Over at Josh Marshall’s far Left Talking Points Memo blog, they’re all giddy over the latest bright idea to issue forth from the progressive mind; call Tea Partiers racists!
Well, no … they already do that – they know Tea Partiers are racists and that the many people of other races who attend Tea Party rallies and speak on stage either are the product of Pixar magic, are white people in black face (racists!) or traitors to their race.
The only problem is that simply calling people racists and relying on fellow progressive allies in the Press to carry it from there like in the good old days no longer is quite as effective as it used to be. Now, the American people (being racists) ask for proof – solid proof.
Unfortunately, despite being ignorant unsophisticated inbred knuckle-dragging Neanderthals, Tea Partiers have cleverly been hiding their racism – proving how incredibly racist they are. As any progressive knows, only the most intensely bigoted of racists can hide their racism so deeply that even progressives, experts in all things racist, cannot manage to find it.
So poor progressives have been reduced to going to Tea Party rallies wearing those so unfashionable swastikas, unsophisticatedly waving confederate flags and carrying heavy racist signs so people could see how racist Tea Partiers are. But the Tea Partiers are so racist, they kick these brave progressives out, often exposing them as progressive plants – which is racist.
In fact, Tea Partiers so racist and their racism is hidden so well that progressives are left having to manufacture incidents of racism, even vandalize the offices of other progressives, to warn racist America of the violent racists in their midst. But so far, it doesn’t seem to have worked.
So, General J. C. Christian, progressive blog hero and proprietor of the progressive Jesus’ General blog, has come up with a surefire way to finally get the shield to crack and expose the racism the Tea Party has seething at its core; “Burn A Confederate Flag Day.”
The “General’s” brilliant idea is this; he (and his fellow progressives around the nation) will go to a Tea Party rally on September 12 and – wait for it – burn a confederate flag! Which he believes would lead to a stampede as anguished Tea Partiers rush to save “their” flag, proving once and for all, that the Tea Party is racist!
His logic is impeccable;
I can imagine people showing up at the tea parties, which I’ll do at my local one, and the tea party backers will start explaining why [the flag] is about state’s rights, not slavery, and all that and basically hang themselves.
Wow! Such brain power! Such brilliance! That J.C. sure does have more than two braincells to rub together, don’t he? He knows from the many “credible death threats” he has received and because he “work[s] very closely with some pretty scary right-wing people” that the Tea Party is “fundamentally racist.”
At the TPM, they are suitably impressed and are eager to help us understand the complexity and brilliance that is JC’s mind.
The ongoing debate over the Confederate flag is the perfect way to expose those racial motivations, the blogger predicts. He posits that most tea partiers will be supportive of the Confederate flag, which he says means they’ve got issues with race.
Remarkable, isn’t it?
According to progressive author Evan McMorris-Santoro, an expert on Tea Partiers, what motivates them and the symbols they hold dear, and who has the unequaled privilege of chronicling the birth of this world changing event for the TPM; “… the idea seems sure to at least ruffle some tea party feathers.”
All joking aside, I sure hope this takes off. In fact, I think we should help the progressives out and make this Confederate flag burning thing a roaring success. It’d be great visual for the Tea Party. Old Glory and Gadsen flags waving high and proud, Confederate flags burning on the ground. Even MSNBC is going to have a hard time spinning burning Confederate flags as evidence of racism.
Me? I’ll be busy laughing my head at all the confused progressives standing around with their cameras. Seriously, I think the organizers would have to send flowers to Josh Marshall to pass on to JC for his brilliant idea.
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The star & crescent, the hammer & sickle
johnt Wednesday, August 11th at 11:04AM EST (link)some flags are ok with the left.
It’s tough, they have it all, a guy in power who will act out all their hate, is doing his best to practice their destructive stupidity, a congress run by two for real morons, a media stripped of pretense and finally openly displaying it’s whorish, slutish degradation, and yet the animals are unhappy.
It turns out that the “people” they cared so much about, to whom they showed so much compassion,[to be sure, financed by the government, not them] are, one and all, every last mother’s son of them, racist.
A glance at the TV screen tells them this instantly, in a millisecond, not a shred or hint of doubt.
It’s great being a liberal, but it’s even greater being a liberal and having your very own, private padded cell, with a plexiglass window looking out at the exercise yard, and beyond that those walls, the ones with the watchtowers.
And beyond that, those vicious racists marching around, not doing what they’re told, not taking directions from the media, doubting The O’s word when he informs them everything bad in the world is Bush’s fault.
It’s easy to spot a racist, they’re the ones who don’t vote Democrat.
But they will get theirs, won’t they Josh Marshall, & Kos, & Arianna?
