Posted on 04/07/2010 12:05:43 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
(CNN) -- When it comes to the Tea Party movement, the stereotypes don't tell the whole story.
Here's what you often see in the coverage of Tea Party rallies: offensive posters blasting President Obama and Democratic leaders; racist rhetoric spewed from what seems to be a largely white, male audience; and angry protesters rallying around the Constitution.
Case in point: During the health care debate last month, opponents shouted racial slurs at civil rights icon Georgia Rep. John Lewis and one person spit on Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. The incidents made national headlines, and they provided Tea Party opponents with fodder to question the movement.
But here's what you don't often see in the coverage of Tea Party rallies: Patriotic signs professing a love for country; mothers and fathers with their children; African-Americans proudly participating; and senior citizens bopping to a hip-hop rapper.
Last week, I saw all of this during a five-city Western swing as the Tea Party Express national tour made its way across the country. CNN was along for the ride, and I was charged with planning CNN's coverage for five stops in two states: St. George, Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah; and Grand Junction and Denver, Colorado.
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I spit on CNN -- metaphorically only, however.
Congressman Billybob
The race baiting thugs in the media will continue lose in their quest to slander civil, law abiding Partiers.
You cannot inoculate against slander, but each instance can be disputed. The record of slander can be published for all to see.
Excuse me, we were very close and would have heard it. Were you there?
Yeah, and FR is just the place to post stuff to convince those who never come here, that the media are not telling the truth.
Your public image is already being created by your enemies. And you're gonna refute them right here at FR.
Are Tea Partiers really that ignorant of what it takes to mount a serious political movement?
Nope. Wasn’t there. I’m just not so trusting as you are.
Guess I shouldn't try my own eyes and ears. Right.
try = trust
In a very noisy environment where you were probably not paying full attention to the gentlemen in question?
Nope. You should not assume that you heard and saw everything that happened.
And I seriously doubt you were with them the whole time.
You don't even see the problem, do you, son?
I'm through -- you're being wilfully ignorant of your real problem.
Go to youtube. That’s the time frame they are referencing.
>> Your public image is already being created by your enemies. And you’re gonna refute them right here at FR.
>> Are Tea Partiers really that ignorant of what it takes to mount a serious political movement?
I’m not a Tea Partier.
That's the time frame you think they are referencing.
Seriously -- you don't actually know if it happened or not. They may well have embellished ... hell, they could actually be lying.
But if you think there aren't folks at these rallies who aren't fully capable of acting as these guys allege, you're fooling yourself.
You’re just encouraging him, you know.
OK, but are you really that ignorant?
I see the problem alright.
You have been repeatedly challenged by people who were actually there, to provide your evidence, only to be met by silence from you.
You have a problem with telling the truth don't ya?
“I'm through — you're being wilfully ignorant of your real problem.”
I would think that would be a wise decision. Just slink away quietly before you do even further damage to your already badly tattered credibility.
Yep.
Again, why don't YOU provide YOUR evidence?
Here you are, busy making wild allegations without as much as ONE SHRED of evidence to back it up, yet you keep spewing off at the mouth anyways, despite testimonies to the contrary by Freepers who were actually there, despite video proof, despite the fect that the huge number of MSM cameras still never produced ONE IOTA of evidence to back up any racist attack..and STILL you wouldn't shut up.
The whole Tea Party movement seems to be content to let the MSM define their public image for them.
Feel free to continue, son.
She seems to have bought into the racial epithet/spit story for which there is absolutely NO evidence.
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