same. Welcome to America in 2011!

If such a thing ever did happen (which it wouldn’t, since the Democrats would never EVEEERRRR do that) I wouldn’t think he/she would mean it literally. It would still be pretty divisive, though, you must admit. Hypothetically. If it did happen. Which it didn’t, I’m sure.
JacksonGT

BadGenome said:
I was talking specifically about the mainstream media, who I don’t believe actually hate old white people (all coverage of the Tea Party to the contrary) since they are 99% old white people themselves. These union asshats do sound pretty fuggin’ racist, although maybe it’s just fear of a black person who doesn’t conform to their view of what a black person should be. White liberals often like to tell black and brown people what they should think about things.

Okay, that makes way more sense to me. And as much a it pains me to think this is the world we live in, I agree with you that in this case these white a-holes didn’t have a problem with the black man on their side of the protest at the beginning of the clip. ‘You can stand on this side of the fence so long as you agree with us and hold our sign’ That loudmouth woman (the crewcut lady specifically) should be ashamed of herself.
gar

This is the Tommy we know and love. Reprehensible FROM THE RIGHT but defensible FROM THE LEFT.
greg454

That’s what happens to blacks who step out of the Democratic plantation. Come on blacks, admit it, we Republicans and Libertarians are more fun. We let you keep your guns (so you can be free unlike the unarmed slaves gun-owning Democrats like Bloomberg, Streissand and Pelossi love, it’s true, gun control laws were designed to keep y’all unarmed and defenseless), we don’t kiss your ass but treat you as an equal, we lower your taxes, we don’t tell you that you’ll never accomplish anything without welfare, free healthcare and free money for college, AND here’s the best part, we really are color blind!

Think about it, we used to like Colin Powell (until he got his liberal crush on Obama) and we like that black conservative West. So dump the ‘bama and embrace the West or whoever the RNC nominates.

FUN FACTS ABOUT QADDAFI: The eccentricities of Libya’s fun-loving dictator.
http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/2011/02/isratine-and-other-fun-facts-about.html
Raygun

I imagine a black tea partier would be used to racism.
Color Me Badd

This was racist???? Tee Hee. Mediaite you guys are gonna have to do better than this.
Color Me Badd

Did Dan Abrams approve this piece?
AmeriCuda

When did you ever care about facts, you lying hack. Oh, by the way, have you printed a retraction now that the ‘alternative’ Palin E-mail has turned out to be a hoax? I didn’t think so. Facts mean NOTHING to you.
Now put your money where your mouth is and show me a Tea Party video that shows anyone saying anything racist. You can’t and you wont. Facts mean NOTHING to you. Just like the Dems in Wisconsin, when faced with the facts its…. run FLEEBAGGERS run.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

Democrats leave their states because they don’t like the results of our election!
Obama gives orders to Holder NOT to enforce signed Laws!

Wake Up!
The Democrats ARE Mubarak!

Pass it on….NEVER vote for today’s “Democrat”!
Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

Color Me Ignorant says:
This was racist???? Tee Hee. Mediaite you guys are gonna have to do better than this.

You canNOT be serious. Would you be saying the same thing if Glenn Beck has said this, HYPO!?
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE INTOLERANT LEFT!
———————————————————————————————————-

Support Bush…RACIST!
Vote GOP…RACIST!
Watch FOX….RACIST!
Police…RACIST!
Gun Owners…RACIST!
Southerners…RACIST!
Christians…RACIST!
Want lower taxes…RACIST!
Enforce immigration laws…RACIST!
Elderly @ town halls…RACIST!
Support family values…RACIST!
Personal Responsibility…RACIST!
White & disagree with liberals…RACIST!
Black & disagree (Clarence Thomas)…UNCLE TOM!
—————————————————————
Now take a good look around at who the real RACISTS are! – THE INTOLERANT LEFT!
Just pay attention at who’s first to bring RACE into a debate – THE INTOLERANT LEFT!
Who promotes the primitive concept of “GROUP-IDENTITY” – THE INTOLERANT LEFT!
Who uses accusations of ‘RACISM’ to smear political opponents -THE INTOLERANT LEFT!
Who feigns outrage over Glenn Beck, yet lauds the likes of Olbermann, Sharpton, Shultz, and my personal favorite, the Rev. Wright – THE INTOLERANT LEFT!
Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

Color Me Ignorant says:
Did Dan Abrams approve this piece?

