If the hood fits, wear it...

[Stan.Dupp]

Link to news article


Now you know what the "T" stands for...

Grayson is standing by his comparison.

"[T]here is overwhelming evidence that the Tea Party is the home of bigotry and discrimination in America today, just as the KKK was for an earlier generation," he said in a statement provided to HuffPost. "If the hood fits, wear it."

Grayson's comparison is not novel. Professors Matt Barretto and Christopher Parker, in their book "Tea Party, Change They Can't Believe In," published by Princeton University Press, make a similar case. "The authors argue that this isn't the first time a segment of American society has perceived the American way of life as under siege," the book's blurb reads. "In fact, movements of this kind often appear when some individuals believe that 'American' values are under threat by rapid social changes. Drawing connections between the Tea Party and right-wing reactionary movements of the past, including the Know-Nothing Party, the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s, and the John Birch Society, Parker and Barreto develop a framework that transcends the Tea Party to shed light on its current and future consequences.

[JD Barleycorn]

You better check the background of Grayson and some of his earlier comments. The guy is a loon and you're quoting him.

[WTF]

Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

You better check the background of Grayson and some of his earlier comments. The guy is a loon and you're quoting him.

Many many people agree with Grayson...

I happen to agree with Matt Barretto and Christopher Parker.

Originally Posted by Stan.Dupp

Link to news article




Grayson's comparison is not novel. Professors Matt Barretto and Christopher Parker, in their book "Tea Party, Change They Can't Believe In," published by Princeton University Press, make a similar case. "The authors argue that this isn't the first time a segment of American society has perceived the American way of life as under siege," the book's blurb reads. "In fact, movements of this kind often appear when some individuals believe that 'American' values are under threat by rapid social changes. Drawing connections between the Tea Party and right-wing reactionary movements of the past, including the Know-Nothing Party, the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s, and the John Birch Society, Parker and Barreto develop a framework that transcends the Tea Party to shed light on its current and future consequences.

[gnadfly]

Wow. A guy who hates the TEA party agrees that they are racist. Keep blowing that dog whistle (and dogs).

From the article:

Jennifer Burke, National Outreach Director of TheTeaParty.net, said "there's nothing more offensive" than the comparison.

"As a black Tea Party activist, I could say that there's nothing more offensive than equating the Tea Party with the Ku Klux Klan," Burke said in a statement. "The hate speech uttered by sitting congressman Alan Grayson is deplorable, even by the low levels reached in recent years when Democrats routinely call us racists and suicide bombers."

Of course there will be no media backlash as this is the common currency of MSNBC, CNN and other news outlets. This is going to be a problem for the TEA partiers and Republicans who are often identified with the TEA party whose rebuttals do not anything close to equal time.

Here's what Chris Hayes did recently in portraying two Hispanic Senators as KKK members. Of course there was no apology.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journal...ruz-Paul-Rubio

DID MSNBC'S CHRIS HAYES USE 'KKK' IMAGE FOR CRUZ, PAUL, RUBIO?




Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC's All In, has a favorite tactic--though not an original one: connecting today's Republicans with the racist Democrats of the old South. In June, he rewrote history by casting George Wallace as a Republican--an error for which, to his credit, he later apologized. On Wednesday, he appeared to use a more subtle tactic to connect the Tea Party's Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio to the Ku Klux Klan.

[IIFFOFRDB]

It's desperation...LOL