Broadsides have been fired between the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The two sides are bickering over various things. The Tea Party is pushing racist messages, as outlined by the NAACP. The Tea Party says the NAACP is covering up for racism and criminal behavior within the New Black Panther Party. Pundits on both sides have begun to sound off.
The NAACP says
Demonstrators outside of Tea Party rallies have been photographed with signs that numerous, including the NAACP, say are racist. Of course, the people in the photographs do not represent the entire Tea Party, but the NAACP is assigning guilt by association. In fact, Tea Party rally organizers are starting to ban that sort from attending.
The Tea Party side
The Tea Party folks have fired back that the NAACP is racist for covering for the New Black Panther Party committing voting crimes. The US Attorney’s office was investigation voting crimes committed by the NBPP that may have been racially motivated around the 2008 election. The attorneys on the case were ordered to drop the case, perhaps by Obama appointed officials.
Who’s the bad guy on this one?
The only thing this debate does is create more non-debates for Fox, MSNBC, and talk radio to jaw about and sell ad space. But while this is going to amount to more ad revenue for political pundits, the bickering back and forth doesn’t do anything to advance the cause of either side, and doesn’t do anything to combat real racism.
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