Tea Party Express bigwig Mark Williams took the Teabagger/NAACP spat a bit further…to the INSANO ZONE! He upped this “letter” on his webpage! It is a fake letter from a black guy to President Lincoln.
Dear Mr. Lincoln
We Colored People have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!
In fact we held a big meeting and took a vote in Kansas City this week. We voted to condemn a political revival of that old abolitionist spirit called the ‘tea party movement’.The tea party position to “end the bailouts” for example is just silly. Bailouts are just big money welfare and isn’t that what we want all Colored People to strive for? What kind of racist would want to end big money welfare? What they need to do is start handing the bail outs directly to us Colored People! Of course, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the only responsible party that should be granted the right to disperse the funds.
And the ridiculous idea of “reduce[ing] the size and intrusiveness of government.” What kind of massa would ever not want to control my life? As Colored People we must have somebody care for us otherwise we would be on our own, have to think for ourselves and make decisions and if you do not agree than there is not enough Colored in your People, as we labeled Ken Gladney [source]
The racist tea parties also demand that the government “stop the out of control spending.” Again, they directly target Colored People. That means we Colored People would have to compete for jobs like everybody else and that is just not right.Perhaps the most racist point of all in the tea parties is their demand that government “stop raising our taxes.” That is outrageous! How will we Colored People ever get a wide screen TV in every room if non-coloreds get to keep what they earn? Totally racist! The tea party expects coloreds to be productive members of society?
Mr. Lincoln, you were the greatest racist ever. We had a great gig. Three squares, room and board, all our decisions made by the massa in the house. Please repeal the 13th and 14th Amendments and let us get back to where we belong.
Sincerely
Precious Ben Jealous, Tom’s Nephew National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Head Colored Person
I would just like to point out that Resistnet is best buddies with the Tea Party Express. The rest of this letter…I’ll just let it speak for itself.
Lots of good commentary about this here.
Also this ad on his site is hilarious:
Wow, I went to Mark William’s website today to try and find this post but HE TOOK IT DOWN because he’s a chickenshit coward.
What a tool, writing an incredibly racist screed, getting everyone to talk about it, and then erasing his “parody letter” and replacing it with something more cordial in order to get him attention (and to duck any future charges of racism because HAI GUYZ IT WAS PARIODY!)
He replaced it with this:
But he can’t be serious without attacking the NAACP some more. What a douche-nozzle. And let’s not forget this wonderful appearance on TV –
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That’s just what this world needs, more hatred and ignorance. I’m flabbergasted that someone would have the audacity to make such a statement. Most people don’t want to hear this, but if we don’t start working together as americans and move forward as a nation we are doomed. People are people, and like it or not, we are in this together. Stop pointing fingers and blaming others. We all have to unite and do the right thing, let nothing divide us. Unity is strength. May love reign supreme and lead us forward. May hatred and ignorance be left behind, along with those consumed by it.
Looks like a white guy in the picture to me.