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I happen to be quite partial to the star and crescent ...
Martin Knight (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 11:35AM EST (link)… but otherwise, I’ve got nothing to disagree with here.
Maybe the proper way to handle this is to join them...
Next93 (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 7:20PM EST (link)“Say, as long as you’re burning the confederate flag, I have a Soviet flag here you can burn, too”
See who rushes to protect the beloved symbol THEN…
Obama was The One in 2008.
He’ll be a BIGGER one in 2012.
don't forget....
gizmo Thursday, August 12th at 12:38PM EST (link)the muslim star & cresent, too! this could be FUN!!!
Awesomeness
erinmist (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 11:08AM EST (link)I wish I could have written this…the sense of humor is brilliant. But I’m afraid I couldn’t have stopped laughing at the whole notion that coming to a Tea Party to burn a Confederate flag would bring out our inner–double-secret-secret racist for all to see.
Dear lord, this just gets better every day….
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I got one better
spepper Wednesday, August 11th at 11:13AM EST (link)I think I can offer a suggestion to anyone trying to subvert a tea party rally by unfurling a confederate flag: not only burn it, but burn a UNITED NATIONS FLAG right next to it as well, to produce imagery that sends a message that government-sanctioned tyranny of any kind will not be tolerated, whether in national or global governmental form……
Oooh, I'm so ruffled!
Locked and Loaded (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 11:17AM EST (link)I wish I could get my chance to gig one of these wolves in sheep’s clothing, but, alas, I live in Oklahoma, and these weenies are just too scared to show out around here.
But doesn't burning a flag contribute to global warming? -nt
bk (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 11:25AM EST (link)especially if...
gizmo Thursday, August 12th at 12:39PM EST (link)it’s synthetic materials!!!
good one!
IDIOTS!!!
dlindsley Wednesday, August 11th at 11:25AM EST (link)Just goes to show 1. They hate freedom. 2. They need a history lesson. 3. They (the progressives) want to promote a race war.
God save Dixie
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Martin Knight (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 11:49AM EST (link)Anyway, this guy needs to be shown the door …
G'bye
Neil Stevens (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 11:52AM EST (link)We won. You lost. Deal with it.
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stephaniet Thursday, August 12th at 1:09PM EST (link)A “deal with it”? I’ll probably get a banhammer on my back next, but that’s the worst reason to ban someone that I’ve ever seen on here.
Especially because he was right. I can’t find the video I saw, but it was an elderly black gentleman talking about his grandfather, who served with the Confederates during the war. He, and the well-educated reenactors in the video, confirmed that the Dixie flag was NOT a symbol of racism or slavery; in fact, the Southern army treated their black soldiers infinitely better than did the Northern one. The gentleman went on to describe how the flag had symbolism all in it. The white was for Christianity (since the South is full of God-fearing people), the red was for courage, and the stars represented the Confederate states, with the center one representing Maryland.
Also, “We won, get over it” helps no one get over anything. With respect, NS, wrong thing to say. Ban me if you like, but I cannot tolerate that.
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stephaniet Thursday, August 12th at 1:09PM EST (link)The reenactors in the video were on the Union side, and they were the ones confirming “No, it wasn’t about slavery or racism.”
“*They* say the best weapon is one you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree. I *prefer* the weapon you only have to fire *once*. That’s how Dad did it; that’s how America does it… and it’s worked out pretty well so far.”
smoking black gun powder
hwood007 Thursday, August 12th at 7:55PM EST (link)was the reason for the CSA battle flag. The one with the cross of St George was not the CSA national flag,it was only a military flag. So why, well in an early battle, with all the smoke from that black gun powder hanging around, the south could not see their flag and did not know the correct direction to retreat. Well, they retreated into the union ranks and not many of them made it out of that mess. The search for a battle flag began. Great grand pa served with Jackson under that flag and it is for the best we are one again.
But Martin, What About The Fire Codes and 2nd Hand Smoke?
Repair_Man_Jack (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 11:52AM EST (link)We should inflict liberalism on these idiots and make them pay fines for this the same way patriotic and law-abiding citizens would have to.
” I side impenitently with the human race against the modern reformer.” – C.S. Lewis
If this kind of provocation keeps up...
anotherindyfilmguy (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 12:08PM EST (link)Attendance will go up and hopefully no one will get hurt while laughing until their sides hurt…
Odds are the TEA party members probably would just ask them if they hurt themselves playing with fire, say “well, god bless you young man” – pat them on their heads and walk away knowing that will steam the lefties even more…
Santorum? Well, at least he’s not Romney…
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Moe Lane (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 12:11PM EST (link)This is impressive stupidity from the Netroots, even by my high standards.
