Tea Party Players & Racism

Decades ago, in another position in my life, I visited the concentration camp of Dachau. 

Three things struck me:  it was too damned clean.  Young people viewing the exhibit & film of the allies rescuing the survivors laughed.  And a monument out front read:

• “Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.”

The Nazis used every form of propaganda available to them:  books, comics, magazines, posters, radio, film, fine arts & TEXTBOOKS. 

They did not have the advantage of Photoshop or the Internet.

The Tea Party (who usurped a legitimate event in our history to justify their own prejudices) does have that advantage.

So, an Southern California Tea Party activist and member of the central committee of the Orange County Republican Party, Marilyn Davenport, circulated the picture featured to a number of “friends”.  Again questioning the birth certificate of a citizen.

Her defense was that it was a joke.  She has friends who are black.

While I doubt Marilyn Davenport has ever asked her “black” friends to show her a birth certificate, I also cannot imagine that they would enjoy the photo.

Unless they would be honored to be among their ancestors.

I personally feel honored to descend from such fierce & amazing beings.

As for Marilyn Davenport & the Tea Party - take notice:  There are those of us who will not fall into the trap of your racist & divisive rhetoric.  

There are those of us who remember the past & will not be condemned to repeat it.