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You Might Be A Racist If…
By: Eli Friday October 8, 2010 6:10 pm



Rasmussen’s new poll on racism is out, and it turns out that 70% of Republicans don’t think “most” Tea Partiers are racist. While it’s not surprising that a majority of them would defend their allies, 70% seems kinda low. Which suggests that the TPers creep a significant chunk of sane Republicans right the hell out too.

By happy coincidence, this poll happens to follow right on the heels of a Public Religion Research Institute poll (PDF) which actually asked the Tea Partiers some questions which might reveal their attitudes towards minorities. The results:

64% agreed that “It is really not that big a problem if some people have more of a chance in life than others,” compared with 41% overall.
58% agreed that “Over the past couple of decades, the government has paid too much attention to the problems of blacks and other minorities,” compared with 37% overall.
65% agreed that “Immigrants today are a burden on our country because they take our jobs, housing and health care,” compared with 48% overall.
That sounds maybe just a teensy bit… tolerance-impaired to me, yet Tea Partiers and Republicans are always terribly indignant that anyone might ever possibly think of them as racist, and conservative pundits love to talk about how they went to a Tea Party or Glenn Beck rally and didn’t see a single racist sign. Well, maybe that’s so, or maybe they just don’t recognize it when they see it.

In order to clear up this confusion, I have compiled a helpful list of possible signs of racism. If they don’t apply to you, then congratulations, you’re just as not-racist as you think you are. But if they do, please stop complaining about what a bum rap you’re getting.

If you incite and exploit hatred and resentment against minorities to get white votes… you might be a racist.

If you regularly vote for the candidate who incites the most hatred and resentment against minorities, especially if that’s why you vote for them… you might be a racist.

If you think that black people are lazy Cadillac-driving welfare queens stealing your hard-earned money and oppose any measures to alleviate poverty… you might be a racist. [Note: If you don't actually think this but assert it anyway, that counts too. The same applies for all the other "If you think" entries.]

If you think home loans to minorities caused the housing crash… you might be a racist.

If you think minorities are engaged in rampant voter fraud and intimidation… you might be a racist.

If you are systematically attempting to disenfranchise minority voters (or think that’s a damn fine idea)… you might be a racist.

If you think the police should stop people just because they look black or Latino… you might be a racist.

If you advocate putting undocumented immigrants into concentration camps… you might be a racist.

If you think Barack Obama was born in Kenya… you might be a racist.

If you think Barack Obama is a Muslim… you might be a racist.

If you think Barack Obama is a racist who hates white people, or that white people are somehow an oppressed minority in America… you might be a racist.

If you’re so convinced all of Islam is collectively responsible for 9/11 that you think the Park51 community center is a “Victory Mosque” and terrorize the imam’s family with death threats… you might be a racist.

If you think the indefinite detention, torture and murder of Muslims is not a problem because they must surely be evil terrorist barbarians… you might be a racist.

If you compare Michelle Obama to a gorilla… you might be a racist.

If you forward e-mails showing a watermelon patch on the White House lawn, or a “Historical Keepsake Photo” of Barack Obama as just a pair of eyes against a black background, or anything else along those lines… you might be a racist.

If you show up at a political rally with a sign showing Barack Obama as an African witch doctor with a bone through his nose, or urging him to go back to Kenya, or, well, pretty much any of these… you might be a racist.

If you track down the one black guy at a Glenn Beck rally so you can get your picture taken with him while holding a “Do We Look Racist?” sign… well, I’ve got some disappointing news for you.

This is only a partial list, but hopefully it’s enough to clear things up a little.

(Thanks to Peterr for helping compile these)

[billvon 2,993]

>and it turns out that 70% of Republicans don’t think “most” Tea
>Partiers are racist.

I don't think so either. Certainly many of them are, but the majority? No. We hear about the more extreme tea partyers all the time, but they don't represent the majority.

>64% agreed that “It is really not that big a problem if some people
>have more of a chance in life than others,” compared with 41% overall.

It's really not "that big a deal" in the sense that it has to be fixed. I've been lucky; I was born to a good family in a country where I had a lot of opportunities. Someone born in Timbuktu may never have those opportunities. Is it sad if they want to get ahead, but cannot because of their situation? Yes. It is a big problem that we need to fix? No.

>58% agreed that “Over the past couple of decades, the government has
>paid too much attention to the problems of blacks and other minorities,”
>compared with 37% overall.

I'd agree with that, too. There are definitely instances where the government has paid too much attention to racial differences. There are also instances where the government has paid too little attention to inequality and institutional racism (and sexism, and discrimination against religion and sexual orientation.)

>65% agreed that “Immigrants today are a burden on our country because
>they take our jobs, housing and health care,” compared with 48% overall.

I'd agree with the second part of that sentence. Heck, my next door neighbor is an Italian immigrant, and he took a job at a local research center that I could have conceivably taken, and he's living in a house I could have bought. Does that mean that he's a _burden?_ No more than I am, with my immigrant grandparents.

