David Duke, White Nationalist, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, holocaust denier and former presidential candidate, is attempting to debunk the accusations of racism in the Tea Party movement:
Throughout his rambling he denotes self pity with claims of being “demonized by the media.” A picture in the video of an African American being arrested is a pathetic attempt to demonize African Americans, so I guess he knows a lot about ‘demonizing’.
Duke says, “the Tea Party is about preserving our heritage and freedom.” Mr Duke speaks of “preserving our heritage and freedom” a lot. This was made evident as I researched this in the bowels of Stormfront and other racist websites Mr Duke frequents.
I’m not sure how seriously anyone should take David Duke when it comes to issues of race, given his own history, but I think it’s pretty idiotic to argue there aren’t racist elements within the Tea Party movement, given some of the rhetoric we’ve seen from those folks in recent months:
Just so we’re clear, I’m not making the argument the Tea Party movement is all about race; but I think any argument that there’s no racism at all within the movement is fundamentally flawed.
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