Given the fondness the mainstream corporate media has for the "Teaparty" movement, and their refusal to acknowledge the raw and revolting racism that runs through it, I thought it would be helpful to dissect a "Free Republic" thread on Pres. Obama's comments on the "Confederate History Month" incident.
"Freepers", as they are known, are the backbone and cornerstone of the TeaParty movement. Ardent supporters of Sarah Palin, their comments are a good reflection of the soul of the Teaparty philosophy.
Michelle Obama is a particular target of the Teapartiers, regularly attacked for everything from her appearance to her mothering skills:
To: reaganrevolutionin2010
"First lady Michelle Obama is descended from a South Carolina slave"
Is that why she received affirmative action favors her entire life?
8 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 8:30:39 AM by stan_sipple
Next up, a Freeper draws a commonly referenced analogy to slavery and, um, being "forced" to have access to health care, apparently...
8 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 8:30:39 AM by stan_sipple
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To: reaganrevolutionin2010
I think we’re all going to be understanding slavery if we don’t stop this man - politically speaking, of course.
And here's a common slander: Obama is not American. He's a Muslim atheist Indonesian Kenyan communist Nazi. Also. You know.
Obama doesn’t have a shared history with Americans. He should mind his own business.
11 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 8:31:05 AM by DwFry (Baby Boomers Killed Western Civilization!)
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The veiled threat: A favorite rhetorical device. It will surface regularly on any Obama thread. "We've" got to "stop" him. nudge nudge wink wink say no more....
think we’re all going to be understanding slavery if we don’t stop this man - politically speaking, of course.
9 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 8:30:42 AM by SlowBoat407 (Anyone can fib. It takes an intellectual to tell a really big lie.)
Here's a mysterious tactic: Claim the majority! Regardless of facts ("facts, schmacts! They can be used to prove anything remotely true!") claim that Obama is wildly unpopular and that the Palinistas have the numbers on their side. It sometimes makes it hard to claim that they are a persecuted minority, another favorite tactic, but a little lack of consistency never troubled a Freeper...
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Read between the lines, people. Barry brought this up for one of two reasons:
- His poll numbers are horrendous...look inside the numbers of the recent fox poll...he is underwater on every major issue...43% approval in fox is actually high considering his pathetic approval ratings on individual issues...He needs a new issue, and he is going with race.
- His handlers fear Virginia’s successful business man/ military veteran governor. They are trying to taint him now...McDonnel is the real deal and could make a serious run in 12. He has been flying under the radar so far.
Here's a quote from "Armed and Amish" that sums up the intellectual level of many of the posters:
To: reaganrevolutionin2010
What else is Communism/Socialism but slavery.
FU, you Kenyan lowlife POS.
26 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 8:35:56 AM by Electric Graffiti (I'm armed and Amish.)
"He" hates us!
reaganrevolutionin2010
Why? Obama covers-up his hatred of whites and Jews.
32 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 8:37:13 AM by pabianice
Communists, socialists, Democrats and traitors - who can tell the difference?
To: reaganrevolutionin2010
What about obama leaving freedom out of his communist agenda? This is not Kenya after all...
36 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 8:38:51 AM by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
Guilty of presidentin' while black....
Hey Obama, the unacceptable omission was when your mother forgot to issue you your brain.
Get lost, idiot.
The old slavery bit doesn’t work any more. Your supporters are there because of their culture, not because of their race.
42 posted
And here's an old favorite - the monster-under-the-bed, REPARATIONS!
To: MrB
It’s all about reparations, folks-—that will be his next big push, once he has everything in place.
44 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 8:44:40 AM by basil (It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
Won't somebody please think of the White men!?
To: reaganrevolutionin2010
with comments coming from the one, it shows what he really is and what he is really doing....he is trying to make the white man pay for past history....history that many of us were not even alive during....keeping racism alive in washington one comment at a time....
50 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 8:48:18 AM by tatsinfla
You - you - KENYAN!
reaganrevolutionin2010
President Barack Obama says Virginia’s governor made "an unacceptable omission" when he proclaimed it Confederate History Month without mentioning slavery.
I know what you mean you Kenyan; just like it’s unacceptable to leave all your transcripts away from public view.
74 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 9:08:03 AM by Artcore
Yeah, you non-American Kenyan! What makes you think you can comment on real 'Murkin stuff?
To: reaganrevolutionin2010
The vast majority of soldiers who fought and died for the Confederacy owned no slaves. The Confederate Territory of Arizona had not a single slave within its borders, as was also true for large areas of Texas.
The Confederate States of America was the last constitutional republic in North America. Lincoln and his successors (especially those who designed and administered Reconstruction) laid the foundation for a post-republican United States, and for America’s participation in the New World Order.
Finally, obama is NOT an American, and does not share our history or culture. And as a taqiyya-practicing muslim, he supports the largest slave system in the world today, which is a threat to freedom everywhere. And he is enacting such things as a domestic military force (which is part of the DeathCare law recently enacted), designed to rob us of our freedom directly. So obama should at least have the minimal decency to shut up about slavery.
77 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 9:11:12 AM by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
And the threats continue, from these pro-democracy thugs:
To: newfreep
"Will no one rid me (politically speaking) of this meddlesome pres__ent?"
To: reaganrevolutionin2010
FUBO... you racist pos... your kenyan ancestors sold your black brothers into slavery... you pos commie muzzie... your usurping the office of President is unacceptable.... resign you marxist pos!
LLS
97 posted on Friday, April 09, 2010 9:45:44 AM by LibLieSlayer
And finally, the quote from the diary title:
To: reaganrevolutionin2010
This muslime pervert needs to be shipped back to Kenya
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