RACISM: Actually not much at those darned TP rallies

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Few signs at tea party rally expressed racially charged anti-Obama themes

A new analysis of political signs displayed at a tea party rally in Washington last month reveals that the vast majority of activists expressed narrow concerns about the government's economic and spending policies and steered clear of the racially charged anti-Obama messages that have helped define some media coverage of such events.

Emily Ekins, a graduate student at UCLA, conducted the survey at the 9/12 Taxpayer March on Washington last month by scouring the crowd, row by row and hour by hour, and taking a picture of every sign she passed.

Ekins photographed about 250 signs, and more than half of those she saw reflected a "limited government ethos," she found - touching on such topics as the role of government, liberty, taxes, spending, deficit and concern about socialism. Examples ranged from the simple message "$top the $pending" scrawled in black-marker block letters to more elaborate drawings of bar charts, stop signs and one poster with the slogan "Socialism is Legal Theft" and a stick-figure socialist pointing a gun at the head of a taxpayer.

There were uglier messages, too - including "Obama Bin Lyin' - Impeach Now" and "Somewhere in Kenya a Village is Missing its Idiot." But Ekins's analysis showed that only about a quarter of all signs reflected direct anger with Obama. Only 5 percent of the total mentioned the president's race or religion, and slightly more than 1 percent questioned his American citizenship.

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Even those signs they TRY to play off as racially-charged, i.e. Kenyan and birther, aren't really racist just deeply cynical.

[true_blood]

Only 5 percent of the total mentioned the president's race or religion, and slightly more than 1 percent questioned his American citizenship.

And we have a right to question the imposter's citizenship. As it looks right now, it seems as if a foreign gubberment has taken over the White House.

[Wineslob]

Emily Ekins, a graduate student at UCLA

Didn't find what she wanted to?

[Eupher]

Didn't find what she wanted to?

Exactly.

[JohnnyReb]

And we have a right to question the imposter's citizenship. As it looks right now, it seems as if a foreign gubberment gooberment has taken over the White House.

gooberment: as in, a rehash of the Carter administration.

[blitzkrieg_17]

Didn't find what she wanted to?

...because it was never there.