Why is every single "Teabagger" Caucasian?

[jfkraus]

I've seen a lot of pictures and video of these "Tea Party" events and all of the participants are white. I have not seen any african-american, asian, hispanic, or any other ethnic group represented. God, are we white people really the only ones with the capacity to be that stupid? It's embarrassing.

[Dappleganger]

1. Yes, only us whiteys are that stupid...

to hold teabagging parties in public places.

*ugh*

[Stellabella]

2. Because it's about racism.

They hate having a black man in the White House. It's as simple as that.

[YOY]

3. There were a few actually in the more urban areas. Not many mind you. VERY few.

and it has been pretty much well cited that there were a few white supremacists about.

[Blue For You]

4. Because Fox only serves crackers at their tea parties. n/t

[AspenRose]

69. !

:spank: Oh that was so wrong. :spray:

[Twinguard]

90. Hahaha!

Truly classic! I love it.

:rofl:

[malaise]

5. The best explanation to date

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#30255102

[cbc5g]

6. Because Republicans are mostly white?

Use your brain guys.

[dynasaw]

7. I noticed that too

but hesitated mentioning it. Got caught up in their demonstration--they were causing a traffic hold up at a Redlands, California intersection. It was then I noticed that there wasn't a single non-white person in the mob. For the most part they also looked like an older crowd.

[thereismore]

8. Do you have anything against white people?

:smoke:

[jfkraus]

67. Just stupid ones.

[Romulox]

9. Yet ANOTHER crappy racist thread on the subject? Wasn't 10 enough?

Do racists not know how to use the search function? :shrug:

[cliffordu]

10. The camera don't lie.

[Romulox]

15. Remember the "undocumented alien" demonstrations back in 2006-2007?

Imagine a dozen or more posts on DU, asking "What is with all those Hispanic protesters???--why are Hispanics so out of touch???"

No, you can't. Such posts would not be allowed.

[cliffordu]

19. I don't see yor point. I doubt you have one.

I'm white and they look like a bunch of racist halfwits to me.

White racist halfwits.

[Romulox]

22. Demonizing people on the basis of race is racist. It's a simple point.

I can tell you are struggling with it, however. :hi:

[TexasObserver]

25. It's demonizing racists, not demonizing on the basis of race.

The OP asks a question, and the answer to it is obvious to all but the most impaired or biased: The teabaggers are racists who hate Obama because he's black, and this is merely a continuation of the things they've said and done the past two years.

The only person in the thread who is coming across as a racist is you, and maybe there's a reason for that.

[Romulox]

36. So now all the "teabaggers" are racist? How do you figure? Because they are white?

and some other white person was also racist? :shrug:

[TexasObserver]

40. Yes, they're racist. They're the same troglodytes who have been attacking Obama for two years.

You can't be this poorly informed.

[Romulox]

48. It's dumb to ascribe motivations to people you've never met, based on the color of their skin.

That's what you're doing here.

[TexasObserver]

52. No, it's dumb to do as you have, and ignore the obvious.

[jpak]

55. Teh reverse racism thing is like...

:rofl:

[Hosnon]

94. Every teabagger is racist? You can't be serious?

That's absurd on it's face.

[Hosnon]

95. Uh oh...I know a teabagger and he is not racist.

Did your head explode?

[cliffordu]

41. I'm demonizing those assholes on the basis of what is written in their own

failed handwriting.

Jesus fucking keerist on a crutch.

[Romulox]

46. Whose "failed handwriting"? White peoples' collectively? Or some indiividuals'???

:wtf:

[cliffordu]

57. Well now you're just jerkin' the gerkin....

Nice try though.

[indigo32]

64. the individuals AT THE RALLYS

it's quite clear to see...

[Romulox]

65. Right. The individuals holding racist placards are racists.

But ascribing racist motivations to broad swaths of people based primarily on the basis of their shared skin color is itself racist.

[madeline_con]

100. At the RNC there was one black guy. Same as the tea parties.

[Hosnon]

97. Exactly.

Just like saying that the financial crisis was caused by white people with blue eyes.

[TexasObserver]

45. Clifford, the poster doesn't have a point.

The OP poses a question for discussion. WHY are all the teabaggers white? The answer is simple. Because the hardcore street activists in the GOP are racists. It's not a secret. It's been well known to anyone with an IQ above 75 for the past 40 years. That may be the reason we're having a problem with the one poster who doesn't get it.

