2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAaron Johnson, A Confused Black Man Pushing Tea Party Message
Thoughts?
http://egbertowillies.com/2013/09/08/interview-delusional-black-tea-party-fanatic-video/
samsingh
(17,595 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,818 posts)I'm at work - no bueno.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,818 posts)He's making a buck. It's a sleazy one - but it's still a dollar.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)while all along convincing himself the Tea Bagging party is all about America, patriotism and Christianity.
LoisB
(7,203 posts)He's out to make a buck.
egbertowillies
(4,058 posts)That is what I believe. I confronted him off camera at another festival and he just about implied that with a smirk.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Did you suggest a far more lucrative revenue stream ... setting up a hidden camera to record all the "acceptance" he experiences?
He could sale the compilation to the Left Blogs and on the internutz, and then, go on a book tour!
JustAnotherGen
(31,818 posts)Saw the ig'nant below!
erpowers
(9,350 posts)Even during the video he seemed to be just pushing BS. I may be wrong, but his eyes and his smile seemed to say he was just saying crap to say stuff.
SoFlaJet
(7,767 posts)like Ed Schultz does every day?
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)but they won't play with him.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Question: "Do you feel at all alienated within the Tea Party Movement, as a Black man?"
Response: "No sir, I'm ingratiated ..."
(at 1:43)
Dude ...
verb
past tense: ingratiated; past participle: ingratiated
bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them.
Freudian Slip? Ignorance on Display? Or, Just plain stupid?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)It's a decent job, someone has to do it!
talkguy365
(47 posts)He sounds like an intelligent man standing up for what he believes in. Plus we're all entitled to our own belief system. It's part of what makes America a great country.
VirginiaTarheel
(823 posts)It makes for great debates