So again: is the Tea Party, at least in part, a racist movement?

mc mark · Sep 6, 2011

a hideous troll
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FranchiseBlade · Sep 6, 2011

StupidMoniker said: ↑

The point is that the answer to the two questions I was talking about don't indicate racism. I looked at the link and couldn't find the text of the questions, only the "analysis" of the results, so I don't know how the other questions were phrased, but the two quoted questions are flawed.

I think it is you that is adding extra meaning to the question. My understanding it that the question is something along the lines of:
Blacks would succeed on the levels of whites if they only worked harder: do you agree or disagree (or variations on those like strongly agree or somewhat disagree). The question doesn't even imply that blacks don't work as hard as whites, let alone state it outright. The text of the question is whether or not blacks will achieve success through working harder? The only premises are that blacks are less successful than whites now, and that there is a possibility that they can work harder than they work now. If you believe that black people can be as successful as white people (I do) and you believe that working harder would not be a detriment to achieving that level of success (I do) then you have to agree with the statement. If you disagree it means that you think if a black person works harder, the will not achieve success on the level of a white person. To me, that seems the more racist answer.

Again, it seems you are putting your spin on the question. Looking at the quoted question, it does not say anything about the ability to work one's way up without special favors. It says, should blacks work their way up without special favors. To agree means that you think (1) blacks should work their way up, and (2) that they should not receive special favors. Neither of those is a racist sentiment, they are sentiments stating the American dream and the idea of a meritocracy respectively. To disagree means you either think (1) blacks should not work their way up, or (2) blacks should receive special favors. Those again seem like the more racist options. That is why the questions are flawed.

Even the ability to have two reasonably intelligent people read them as you and I have should show you that the questions are flawed. My breakdown of the questions does not add a single assumption, it relies solely on the language of the questions themselves.
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I guess we just disagree. I feel I was just using the logic inherent in the question itself.

Sweet Lou 4 2 · Sep 6, 2011

JuanValdez said: ↑

I found the clock, but I didn't see any extremist party under it.

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You aren't smart enough to recognize that it was meant to be cloak? Or is your sense of humor really that weak?

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