“Crash the Tea Party” — Leftists Seek to Pose As Tea Party Activists and Say Stupid Things, to Smear the Tea Party Movement; Big Media Says It’s Evidence of How Stupid Tea Partiers Are
There is a site out there that calls itself “Crash the Tea Party.” It claims to be a coalition of anti-Tea Party activists who are so disgusted by the “racists, homophobes, and morons” in the Tea Party that it seeks to expose them by . . . pretending to be Tea Partiers who are racist, homophobic morons.
In other words, they want to lie:
Whenever possible, we will act on behalf of the tea party in ways which exaggerate their least-appealing qualities (misspelled protest signs, wild claims in TV interviews, etc.) to further distance them from mainstream America and damage the public’s opinion of them.
The media is all over this, of course, warning that bizarre behavior by people claiming to be Tea Partiers might actually be a false flag operation, right?
Hahahahahahaha. No, wrong. Of course.
The Boston Globe does have an article about this site today — and manages to spin it into a negative for . . . the Tea Party movement.
The paper reports that this site is genuine; its creator actually does hate the Tea Party movement. However, in addition to proposing that members of his group lie to the public about who they are, the founder also is lying about the size of the movement. How is this a negative for the movement? Because some of them are stupid enough to believe him!
The site says it is the project of a nationwide network of Democrats, Republicans, and independents who are sick of the tea party movement. But its creator, Jason Levin, says he is just a 36-year-old technology educator from Portland, Ore. He is thrilled that his idea went viral, thanks to Hannity.
“I think words are often more powerful than actions and if you can just get the idea out there that there is this great unwashed monolithic group of people prepared to invade the tea party, the people in the tea party — who are so ready for that message — will just take it and run with it,’’ Levin said in an interview.
Tea party members wouldn’t really do that, would they?
Well, conservative blogs and websites were immediately abuzz with warnings to keep their eyes peeled for crashers. Warned one post: “Next tea party you go to be on the lookout for trouble makers. Chances are they could be agents of these idiots.’’
Stupid Tea Partiers!
So we should have a story about how you can’t always take crazy behavior from a purported “Tea Partier” at face value — but instead, we have a story about how the gullible Tea Partiers are falling for the lovable and scampish shenanigans of one of their opponents.
Sometimes it takes real skill to turn a story into a negative for conservatives. But Big Media always displays an amazing resourcefulness in this area.
or, if you’re a Congressman, you can just make stuff up and the MFM will run with it….
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 4/11/2010 @ 8:56 pmThis is a tactic that could cut in both directions, methinks…
Technomad (e2c0f2) — 4/11/2010 @ 8:59 pmtechnomad, of 6 presidents harmed or killed by assassination attempts, Garfield, McKinley, Lincoln, Reagan, and Roosevelt were Republicans and only Kennedy was a Democrat.
In other words, some things that could cut both ways never wind up actually doing so, because one side is simply more full of nuts than the other. What kind of Tea Partier would attend a Code Pink or antiwar rally to pretend to hate Jews, claim 9/11 was an inside job, or otherwise smear that group of people? It’s just not going to happen.
On the other hand, someone who bought into the cult of Obama, or thinks we’re killing Gaia, or thinks Afghanistan is an imperial war… that kind of person really has nothing better to do than smear the Tea Party moderates.
I’m probably being unfair, but this kind of press coverage is extremely irritating. We know damn well the democrats tried to smear the Tea Party with that ‘spitting N-word’ hoax. There’s no naivety in those who expect more of that.
dustin (b54cdc) — 4/11/2010 @ 9:12 pmAnd Kennedy wasn’t harmed by any conservatives, either.
dustin (b54cdc) — 4/11/2010 @ 9:13 pmFunny thing is that when a particular group of liberals gets together and protests, no one tries to smear them. We oppose them but we don’t find the need to phony up some stupid plot to discredit them.
It seems to me that conservatives are willing to address issues while liberals want to advance a straw man approach of destroying their enemy.
For example, liberals love to tell me how much they hate Palin or some beauty pageant winner, but engage in a discussion of the the issues? No.
Alta Bob (e8af2b) — 4/11/2010 @ 9:15 pmWait, the left needs to create the meme they’ve been trying to peddle to the public about the tea party that’s why this is going on?
REALLY?
daleyrocks (1feed5) — 4/11/2010 @ 9:16 pmThey really don’t learn do they. I hope there is a very large number of Tea Party people out on the 15th. I know I and my wife and a neighbor couple will be out voicing our disapproval of BO’s policies. And, we will be looking out for those that would try to smear us. Don’t trust them one bit.
LYNNDH (8d8b19) — 4/11/2010 @ 9:46 pmI like to think of this as “Establishment” shift.
Way back in the day, the “establishment” tried to subvert the “peace” movement with similar tactics.
Now that the former “subversives” are the “establishment,” they’re trying the same tactics that didn’t work the last time.
And the world goes around.
What did Townshend say? “Hope I die before I get old?”
