As Texas Slim points out, the majority of those protesting APPEARED to be that of the population who would be receiving a tax cut, yet, the common protest was that of unfair taxation. Interestingly enough, once this was pointed out to the “Teabaggers”, a common argument was then turned to that of the current budget, suggesting that this is the “real” reason for the protest. Unfortunately, the budget currently set has yet to show a profound effect on the taxation of the protesters. While I am not suggesting that it may not at some point, I feel it to be more appropriate to protest an act once the act has, or is definitely about to, happen!

In regards to the fascism argument, when looking specifically at the structure of fascism, I found it laughable how this argument is actually taking place, especially after all of the events of the last administration that took place. Comparing the two administrations in regards to fascism is so ridiculous that this would best be saved for another article at another time. We can only hope that Texas Slim could present another well written piece diving in head first to educate those who seek that which (again) should be common knowledge.

Nice work, Slim.

And seriously, I think half the commenters didn’t actually read the whole article – where is there any mention of racism in the article? I had to re-read it and still didn’t find anything like that. The main points seem to be:

1) Teabaggers protest taxation without representation, but they do have representation

2) Teabaggers protest tax hikes, but most of them got tax cuts from Obama

3) Teabaggers protest fascism, but the Bush administration was WAY more fascist.

Maybe they should protest the fact that they never learned to read.

Notice that none of these people has anything of substance to say- just ad hominem attacks.
You’re like: “hey, fascism is usually about nationalism, but Obama isn’t nationalistic.”
And they’re like: “you commie pinko!You are what’s wrong with America.”
There is not one mention of racism in this article- methinks y’all doth protest too much

THE OBAMA DECEPTION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw

Where in this article does the author ever level the charge of “racism”?

What he does, and quite handily, is show that everything these Tea Party protesters are supposedly challenging was actually rampant in the Bush Admiministration and is diminishing with the current administration.

What is wrong with you people who keep whining about being called “racists” when no one is calling *anyone* racist? Talk about ignorant!

Jonathon–pay attention to the article and challenge the facts in it, and quit relying on hot-button words like “racist”–you and your fellow apparently imbecilic commentaters are the only ones throwing that word around…

I do think it’s a hoot that you call out MSNBC but blithely ignore Fox’s Cody Willard throwing around words like “fascism” (what an idiot!) and CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s utterly ridiculous rant that began this whole thing with the tea bags. So pathetic. I love it when Santelli tries to say that he’s surrounded by a cross-section of America–he’s standing on a trading-room floor!

And I love how he and all the rest of you whine about this bailout that’s actually not helping the homeowenrs–it’s helping banks and mortgage companies; c’mon, isn’t that he way you like it? Money for those who already have it, while the rest suffer and struggle?

If you don’t agree, you must be a racist. Do you not understand how ignorant that is? I’m sure wasting as much money on the stimulus bill as the entire war in Iraq costs to date had nothing to do with it. The largest budget in history has nothing to do with it either. Nor does continuing to send money to foreign countries while Americans continue to lose jobs must not mean anything.

The problem with this country is people like you. Grown men tell their kids that they shouldn’t believe everything they see on television while they consciously do it themselves. MSNBC said the protests were racist, and you parrot what you see on television. A whole country full of people who are unread and tv-fed.

Where in this article does the author make the claim that the protesters are “a bunch of misguided ignorant racist Republicans expressing their anger at having lost the White House to an African.”?

I have read this piece again and again, and I cannot find this text anywhere… Funny thing about debate–it works best when you make arguments that are grounded in facts and reality.

Oh, and by the way, Barack Obama is an African-AMERICAN, not an African, and his mother was white, as were the grand-parents who raised him. I mean, you know that, right?

Oh, and as for you, Vickie, and even you, underperforming Andy–your debate skills could really use some polishing, as well! Or are you only comfortable making provocative statements with no basis in fact?

Honestly, this is worse than kids on a playground.

Here’s what *I* found compelling in this piece–how easy it is to find parallels between the Bush regime and fascism and how utterly revolting it is that pathetic twits like Cody Willard and Rick Santelli need only shout a few catch-phrases in order to work a whole bunch of misguided people into a frothy-mouthed, tea bag dumping frenzy.

Oh, and the commentaters here, thus far, kind of prove my last point…

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