[lbo-talk] Tea Party: less than meets the eye

[Carrol Cox]

I notice that the antecedent of "That" in the last sentence is somewhat
ambiguous. By that I meant racism, which lends intensity and (silently)
provides a slogan (Blacks are the problem) which cannot be spoken a loud.
Often even poor whites see poverty as a "Black" problem. And while poor
whites vote DP more than other groups, that ANY of them at all do so is at
least in part racism.

Carrol

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Dennis Claxton:

At 10:03 AM 11/5/2010, Chip Berlet wrote:


>Forget social science, it is the correct political line that matters!

Tea partiers are more more likely to be racist.  Who knew?  This 
still doesn't connect the dots to white racism against Obama 
explaining.... what exactly?  

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Intensity. There was a great deal of hate from Republicans against Clinton,
and the anti-tax pathology has been powerful for decades, and the populace
in all nations most of the time 'supports' their rich elite (which is why
exploitation and misery do  engender resistance ordinarily), but the
appearance of a special 'movement' with a _name_ has occurred under a Black
President. That gives intensity and a (silent) aid to agitation and
recruitment.

Carrol

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