Ag80 (f67beb) — 4/11/2010 @ 9:56 pmAlso, Dana Milbank over at Wapo had a piece on how weak the Tea Party movement is, based on the fact that all Tea partiers had been ordered by the likes of Rush and Beck to NOT return their 2010 Census. Yet, they are all being returned at the usual rate which ‘proves” that the movement is completely bogus…or something. they demonize that which they fear the most. Keep whistling past the graveyard.
gazzer (87d7c3) — 4/11/2010 @ 10:13 pmHow’s this for irony?
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liontooth (ab09a0) — 4/11/2010 @ 10:29 pmPaging Alanis M…
gazzer (87d7c3) — 4/11/2010 @ 10:48 pmHow absolutely brilliant of these crashers. oh so sneaky and covert as to post online, weeks before the protest, to how they actually plan to sabatoge the protest! Watch out CIA with brainiacs like this on the left. These 20 something guys need to get out of their mothers basement and get a life.
Really, who but even the most empty headed lefty idiot would want their face plastered over the internet carrying a racist sign? Do they think their identity will not be known and broadcasted from the 4 corners of the country? Never mind that their indetity will made known to everyone in their town and state by their local tea party people.
Give it a shot airheads-we will make you famous
Dem no more (60044b) — 4/11/2010 @ 11:27 pmThis is (and should be) a concern for the TEA party movement. It’s all too easy to just make a sign and show up.
But the plus sign is that those who are there can easily marginalize them – and whether the culprits are conservatives, liberals, or whatever – they should be marginalized if they espouse Racism, Homophobia, or any other extremist idea.
I think this could be used as a positive for the movement. Audio/video is way too pervasive – it’s easy to expose the fakes.
Corwin (ea9428) — 4/12/2010 @ 6:01 amAlso, Dana Milbank over at Wapo had a piece on how weak the Tea Party movement is, based on the fact that all Tea partiers had been ordered by the likes of Rush and Beck to NOT return their 2010 Census.
Milbank is full of it, surprise, surprise. Rush hasn’t said a word against the ordinary census form. He doesn’t like the long form. Rush has advised people on ways to have fun with the census, such as when asked for race, put down, “American.”
Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R. (9eb641) — 4/12/2010 @ 7:22 amCorwin,
Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R. (9eb641) — 4/12/2010 @ 7:24 amThe Tea Partiers should have a few “MOBY” signs on hand, just in case they spot any infiltrators.
Bradley #14: The link you provided only works for registered members of Rush’s web site. Also, the Census Bureau did not distribute a long form this year anyway, just a short form.
However, I believe you are correct that Rush has not said that people should refuse to answer the census.
Joshua (9ede0e) — 4/12/2010 @ 7:28 amIf the Left keep going down this road, it won’t be long before they give us our very own red, white, and blue version of Tiananmen Square.
ropelight (527f6d) — 4/12/2010 @ 7:28 amJoshua,
Thanks for that correction. The long form has been replaced by the American Community Survey — same purpose, different name.
Here is an excerpt from the Rush link:
RUSH: I want you to listen up and listen close because the way they are asking respondents or participants here to identify their “race,” you’re going to laugh yourself silly when you see it is options for race. What I want each and every one of you to do — because, remember, now Obama’s using this. This going to be used for reapportionment. This is going to be used for congressional delegation reapportionment. It’s going to be used for welfare spending, entitlement. It’s going to be used for all kinds of stuff. They have got races I’ve never heard of identified on this!
CALLER: (chuckling)
RUSH: So I want you to check the box that says “other” and write in “American.”
CALLER: You got it.
RUSH: Will you do that for me?
CALLER: I certainly will.
Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R. (9eb641) — 4/12/2010 @ 7:34 amHere’s what may be the (badly misinterpreted) source of Milbank’s bogus information.
The Media Matters link correctly refers to Rush, Beck and others urging listeners to decline to answer the race question on the census. That’s not the same thing as declining to answer the census itself, and Media Matters didn’t make that claim.
So Milbank either made up a phony story or didn’t understand what Rush or Beck were really saying. Not surprising that Milbank didn’t include any links to back up his claim in his pathetic pixilated column.
Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R. (9eb641) — 4/12/2010 @ 7:53 amThere is not an ounce of honesty amongst Milbank and the whole of MediaMatterz, combined.
JD (982401) — 4/12/2010 @ 8:33 am“RUSH: So I want you to check the box that says “other” and write in “American.””
What’s fascinating is that we’re going to see millions of people did exactly this, and Milbank will not reconcile this information with her recent story that Tea Partiers would have refused to fill out the form at all.
Scott Brown proved there’s electoral consequences to the movement. Everyone knows the democrats are facing huge opposition this November. Milbank just wants some attention.
dustin (b54cdc) — 4/12/2010 @ 9:47 amthis leftist party movement is now exposed and their is more of us tea partiers… and the left is getting desperate….
Lisa Haase (e57686) — 4/12/2010 @ 11:50 amComment by Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R. — 4/12/2010 @ 7:53 am
Milbank doesn’t have to actually listen to Rush to know what he says.
AD - RtR/OS! (f215c6) — 4/12/2010 @ 12:05 pmHe knows the content of the show from the listing in the Radio/TV log
(“…I don’t have to read a book to know what it says…”)!
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