Originally Posted By Mr X Granted, this gallup poll says something about their supporters and not the 'baggers themselves per se, but I'll go out on a limb and say I believe the sentiment probably remains consistent throughout the group AND its' cheerleaders... <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZTcCp8eYEyI/S8I8xuDlK8I/AAAAAAAAARs/L3JgsUBTR64/s1600/tea+party+racism1.PNG" target="_blank">http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZTcC...ism1.PNG</a> Sickening.
Originally Posted By Mr X <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZTcCp8eYEyI/S8I94TO50II/AAAAAAAAAR0/tzF5jXgBUBI/s1600/tea+party+racism2.PNG" target="_blank">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZTcC...ism2.PNG</a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZTcCp8eYEyI/S8I-FbYOmfI/AAAAAAAAAR8/_s015W3xP9I/s1600/tea+party+racism3.PNG" target="_blank">http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZTcC...ism3.PNG</a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZTcCp8eYEyI/S8JBgycxO3I/AAAAAAAAASE/oZxaE88QElo/s1600/tea+party+racism4.PNG" target="_blank">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZTcC...ism4.PNG</a>
Originally Posted By mousermerf You do realize you just threw a bar graph out there entirely out of context.. One that says less then 60% of all white people see those qualities, which in and of itself isn't good.
Originally Posted By Mr X Upon what context would you like me to put it? And yes, you are correct that there are indeed racists that do not support the teabaggers, but in all cases the ones who do are more likely in percentage terms to harbor at least stereotypical if not outright racist views. So what's your point?
Originally Posted By mousermerf I could make a bar graph showing 100% of all people everywhere thought I was superior to you in every way. Out of context, it's not very useful.
Originally Posted By Mr X I already wrote where I got it from. If the rest of your demands interest you so much, you can go find the info yourself based on the information I already gave you.
Originally Posted By ecdc Who did they poll? I guess I just find it hard to believe that people who disapprove of the tea baggers have such low numbers. This poll seems to suggest it would be impossible for an African American to become President. Obviously that isn't true.
Originally Posted By ecdc I just read the article at fivethirtyeight and it seems pretty problematic. I also want more information. I mean, according to these polls, you're telling me less than 60% of ALL whites think blacks and Latinos are intelligent or hard-working? I find that very difficult to believe. And I'm pretty cynical.
Originally Posted By Mr X <a href="http://depts.washington.edu/uwiser/mssrp_table.pdf" target="_blank">http://depts.washington.edu/uw...able.pdf</a> You could contact the pollster if you want to.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Seriously, who has the gall to answer the phone and tell a random stranger taking a poll they're that racist so blatantly?
Originally Posted By Mr X Actually mouse, it's not (my mistake). The link in post 12 will take you to the source (not gallup, a University study).
Originally Posted By Mr X The page contains a way to contact the pollster, why don't you do so and ask what the sample size was if that's so important to you.
Originally Posted By Mr X <a href="http://depts.washington.edu/uwiser/racepolitics.html" target="_blank">http://depts.washington.edu/uw...ics.html</a>
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Take a look at white flight from public education since Brown v. Board of Education. Schools are still highly segregated. So are our cities. Do you think there would be the hue and cry about illegal immigration if they were Canadian instead of Mexican? This is still a very racially divided country, so these numbers frankly don't surprise me.
