“Glee” is the only television show my entirely family enjoys watching together. We had been looking forward to the season opener on Monday. There was a “Sarah Palin is stupid” joke. My family did not care about that but thought the episode depressing. After gently disagreeing with conservative criticism of the show I did send a note to Fox saying “that was strike one”.
Gay Patriot makes the interesting comment that they feel more comfortable being gay at a Tea Party gathering than being conservative at a gay community gathering.
In another post they ask:
So, why, I wonder, can’t White House officials, Democratic Congressman and Senators and left-of-center opinion-makers show the same respect for the Tea Party movement? To be sure, many do, but they appear drowned out by a narrow-minded multitude.*
We’ve got reports of Democratic officials in one state bending over backwards to deploy Tea Party Crashers.* And we’ve got one guy boasting of his efforts to do the same. Should they succeed, I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts that some in the MSM will report the left-wingers’ masquerade as genuine tea party hatred.** (emphasis added)
*What was that about defining by extremes?
**You find that difficult to believe? Let me tell you a story.
For 3 years was president of the “pro-life” group Cornell Coalition for Life. There was no “pro-choice” group until 1988. They kicked off with a big Rally for Choice on the arts quad with speakers and a band. Fair enough. People should be free to advocate for what they think is just and against what they think is unjust.
I organized a counter-march. 20 against 200. Just carry “pro-life” signs and walk quietly around the quad. We ran into another group carrying signs against abortion and women who seek abortions. The signs were inflammatory and offensive. I recognized some of these people as active in far left causes. One brave woman from our group confronted them. They said they were taking a stand for women’s reproductive freedom. Oh.
Later that year we put up fliers for a “pro-life” presentation. The next day they were gone and replaced by fake fliers that were similar in design. “Life” was replaced by “Obey”. Nazi salutes were added.
Just as the presentation began these fake “pro-life” activists burst into the room singing patriotic songs and carrying American flags. Announced they were from the Coalition for Life. I said no you’re not. They made some offensive and inflammatory remarks against abortion and finally left.
In my 1989 Cornell yearbook is a picture of the Rally for Choice. There is a picture of these fake “pro-life” activists with their offensive signs. Beneath the picture is a caption. “Members of the Coalition for Life stage protest”.
Update 04/20/2010: Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney spent time at a Tea Party rally and found that even though he disagrees with Tea Party activists on 95% of the issues they are not angry racist violent people.