>and conservative pundits love to talk about how they went to a Tea
>Party or Glenn Beck rally and didn’t see a single racist sign. Well,
>maybe that’s so, or maybe they just don’t recognize it when they see it.

Or perhaps they saw 100 signs while they were there, and the dozens of news photographers saw 15,000 and picked out the dozen or so racist ones.

The Tea Party is a fairly fractious, ill-organized and ill-informed movement. But that very quality means that it's not really amenable to blanket statements like "they're all racist." There is no one "they." It includes both the guy who hates blacks, thinks Obama is a terrorist and wants to see armed revolution, and the woman who just wants to pay less taxes, but keep her Social Security and Medicare. Other than a catchy label, those two people don't really have all that much in common.

[airdvr 210]

Wow. Dealing the race card without being prompted.

Please don't dent the planet.

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If you incite and exploit hatred and resentment against minorities to get white votes… you might be a racist.

Or....you're willing to win at all costs. Same way that the Democrats created a Main Street vs Wall Street conflict out of thin air.

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Wow. Dealing the race card without being prompted.

Hey why not point out the FLOOD of racist crap that gets posted here on a weekly basis... but as the article points out.. just cause someone believes they ain't... it don't make it so.

It's all about BALANCE little grasshopper

If it's a soundin like one and it's a wadlin like one .... good chance.. that yep... it really is so.

Hell I bet some of these good ole boys here bouts.. even knows one of THEM people

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Wow. Dealing the race card without being prompted.

Hey why not point out the FLOOD of racist crap that gets posted here on a weekly basis... but as the article points out.. just cause someone believes they ain't... it don't make it so.

It's all about BALANCE little grasshopper

If it's a soundin like one and it's a wadlin like one .... good chance.. that yep... it really is so.

Hell I bet some of these good ole boys here bouts.. even knows one of THEM people

What "flood"??? You do know Muslim is not a race right?

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Hey why not point out the FLOOD of racist crap that gets posted here on a weekly basis

But typically the race card is pulled as the trump card. Now you've just decided to deal it.

I'll suggest that you might fit a few of those profiles. Your 'holier than thou' attitude might be a coverup.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

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Hey why not point out the FLOOD of racist crap that gets posted here on a weekly basis

But typically the race card is pulled as the trump card. Now you've just decided to deal it.

I'll suggest that you might fit a few of those profiles. Your 'holier than thou' attitude might be a coverup.

Interesting thought...

I wouldn't consider myself a racist on any front, skin color just never really matters to me period.

Heck I never even think about 'race' without being prompted by someone else...and seemingly more often than not it's a liberal white person pointing fingers and making noise.

*My son-in-law is brown, my best friend is red, my next door neighbor is black...I honestly NEVER think about those issues until someone else points out that since I'm a middle-age white republican I'm supposed to be oppressing them!








Edited for political correctness:

*My son-in-law is Hispanic, my best friend is Comanche Indian, my next door neighbor is African American...(I think )




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Wow. Dealing the race card without being prompted.

And you know Amazon has really gone too far, when it prompts billvon to defend conservatives.

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Wow. Dealing the race card without being prompted.

And you know Amazon has really gone too far, when it prompts billvon to defend conservatives.

Want a nice big roll of Wisconsins finest to go with that Ripple there John???

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Hey why not point out the FLOOD of racist crap that gets posted here on a weekly basis

But typically the race card is pulled as the trump card. Now you've just decided to deal it.

I'll suggest that you might fit a few of those profiles. Your 'holier than thou' attitude might be a coverup.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight only in your mind... and the USUAL SUSPECTS.

Ya know what I like best about the Skinheads and most Klan members nowadays... they are right up front about their unabashed racism, sexism and host of other isms.

I wish we could get the rest of those who subscribe to that long list of "isms" to come out of their hiding places and OWN all those "isms" no matter what the consequences... to do any less is just being a PC ( since yall love to hate anything you identify as PC) COWARD.

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Pause for a Bonfire moment...

The whole world is racist until I can feel secure that I have an equal shot at Halle Barry.

Well, really, that may not doesn't have anything to do with race.



You may now return to regular programming...

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Lair!



Middle age my ass!






Love big guy!

Matt

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So, start being safe, first!!!

[airdvr 210]

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I wish we could get the rest of those who subscribe to that long list of "isms" to come out of their hiding places and OWN all those "isms" no matter what the consequences

OK..you first.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

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Pssst-your prejudice is showing

You are only as strong as the prey you devour

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Pssst-your prejudice is showing

What... that I think racist and mysogynist POS assbites need to get a rather large foot driven as hard as possible into their nads????

Yup I will cop to feeling that way


See how un politically correct that is.... and you know what... I could fucking care less

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Lair!



Middle age my ass!






Love big guy!

