The Contrast of White on White

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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), the Senate's most right-wing member, thinks conservative activists demanding a right-wing shift in government policy are just the regular ol' American mainstream.

"This is not some kind of radical right-wing group. I just hope the Congress, the Senate and the president recognize that people are afraid of what's going on."

I see. Confederate-flag waving conservatives, who think Democrats are Nazis, are just normal, middle-of-the-road Americans.

DeMint went on to say that "a fair analysis" of the right-wing crowd would show that it's "a cross-section" of the U.S. population. Asked why the protestors were almost exclusively white people, DeMint added, "It's probably just the time and organization and the media that promoted it."

I have no idea what that means.

As for what the overwhelmingly-white crowd had to say, I still think these protests could benefit from some focus. We learned today that right-wing activists don't like government spending (except when Bush and Republican lawmakers spent freely), don't like the size of government (except when Bush and Republican lawmakers increased the size of government), don't like deficits and debt (except when Bush and Republican lawmakers added trillions to the nation's tab), and don't like czars (except when Bush used dozens of them to implement his agenda).

They don't like health-care reform, though it's not clear why. They don't like gun control, though it's not clear why they think anyone's coming for their firearms. They also don't like taxes, immigration, abortion, Muslims, the U.N., and the idea of "socialism," though their understanding of the word is tenuous at best.

In other words, the point of today's rally was to let the country know there are a lot of right-wing activists with right-wing beliefs. We knew that before today, but I guess they wanted to remind us.

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Edited September 13, 2009 by Col. 'Bat' Guano

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So what is the point? You racist against white people?

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), the Senate's most right-wing member, thinks conservative activists demanding a right-wing shift in government policy are just the regular ol' American mainstream.

"This is not some kind of radical right-wing group. I just hope the Congress, the Senate and the president recognize that people are afraid of what's going on."

I see. Confederate-flag waving conservatives, who think Democrats are Nazis, are just normal, middle-of-the-road Americans.

DeMint went on to say that "a fair analysis" of the right-wing crowd would show that it's "a cross-section" of the U.S. population. Asked why the protestors were almost exclusively white people, DeMint added, "It's probably just the time and organization and the media that promoted it."

I have no idea what that means.

As for what the overwhelmingly-white crowd had to say, I still think these protests could benefit from some focus. We learned today that right-wing activists don't like government spending (except when Bush and Republican lawmakers spent freely), don't like the size of government (except when Bush and Republican lawmakers increased the size of government), don't like deficits and debt (except when Bush and Republican lawmakers added trillions to the nation's tab), and don't like czars (except when Bush used dozens of them to implement his agenda).

They don't like health-care reform, though it's not clear why. They don't like gun control, though it's not clear why they think anyone's coming for their firearms. They also don't like taxes, immigration, abortion, Muslims, the U.N., and the idea of "socialism," though their understanding of the word is tenuous at best.

In other words, the point of today's rally was to let the country know there are a lot of right-wing activists with right-wing beliefs. We knew that before today, but I guess they wanted to remind us.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/

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They are protesting their own F.U.D.

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HAHAHAHAH

They are protesting their own F.U.D.

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They are protesting their own F.U.D.

Do you ever listen to Fresh Air? Terry Gross interviewed Max Blumenthal about his book, Republican Gomorrah on Thursday. It was an excellent and revealing interview. You can find on podcast. I would highly recommend it.

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A breathe of fresh air you say? PBS oh my how fresh can it get!

They are protesting their own F.U.D.

Do you ever listen to Fresh Air? Terry Gross interviewed Max Blumenthal about his book, Republican Gomorrah on Thursday. It was an excellent and revealing interview. You can find on podcast. I would highly recommend it.

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A breathe of fresh air you say? PBS oh my how fresh can it get!

They are protesting their own F.U.D.

Do you ever listen to Fresh Air? Terry Gross interviewed Max Blumenthal about his book, Republican Gomorrah on Thursday. It was an excellent and revealing interview. You can find on podcast. I would highly recommend it.

NPR. What news would you recommend for good quality journalism?

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Interfax or BBC

A breathe of fresh air you say? PBS oh my how fresh can it get!

They are protesting their own F.U.D.

Do you ever listen to Fresh Air? Terry Gross interviewed Max Blumenthal about his book, Republican Gomorrah on Thursday. It was an excellent and revealing interview. You can find on podcast. I would highly recommend it.

NPR. What news would you recommend for good quality journalism?

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Interfax or BBC

A breathe of fresh air you say? PBS oh my how fresh can it get!

They are protesting their own F.U.D.

Do you ever listen to Fresh Air? Terry Gross interviewed Max Blumenthal about his book, Republican Gomorrah on Thursday. It was an excellent and revealing interview. You can find on podcast. I would highly recommend it.

NPR. What news would you recommend for good quality journalism?

BBC America is great.

How about newspapers?

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Interfax or BBC

A breathe of fresh air you say? PBS oh my how fresh can it get!

They are protesting their own F.U.D.

Do you ever listen to Fresh Air? Terry Gross interviewed Max Blumenthal about his book, Republican Gomorrah on Thursday. It was an excellent and revealing interview. You can find on podcast. I would highly recommend it.

NPR. What news would you recommend for good quality journalism?

BBC America is great.

How about newspapers?

Sarah doesn't read newspapers.

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Interfax or BBC

A breathe of fresh air you say? PBS oh my how fresh can it get!

They are protesting their own F.U.D.

Do you ever listen to Fresh Air? Terry Gross interviewed Max Blumenthal about his book, Republican Gomorrah on Thursday. It was an excellent and revealing interview. You can find on podcast. I would highly recommend it.

NPR. What news would you recommend for good quality journalism?

BBC America is great.

How about newspapers?

Sarah doesn't read newspapers.

Me neither. I gots the Internetz.

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More selectively edited partisan drivel, eh Batman?

This is more editorial propoganda than real news with any journalistic integrity.

And, as such, people gonna see what they wanna see.

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Can you imagine this drivel in the Eastern Europe? That is one thing I do like about the CIS countries, they do not tolerate this "white people are bad and evil and did it to you" excuse making and BS. Just wonder who would be blamed if white people were not around? And if that is not blatant racism then I do not know of another more explicit example!

More selectively edited partisan drivel, eh Batman?

This is more editorial propoganda than real news with any journalistic integrity.

And, as such, people gonna see what they wanna see.

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Can you imagine this drivel in the Eastern Europe? That is one thing I do like about the CIS countries, they do not tolerate this "white people are bad and evil and did it to you" excuse making and BS. Just wonder who would be blamed if white people were not around? And if that is not blatant racism then I do not know of another more explicit example!

More selectively edited partisan drivel, eh Batman?

This is more editorial propoganda than real news with any journalistic integrity.

And, as such, people gonna see what they wanna see.

Yeah, Eastern Europe is what we should be aspiring to. Great point there, Zee.

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Well now Col BG, they do have free national health care, like the kind you are pushing for...... So you stepped knee deep into that one! AHHAHA

Can you imagine this drivel in the Eastern Europe? That is one thing I do like about the CIS countries, they do not tolerate this "white people are bad and evil and did it to you" excuse making and BS. Just wonder who would be blamed if white people were not around? And if that is not blatant racism then I do not know of another more explicit example!

More selectively edited partisan drivel, eh Batman?

This is more editorial propoganda than real news with any journalistic integrity.

And, as such, people gonna see what they wanna see.

Yeah, Eastern Europe is what we should be aspiring to. Great point there, Zee.