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<blockquote data-quote="trplnkl" data-source="post: 769075" data-attributes="member: 13254">The accompanying article from the NY Times reads:They were noisy, but not violent. Beating drums and ringing bells, the crowd chanted: “Bigots go home.” The demonstrators also carried signs reading: “Tea Party Bigots funded by Corporate $” and “Our Grief is No excuse for bigotry and racism.” &nbsp;Just looking at the photo (as small as it is) I see no American flags, the signs are obviously not home made signs but commercially produced. So the text posted seems to be accurate. The crowd looks pretty diverse, I see no racism, sorry it just isn&#039;t there. I guess you could stretch it to be prejudiced against pro-mosque advocates but again it is not racist.&nbsp;How many protests, marches, etc have you seen where there were no American flags somewhere? Does this say they are anti-American? IDK, but it sure doesn&#039;t scream out PRO-Amreican, now does it?&nbsp;I don&#039;t understand why you insist on trying to make every disagreement about race, when it has nothing to do with the matter. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="trplnkl, post: 769075, member: 13254"] The accompanying article from the NY Times reads:[COLOR=blue]They were noisy, but not violent.[U] [B]Beating drums and ringing bells[/B][/U], the crowd chanted: “Bigots go home.” The demonstrators also carried signs reading: “Tea Party Bigots funded by Corporate $” and “Our Grief is No excuse for bigotry and racism.” [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B][COLOR=sienna]Just looking at the photo (as small as it is) I see no American flags, the signs are obviously not home made signs but commercially produced. So the text posted seems to be accurate. The crowd looks pretty diverse, I see no racism, sorry it just isn't there. I guess you could stretch it to be prejudiced against pro-mosque advocates but again it is not racist. How many protests, marches, etc have you seen where there were no American flags somewhere? Does this say they are anti-American? IDK, but it sure doesn't scream out PRO-Amreican, now does it? I don't understand why you insist on trying to make every disagreement about race, when it has nothing to do with the matter. [/COLOR][/B][/I][/FONT] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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