MaggieMae
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- Apr 3, 2009
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Maggie, what evidence do you have that it is Tea Partiers who bring "Nazi" or worse signs to Tea Parties? What evidence do you have that the photos are the real deal and not photoshopped?
Huh? They all were either photoshopped or crudely drawn implying that Obama is just another Hitler. I don't know what you mean by the "real deal." There was only one of those.
As I have said before, there were NO such signs at the Albuquerque Tea Party. The very few mildly offensive signs brought were put away at the request of the organizers. In conversations with organizers in other places, those sporting such signs were not familiar to ANYBODY in their groups, and they did believe all or most were plants. We all concede that in a movement representing many tens of thousands of people, there will always be a fruitloop or two among the Cheerios but such are neither typical nor endorsed by the Tea Party movement in at least the vast majority of places.
The overwhelming evidence is that signs that show up at Tea Parties are far more like those shown in these photographs:
Scenes from the New American Tea Party The Washington Independent
Do you see these signs as offensive?
Look, I've already said that I don't have a problem with the tea party movement. I have a problem with the extremists who have glommed onto it and made it a joke. And you should also see that as a problem if you want to be taken seriously.
But where are - who are - these extremists who have taken over the Tea Party movement? They aren't here. In conversations with others in the movements in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and Arkansas, they aren't there.
What do you define as an extremist?
The only platform the Tea Partiers have is more limited government and less of a federal government that is too big, too intrusive, and too committed to take power from the states. The cornerstones of that are fiscal restraint, no unnecessary taxes, and opposition to further stimulus and pork barrel spending.
So where is the extremism?
The extremists are the ones captured in the YouTube videos I posted. Hello? They made a mockery of your goals. Whether or not there were honest protesters against big government and tax increases is moot. It's what MSM captured for the rest of America to see. And that's what MSM does. If you want the tea party message heard above the din, you need to figure out a way to tamp down the crazies.