[cliffordu]

62. I do believe you are correct - and this one seems to need a lot of attention.

[TexasObserver]

66. Yep.

"Hey everybody, look at me!"
--- Stuart, MAD TV

These kinds of postings reveal a need for negative attention. It's an emotionally driven routine, and in this instance, a well known proclivity.

[Democracyinkind]

21. I don't get it. It's perfectly logical that the immigration protests were attended mostly by people

concerned. I think the point of the Op was that since this is not a racial issue, why is there such a racial gap in the protesters?

A question one would not ask about the immigration protests. Because the answer is so clear: Why were there only "brown" protesters back then? Because it is an issue that, for the most part, only concerns "brown" people - something you couldn't exactly say about the motives the teabaggers tried to present. If it was politics, a pure bipartisan spending protest, why would only whites show up?

[Romulox]

23. Mentioning demographics =/= demonizing on the basis of race.

[Democracyinkind]

26. I hope that was sarcastic.

[TexasObserver]

30. Nonsense. Utter nonsense.

Observing that the GOP is made up mainly of white people and that a substantial number of them are racist toward blacks is FACT, not demonizing.

You are the defender of the racists, and the only person in the thread making racist comments or insinuations.

[Romulox]

33. LOL. I am the defender of racists? Because I disagree with you?

You are making my point for me. Thanks.

[TexasObserver]

38. Yes, you are. Because you're defending the racist GOP teabaggers.

If you don't know that the GOP base is largely racist and almost exclusively white, now would be a good time to learn.

[Romulox]

44. No, I'm not defending anyone. I am saying that demonizing people on the basis of race is racist.

[TexasObserver]

49. Yes you are. You're accusing the OP and others of being racist for observing the teabaggers.

They're all white. What does that suggest to you?

You're defending the same people who spent the last 24 months sending emails taking racist shots at Obama, and they're still doing it. Your ignorance is the problem here.

[Romulox]

53. Nope, not for observing. For using race as a basis of demonization. nt

[TexasObserver]

60. The problem is you don't understand the meaning of the words you use.

You lack a decent understanding of the words you use, particularly "racism" and "demonization."

I know you have been told, so that leaves the other option: you are incapable of understanding, and that's fairly apparent to everyone else in thread, who do have sufficient intelligence to understand those words.

[Hugabear]

77. We're demonizing them for their ACTIONS. Is that so hard to understand?

These are the same people who still insist on pushing the Obama birth certificate/live birth issue. These are the same people who continue to insist that he's a closet Muslim. For crissake, look at the plethora of overtly racist signs that were on display at many of these teabag rallies - and notice that everyone around them acts as if racist signs are perfectly normal.

[Romulox]

78. I stand with you in condemning racists. Stupid snark on this thread notwithstanding

"These are the same people..."

Who are "they"? The OP refers to white people as an undifferentiated mass. I condemn people who take racist action or express racist views, but I refuse to extrapolate, based on nothing more than a shared phenotype, that people who look like people who take racist actions or express racist views are also racist.

And for this, someone on this thread told me "my robe is showing". WTF?

[Hugabear]

79. That's not what the OP said.

The OP never said "Why are white people racist".

The OP is pointing out that practically all of the teabaggers are white - which is true.

[Romulox]

87. Um....

From the OP: "are we white people really the only ones with the capacity to be that stupid"

As to any other group, this would be easy to identify as racist.

[supernova]

11. How is it racist to point out

that the Repub party and, hence the teabagger parties, are 99% white?

It's as obvious as the fact that egg yolks are yellow and egg whites are white.

[Romulox]

13. One, it's factually incorrect. Two, you've failed to point out the relevance of race to the issue

It's similar to the reason saying, "My BLACK friend Bob" is frequently racist.

[supernova]

16. You're working way to hard

to make a point that isn't true.
As of right now, the GOP is the White People's party. All kudos, to Michael Steele for wanting to change that. But it is what it is.

[Romulox]

18. The word is "too", and I'm posting on an web forum. Same as you.

:hi:

[supernova]

27. So it is, AND

Having grown up a white woman in the South, cries of reverse racism ring especially hollow to me.

But, do go on. *giggle* :D

[Romulox]

32. "Reverse" has nothing to do with it. Ascribing motives to broad groups of people based on race

is racist, full stop. Nothing "reverse" about it. :giggle:

[supernova]

39. Do go on

and continue to show that you don't get the meaning of "racist."

