Thread: Tens of thousands of people march the White House..Reported by Fox news as Millions

Quote: Originally Posted by Kasper Cole .If you don't want to be lumped in the nuts then you need to speak up and distance yourself from them, Quote: Originally Posted by Titan76 Agree %100. Quote: Originally Posted by Titan76 Unless you know who all those 70 thousand people are, its wrong and extreme to call them all racist. Sure I wouldn't doubt there are racists in that crowd but I also wouldn't doubt there are others there...

Quote: Originally Posted by CyberHubbs Not sure if they've already been posted, but... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hH3r...eature=popular There is also an aerial photo of the march circulating that is supposed to prove that the attendance number was in the millions, or at least very high. Fortunately, not true. the freepers have been claiming that the photo of promise keepers was a leftist plant to discredit the movement....and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Titan76 Unless you know who all those 70 thousand people are, its wrong and extreme to call them all racist. Sure I wouldn't doubt there are racists in that crowd but I also wouldn't doubt there are others there who just don't won't the health-care reforms that Obama and the Dems. are purposing and are not racist. You almost sound just like the people holding the signs when you make comments...

Quote: Originally Posted by Titan76 Unless you know who all those 70 thousand people are, its wrong and extreme to call them all racist. Sure I wouldn't doubt there are racists in that crowd but I also wouldn't doubt there are others there who just don't won't the health-care reforms that Obama and the Dems. are purposing and are not racist. You almost sound just like the people holding the signs when you make comments...

Just one last thing before I take off for a bit: Quote: Originally Posted by Paul McEnery 5) their stated concerns about birth certificates are plainly racist in themselves I think it's important to separate the Birthers from the protesters at large. Just like it's important to distinguish 9/11 Truthers from anti-Bush protesters. They may be a subset of the larger group in a Venn diagram of outrage, but they're not...

But...but...we're the best in the world! How can we improve on that?

Quote: Originally Posted by Loren Ah, but that's something of a matter of framing, isn't it. What you'd call country invading and spying and torture, someone else would call liberating a nation from a dictator and fighting terrorism. And what you label positively as simply 'health care reform' could just as easily be framed as taking a huge step toward nationalizing health care and creating the hugest federal...

Quote: Originally Posted by Paul McEnery Don't insult people's intelligence, please. The likes of Joe Wilson are tying the issue to illegal immigration. Racist. Lack of health insurance disproportionately affects people of colour. Racist. The right is screaming about whether or not illegal immigrants -- by which we mean people of colour -- should even be treated by doctors, even though they're committed to do so both by human...

Quote: Originally Posted by MisterTorgo Billionaires for Wealthcare : Billionaires for Wealthcare is a grassroots network of health insurance CEOs, industry lobbyists, talk-show hosts, and others profiting off of our broken health care system. We are not a political, religious or even particularly well-organized group. We're simple folk, thrilled profiteers pouring out of our corner offices to dance on the grave of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nick Soapdish Speaking of classy. At least it's not racist. Maybe not, but the guy singing in it is a tool -- there are plenty of people in all groups who have issues with who they are. I'm not even going to mention these people are doing this on the anniversary of Sept. 11.