Teabaggers: Obama = "half-breed"

Some reports on the teabagger rally for white privilege in Washington DC:

One View From The GroundI expected a small crowd of die-hard wingnuts. I was surprised by the size of the crowd. I was also surprised by the range of people in attendance. Some in the crowd appeared to be low functioning zealots suffering from serious mental illness and/or undisguised racial hatred. However, most of the people who marched by my vantage point appeared to be rather earnest but misled members of the lower middle class who were just regurgitating Fox News memes concerning imagined threats to America. (Death panels, free medical care for illegal immigrants, onerous taxation, insidious socialism, etc.) I purchased a "Don't Tread on Me" flag that I attached to my backpack and then talked to a dozen or so people who were all very excited about the turnout and expressed the belief that they represented the majority of the American public. They sounded pretty much like the target group of Nixon/Phillip's southern strategy. I received the impression that they were living in a Fox bubble and would be shocked if they do not win the day.EntitledI was at the Lawn with all of the red shirted, white, angry Beck loving neo-patriots and there in no way it was a million people or even close. There were small groups huddled around the Glen Beck inspired flags and the usual disaffected white males wandering in groups with the American flag desecrated by being incorporated into clothing. Having been to the exact same location for the Obama Inauguration and other large political events, this was small fry in comparison. However, it was an angry group with a real sense of absolute entitlement. Something not focused on by many. This sense of entitlement that they deserve to be the dominant deciders and that it's being taken away.

I of course wore a Health Care Reform t-shirt and an Obama cap while on my jog. Very interesting mix of people. Mostly what one would expect. Rural, Southern/plain states, white, with a great number of middle-aged white men with either military crew cuts or biker tattoos. There were a very small number of blacks but interestingly absolutely no Hispanics or Asian Americans anywhere at all. I stayed away from the groups of men wandering around in biker jackets with tattoos carrying flags. Interestingly not a lot of American flags but a lot of other flags including the yellow don't tread on me flag. I actually felt relieved by this event even though there were signs that were shocking because I do not think it will have the impact the organizers were hoping for. And my main thought I had as I observed these people was how many of them will forget they were against health care reform ten years from now when it is a part of American life and many have seen lower costs and their family members covered. One could almost imagine what it was like when Medicare was introduced, the civil rights bills, forced busing, etc. And how many of those people are now advocates or accept it to be a positive part of America.Correspondent DMarks sent us an image to check out:

Imagine that, he's a man of the cloth!

But the reason I sent this to you was the use of an anti-Native racial epithet on the sign.

This is a typical definition for the term "half breed":

"An offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)."

The tea party protest I went to had mostly civilized signs, with a couple of bad ones. The bigger the event, the more likely there are to be bad signs like these. I do not mind signs like this being exposed and ridiculed.Comment:  For more on the teabaggers' underlying racism, see Teabaggers Support Racist Imagery and Teabaggers Misuse Indian Imagery. For more uneducated idiots who think they understand economics, health care, and education, see Morons with Signs.