Did the orderlies approve your internet use?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

” say odd for several reasons. First of all, racism is not a football, that only one team can possess at a time. ”

You do realize that the MSM only reports it one way though, right? If this had been the other way around, every single one of the network and DNC approved cable channels would be all over the story and you know it.
TeaPartyPatriot

The lunatic-left d-crat socialists believe that blacks are 100% owned as their property. So, when they stray from the lunatic-left plantation and speak out of turn – or otherwise disobey their d-crat MASTERS, the lunatic-left will severely punish the uppity offenders. The lunatic-left also thinks they have a “right” to do so.
LibertySister

I dont know those Union crowds look awfully white… I think we will see the media start calling them racist soon and pointing out the lack of minorities.
I even bet Janeane Garofalo will be coming out and calling them a bunch of “redneck racist” also..

Or is that just for the tea party people who are also out exercising there freedom of speech… But the liberals dont like the tea party to have freedom of speech…. just them…
skyfet

Sounds like what you’d here from the Rights. Not surprised that you are all quick to race bait. They defend worse crap from their own side through out the HC debate. By the way, isn’t what you guys think of blacks anyway, you are just glad it came out from these protesters.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

The difference between FOX and the Leftstream Media is that FOX will explain something like the pernicious relationship between PUBLIC unions who elect politicians with mandated dues, and those unions negotiating tax-payer funded contracts with those same politicians.

The Leftstream Media will simply call the person making that connection a RACIST!

Mr. Obama, what happened to:
“Elections Matter!” – Hypocrite!

This battle is enjoined for the type of future this country will have – preference & control where Government selects winners at the expense of the majority – like the Middle East tyrannies – or free enterprise.
The_Reasonable_Lib

Racism is wrong in all its incarnations; black, white, liberal, conservative or whatever.
The_Reasonable_Lib

In other news, Indiana has abandoned their anti-union bill.
BlueBunny

AmeriCuda said:
When did you ever care about facts, you lying hack. Oh, by the way, have you printed a retraction now that the ‘alternative’ Palin E-mail has turned out to be a hoax? I didn’t think so. Facts mean NOTHING to you.
Now put your money where your mouth is and show me a Tea Party video that shows anyone saying anything racist. You can’t and you wont. Facts mean NOTHING to you. Just like the Dems in Wisconsin, when faced with the facts its…. run FLEEBAGGERS run.</blockq

NORBIT Jr. said:
Leftstream Media

LOOK A NEW PALIN sound bite.Is this you SISTER SARAH!
The_Reasonable_Lib

LibertySister said:
I dont know those Union crowds look awfully white… I think we will see the media start calling them racist soon and pointing out the lack of minorities.
I even bet Janeane Garofalo will be coming out and calling them a bunch of “redneck racist” also..

Or is that just for the tea party people who are also out exercising there freedom of speech… But the liberals dont like the tea party to have freedom of speech…. just them…

this coming from the racist who just said black people were animals the other day. Not that they were acting like animals and said democrats are nothing without these people. Puh-lease, your opinion is irrelevant.
LibertySister

A woman who waves the Mexican flag while they chant USA and no union person objects….

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/col-pro-union-protesters-wave-mexican-flag-while-chanting-usa/
The_Reasonable_Lib

Anybody else notice no article on rahmbo’s win?
tatboy

Raygun said:
I imagine a black tea partier would be used to racism.

I’m quite sure he’s used to people on the left yelling crap like this at him. Just like Steele, he had to develop a thick skin. *steele had OREO’s shown at him by Libs*
DwightScrute

Color Me Badd said:
This was racist???? Tee Hee. Mediaite you guys are gonna have to do better than this.