[Obamanaut]

89. "...a web forum..." rather than "...an web forum..." nt

[Critters2]

35. Umm, you're the one saying "My BLACK friend Bob".

I mean, you're saying "MY BLACK REPUBLICAN friend Bob", but the effect is the same. Face it, the Repug party has been 99% white since the Southern Strategy. They want it that way, they like it that way, it is that way. Your pretending it isn't true doesn't change the facts.

[Romulox]

37. Er, it was a hypothetical. I don't actually have a friend named "Bob"

:rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

93. You don't have any black friends named Bob?

You racist bastard!

[TexasObserver]

34. It's not racist. The problem is the person claiming that.

They're clueless, and that's the reason they lack the logic to understand the issue.

[supernova]

47. I know, TO

Thanks. :hug:

I was hoping to enlighten via the Socratic Method, but it's not working. :rofl:

[TexasObserver]

56. You can hope to cure ignorance, but stupidity is FOREVER!

We tried. I know from experience the poster is (1) very illogical, and (2) prone to take stupid positions and argue them ad nauseam.

[Fire1]

61. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck......

[TexasObserver]

68. If it talks like a racist ...

It's not that difficult, is it? Racism rears its ugly head every time a GOP driven event is held by their street activists.

The question is: Do the GOP brownshirts ever have any function that isn't overtly or implicitly racist?

[Fire1]

74. Simple answer. No!

[Hugabear]

12. So those racist signs, and the racist comments I've seen on teabagging articles - not really racist?

Huh, go figure.

[Romulox]

14. Someone else's racism does not sanctify your own.

:hi:

[Hugabear]

24. You've still failed to explain how pointing out racism is racist

If you want to say that we're incorrect, that's fine. If you want to say that you think we're exaggerating (although I don't think we are), that's fine.

But how is it RACIST for us to point out that many of these teabagging protesters are racist?

[Romulox]

28. You are ascribing motives to people solely on the basis of their race.

People who make racist signs are likely racist; people who assume that all people of the same color as the person who made the racist sign are also racist are likely racist themselves.

[Hugabear]

63. No. I am ascribing motives to people based on their actions and words

How anyone fails to see this is beyond me.

[KittyWampus]

17. they don't define the entirety of supposed "movement". No matter how much you and a few other

DU'ers want to cry wolf.

Yes, there are those involved who are racist or predisposed to racist sentiments.

But the astroturf demonstration we witnessed yesterday would have existed no matter WHICH Democrat was elected last November.

[Democracyinkind]

31. Would it have attracted the same folks though?

I think that's kind of the point here. Honest question, not rhetorical.

[Critters2]

43. I'm not convinced. I know small town Dems who are freaked out

by a Black president. At the local returns-watching party, when they announced he had enough elector votes, one woman harumphed, "I hope he doesn't just take care of the blacks." There are those who are utterly terrified of a black president. That fear was certainly a part (a large part, imo) of the motivations for the teabaggings.

[Name removed]

51. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[jfkraus]

73. I didn't say all white people are stupid...

I asked..."God, are we white people really the only ones with the capacity to be that stupid?"

[Rebubula]

75. Hmmm...

...let's see.....Witch burnings in Africa, stoning women for being raped in Islamic lands, killing female babies in China, having Menudo as the national band in Mexico (ok...just kidding about this one...maybe), sacrificing virgins to volcanos....The list is endless

No...white people are no dumber than anyone else. It is the human race.

[MadBadger]

81. You confuse me. Sometimes I think you're way too the left, other times a Republican Apologist

[NorthernSpy]

82. A monoracial political movement in a multiracial country...

... is bound to make people wonder, don't you think?

[TexasObserver]

20. Because it's a front for the most racist whites in the GOP.

Teabag my ass! It's the same bunch of racist shitheads that spent the last two years sending each emails about Obama and how many ways he's unacceptable.

[Name removed]

83. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[TexasObserver]

92. One would have to be blind not to see the racist core of the GOP.

Without whites who despise blacks, the GOP wouldn't pull 25% of the vote nationwide.

Apparently, you missed the election. If you observed those rallies they held for McCain and Palin, you saw the vile racism of many of their supporters. It is an observable fact that most of the GOP core is white. There's no speculation, no guess work. There is a solid core of racist white who find a happy home in the GOP.

