but the accumulation of small events that lead me to conclude that a significant percentage of Baggers are racists. This is the latest "small event" I found:
Tea parties issue demands to Tennessee legislators
Among 5 priorities, state group wants kinder treatment of Founding Fathers in history courses
By Richard Locker
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Posted January 13, 2011 at midnight
The material calls for lawmakers to amend state laws governing school curriculums, and for textbook selection criteria to say that “No portrayal of minority experience in the history which actually occurred shall obscure the experience or contributions of the Founding Fathers, or the majority of citizens, including those who reached positions of leadership.”
Fayette County attorney Hal Rounds, the group’s lead spokesman during the news conference, said the group wants to address “an awful lot of made-up criticism about, for instance, the founders intruding on the Indians or having slaves or being hypocrites in one way or another.
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I like the term "race consciousness."
The amount one has of course varies, for good or bad. And must be applied politically to be valid.
If Obama doesn't condemn the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians today (see Greenwald), the tea party should at least label him a self-hating Muslim.
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