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  • SLC mayor says tea parties not reflective of societal norms

    11/30/2009 3:21:24 PM PST · by mdittmar · 42 replies · 842+ views
    KSL Television ^ | November 30th, 2009 | Mary Richards
    SALT LAKE CITY -- The mayor of Salt Lake City thinks extremist attitudes like those at some "tea parties" have no place here. Mayor Ralph Becker is slamming tea parties. He says he was visiting with a group from Ireland who had also been to a tea party in Utah. "They were surprised by how aggressive and mean-spirited the group was toward people who weren't just like them," Becker said. The Irish Times quoted Mayor Becker as saying the U.S. tea party movement represents "an incredibly narrow, bigoted, angry, nasty, mean view of the world." He clarified his comments to...