(04-22-2010 09:19 PM)LAOwl Wrote: I guess I could have written that better. It's true that true racists don't care who knows they are true racist. I was responding to the whole "if it's not on tape, it didn't happen" thing.
As I understand it, the argument is not, "if it's not on tape, it didn't happen," but rather, "it is on tape, there are a whole bunch of tapes, and the tapes clearly show it NOT happening."
There is the one situation where a guy might be spitting or he might not, but that's as close as any of the tapes of the events come to showing any of the alleged acts. At least the ones I've seen. And if he actually did spit, then the actions of the policeman following the congressman are at best questionable.
It's not they don't have tapes of it happening; instead, they DO have tapes of it NOT happening. If you've seen something different, please so state for the record, and a link would be appreciated.
Your original post references that "racial incidents have occurred at said group's meetings." If you are referencing the incidents that you appear to be referencing, they did not occur "at said group's meetings." There were TEA Party assemblies in DC, but some distance away. As on any day in Washington, there were any number of groups assembling in the area. The people who confronted the congressmen could have come from anywhere and been affiliated with anyone. As far as I know (and again, correct me if I am wrong) none of them has actually been linked to the TEA Party. In fact, I don't believe that any of them were detained or questioned, which seems odd if the allegations were correct. I know this much, if I were a congressman and anyone did to me the things that have been alleged, I'd make damned certain they got arrested.
Obviously, I'm not condoning any of the alleged acts. But what I've seen raises considerable doubt as to the truth of the allegations, doubts as to whether the alleged acts did in fact occur. Just as we don't need any of the alleged behaviours, we also don't need false allegations that such behaviours occurred. I just want to know the truth. If you know of evidence that supports the allegations, I'd like to know about it. Seriously.