So let's see...all the right wing bellyachers cried when Comedienne Janeane Garofalo noted in regards to the Tea Party protests in April were "this is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up." They really cried when she didn't apologize when called out and even confronted by Fox News ambush "reporter" Griff Jenkins, who although was able to muster up the courage to approach her with his usual nonsense, didn't even have the balls to say he was from Fox News when asked. That might have something to do with the fact that she came from a point of reference, namely stupid signs like this, not to mention a video of some clown parading a sign calling for the tea baggers to "Save White America" in San Antonio (the video is included in this link. And that, by the way, was where you could find Fox News personality Glenn Beck - who had refered to Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the "Hispanic Chick Lady" - and guitarist Ted Nugent - who has defended apartheid South Africa on the basis that "All men were not created equal", and has threatened Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton while swinging an M16 onstage. Not much talk from the conservatives about that crap, and we don't expect they don't want to talk much about the fact that white supremacists are planning to recruit at the Tea Parties that will take place on the 4th of July weekend. Gee, we wonder what is attracting them, hmmmm? Bottom line is if Janeane Garofalo ever thought she needed to be vindicated, she is about to be. We doubt she ever felt that way though. These things tend to be self evident. The conservatives just think we're all stupid. Not all of them though. While the Anti-Defamation League wrote the report that follows, we also have to send props out to the Libertarian blog Little Green Footballs for sounding this alarm among their readers. They have been getting sick of all of this nonsense for a while, and it is nice to see that they are trying to do whatever they can to squash it.
Anti-Defamation League
The Tea Party phenomenon, which began with anti-tax rallies staged across the country on April 15, 2009, will continue as activists in almost every state are planning similar events on July 4. Notably, white supremacists are again planning to participate. As they have done with other political and social issues, for example, promoting the Ron Paul campaign and using the immigration debate, white supremacists and anti-Semites are planning to exploit Tea Parties to disseminate their hateful views and recruit a larger following.
Stormfront, the most popular white supremacist Internet forum, is home to discussion between extremists eager to influence the events. In addition to circulating a list of local organizers and promoting planned rallies, Stormfront members are trying to find ways to involve themselves in the events. In posts to the forum, many voice their intent to attend the Tea parties for the purpose of cultivating an "organized grassroots White mass movement."
Posts to Stormfront:
* "We need a relevent [sic] transitional envelope-pushing flyer for the masses. Take these Tea Party Americans by the hand and help them go from crawling to standing independently and then walking toward racialism."
* "We intervene to shape the new pro-White grassroots agenda from within the crowd. We intervene for active effect at the event, for advancement of White racial consciousness and solidarity, and for the growth of the organized grassroots White mass movement and the most perceptive racially aware activist element."
* "I also agree that spreading the WN message at these events is a good idea-it's time already,we've gotta do it!! Carefully, of course."
* "A big crowd of irate White folks protesting the government seems like the perfect time and place for us WN's to promote our cause, at least to my way of thinking."
* "I distributed WN literature at the last Tea Party in Phoenix. I will be doing it again in July. This is the time and the place. For those on a budget, I would suggest printing business cards with the web address of your group or organization. Keep it simple."
* "I think they'd be ideal for spreading WN literature and gaining recruits in large numbers, more quickly."
An anti-Semite and white supremacist using the name "Whites Forward" created the Tea Party Americans Coalition (TPAC) as "a working group for serious White racialist ACTIVISTS in the US who want to effectively coordinate our efforts and intervene for effect in Tea Party-type events." Anti-Semitic, racist, and anti-immigrant themes run through the six issues on which the working group is based.
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Currently, 42 individuals have registered as TPAC members, including:
* Don Black, well-known throughout the white supremacist and anti-Semitic community, both for his role as the founder and operator of Stormfront, and for his appearances and speeches at racist and anti-Semitic gatherings. Black is a former Grand Dragon in the Ku Klux Klan who served prison time for plotting to invade the Caribbean island of Dominica and overthrow its government.
* John Ubele, the Operations Manager for the neo-Nazi Nationalist Coalition. A former member of the neo-Nazi National Alliance, Ubele was also a founding member of the Sons of Liberty Committee, a group whose stated goal was for "the interests of European Americans…to reign supreme in all deliberations and actions of our government." Ubele also hosted "Radio with John Ubele," a weekly radio program hosted on Stormfront.
Erich Gliebe, who heads the West Virginia-based National Alliance (NA), devoted a May 2009 Internet radio broadcast to recast the purpose of the Tea Parties as opportunities to unite the white race and motivate its members to action. Gliebe argued that white people have simply had enough of what he described as minorities relying on tax dollars to fund government programs. He explained that "middle class White Americans are finally protesting."
Optimistic that recruitment at the Tea Parties could expand his group's membership, Gliebe suggested that "a number of those who turned out on April 15th are ready to embrace the National Alliance's message." He also alleged that the NA had experienced an increase in applications and requests for information as a result of the Tea Parties.
Gliebe encouraged white people to exploit the events to form a movement that will address the "major issues facing White Americans today." Finally, he requested that individuals intending on participating in future tea parties distribute a pamphlet created by deceased National Alliance leader William Pierce.
