Civil Rights Vs. Tea Parties: A Comparative Analysis

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In that spirit, I think we need to take a look at two of the significant movements of recent times. That of Civil Rights in 1960's, and the Tea Parties of this past year.

A good old fashioned tale of the tape. Ring the bell. Ding, ding.

Both Civil Rights supporters and the Tea Partiers had demonstrations in Washington D.C. Both have had an impact on society. Let's take a look at each.

Total Numbers At Largest Event:
Civil Rights: About 200,000.
Tea Parties: According to the "University of I Don't Remember," somewhere between 10,000 and 3.3 billion.

Participants Involved:
Civil Rights: All ages. The downtrodden. The oppressed. Forward-thinking people of all cultures and races.
Tea Parties: White people over 50.

Events Inspiring Cause:
Civil Rights: Rosa Parks refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the murder of Medgar Evers, Freedom Rides, hundred of years of oppression, bigotry and slavery.
Tea Parties: A Black guy elected president.

Inspirational Leaders:
Civil Rights: Dr. Martin Luther King, John and Bobby Kennedy, W. E. B. Du Bois.
Tea Parties: Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity.

Who The Movement Fought/Fights For:
Civil Right: Oppressed minorities. Those told they were worthless and forced to drink from separate water fountains.
Tea Parties: The rich and corrupt health care industry. Those that already have health coverage and privilege.

Significant Speeches:
Civil Rights: Dr. King's "I Have a Dream."
Tea Parties: Minority House Leader John Boehner confusing the Constitution with The Declaration of Independence.

Signs/Slogans Displayed:
Civil Rights: "End To Bias!" "Equal Rights Now!" "We March Together."
Tea Parties: "Obama's Plan: White Slavery." "Our tax $ given to Hamas to kill Christians, Jews and Americans." "National Socialist Health Care, Dachau Germany, 1945," complete with Holocaust imagery.

Celebrities Involved:
Civil Rights: Jackie Robinson, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Charlton Heston, Lena Horne, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. (Dylan sang "Only a Pawn In Their Game" at the March on Washington.)
Tea Parties: Chuck Norris, Jon Voight, John Ratzenberger. "Hey Normie, you ever seen so many angry Caucasians? Is that guy wearing a gun?"

Overall Message:
Civil Rights: People of all races, creeds and colors deserve equal rights.
Translation: People of all races, creeds and colors deserve equal rights.
Tea Parties: We do not agree with big government and Socialist programs.
Translation: Man, do we hate this Black guy in the White House.

In Conclusion:
Hard to say, but they look pretty even overall. :sarcasm:

http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2009/11/civil_rights_vs.html

Pretty accurate.

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1. Too funny!

:rofl:

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2. I enthusiastically nominate this for post of the month -- Nov 2009

There are tons of stuff missing from the spirit of the Civil Rights movement but they absolutely NAILED the teabaggers.

This really says it all right here:

Events Inspiring Cause:
Civil Rights: Rosa Parks refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the murder of Medgar Evers, Freedom Rides, hundred of years of oppression, bigotry and slavery.
Tea Parties: A Black guy elected president.

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3. That's it in a nutshell

as far as I'm concerned. A lot of them won't say it, but that's what they mean. We could have elected someone from a planet on the edge of the universe, and there wouldn't have been this much fuss.