This from the cross dresser. Claims to be a man in one comment and a woman in the next.

Tee Hee.
Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

The lack of liberal outrage on this thread is telling.
The_Reasonable_Lib

tatboy said:
I’m quite sure he’s used to people on the left yelling crap like this at him. Just like Steele, he had to develop a thick skin. *steele had OREO’s shown at him by Libs*

Yes because they weren’t hanging Obama in effigy.
The_Reasonable_Lib

Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
The lack of liberal outrage on this thread is telling.

Your lack of intelligence is even more telling. Silence doesn’t denote acceptance no matter how much you may want it to. And when people like Liberty sister who recently referred to African American grievers as animals call people racist, it holds little meaning.
BFD

That lady in the red sweater has said nothing that you teabloggers haven’t said on this very forum hundreds, maybe thousands, of times.
When you say it then it is “stats”, when someone else says it then it’s racist.

The funny part is that if that guy wasn’t a teabagger you would be sticking up for red-sweater lady in a heartbeat. lolol
cjd ohio 1

BFD said:
That lady in the red sweater has said nothing that you teabloggers haven’t said on this very forum hundreds, maybe thousands, of times.When you say it then it is “stats”, when someone else says it then it’s racist. The funny part is that if that guy wasn’t a teabagger you would be sticking up for red-sweater lady in a heartbeat. lolol

spin, dont get dizzy
The_Reasonable_Lib

cjd ohio 1 said:
spin, dont get dizzy

he has a point though. People here consistently talk about blacks being dependent on the government because of democrats, having high rates of single parenthood and other things but when they do it they do claim that it’s statistics.
The_Reasonable_Lib

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
he has a point though. People here consistently talk about blacks being dependent on the government because of democrats, having high rates of single parenthood and other things but when they do it they do claim that it’s statistics.

And they try to blame it on liberals too.
cjd ohio 1

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
he has a point though. People here consistently talk about blacks being dependent on the government because of democrats, having high rates of single parenthood and other things but when they do it they do claim that it’s statistics.

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
And they try to blame it on liberals too.

i dont, not a republican or democrat………..
The_Reasonable_Lib

cjd ohio 1 said:
i dont, not a republican or democrat………..

I apologize, I’m not referring to you, but people like Liberal Tormentor, pablo and Liberty Sister. Well documented hypocrites who are quick to marginalize and condemn the other side. Frankly it all sickens me.
treecutter

Color Me Badd said:
This was racist???? Tee Hee. Mediaite you guys are gonna have to do better than this.

You think its funny what they did to him! You are pathetic racist! Its only racism if they’re conservative, huh?.
TampopoLoco

That’s it? That’s all there is? lol
Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

UNreasonable lib,
Nice try, but CORRECTLY stating that libs want minorities dependent on them isn’t racist, that’s just fact. In my opinion, it’s libs that are the racist because they are constantly telling minorities they aren’t smart enough to make their own decisions.
BFD

Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
Nice try, but CORRECTLY stating that libs want minorities dependent on them isn’t racist, that’s just fact.

You teabloggers have also correctly stated that Black men have a higher percentage of not raising their children than White men.

So how is red-sweater lady racist and you guys aren’t?
BadGenome

BFD said:
You teabloggers have also correctly stated that Black men have a higher percentage of not raising their children than White men.

So how is red-sweater lady racist and you guys aren’t?

Because referring to statistics is one thing, and implying that someone must conform to the worst aspects of their demographic group is quite another. Do you really need someone to point that out to you, or are you just adopting the obtuseness of your avatar?
notsofast

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
Yes because they weren’t hanging Obama in effigy.

You mean like you libs did to Bush, son?

I’m so happy that a racist like the Unreasonable Lib shouts his hypocrisy from the highest mountain top like the lib racists in the above vid.

Libs, please, admit to your racism.
Cecelia

Frankly, I don’t see anything overtly racist in what any of these people said.

This sort of constant idiotic garbage gets on my nerves. How stupid do you have to be to believe that a few people at any rally are representative of the entire crowd.
notsofast

BFD said:
So how is red-sweater lady racist and you guys aren’t?

