Tea party protesters use bigoted terms – anyone surprised?
Demonstrators outside the U.S. Capitol , angry over the proposed health care bill, shouted “nigger” Saturday at U.S. Rep. John Lewis , a Georgia congressman and civil rights icon who was nearly beaten to death during an Alabama march in the 1960s.
The protesters also shouted obscenities at other members of the Congressional Black Caucus , lawmakers said.
“They were shouting, sort of harassing,” Lewis said. “But, it’s okay, I’ve faced this before. It reminded me of the 60s. It was a lot of downright hate and anger and people being downright mean.”
And it isn’t only black people that make these morons angry.
Protesters also used a slur as they confronted Rep. Barney Frank , D- Mass. , an openly gay member of Congress . A writer for Huffington Post said the crowd called Frank a “faggot.”
Frank told the Boston Globe that the incident happened as he was walking from the Longworth office building to the Rayburn office building, both a short distance from the Capitol. Frank said the crowd consisted of a couple of hundred of people and that they referred to him as ‘homo.’
“I’m disappointed with the unwillingness to be civil,” Frank told the Globe. “I was, I guess, surprised by the rancor. What it means is obviously the health care bill is proxy for a lot of other sentiments, some of which are perfectly reasonable, but some of which are not.”
Those “other sentiments” being the general hatred of gays and brown people. It’s like the Republican party, but a little more honest.
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For the Sake of Science 
The Republican party has been the representation of the racist, the bigot and the intolerant since the 1960s.
The tea party fascists just happen to be the most vocal of the Republicans bigotry.
I feel bad for the Republicans who believe in fiscal liberalism and the original platforms of the early days. True Republicans would be wise to distance themselves from these people.
Come see the protest’s lovely signs (doesn’t threatening someone with a gun count as a terrorist act?) here.
Interesting follow-up; it’s becoming increasingly obvious this never happened
A minute and a half of video proves it.
Video covering the time period when the events were supposed to have occurred. But the fact is, that rally certainly had dozens if not hundreds of cameras of various sorts present, and not one picked up any of the alleged offensive words – and those who reported the offense have every political motivation to be dishonest.
I know you like to think of yourself as a skeptic who requires evidence to believe things, but as long as the claim fits your assumptions, you are the most doey eyed, faith-filled sot on the planet, no actual verification required.