Hi Billy,

On Oct 17, 2011, at 1:58 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> I think you are basically right, usually the Tea Party was described as 
> "racist."
> However, my sister in SF is up on local Bay Area "discourse" and one of
> the themes last year was that the gun-totin'  Tea Partyers were a bunch
> of Nazis seeking to foment the rise of a new Reich.

Well, the Nazis were racist too, so I give her a "bye" on this one. :-/

> Maybe she heard this from a Berkeley new organization, but in any case 
> there was this kind of outlook at least in some circles.

Maybe its just me, but I usually see the term "fascist" thrown around more as a 
generic pejorative meaning "authoritarian" than a pure ad hominem attack like 
"racist".  

-- Ernie P.

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