It's a fact that many in the GOP are racist, and most of those people are white.

[muriel_volestrangler]

29. All the non-white people have had too much proof of Republicans' bad faith

So much so that even the ones that are naturally gullible have said "no more!" to the Republican spin machine. They may not support Democrats, but they can't be turned out to parrot whatever the right wing think tanks want them to say.

There are still some white people left who are gullible enough to fall for the "we're on your side" BS that 'FreedomWorks' push out, with the help of tools like 'Joe The Plumber'. So the ones appearing on the screens at rallies are all Joe The Plumber types.

On edit: I bet the number of GLBT people in 'tea parties' was approximately zero. They've been pissed on too much by Republicans as well.

[leftofthedial]

42. There is a nationwide shortage of self-loathing people of color.

All five of them are either repuke commentators for cable news or are heads of the repuke party and are too busy for such frivolity.

[supernova]

50. The only black guy I saw yesterday

was the one guy in (Philly?) dressed as Uncle Sam.

Turns out he was advertising a Tax Service.

:rofl:

[leftofthedial]

54. Liberty Tax.

That's hysterical. I'm sure the entire teabaggery gathering completely missed the irony.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

58. Even their rappers are white.

Don't believe me? Check the Hannity boards:

http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1418811&highlight=Chuggo

[Critters2]

76. Is Walt Heimermann related to Asher Heimermann? nt

[Arugula Latte]

59. There were a few exceptions, but very few. Here is one:

[GoCubsGo]

72. That's sad...

..calling one's self "Poop". They really don't get it, do they?

[TexasObserver]

70. Kicked and Recommended.

The racist underbelly of the teabaggers should be discussed and should be exposed. Likewise, of those who defend them.

[Gormy Cuss]

71. They weren't all white. They were just as white as Ivory Soap is pure.

99.44 %

[Fireweed247]

80. Don’t Fall For the Old Divide And Conquer Trick

If we fall for the divide and conquer strategy, where idiots on both sides try to focus our anger on the “other team” instead of the real culprits, we will get distracted, lose direction, and thus became easy to ignore and control. Then the powers-that-be will be able to continue pickpocketing us for years to come.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5477471

[ItNerd4life]

84. Only racists point out color. Ever heard of culture?

African Americans have a different culture and mind set than European Americans and Latin Americans.
this was a protest by European Americans. If you recall, they are the ones who founded this country.
They never have liked big government.

[jfkraus]

85. They're also the ones who brought over slavery...

...and tried to exterminate the native peoples. Just saying.

[obiwan]

86. Teabagging fun.

This is the blog that hosted the teabagging event held in Long Beach, CA:


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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Long Beach Tea Party AAR

Yesterday's Tea Party, held in Bixby Park, Long Beach, California at noon, was very enjoyable and peaceful. The numbers were nothing remarkable at first glance, but it was only advertized for a week. The pitfall happened because I have never done anything like this before. As I tried to do everything legally, I was told not to advertize until the 'i's were dotted and the 't's were crossed. It wasn't until a week ago I gave up and just had a free speech gathering.

There were two ACORN people that did show up, a couple, but they stayed in there area and we in ours. They had some radical bumper stickers on the back of the car. Most of them were against President Bush which is quite odd when you realize the only reason they were protesting this so-called protest is because they disagreed with what we were saying. They actually stated they thought that we should pay more taxes. I disagree. However they were peaceful. That was appreciated by all.

Some people said there were 70 to 80 people there, others like the Long Beach Report stated there were 45. My sign-in sheet counted 34. Sometimes we miss a few and that could be the case here. However many showed up, everyone was polite, they cleaned up after themselves, there was no shouting except for me maybe when I spoke passionately about why I decided to have the Tea Party.

The diversity of people was amazing. There were two former Military/Intelligence men, an economist who used to work in the US Treasury Department, a former INS agent, and so many more. There was a man there who had started the Long Beach Taxpayers (group?), and he spoke about organizing toward a set goal. His goal, of course, was lowering taxes and prevent more from coming into being. A good cause indeed.

Another person was interested in trying to get all of the people who are elected and have been in office for more than two terms out of office. Well, I can't say that anyone disagreed with him. There was a lot of clapping. Another discussion was the rip off and the lies surrounding 1A-F. These are propositions to higher taxes.

