Thread: The New York Times ought to be ashamed

Originally Posted by zedeeyen

Why should they be ashamed? The passage highlighted doesn't liken the Tea Party to the KKK at all, it employs a well-used delayed-punchline joke format to introduce the subject of the KKK in an attention-grabbing or thought-provoking way.

Nothing to see here, just American right-wing mouth-breathers searching desperately for anything to be hysterically offended at, as usual.

Yea Ok:

its agenda driven by its members’ fervent embrace of nationalism, nativism and moral regeneration, with more than a whiff of racism wafting through it.No, not that movement.

The one from the 1920s,

Scott

Well, my personal feelings about the Tea Party aside, I don't think any group wants to be associated with the caycaycay -- so I respect your point..

However, if the NY Times was going to be ashamed of something it published, there are hundreds of other candidates, inflammatory articles, misreported news - even reviews that insulted something that later became world-renowned - and also being an american rag, nyt has some history of racism, going back to a dark and shudderworthy time when racist mindsets were the norm in our country...

A rag is what a rag is - let's not put lipstick on pigs. (We'll leave that to Procter&Gamble) =)

Originally Posted by fortheether

Yea Ok:

its agenda driven by its members’ fervent embrace of nationalism, nativism and moral regeneration, with more than a whiff of racism wafting through it.No, not that movement.

The one from the 1920s,

Scott

What is unreasonable, or inaccurate, about any of that? Nothing that I can see, except perhaps that to describe the KKK as having on a "whiff" of racism is a bit of a stretch. Other than that the comparison works as intended.

Originally Posted by zedeeyen

What is unreasonable, or inaccurate, about any of that? Nothing that I can see, except perhaps that to describe the KKK as having on a "whiff" of racism is a bit of a stretch. Other than that the comparison works as intended.

Oh please - saying that the Tea Party has "with more than a whiff of racism wafting through" is vile. It's a shame that there's people that actually believe this nonsense.

Scott