Citing a statistic and then applying it to an individual is stereotyping and racist, son.
cjd ohio 1

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
I apologize, I’m not referring to you, but people like Liberal Tormentor, pablo and Liberty Sister. Well documented hypocrites who are quick to marginalize and condemn the other side. Frankly it all sickens me.

its cool reasonable, you are a pretty fair minded person
BFD

BadGenome said:
Because referring to statistics is one thing, and implying that someone must conform to the worst aspects of their demographic group is quite another.

notsofast said:
Citing a statistic and then applying it to an individual is stereotyping and racist, son.

You mean like you do EVERY DAY when you tell random liberals here to get a job and stop suckling at the public teat, among many other stereotypical remarks?

You do realize you have said that to Black posters, right?
BadGenome

BFD said:
You mean like you do EVERY DAY when you tell random liberals here to get a job and stop suckling at the public teat, among many other stereotypical remarks?

You do realize you have said that to Black posters, right?

If you’re talking to me, you are just making shit up (once again emulating your avatar) as I’ve done no such thing.
Cecelia

BFD said:
You mean like you do EVERY DAY when you tell random liberals here to get a job and stop suckling at the public teat, among many other stereotypical remarks?

You do realize you have said that to Black posters, right?

Well, since they don’t assume that every liberal is black and therefore say that stupid crap to people regardless of their race, you’ve sort undercut your argument.
Cecelia

BadGenome said:
If you’re talking to me, you are just making shit up (once again emulating your avatar) as I’ve done no such thing.

That’s the danger of this sort of finger pointing. Whether it’s conferring incendiary labels on an entire crowd because of a few people or doing the same to posters on a blogboard, it’s crap.
BFD

BadGenome said:
Because referring to statistics is one thing, and implying that someone must conform to the worst aspects of their demographic group is quite another.

Yeah, that’s only acceptable if it’s Muslims, amirite?
BFD

BadGenome said:
If you’re talking to me, you are just making shit up (once again emulating your avatar) as I’ve done no such thing.

Not talking to you. I started to quote you and then decided to reply to notsofast.

My apologies for the mistake.
notsofast

BFD said:
You mean like you do EVERY DAY when you tell random liberals here to get a job and stop suckling at the public teat, among many other stereotypical remarks?

You do realize you have said that to Black posters, right?

Prove it, son!
Color Me Badd

I guess Tommy wrote that article yesterday that got all the teabags panties in a twist, so he had to write this today.
Color Me Badd

SpineCrusher said:
So, once again, instead of focusing on the real issue…Unions, and are the rich going to finally wipe them out…here comes the sideshow game the media loves to play, “Who’s the racist?”

You know, I really enjoyed the honesty in pointing out to SE Cupp that focusing on who was or wasn’t getting a doctor’s note (same issue Megan Kelly is so infatuated with right now) is a way to marginalize and distract from the bigger issue facing America right now. Dividing people along lines that they do not need to be divided along and has nothing to do with the debate (because the Union issue is not partisan, but the TV babies don’t know any better so they keep regurgiating talking points and looking for things going on around the fringes to focus on) but one that effects all Amercians.

…and then you post this

Do you really expect any different from Mediaite?
notsofast

BFD said:
You do realize you have said that to Black posters, right?

It was one of your lib pals who said this yesterday, son!

Garth said:
Garth says:
February 22, 2011 at 8:25 pm Garth(Quote)
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Duh, hey sun, did yuh see dem der pie-rats git it. He he he. Thts yer rasism.

Now prove what you stated or STFU, libby!
illusive man

The union organizers and dems are one in the same. Is it really a suprise that the same political party that helped create the hellish inner cities would be anything els but racist?
Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

SEIU’s New Favorite Song Has Violent Ring to it

First violent signs, now violent songs.

The band Dropkick Murphys wants to do its part to stand with the Wisconsin protesters. What does that look like? Actually it sounds like a new song, released on union websites including the SEIU’s, that screams such phrases as “take the bastards down!“ and ”we got to smash them to the ground!”

