Slideshow: Offensive Tea Party Signs

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A collection of racist, violent or otherwise offensive signs from Tea Party Rallies across the United States.

The NAACP has called on Tea Party leaders to repudiate its racist elements. We cannot let hate tear our nation apart.

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[breal45]

i know anti-Iraq War, anti-Afghanistan War, anti-Bush, anti-Israel, marches and protests never had any over the line posters.......

[timlperkins]

The ripple effects of slavery are still observable in black America, white people don't like to hear this, it's called white guilt, and instead of addressing it, (some) white people choose to become indignant. Having irrational fear of individuals that don't look like you is perfectly natural, reacting rationally is perfectly human. We should all try to focus on being better humans, and stop entrenching ourselves in our pre-conceived ideologies.

[clearlycanedian]

The Audacity to Complain About TEA Party Signs (R)

[WatermelonRat]

Beyond any of these signs, what really makes me certain that there is a racial element to the Tea Parties is the number of conspiracy theories they spread. To believe in such conspiracy theories is to demonstrate a lack of basic fact-checking and common sense, and indicates that hatred has overwhelmed rational thought. Whether that hatred is partisan or racial in nature depends on the individual.

[girzwald3]

@applejelly2

Exactly. A photoshoped image of obama on Mr T's body.........hows that racist?

A swastika saying that obama administration is like nazi's? It wasn't racist when they did it to bush.

1 or 2 of them did day nigger..........but......given this video and the NAACP's tendency to label anything and everything "racist". I really wouldn't put it past them to plant, take photos from non tea partys or photo shop things on signs......o wait. They have.

[MrTSH3468]

@applejelly2 I never said you lack decency, it would be stupid for me to make claims like that (though you have). I simply pointed out what type of government we have since you asked and obviously didn't know. I argued that it's wrong to say hateful things no matter who they are directed to. I don't believe for a second that people call you "cracker" or "boy" all the time. I feel sorry for you because your logic is flawed, your arguments are immature, and you seem very unhappy.

[applejelly2]

@MrTSH3468 I'm well aware that we are a Constitutional Republic, the problem is, most think we're a Democracy. I was asking the question, to @cdfox85, in a way that that I hoped would get an "off the top of @cdfox85's head" answer. I didn't want him to go look it up on wiki, I wanted him to answer the question as he knew it. If I'd worded it as, hey do you think we're a democracy, then he would have probably went hunting for the answer, instead of giving a straight one, does that make sense?

[MrTSH3468]

@applejelly2 I feel sorry for you.

[applejelly2]

@MrTSH3468 Many of the signs were childish & wrong but what you & so many have been taught is "Racism" is what's at question. Racism is the belief that your race is superior to that of another or believing you are entitled to more than another, so with that said, who are the racists here? Does any specially protected group or race come to mind? Some of those signs may have been prejudice or even slightly bigoted, but racist, no. The confederate flag is not racist either, read up on your history.

[MrTSH3468]

@applejelly2 Decent people complained when things like that were said about Bush and decent people should complain when they are said about Obama. You defended the signs saying only one was racist and the rest were just funny or "true" and that's why I gave you the list of others. You then said, "Right, and when these things were said about Bush..."

The signs are racist and wrong. You should have the guts to say it. If something is wrong in principle one should never defend it.