Is is hypocritical for Palin/Beck to hold a rally at Lincoln Park on Aug 28th?

no...Sane -- meaning those who can spell 'agree' correctly.

 

Nice post Mathloom. Unfortunately, pragmatic thinking is often submerged by emotion.

 

If you wish to be the D&D grammarian, then please learn how to capitalize and punctuate properly.

 

I'm not sure what site you are talking about. Where the Islamic center is going was a Burlington Coat Factory.

And so far that hasn't happened. Are you saying that you agree blacks should get reparations?

In that case then it is completely up to the Tea Party to renounce racism in their ranks and we should hold the Tea Party collectively responsible for racist rhetoric that might come out of their ranks.

 

1) The Greek Orthodox Church was much closer than the coat factory. Check into the injustices they have faced.

2) Absolutely. Every living slave should receive reparations. Every living slave holder should serve a lengthy jail term.

3) Most of the posters on this board convict the tea parties of racism regardless of the fact that we actively run racists out of our rallies. The same blame game on terrorism is happening with the Muslims, and that is just as wrong.

 

Can you name who is the biggest racist who is still attending or speaking or performing at your tea party rallies?

 

I know of no racists speaking to or for any of the tea parties with which I correspond.

 

is it because they're greek orthodox?

 

No idea. Is it because they are Christians? No idea. Have they been getting the runaround by New York City as they have sought to rebuild their church? Absolutely.

 

which local/regional tea parties do you correspond with?

 

Tea Party Advocates; Tea Party Activists; and Tea Party South.

 

You must be a member of one of those really underground tea party groups.

Mark Williams , former Tea Party Express spokesman and current leader of the tea party support group Citizens for Constitutional Liberty

thumbs do you know what a Judenrat is?

 

Judenräte (singular Judenrat; German for "Jewish council") were administrative bodies that the Germans required Jews to form in the German occupied territory of Poland, and later in the occupied territories of the Soviet Union

Non-sequitur. What does this have to do with anything except to infer something offensive?

 

I am not aware of the situation but in general I would strongly support them being allowed to rebuild. That said I would have to see if there was some reason, involving zoning or a property dispute keeping them from it. If you can provide more info I would be interested in hearing more.

I'm not sure what that has to do with anything..

I agree that the Tea Party has been unfairly convicted of racism at times and if you recall I praised them for taking action to address racism in their ranks. That said while I am glad to see that you recognize that is wrong applying that standard to Muslims you are still willing to support the cause of those who do so by opposing the construction of this Islamic center on the basis of the fear it generates among those who look at Islam as being inherently violent. In fact you have even drawn a paranoid what if to justify that.

 

Don't play a basso, it doesn't become you.You know exactly what it has to do with the conversation.

[edit] BTW Judenrats were jews that ratted out to the germans where other jews might be hiding (think Anne Frank).

 

non-sequitur? just like the greek orthodox church thing.

 

"My father championed free speech. He would be the first to say that those participating in Beck's rally have the right to express their views," King wrote Wednesday. "But his dream rejected hateful rhetoric and all forms of bigotry or discrimination, whether directed at race, faith, nationality, sexual orientation or political beliefs."

 

Hey tea partiers help me out cause I didn't get the emails!

Is it true that people attending the rally are being told to avoid confrontation with blacks and to stay away from certain areas of DC? To stay in "safe" zones?