“As part of the band’s efforts to support the workers, they are working with SEIU and other unions and labor federations to have the song available to be played at rallies across the country,” a post on SEIU’s website says.

These are apparently the sounds of solidarity:

In a statement yesterday, the band made it clear that they are avid supporters of the unrest in Wisconsin:

[We] would like to take a moment to acknowledge the struggles of the working people of Wisconsin and to pledge our support and solidarity by releasing the song ‘Take Em Down’ from our upcoming album. We think it’s appropriate at the moment and hope you like it… The Dropkick Murphys Stand With Wisconsin!!!!! [Emphasis theirs]

The band also released a limited edition t-shirt featuring the song’s title, “Take ‘Em Down.” Proceeds will go to the Workers’ Rights Emergency Response Fund:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/take-the-bastards-down-seius-new-favorite-song-has-violent-ring-to-it/

So much anger and violence from the left.
mamaearth

For some reason, I think liberals really believe that there isn’t a racist among them…….LOL

I can’t figure out how they can see with their own eyes, hear with their own ears, yet, make excuses for racist comments that come from “their own!”
TrollJuice

Is Herman Cain going to be the Tea Party candidate for 2012?
treecutter

mamaearth said:
For some reason, I think liberals really believe that there isn’t a racist among them…….LOL I can’t figure out how they can see with their own eyes, hear with their own ears, yet, make excuses for racist comments that come from “their own!”

It is a liberal mental condition called Selective Stupidity. The tree hugging, the spotted owl, the one eyed horney toad, the climate crap, the seas rising, the polar bear, anti capital punishment but they get off on abortions, etc. etc. etc. They scream racism but when an african am. walks on their side of the street they quickly dash to the other side. Around the office do you think they have the only 2 black people or hispanic people over for dinner or out for a drink? They wouldn’t be caught dead doing that. Everyone sees them for what they are we are watching it unfold.
StewartIII

ChickaBOOMer: It’s My Party
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2011/02/its-my-party.html
Pablo

TrollJuice said:
Is Herman Cain going to be the Tea Party candidate for 2012?

That’s entirely possible. It’ll be a completely unofficial thing, of course, but he’s 100% simpatico with the Tea Party and he’s going to get serious support from them. .
Pablo

SpineCrusher said:
So, once again, instead of focusing on the real issue…Unions, and are the rich going to finally wipe them out…here comes the sideshow game the media loves to play, “Who’s the racist?”

You know, I really enjoyed the honesty in pointing out to SE Cupp that focusing on who was or wasn’t getting a doctor’s note (same issue Megan Kelly is so infatuated with right now) is a way to marginalize and distract from the bigger issue facing America right now. Dividing people along lines that they do not need to be divided along and has nothing to do with the debate (because the Union issue is not partisan, but the TV babies don’t know any better so they keep regurgiating talking points and looking for things going on around the fringes to focus on) but one that effects all Amercians.

…and then you post this

Oh, you want to talk about unions, and dividing people? OK, let’s talk about this:

But take a look at the video and you’ll see the angry, yet impotent face of today’s labor movement — right before the punch.

I went to the union rally at my state house yesterday. They weren’t quite as angry and impotent as the unions that went to protest FreedomWorks. They were lackadaisical and impotent. Except for the chanting. They’re very good chanters.
kvon

Not much worse than what I’ve read on Mediaite in posts defending Rush. Or things Rush says.
kvon

Pablo said:
Oh, you want to talk about unions, and dividing people? OK, let’s talk about this:

But take a look at the video and you’ll see the angry, yet impotent face of today’s labor movement — right before the punch.

I went to the union rally at my state house yesterday. They weren’t quite as angry and impotent as the unions that went to protest FreedomWorks. They were lackadaisical and impotent. Except for the chanting. They’re very good chanters.

Yeah, the Tea Parties I’ve been to were more fun. Very few people can spell Kenya properly.
BarneyFranken

Even though the story is union protesters making somewhat racist comments, mediaite told the story through the prism of how conservative blogs saw it.

