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Johnson Jr. asks if "an ingenious combination of Media Matters and the NAACP" is "igniting the flames of racism in this country"

September 03, 2010 6:04 am ET

From the September 3 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:

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    • Author by IRONY 101 (September 03, 2010 6:22 am ET)
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      I love to watch them squirm. Not one of them can deny there have not been examples of racism within the teabaggers movement. They just don't want a light shining on it. Sorry, guys...your movement wouldn't carry the weight it does without that racist element.
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      • Author by IRONY 101 (September 03, 2010 6:24 am ET)
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        Ooooops...typo "Not one of them can deny there have not been examples of racism within the teabaggers movement."

        Added an extra "not"...should read: "Not one of them can deny there have been examples of racism within the teabaggers movement."
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        • Author by dkylep (September 03, 2010 10:37 am ET)
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          Oh, they can deny it all day long. And the right-wing has in fact done so. Of course, that doesn't mean that they're right, just that they do it.
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    • Author by aj6525 (September 03, 2010 6:48 am ET)
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      Oh gawd Fake News I wouldn't look in your own backyard first.
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    • Author by brady (September 03, 2010 6:59 am ET)
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      Angela McGlowan, aka Helen Keller, has not heard or seen any type of racial slurs from tea party movement.

      Goodbye any shred of credibility.
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    • Author by cst (September 03, 2010 7:00 am ET)
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      Wow, they sure do talk about MEDIA MATTERS a lot these days, don't they?
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    • Author by jjamele2880 (September 03, 2010 7:04 am ET)
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      These guys are veering very close into "the Jews were responsible for the Holocaust" territory.
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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (September 03, 2010 7:56 am ET)
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      If someone calls the fire department to report a fire the arsonist at fox news and republican party media have started.They are fanning the flames because the wind was blowing when the call was made
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    • Author by New Frontier (September 03, 2010 8:29 am ET)
         
      "SUSTAINED WINDS" in the weather center graphic sums up what you need to know about Johnson Jr.
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    • Author by epichuntarz (September 03, 2010 8:39 am ET)
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      As my dad always says, "the guilty dog barks the loudest."
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      • Author by dogbreath (September 03, 2010 9:18 am ET)
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        Absolutely. The Republicans always hit their opponent where they have the advantage. The Democrats have a much bigger tent of support and they haven't gone around irritating minorities. This is all a well planned attack that they know they, themselves, are guilty of. Moreover, I think it is a way to make their minions feel better about the undercurrent of racism that obviously pervades the party right now. Kind of like saying, "hey were are bad, but they are worse." And of course, their lemmings believe it.
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        • Author by ilikeike (September 03, 2010 10:34 am ET)
             
          this may be off topic, but have you noticed how many black democratic congressional members are being investigated for what appear to be minor or nonexistant violations.is it possible a cabal of republicans and right wingers is pushing the smearing of blacl leaders in an attempt to convince their audience that black leader=corruption and ergo obama is a "thug"
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        • Author by dkylep (September 03, 2010 10:42 am ET)
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          Their lemmings never think that they're bad though dogbreath. Take a look at the trolls that visit this site, trying to defend the indefensible (though usually just insulting people and making false claims and illogical statements). These people like Floyd or BJF (whatever his current name may be) probably laugh at each post they do and don't actually bother to think about anything in their little lives, beyond the time that a certain talk-show host or Fox show comes on. They spend their lives in ignorance and hatred and yet, somehow, magically, they seem to feel that they are the 'good guys'. They promote hatred and intolerance and ignorance yet feel they're right and that everybody should live just like they say to. They don't believe they're bad at all.

          Other than that minor quibble, I absolutely agree with everything that you've written. Spot on the nose.
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    • Author by raddave43 (September 03, 2010 8:44 am ET)
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      I think it's the racists who are keeping that flame burning.
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    • Author by Jollymon (September 03, 2010 9:09 am ET)
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      TRANSLATION: If someone from the Tea Party, or someone from Fox says something racist, MMFA and the NAACP are igniting, then fueling, the fires of racism by pointing out the racist comments.

      Well shame on them!
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    • Author by Sks1 (September 03, 2010 9:10 am ET)
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      give me a break if fox and the people on the right would ackknowledge that their are racist elements of the teabagger movement then no one wouold have to call them out on it, but they denied any kind of racism in their ranks.
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    • Author by The_Cat (September 03, 2010 9:13 am ET)
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      If Mr. Johnson Jr. had any sense of irony or shame, the fact that he was asking this particular question on this particular network would've caused his head to explode.
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    • Author by cst (September 03, 2010 10:16 am ET)
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      I can't see the clip right now; is this "Johnson jr." fellow actually "Raymond J. Johnson, jr?" Because he's assured me that ya doesn't hafta call him "Johnson".
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    • Author by ilikeike (September 03, 2010 10:30 am ET)
         
      answer....no
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    • Author by pilotx (September 03, 2010 11:04 am ET)
         
      Wow, Kristen will be gone soon. She told the truth and made sense.
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    • Author by Brutus (September 03, 2010 1:13 pm ET)
         
      Wow, white people sitting around and discussing racism, and pretending that it does not exist. America is truly a racialist society.

      I truly do not understand these right wing people. MMFA does not search out racism. They merely report on the doings of the right wing media including the tea party events, and the racism exhibited from the right testifies against them.

      These people presented in this clip exemplify what is wrong with America. Racism will always be a plague among Americans because racism is taught from generation to generation. Instead of condoning racism, the people in this clip find every excuse to ignore and lie about said racism, or pretend there is no racism in existence. Why can't the people on the right have an honest discussion, admit the racism in their own party, and work with others to eradicate the racism from their ranks?

      As a minority, I am sick of hearing the right accuse sites like MMFA, or minorities as being race baiters when all we do is bring the racism out in the open.
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