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msctex (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 12:11PM EST (link)(Where they sat passing a bong around, trying to decide what would really drive those racists crazy)
“Hey — why don’t we burn that war flag. You know, from the American War.”
“Which American war? There’ve been like…a hundred.”
“No, no, the one where we fought each other, you know.”
“Oh, right, um, the Guns N’ Roses song. Ah…Civil! The Civil War.”
“Right, yeah…Let’s get that flag, burn it front of them, because it’s like, you know, holy to them, and that will make them really pi–ed off at us.”
“Yeah, but. . .Do you think they’d attack us?”
“Hope so, dude! We could get on youTube, and if they beat the crap out of us, maybe Letterman!”
“Cool…So where do we get a Civil War flag?”
“Um…Wait, I’ll Google it.”
Now that's funny! And all too true to life. nt
Achance (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 7:44PM EST (link)In Vino Veritas
The spelling and the grammar
aesthete (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 8:13PM EST (link)are too good for them to be lefties.
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ywhyvon1 Wednesday, August 11th at 12:12PM EST (link)“I’m a Racist and It’s ALL BUSH”S FAULT”
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Bigots!!!!!
BigRedConservative (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 3:58PM EST (link)They call the Tea Party racist; they call Republicans racist; they call Arizonans racist; they call Jan Brewer racist.
So of course late Democrat and KKK member Robert Byrd wasn’t racist. So anti-semetic Jesse Jackson wasn’t racist, uh huh?
And therefore Andy Cuomo isn’t a racist, and neither is open Jew-hater Al Sharpton?
And the Democrats who opposed the Civil Rights Act while Republicans pushed it through Congress aren’t racist?
Republicans are the party of multiculturalism. By September we will have two Indian American governers, both Republican. If anything, Democrats are racist.
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The Confederate flag... symbol of the Old South
Lloyd Davis (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 7:27PM EST (link)and the Democrat party.
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The battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia
luciusacius (Diary) Thursday, August 12th at 12:29AM EST (link)is the one everyone gets excited about. These idiot leftists wouldn’t recognize the various versions of the real national flag of the Confederacy (the real Stars and Bars) even if you showed them pictures from an encyclopedia. They are ignorant of history and the facts. I guess they really hate the fact that some Confederate soldiers fighting under Beauregard’s flag (the Battle Flag) were black free men as well as black slaves. It is one of those little inconvenient truths that one has to ignore. After all it is so much easier to call people names (racist) than to take the trouble to know anything about the facts. Facts are messy, complicated and really far to difficult to comprehend for your typical lefty nutjob.
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lakecrazy Thursday, August 12th at 4:35PM EST (link)As a southern gal, I think the idea of linking the confederate flag to the Democrats is brilliant. When I was a young girl I used to be proud of the flag but it has become a symbol of Racism, now is the time to link it directly to the Ole Democrats and see how they explain it.
The General has the IQ of a half-witted gnat.
redneck_hippie (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 7:44PM EST (link)He wrote an Amazon review of Palin’s book which was the most juvenile thing I’ve ever read.
If the collectivists need a General, this guy is the perfect fit
50 years of the Racist card.
toadold Wednesday, August 11th at 9:19PM EST (link)Since the yutes on the left have been shorted on historical knowledge by their leftist teachers, they don’t realize how long the racists card has been played. As time has worn on, the accusation has lost its bite and is now becoming something of a joke, witness the sign at a Tea Party rally that said, “No matter what I say you’ll call me a racists.”
If I had the energy I’d write them and tell them to make sure they have burn permits from the right authorities. With this hot weather and pollution warnings in so many areas they might get in trouble with the local EPA authorities or what is worse the Green Party.
Burn a big pile of (fake) cash next to them
Finrod (Diary) Wednesday, August 11th at 9:41PM EST (link)Put a sign next to the burning cash reading:
Your Stimulus Dollars At Work
Let’s get down to brass tacks here. How much for the ape?
Racist Tea Party backs Col. Allen West
morstar150 (Diary) Friday, August 13th at 8:57AM EST (link)to be the candidate to take on Peolsi’s mamma’s boy Ron Klein in Florida’s 22nd, Congressional Race. In a district that is mostly affluent and has few “minority” constituents, it is not really that remarkable that the tea party has championed this great American to represent their interests, but what is remarkable is that the MSM continues to ignore this contest and still claim racisim within the tea party.
Oh yeah, by the way Col. Allen West also happens to be African-American. It is as though the tea party has decided to judge Col. West “not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character.”
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Well, that's probably because they've never seen a picture of him -nt-
eburke (Diary) Friday, August 13th at 9:59AM EST (link)“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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