Now that I've written a fair amount about things that have absolutely nothing to do with current affairs, I thought I'd write about something relevant....
While, I DO think that the tea party has racist elements, I DON'T think the movement is racist per se (gasp, faint, shudder!!) I think they're more out-of-touch and lack any sort of empathy more than anything else.
The overall socioeconomic makeup has been well documented , so no need to talk about the overwhelming whiteness, and richness of it all....which I actually don't even really have a problem with, but then they say stuff like...
1. They want lower taxes: WTFuckitty fucking fuck? It's like these people don't read or something! You do realize that Obama cut taxes for well over the majority of Americans? Right? Right? Where the hell were the tea party members when this shit happened? Did they all just cover their ears and hum really loudly when he announced it? Did they just NOT do their taxes in April?
2 " Keep Your Government Hands off my Medicaid" O_o....If you get past the fact that this sentiment makes no damn sense, this tea bagger partier is saying, don't take away any of the government programs that benefit me and actually work, (including the Post Office) take away stuff that will save the lives of millions of other Americans because, y'know, that's just frivolous government spending.
Breakdown of #2: Aaaaand this where the out-of-touch part comes in. These rich white bastards have NO idea what its like to feel like you're fucking dying while sitting in the waiting room of a public health clinic for three hours because there's only one doctor. They won't even put themselves in other people's shoes for ONE second and think, " Hmm, maybe if I made $8.00/hour, without any medical benefits, it would be nice to see a doctor if I broke my leg at my low paying job." God forbid, the tea partier's tax dollars (which they pay less of, if anyone would like to recall) helps someone who was less fortunate than them.....Which leads me to my next point.....
3. I don't want my tax dollars going to some lazy good-for nothing: I've heard this sentiment a lot too and while I'm tempted to think that's supposed to be code for " POC" I'll just take it at face-value for now. If you think poor people are lazy, you CLEARLY don't understand poverty. If you make $8.00/hour in any major city in the U.S, you'll be lucky if you get a friggin cardboard box, let alone a house, a car, AND insurance. What kind of world must you live in if you REALLY REALLY think people like being poor? Once again, out-of-touch....
4. Drill, Baby, Drill: BP.. 'nuff said...
5. The Obama Voodoo/monkey/ hitler/ watermelon signs: Once again, tea party itself, not racist, but this is definitely a racist element. The tea party should really try A LOT harder to either hide these people and prevent them from smiling and posing with their racist ass signs for pictures that show up on the NY Times, or they should confiscate the signs in question during their "protests." Which leads me to my next point...
6. All the really racist ass shit that the tea party HAS been doing: It's even more annoying because after you call them out for saying something stupid about Obama, NBPP, Black/Latino/Native American/Asian people in general, they'll call YOU a racist. Like it's YOUR fault that THEY said something racist. And if you had just ignored it, it wouldn't have been racist, because if you just ignore the fact that it's raining then you won't get wet #thatslogic
7. The NAACP/ Shirley Sherrod/ He Said, She Said crap: Because the most appropriate way to respond to an accusation of racism is to totally do something completely racist, just to teach em' a lesson. Fail, tea party...fail... And NAACP...you failed.....miserably. The part that really blows my mind about the whole incident, is that she gave the speech 24 friggin years ago!!! It's not like she gave the speech the week before, or even a couple years ago, NOO! It was 24...freaking...years...ago! How the hell did Andrew Breitbart even find that video? Was he searching for racist acts committed by the NAACP, and all he could find was this anti-racist speech given by an enlightened black woman 24 years ago? If that's, the case, he's a shitty researcher.....and should never be allowed to use google again. They should have banned his ass after that whole ACORN thing. There should be a firewall only for his computer, China-style.
8. Their leaders: I think I would be able to at least tolerate the existence of the tea party and the policies that they're pushing if they didn't insist on recruiting thee most ass-backward people as their leaders. It's been proven many times that Sarah Palin (while conventionally attractive, and can wear the shit outta that messy ponytail and those glasses), is completely void of any kind of political knowledge. Glenn Beck= fat, angry, red-in-the face, white guy. Hell, I don't think he's even genuinely angry. He's just taking advantage of the racist elements in the tea party, and is milking that shit like cows are going extinct tomorrow.
9. Arizona Bill SB1070 vs. The Tea Party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLni3wbndls
Sorry...I'll be serious about it in another post..but seriously, this is the first thing that pops in my head.....
Conclusion: While I think the Tea Party has some valid points (gasp, faint shudder!) about wanting smaller government, right before I can agree with them, they go "Socialism, Fascism, America is changing, ahhhhhhhh!!"....and then the feeling is gone.....
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