Matt

Middle aged for a solar system!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[matthewcline 0]

Or did you mean "The Middle Ages"

Sorry but this thread was just to mean spirited, thanks for playing along.

Matt

An Instructors first concern is student safety.
So, start being safe, first!!!

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Or did you mean "The Middle Ages"

Sorry but this thread was just to mean spirited, thanks for playing along.

Matt

"You bet your sweet bippy!"


I just react that way when the same feces rolls out day after day after day.

[airtwardo 7]

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Or did you mean "The Middle Ages"

Sorry but this thread was just to mean spirited, thanks for playing along.

Matt

"You bet your sweet bippy!"


I just react that way when the same feces rolls out day after day after day.

Easy...just climb on outta the shithouse pit!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

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Or did you mean "The Middle Ages"

Sorry but this thread was just to mean spirited, thanks for playing along.

Matt

"You bet your sweet bippy!"


I just react that way when the same feces rolls out day after day after day.

Easy...just climb on outta the shithouse pit!

Sorry... they don't allow that sort of thing in blue states. I ain't seed one of them things outside the Red states.. or third world shitholes ever up here.

[airtwardo 7]

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Or did you mean "The Middle Ages"

Sorry but this thread was just to mean spirited, thanks for playing along.

Matt

"You bet your sweet bippy!"


I just react that way when the same feces rolls out day after day after day.

Easy...just climb on outta the shithouse pit!

Sorry... they don't allow that sort of thing in blue states. I ain't seed one of them things outside the Red states.. or third world shitholes ever up here.

Red states Blues states...profiling by color is just WRONG!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

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Hey why not point out the FLOOD of racist crap that gets posted here on a weekly basis

But typically the race card is pulled as the trump card. Now you've just decided to deal it.

I'll suggest that you might fit a few of those profiles. Your 'holier than thou' attitude might be a coverup.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight only in your mind... and the USUAL SUSPECTS.

Ya know what I like best about the Skinheads and most Klan members nowadays... they are right up front about their unabashed racism, sexism and host of other isms.


I wish we could get the rest of those who subscribe to that long list of "isms" to come out of their hiding places and OWN all those "isms" no matter what the consequences... to do any less is just being a PC ( since yall love to hate anything you identify as PC) COWARD.

ROFLMAO....

Hittin the pipe a bit hard today? score a good batch?

what does any of that rant have to do with your OP?

Matter of fact, what does your OP have to do with real life people?

this "Uusal Suspects" you have invented in yoru mind, seem to be from a world I have never walked, and I have walked among many strange cultures...maybe that is why my eyes are more wide open?

Who are (I asked before, and got no answer) these "usual suspects"? are they aliens from another world, we all need to be aware of, but only you see them?

(sorry no way to ask this as a "universal you" only oen person tlaks about these "usual suspects"... So I have to ask that "one person"!

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the usual suspects are the ones going out of their way to deny their racism in this thread
(you can carry on quacking now)

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Hey why not point out the FLOOD of racist crap that gets posted here on a weekly basis

But typically the race card is pulled as the trump card. Now you've just decided to deal it.

I'll suggest that you might fit a few of those profiles. Your 'holier than thou' attitude might be a coverup.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight only in your mind... and the USUAL SUSPECTS.

Ya know what I like best about the Skinheads and most Klan members nowadays... they are right up front about their unabashed racism, sexism and host of other isms.


I wish we could get the rest of those who subscribe to that long list of "isms" to come out of their hiding places and OWN all those "isms" no matter what the consequences... to do any less is just being a PC ( since yall love to hate anything you identify as PC) COWARD.

ROFLMAO....

Hittin the pipe a bit hard today? score a good batch?

what does any of that rant have to do with your OP?

Matter of fact, what does your OP have to do with real life people?

this "Uusal Suspects" you have invented in yoru mind, seem to be from a world I have never walked, and I have walked among many strange cultures...maybe that is why my eyes are more wide open?

Who are (I asked before, and got no answer) these "usual suspects"? are they aliens from another world, we all need to be aware of, but only you see them?

(sorry no way to ask this as a "universal you" only oen person tlaks about these "usual suspects"... So I have to ask that "one person"!

See ... right there is the problem yet again that you have accused me of before... I am not a doper... nor do I drink very often ... If I do drink and that is usually only at boogies where I feel like drinking to join the party.
Sorry I just don't get your personal attacks that go so far off the mark. Why is it that those who abuse drugs and alcohol always seem to assume that EVERYONE else is just like them...I guess that after frying all those brain cells that they once had that they are deluded. Not that there is anything wrong if they decide to do that to themselves … people make the wrong choices in life all the time … but I decided a long time ago that I did not need that shit or those kinds of people in my life.
I guess that also goes for the racists that have the inability to see just how racist they are... since they think EVERYONE else must be just like them so I decided a long time ago that I did not need racists, misogynists or abusive assholes in my life either, I have cutaway numerous people who I once thought were friends because they exhibited an inability to treat other people as human beings.