Bob Cesca: The Tea Party Is All About Race, Part 2

by Melanie on 15/03/10 at 10:17 am

“Last week, I wrote a piece about the tea party movement and the obvious through-line of race, race-baiting, racism and the use of the Southern Strategy within the movement. The responses were mostly positive and supportive, while the responses from the far-right and tea party people were predictably obnoxious, contradictory and fact-free.The dominant theme throughout the most outraged responses was, essentially: We’re not racists, but here’s why we’re pissed about blacks and immigrants. For example, here’s a particularly illustrative e-mail, reprinted as it was received:”

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via Bob Cesca: The Tea Party Is All About Race, Part 2.