I wonder if they would do the same thing had it been the other way around. Would they focus the story on “tea party racism” without the critical analysis of how a liberal blog showed it?
ChrisNH

Libs are hypocrites & racists. They even turn it into a money-grabbing industry, in fact. We all know this to be true.
Pablo

kvon said:
Yeah, the Tea Parties I’ve been to were more fun. Very few people can spell Kenya properly.

That’s weird, because people at proggy rallies can’t spell Keynesian. The world is funny, ain’t it?
kvon

Pablo said:
That’s weird, because people at proggy rallies can’t spell Keynesian. The world is funny, ain’t it?

Yeah, one is economic term, and the other is a way to say the President isn’t an American…well, one of those is funny. I’ll give you a hint, it’s not about economics.
Tommy Christopher

BarneyFranken said:
Even though the story is union protesters making somewhat racist comments, mediaite told the story through the prism of how conservative blogs saw it.

I wonder if they would do the same thing had it been the other way around. Would they focus the story on “tea party racism” without the critical analysis of how a liberal blog showed it?

We get this kind of comment on almost every post, and the answer is the same: Instead of “wondering,” why don’t you, um, look at what we’ve actually written? It isn’t hidden. It’s all available here, for free. I’ll save you some time: we do plenty of stories calling out shoddy journalism on liberal blogs, conservative blogs, mainstream media outlets, etc.

And we have also done lots of reporting on the Tea Party. Why don’t you go look it up, and tell me, when you’re done, what problems you find with it?

Or you can just sit and wonder. What are those sparkly lights in the night sky? Are the gods winking at me?
timcajun

ChrisNH says:

Libs are hypocrites & racists.
………………………………………..

With all the lies and crap Beck and Rush vomit, your funny, but a little scarry if you believe that waste!
cjd ohio 1

Tommy Christopher said:
We get this kind of comment on almost every post, and the answer is the same: Instead of “wondering,” why don’t you, um, look at what we’ve actually written? It isn’t hidden. It’s all available here, for free. I’ll save you some time: we do plenty of stories calling out shoddy journalism on liberal blogs, conservative blogs, mainstream media outlets, etc. And we have also done lots of reporting on the Tea Party. Why don’t you go look it up, and tell me, when you’re done, what problems you find with it? Or you can just sit and wonder. What are those sparkly lights in the night sky? Are the gods winking at me?

tommy just implies, relax people lol
Paleoconservatarian

mamaearth said:
For some reason, I think liberals really believe that there isn’t a racist among them…….LOL

I can’t figure out how they can see with their own eyes, hear with their own ears, yet, make excuses for racist comments that come from “their own!”

I think it’s the other way around. They know there’s a LOT of racism in their ranks, at least if they’re honest with themselves. Pointing fingers, then, can be seen as a tactic because being on the offensive is much preferable to being on the defensive. To quote a famous Journ-O-list e-mail, “take one of them — Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists. Ask: why do they have such a deep-seated problem with a black politician who unites the country? What lurks behind those problems? This makes *them* sputter with rage, which in turn leads to overreaction and self-destruction.”

Note the asterisks around them? Deflection.
Raygun

tatboy said:
I’m quite sure he’s used to people on the left yelling crap like this at him. Just like Steele, he had to develop a thick skin. *steele had OREO’s shown at him by Libs*

There’s definitely racists on all sides of the aisle. Leftist hate of black conservatives is no doubt despicable and evil, but the reason for that hate is that leftists think the right is intrinsically racist (think Southern strategy, etc.) so a black conservative is unfathomable. The left needs to understand that the right opposes welfare or affirmative action because they believe those policies are good for minorities.
Raygun

Raygun said:
There’s definitely racists on all sides of the aisle. Leftist hate of black conservatives is no doubt despicable and evil, but the reason for that hate is that leftists think the right is intrinsically racist (think Southern strategy, etc.) so a black conservative is unfathomable. The left needs to understand that the right opposes welfare or affirmative action because they believe those policies are good for minorities.

