Imagine if the Tea Party was black

Why do they insist on calling it a 'second amendment protest' when they're protesting about pending healthcare legislation, congress and the Obama administration?

I might arrange a 'human rights protest' and instead protest about something totally unrelated.

Because that way people like golfwidow can claim that they're not Tea Baggers.

I post based on facts, and posting the links to different news outlets gives readers several options within which to form an opinion. You stand corrected.

As to your original question, it already occurred back in 2000. Link

Difference between the two, the Second Amendment marchers carried their guns because they are in favor of the Second Amendment. The Black Panthers carried guns because its legal.

Both groups used it as a form of intimidation.

I don't care if you're green and have purple hair, if its legal to carry a gun during a march/demonstration, then its legal.

Hispanic, might have gone over ok, here in NM depending in what city it was, and just which "flavor" of Hispanic was protesting. But I do think if there were an predominately black group it may not have gone over as well. Even if they all behaved themselves in the same peaceful manner there would be more talk. If they were Arabic or Muslim it would have been down right ugly.

I'd love to say I live in a happy place where all the different ethnicities get along and co-exist and no one makes racial slurs and treats every group with tolerance and respect. But no, you hear "people" say stuff about black people, muslims and the mexicans, but that is always qualified from actual mexico, not the "spanish" people and sometimes the Native Americans, but again tribe matters.

I suppose there is someone out there that has issues with someone else, but as far as I hear those are the groups I hear the most about as far as snide remarks and tasteless jokes and people say when they think no on is listening, or worse think everyone agrees with them. Funny thing about people watching and sitting quietly out of the way, others tend to ignore you.


Though, to be honest these people in the video strike me as the "crazy people" OMG, all of them seem loony in the extreme to the average people that you meet around town and would say that are your average New Mexican.

Wait there is a difference? They are both "bad" what does it matter?


Yes. I agree with you. That video amused me quite a bit.

There are no facts you stupid nottie cow.. This is a "WHAT IF" thread, not a facts based one.. so you fail..

And as to my original question, you fail again because there was no tea party back in 2000..

Double nottie fail. And yes, another negative kudo, simply because you piss me off.

I like the guy with the "flag" shirt.

Doesn't he realize that wearing a shirt like that, with a gut like that would be considered desecration?

I would guess the 'older' generation of whites would crap their pants if they saw a bunch of black/hispanic/other type protesters marching on DC like that.

good post Boxer... perspective is an amazing thing, makes you think

I wasn't disputing you - not much that happens in America surprises me to be honest. It's just that we, or at least, I, didn't hear about it... In Australia, it wouldn't matter who you were, marching into the state capital with guns would almost certainly lead to you being shot... I am stunned, not disbelieving...

To our credit as Americans, they are a fringe group. Of course they'll tell you that they represent the "core" of American values, but about the only thing that the core of the American people agree on is that we're in for some tough times financially, until our government gets back on track..

The rest of the stuff that they bring along is just wacko right wing s***..

And, for the record, I'm a big supporter of the second amendment, and I own guns, but I feel no need to bring them out to a political gathering, because they're not supposed to be used for political scare-mongering..

And, being a brown skinned man, I'd probably be shot if I carried.

You know how the right wing LOVES to spout opinons as facts. They cannot see that others don't do the same.

Sorry, not meaning to hijack the thread, but the gun thing in the USA is something I do not get. We have few guns here, and few shootings. The USA has lots of guns, and lots of shootings (or so it seems from outside), include fairly regular mass shootings at schools... from an Aussie perspective, the American people's gun-madnesss seems to be a bit like cuting your nose off to spite your face...

That's just the impression you get from the media. Alot of us don't own guns and don't like guns. And where I live there is very little random shootings. Mainly drug related from the news reports I read.
Now the bigger cities with gangs may be different.
But where I live, guns are mainly used for hunting.

If this is an opinion thread, you will see I also gave my opinion, which is: "I don't care if you're green and have purple hair, if its legal to carry a gun during a march/demonstration, then its legal."

Your question: "If it were a bunch of Black people, or Middle Eastern people??

How would it have been perceived?"

I posted an article and photo re: the Black Panthers protesting, while carrying AK-47s, at the Republican Convention in Texas in 2000. It barely got a mention in the MSM. People weren't freaking out.

Most shootings here are drug related. Every once in a while we'll have some random gang violence, but I'm pretty convinced that it's also either drug, or "turf" related, and turf is where they sell drugs.

Most of us normal people target shoot, and have them for protection of our homes.. If I'm really lucky, I'll get to spend a week or two in the fall hunting in Vermont.