Friday, February 12, 2010
Racist Roots
As Devin Burghart reports from the Tea Party national convention, the movement is not a new one, but, rather, more of a revival against multiculturalism. Essentially white supremacist, homophobic, middle class Christians, the purpose of the Tea Party, notes Burghart, is to build or re-energize a movement against equality, liberty and freedom for everyone else. Initially mobilized by righteous indignation toward the bank bailouts, the exercise of Tea Party political influence through the electoral process has readily revealed its racist roots.