They want us to vote yes on 1A so that they will not spend more money, yet they want us to give them more money to do this. It was suggested that if they did not have the money in the first place, maybe they shouldn't ought to spend it! That is one way to save money.

The reason I decided to have a Tea Party, first and foremost, is because I do not recognize my government. It started with the housing bubble and President Bush. He apparently believed that destroying the free market was the best way to save it. Not so.

Then when President Obama came into office, he was faced with a mess. He had an opportunity to actually show us that he meant what he said on the campaign trail by allowing us 5 days to review any and all legislation before he signed it. The stimulus package which no one read was handed to the Congress and voted on that same day. I have never seen 1300 pages of legislation move so quickly. It went from Congress to the Senate and then President Obama in less than 5 days before he signed it without any of us being able to read it. It has failed to help anyone except his friends.

Don't get me wrong. I understand that whomever is in power helps their friends. I do not fault him for that. I just wish he had some friends that were hiring real people! His friends seem to live on Wall Street and in the banking community. Also, he was quite friendly with the housing committees and brokers, if that is what they're called. Which brings me back to my point.

I have been waiting all my adult life to own my own home, but I could not afford one. I was counting on the housing bubble to burst. I was not counting on President Bush stating that no one should have to go through default. WHAT? I have always been under the impression that in a country where we are responsible for our own actions and contracts mean what they say, then that's all there is to it. I was going to buy one of those foreclosed houses. What bad debts?

Then we had President Obama spending money so fast that the Fed had to print another $1,000,000,000. My, that looks like a lot of money to me, and I'm one of the ones who has to pay it back. I do not think this is fair. Especially since I will never see any of the benefits from it.

Many of the other people who also came to the Tea Party were worried about the direction this country is going. How much money is Congress and President Obama going to spend? How much higher is Governor Arnold and our State Legislatures going to raise our taxes on anything that moves? We simply cannot afford to live in these times. So why should we pay for others to stay in a business we will not be able to participate in, and why should we pay for you to stay in your house when we cannot afford one for ourselves?

This is not partisan. This is not against government. We want the Declaration of Independence our Constitution and the Bill of Rights with all its Amendments strickly adhered to as they swore on oath they would do. We do not want lawyers interpreting what was meant, we don't want you to read in/out things are not or are written in it. Simply put, follow the same laws you create for us, and keep you word. Remember, you swore that oath on a Bible! Otherwise, we cannot not trust (less than we do not), and I sincerely do not want chaos.

Maybe some of the people who showed up at these rallies will think about running for office? I know I am fed-up enough to think about it.

There are going to be many more Tea Parties on July 4th, and I intend to have annother one. This time the information shall be posted far ahead of schedule. The nice people I met are normal, working class people who care deeply about our country, both economically and national security wise. They have never been to a protest, and I do not even like that word. It was more like an outdoor townhall meeting where we shared ideas. Yes, it may have been small, but it was a success. Even a police office came over to show his support and when he left, he was wearing a tea bag underneath his badge. Yes, it was a good day indeed. I hope to see you in July.

Hat tip: Pictures provided by Steve M.

May you walk with the LORD always, and when you cannot take another step, may He carry you the rest of the way until you can walk along side Him again.

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So my wife and I work for ACORN? That's news to us. ACORN will be delighted. These people are seriously deluded. They need to move to Texas (after it secedes.) I reminded them that they all came to the meeting on PUBLIC STREETS PAID FOR BY TAXES. They didn't like that.

Link: http://rosemarysthoughts.blogspot.com/ . Have fun.

[cboy4]

88. Those white people don't speak for me.

That's for damn sure.

[Bleacher Creature]

91. Why is water wet?

[Juche]

96. Because right wing extremists tend to be white

And right wing extremists who aren't white are fully aware of how disgusted the white extremists are by them so they keep their distance.

[handmade34]

98. not only are they white...

but they are old and afraid. These are people afraid of change and they are fighting the 21st.

[madeline_con]

99. I've seen one black guy, and one hispanic guy.

The black guy had a megaphone, I think. I don't know which city they were in, it was on the news.

[JackDragna]

101. It's a legit question, one not racist to ask.

The reason they're all white is because they represent a paranoid, judgmental clique in society used to being catered to by everyone. Now that someone who looks different is the president, they're fearful in a way even other Republicans are not. The teabaggers are the worst of the bunch from the opposite side of the aisle: insecure, ignorant finger-pointers.