Posted on 04/22/2010 11:16:02 PM PDT by Raquel
So excited my picture made the front page of the New Paltz Times, I barely noticed the article to go with the photograph, written by Mike Townshend. Thanks to Pam O’Dell of GardinersRight I addressed a tea party crowd on Tax Day last week and the New Paltz Times (or maybe I should say “Slimes”) covering the story, placed me left center with a nice caption:
“Raquel Okyay of Wallkill speaks passionately of her position on health care reform at last week’s tax day Tea Party in Gardiner”.
When I would later read the article completely, I realized that the niceties ended there. Townshend attempts to belittle the tea party movement, without shame, me and every other proud American who was there, by labeling us “tea baggers”. It is telling when the conservative website FreeRepublic removed my post for its “offensive title” because at a second glance, the title itself implies ridicule: “Taxes get Tea Bagged.”
Wikipedia defines Teabagging as a “slang” term for a sexual act so the application is obviously inappropriate. With respect to the tea party, however, Wikipedia explains “Teabagging has become more prominent in the media, and the term is used to ridicule those in the Tea Party movement.”
(Excerpt) Read more at raquelokyay.com ...
“In all fairness, New Paltz is a town that voted for Obama just about 4:1, so Townshend is appealing to his readers when he points out doggedly references to Hitler, racism, and indirect jabs at faith in God. Keep in mind; these references come from the pissant media, not the movement itself.”
Life isn’t fair Raquel. It’s about the truth - seeking truth with reason and logic and letting the chips fall where they may. There’s nothing fair about he wrote! He lied.
Nice blog and good article. Thanks for all you’re doing for the TPM. :)
TEA bagger?
How about patriots vs. the anti-constitutionalists?
You mean Freedom vs. Communism?
It is great to have you in this fight.
Liberals don’t know how to tell the truth!! Ha! Your welcome.
New Paltz is a college town and has been a magnet for hippies for decades. It’s only about a half hour from Woodstock.
But there is a really nice public gof course in Walkill.
It’s a beautiful area. I’ve stayed at Mohonk a few times.
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