I picked up a copy of this during my walk to work yesterday, and planned to take a photo and place it on the blog, but the good folks at Reason made it easier.
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2 comments:
I wonder if you've reconsidered your post in the wake of this. It seems that Reason's analysis rests primarily on the notion that "there are clearly racists present at some of these rallies, but no evidence that it is endemic or anything but an embarrassing minority." Here, the comments by a leader of the Tea Party Express would seem to indicate that, even if its a minority viewpoint, its one held by persons in leadership positions within the Tea Party.
Not really. If the Tea Party was racist Williams wouldn't have been kicked out by the national federation -- he would have been celebrated.
If the standard is that the comments of one person in a leadership position reflects on an entire movement, then any number of extremist views could have been attributed to the anti-war movement (back when it actually existed under the Bush administration) going by some of the utterances and past records of some of its leaders (thinking International Answer and Code Pink in particular).
Lastly, AFAIK, I don't think that Williams rose into a leadership position based on racist language. I don't believe that was the message that elevated him into such a position. Indeed, now that his views -- inappropriate and ill-considered at best -- are known I imagine support for his faction will dissipate (or perhaps not given my understanding that he no longer plays a key role within the group, choosing to focus on the WTC mosque issue instead).
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