Edit: They believe those policies are bad for minorities.
Mr.Papshmer

No news here whatsoever, it’s a nothing story. We all know that liberals are despicably racist.

Tommy: “First of all, racism is not a football, that only one team can possess at a time.”

Oh please. Where was all this both-sides-are-racist crap when the entire media save Fox was painting the tea party people as racist. What a steaming hypocritical pile.
http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

Liberals don’t support those people, however, a large amount of tea partiers are racists.
cjd ohio 1

Snowspot said:
Liberals don’t support those people, however, a large amount of tea partiers are racists.

lol
fanofamerica

kvon said:
Yeah, the Tea Parties I’ve been to were more fun. Very few people can spell Kenya properly.

Yes, only those really, really smart people in the White House know how to spell.

http://punditpress.blogspot.com/2011/02/go-figure-obama-white-house-cant-spell.html
WildMan

Everyone knows the real racists in Americal are the Liberals/Democrats/Progressives/Union Thugs. Trouble is the hypocrites are too cowardly to admit it. That’s ok, we know but, won’t tell.
RedWhiteBlueNews

‘Podunk’ website dares to correct ‘big-time’ Mediaite over black Tea Partier vs. Union agitators

Here is your 5 minute video.

http://redwhitebluenews.com/?p=15912
ProObamaAgenda

Let me get this straight, you folks went to Glen Becks website “The Blaze” to seek out the truth about this video???…..that laughable in itself…..i guess when you have wingnuts that read and post on this site you can do that…..i didnt even finish reading the article after i read that disclaimer…..give us a break….GET REAL WITH THE NEWS MEDIAITE…..this isnt FOX NATION
ProObamaAgenda

or is it?????
Pablo

ProObamaAgenda said:
Let me get this straight, you folks went to Glen Becks website “The Blaze” to seek out the truth about this video???…..that laughable in itself…..i guess when you have wingnuts that read and post on this site you can do that…..i didnt even finish reading the article after i read that disclaimer…..give us a break….GET REAL WITH THE NEWS MEDIAITE…..this isnt FOX NATION

What’s laughable is that you’ll dismiss the video because you don’t like the website it’s posted at, as if that were some sort of rebuttal. It’s like watching somebody step on a rake.
Pablo

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
I apologize, I’m not referring to you, but people like Liberal Tormentor, pablo and Liberty Sister. Well documented hypocrites who are quick to marginalize and condemn the other side. Frankly it all sickens me.

I think it’s losing arguments that upsets your tummy.
Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

More tolerance from the left:

RI Protester Threatens TV Cameraman: ‘I’ll Fu** You in the A**, You Fa**ot!’

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ri-protester-threatens-tv-cameraman-ill-fu-you-in-the-a-you-faot/
CAconservative

This video speaks for itself, no one has to go to any other site to comprehend what took place. And if you do, your an idiot!! This Black gentleman stated the facts, and was attacked for it. Not on the merits of his remarks but, on the motivated intent of this mob to protect their sacred cow even if it means getting racial. Is this the prevailing character of the Union and it’s members?!
dXm

^^^ at least we, liberals, conservatives, and independents, can now all get together and agree on the important thing- SAVINGS!! Now that we know where to get reasonably priced (likely counterfeit) Uggs, we can live in harmony.
srgntpep

CAconservative said:
This video speaks for itself, no one has to go to any other site to comprehend what took place. And if you do, your an idiot!! This Black gentleman stated the facts, and was attacked for it. Not on the merits of his remarks but, on the motivated intent of this mob to protect their sacred cow even if it means getting racial. Is this the prevailing character of the Union and it’s members?!

First, it’s “you’re” as in “you’re an idiot.” You’re welcome.

Second, I’m glad one person acting like an idiot represents everyone in that group, just as this gay black man speaks for all black people. She was detestable, to be sure, but it’s actually mentioned in the story (which I’m guessing you didn’t read) that the woman in question isn’t actually in the Union, but just happened to be in the capitol that day.
73aaodkt23

Get over the racism stuff.